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VOL.
XXXI
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
JANUARY
1,
1910
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.1
The
year
UllO
0pl'ns
auspiciously
upon
a
world
which
may
be
said
to
be
nervous
and
doubtful,
if
not
fearful.
Hope
still
holds
the
reins,
however.
MONEY
IS
THE
KING
IN
THE
PRESENT
ORDER
OF
THINGS,
EVERYWHERE!
His
palace
is
entrenched,
a
veritable
fortress,
practically
im
pregnable.
His
interest
from
bonds-national,
state,
county,
municipal,
railroad-and
real
estate
mortgages
represents
more
each
year
than
all
the
gold
money
in
the
world
could
pay.
Hence
the
debtors
must
make
good
the
deficiency
with
other
bonds,
etc.
Thus
Money
owns,
and,
in
the
last
analysis,
rules
the
world.
l\1oreover,
its
debts
are
protected
by
most
stringent
laws
and
regulations,
and
with
armies
and
navies,
militia
and
police.
Money
could
not
be
.better
off
than
it
is
today.
Indirectly
money
has
noted
the
fat
things
of
the
world
and
has
appropriated
them
and
operates
them
through
gigantic
trusts
and
combines.
The
smaller
business
enterprises,
Money
disdains
to
touch.
It
leaves
these
to
the
weary
and
heavy
laden.
that
they
may
have
some
share
in
the
property
and
be
able
to
pay
the
interest
on
the
bonds.
The
smaller
manufac
turers
of
the
world,
between
satisfying
the
demands
of
trades'
unionism
and
paying
the
interest
on
their
bonded
debts,
find
it
impossible
to
say
that
the
New
Year
opens
prosperously.
Still
they
hope,
and,
as
they
read
descriptions
of
their
fellow
manufacturers
in
other
lands,
they
rejoice
that
business
is
nO
worse
than
it
is,
and
hope
for
better
times.
A
bountiful
harvest
has
given
foundation
for
a
fair
degree
of
prosperity
amongst
the
people
as
a
whole
and,
everything
considered,
America
is
a
very
favored
land.
For
a
long
time
the
wealth
of
Europe
has
been
largely
derived
from
its
trade
with
foreign
countries.
King
Money
in
Great
Britain
has
levied
tribute
on
the
entire
heathen
world.
To
protect
this
he
has
the
largest
navy
on
earth
and
watches
jealously
any
neighbor
who
might
be
a
competitor.
King
Money
in
Germany
is
growing
rapidly
rich
and
ha'l
great
ambition.
He
can
produce
more
manufactures
than
he
can
use
and
he
desires
to
share
the
trade
of
the
British.
King
:Money.
To
get
this
he
is
willing
to
spend
hundreds
of
mil
lions
of
dollars
in
building
battleships.
The
English
King
Money
fears
that
his
suprpmacy
of
the
seas
would
thus
be
endangered
if
the
German
King-
Money
were
on
an
equal
sea
footing.
His
servants,
the
Eng-lish
pre~s.
of
course,
are
great
ly
interested
and
excited.
The
whole
British
nation
is
aroused
to
excitement.
A
GE'rman
war
scare
makes
some
fearful
and
some
beliger
ent.
The
c-laim
is,
that
a
strong
German
navy
would
compe-te
with
the
British.
take
away
her
trade
and
starve
her
people
by
hlockading-
her
ports.
TIle
argument
advanced
is
that
war
should
he
declared
against
Germany
speedily.
while
the
British
navy
is
so
much
stronger
of
the
two,
and
that
with
her
navy
di'stroyed.
Germany
should
never
be
allowed
to
rebuild
one
whiph
would
in
any
degree
be
a
menace
to
that
of
Great
Britain.
Meantime
the
British
and
the
Gcrmans
are
im
poverishing
their
treasuries
with
war
preparations.
and
latter
ly
Austria.
has
become
hent
on
being
a
sea
power,
and
is
also
huilding
dreadnaughts.
With
the
amount
of
zeal
every
where
manifested
to
serve
King
Money
it
would
not
at
all
surprise
us
if
there
should
be
a
cruel
and
dreadful
war
be
twern
the
two
great
"Christian"
nations,
Great
Britain
and
Germany,
within
two
years.
How
far-reaching
would
be
the
influence
of
such
a
war
is
difficult
to
guess.
India
which
has
for
so
long
been
under
British
control
and
yiehled
rich
returns
to
King
Money,
is
already
in
a
ferment
of
revolution.
Russia
at
such
a
time
would
be
glad
to
free
India
from
the
domination
of
Great
Britain
and
then
would
seek
to
grasp
India
as
her
Own
pos
session.
Meantime
China
and
Japan
are
making
wonderful
strides
in
eiviliza
tion-especially
in
war
preparation.
Soldiers
are
being
drilled;
cannon
are
being
manufactured-and
in
gen
eral
these
great
heathen
powers
which
have
been
dormant
for
so
long
are
getting
awake.
Presumably
they
have
their
own
King
:Money
managing
their
affairs.
In
the
event
of
a
war
between
Britain
and
Germany,
if
Russia
should
inter
fere
with
India,
Japan
as
a
British
ally,
would
attack
Rus
sia,
with
China
as
her
assistant.
It
would
be
easy
for
imag
ination
to
picture
other
nations
becoming'
embroiled
in
the
strife.
Thus
a
great
European
war
may
be
comparatively
near.
Many
prominent
Englishmen
have
exprcssed
them
selves
much
more
positively
than
this-that
war
cannot
be
long
averted.
Late
advices
from
China
and
Japan
indicate
great
busi·
ness
prosperity
there.
Some
who
have
been
examining
the
fundamental
causes
for
the
industrial
awakening
tell
us
that
tho
basis
of
it
lies
in
the
fact
that
although
gold
is
the
nominal
money
standard
of
those
lands,
silver
is
the
real
standard-the
money
in
which
the
business
is
conducted.
Do
ing
business
with
the
pheaper
money
practically
gives
ChIna
and
Japan
a
tariff
wall
of
one
hundred
per
cent
and
increas
ingly
closes
the
ports
of
those
great
nations
to
European
and
American
goods
manufactured
on
the
gold
basis.
The
demoneti
zation
of
silver,
which
was
intended
by
King
Money
to
bring
to
him
wealth
from
peoples
a
far,
as
well
as
at
home,
is
grad
ually
closing
upon
him
the
doors
of
heathpndom.
representing
three-fourths
of
humanity.
The
Chinese
and
.Japanese
hope
scon
to
be
able
to
duplicate
at
lower
prices
the
wares
of
Europe
and
Ameripa.
And
those
who
ignore
the
imminence
of
Me~siah's
kingdom
might
well
stand
in
dread
of
"a
pommercial
invasion."
as
well
as
a
political
one.
from
Oriental
lands
with
in
a
quarter
of
a
century.
The
peoplps
of
Southern
EuropE'
are
fepling
thE'
influcnces
of
civilization
and
education,
and
are
arousing
themselves
from
letharg"J
and
bcginning
to
feel
the
gnawings
of
dis·
content.
Socialism
is
sprrading
through
the
armies
of
Eur
ope.
and
the
various
States
are
instrllPting
their
discon
tentrd
millions
in
the
nse
of
all
the
implcments
of
warfare
and
death,
rven
while
thrir
national
livrs
arc
threatened.
It
looks
as
though
five
years
more
would
see
thr
poorer
plasses
of
Europe
awake,
and,
mad
with
pnvy
and
dispontent,
ready
to
pull
down
upon
their
own
hearls
thp
social
structures
of
the
world
in
t.he
vain
hope
th"at
thus
they
can
gpt
more
of
the
coveted
gold.
In
our
own
land
it
is
really
surprising-
to
see
how
CJuipkly
and
how
thoroughly
the
millions
of
('migrants
from
Europe
arc
ahsorbpd
and
Ameripanized
and
pivilized.
Herr
evprv
thing
is
very
quiet
socially.
but
occasionally
we
hav('
evidrncps
that
underneath
the
8urfacr
there
is
anger.
malice,
hatred.
envy.
strife-that
the
poor
world
as
a
whole
iR
not
Chris
tianized.
It
is
really
galvanized
with
a
semblance
of
Chris-
[4539J
(3-4)
Vou. XXXI erald of ({hrists Presenee BROOKLYN, N. Y., JANUARY 1, 1910 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER The year 1910 opens auspiciously upon a world which may be said to be nervous and doubtful, if not fearful. Hope still holds the reins, however. MONEY IS THE KING IN THE PRESENT ORDER OF THINGS, EVERYWHERE! His palace is entrenched, a veritable fortress, practically impregnable. His interest’ from bonds—national, state, county, municipal, railroad—and real estate mortgages represents more each year than all the gold money in the world could pay. Hence the debtors must make good the deficiency with other bonds, etc. Thus Money owns, and, in the last analysis, rules the world. Moreover, its debts are protected by most stringent laws and regulations, and with armies and navies, militia and police. Money could not be -better off than it is today. Indirectly money has noted the fat things of the world and has appropriated them and operates them through gigantic trusts and combines. The smaller business enterprises, Money disdains to touch. It leaves these to the weary and heavyladen. that they may have some share in the property and be able to pay the interest on the bonds. The smaller manufacturers of the world, between satisfying the demands of trades’ unionism and paying the interest on their bonded debts, find it Impossible to say that the New Year opens prosperously. Still they hope, and, as they read descriptions of their fellowmanufacturers in other lands, they rejoice that business is no worse than it is, and hope for better times. A bountiful harvest has given foundation for a fair degree of prosperity amongst the people as a whole and, everything considered, America is a very favored land. For a long time the wealth of Europe has been largely derived from its trade with foreign countries. King Money in Great Britain has levied tribute on the entire heathen world. ‘To protect this he has the largest navy on earth and watches jealously any neighbor who might be a competitor. King Money in Germany is growing rapidly rich and has great ambition, He can produce more manufactures than he can use and he desires to share the trade of the British King Money. To get this he is willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in building battleships. The English King Money fears that his supremacy of the seas would thus be endangered if the German King Money were on an equal seafooting. His servants, the English press, of course, are greatly interested and excited. The whole British nation is aroused to excitement. A German war scare makes some fearful and some beligerent. The claim is, that a strong German navy would compete with the British, take away her trade and starve her people by blockading her ports. The argument advanced is that war should be declared against Germany speedily, while the British navy is so much stronger of the two, and that with her navy destroyed, Germany should never be allowed to rebuild one which would in any degree be a menace to that of Great Britain. Meantime the British and the Germans are impoverishing their treasuries with war preparations, and latterlv Austria has become bent on being a sea power, and is also building dreadnaughts. With the amount of zeal everywhere manifested to serve King Money it would not at all surprise us if there should be a cruel and dreadful war between the two great “Christian” nations, Great Britain and Germany, within two years. [ 4539} How far-reaching would be the influence of such a war is difficult to guess. India which has for so long been under British control and yielded rich returns to King Money, is already in a ferment of revolution. Russia at such a time would be glad to free India from the domination of Great Britain and then would seek to grasp India as her own possession, Meantime China and Japan are making wonderful strides in eivilization—especially in war preparation. Soldiers are being drilled; cannon are being manufactured—and in general these great heathen powers which have been dormant for so long are getting awake. Presumably they have their own King Money managing their affairs. In the event of a war between Britain and Germany, if Russia should interfere with India, Japan as a British ally, would attack Russia, with China as her assistant. It would be easy for imagination to picture other nations becoming embroiled in the strife. Thus a great Huropean war may be comparatively near. Many prominent Englishmen have expressed themselves much more positively than this—that war cannot be long averted. Late advices from China and Japan indicate great business prosperity there. Some who have been examining the fundamental causes for the industrial awakening tell us that the basis of it lies in the fact that although gold is the nominal money standard of those lands, silver is the real standard—the money in which the business is conducted. Doing business with the cheaper money practically gives China and Japan a tariff wall of one hundred per cent and increasingly closes the ports of those great nations to European and American goods manufactured on the gold basis. The demonetization of silver, which was intended by King Money to bring to him wealth from peoples afar, as well as at home, is gradually closing upon him the doors of heathendom, representing three-fourths of humanity. ‘The Chinese and Japanese hope scon to be able to duplicate at lower prices the wares of Europe and America. And those who ignore the imminence of Messiah’s kingdom might well stand in dread of “a commercial invasion,” as well as a political one, from Oriental lands within a quarter of a century. The peoples of Southern Europe are fecling the influences of civilization and education, and are arousing themselves from lethargy and beginning to feel the gnawings of discontent. Socialism is spreading through the armies of Europe. and the various States are instructing their discontented millions in the use of all the implements of warfare and death, even while their national lives are threatened. It looks as though five years more would see the poorer classes of Europe awake, and, mad with envv and discontent, ready to pull down upon their own heads the social] structures of the world in the vain hope that thus they can get more of the coveted gold. In our own land it is really surprising to see how quickly and how thoroughly the millions of emigrants from Europe are absorbed and Americanized and civilized. Here everything is very quict socially, but occasionally we have evidences that underneath the surface there is anger, malice, hatred, envy, strife—that the poor world as a whole is not Christianized. It is really galvanized with a semblance of Chris (3-4)
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