Excerpt from Germany and England The author of these articles is the best-known leader of the English Socialists, and is one of the founders of the modern Socialist movement in this country. Under the nom de guerre of "Nunquam" he wrote "Merrie England," of which one and a half million copies have been sold. He is editor of the "Clarion," which is by general consent the ablest and most influential of Socialist journals; and he is master of a style that for vigour and terseness has been surpassed by no English writer since the days of Cobbett. I. The Menace. I write these articles because I believe that Germany is deliberately preparing to destroy the British Empire; and because I know that we are not able or ready to defend ourselves against a sudden and formidable attack. I write from a sense of duty, and from a conviction that the destruction of the British Empire would be a misfortune for Europe and a blow to civilisation throughout the world. I take this course against my own interests and against the feeling of most of my political and many of my private friends. I write in The Daily Mail in the hope of arousing the public from the fatal apathy and complacent optimism which blind them to the greatest peril the nation has ever been called upon to face. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.