If he were French he would remember that before the war opened France had a permanent debt of £1,269,223,600, or £32.05 for every man, woman and child.
If he were Russian he would remember that before the war the national debt was £1,461,000,000, with annual loss of revenue from the Vodka monopoly of £140,000,000.
If he were German he would remember that the war tax had been £74,700,000, and that the war had cost £2,770,000,000.
One question would come into the minds of those 18,000,000 thinkers. Who was going to pay for this loss of £9,000,000,000?
One answer came from Germany.
It was voiced by Wilbrid the Humanist.
The "psychological" had arrived for sounding the note of revolt. It was struck and echoed round the earth; even throughout America!
"Europe is filled with human wrecks," Wilbrid preached.
"All the time the physical stamina of Europe was being destroyed on the battlefield, national debts piled up, adding phenomenal burdens to the already crushing taxes cast on the toilers.
"Millions still unborn must toil the harder and live the meaner for every day of the monstrous lunacy.