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world, their position is at least that of
equality with the highest but in the
worId,-and very humble Germans know
there is IA world as well as "a Germany
they are nohodies. England, France, and
America are all in all, aud Germany is
nothing. This grand State, with its
unique organization, will not, even when
completed, possess one dependency, one
colony, one naval station not held upon
sufferance. She will be weaker in the
Baltic than Russia, in the Mediterranean
than Spain, in the far East Thar Holland.
Her trade, rapidly becoming great, rests
upon no protection save her prestige on
land ; could, for instance, be destroyed
by the United States with impunity and
her surplus population is annually lost,
swallowed up by a republic of IA foreign
language and a different civilization. On
earth there is outside Germany no people
the language Of whose laws is German,
no State which may give her children The
chance of perpetual and indefinite expan-
sion without loss Of their nationality. All
propagandiSt force is wanting to her, and
she even in her unity must share that
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she rises will asSlg to the ancient world.
That position is one which Germany is
naturally unwilling to accept, at least
until it is certain that in the march of
events she can attain no better. An idea
of this kind, half focmuIizcd among the
masses, quite tomuIizrd among profess
s0rS, is, we believe, AT the bottom Of the
German desire for fleets, colonies, and
commerce, the desire which the nation
has manifested for fifty years, which i'm
PEELED her to the conquest of the Danish
possessions on the mainland, which in
spires her policy towards Holland, and
which induces the thrifiest Of govern
mentS TO throw away money in maintain
Ing fleets. treaties, and ~consulS in The Far
East. England alone, or alone with the
exception of America, can interrupt The
realization Of his idea s; and it may, be
fore long, be a question for EnghShmen
to decide whether or no they intend to
interrupt it. Germany can prevent or
punish French, Russian, or Austrian in
tervention. heing able to reach those
countries directly ; and in America, while
the German vote weighs heavily, the rise
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1t is England alone which can interfere
with effect, and England has, that we can
see, no motive for interfering, many mo-
tlves for hearty acquiescence in German
ambition. Her rise as a Continental
power is already welcomed here with
pleasure, and why not as a maritime or
colonial power? To put the case in its
most brutal form, every new port, ship,
and island acquired 10y North Germany
helps 10 ensure her friendIineSs by bring
ing her within range of English action;
aud of all intruders in the Far East or in
South America, or best of all, in Asia
Minor, she is the one with whom we
could most easily set up and main'ain
effective alliance. If-as Count Won Bis
marck once half jocularly limited in the
Diet might one day be the case-the task
of civilizing the Asiatic Archipelago fell
10 her, what injury should we sustain?
Her expansion by colonization in any
region outside Europe could do US no
HARM, and in Turkey she would be our