Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-29
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0ermsuy's ausivs interest IN TIE al
fairs Of the nsw Congo Fsss ssAtt' - not
sururisine. BhImarek 10 siGpsy begin
nine 70 sbox his hand. HH has 0ee0
,l.yins a desp game thro1sh0si tns
negotiations hiading up 70 the Coneo
eonfersnes, and the oshsr powers VIZ
sosn begin to realizs that be hflds 81
sbs high cards. TIE arlnoan"etn''ni' re
esusIy rnads, that the German nest "
African vassrp viii ss;s IN s'n isinss'oh
witb the government Of the C'oeo II
SECURING ordsr in that eoutisEyr - "s
ufaoant. Il nieana that tbs n'sS gov
srrnsut has teen iHi.sD usdsr the e.
pssisI protestb'n Of Germany that Ger
man bayonsts will HptlOld 10. II neces-
sary, and that German troops WI oe-
suvy Il, vhsnessF Primes Bismarck SEES
a. In duo time, and IL will not Be
many years usitii the event, the vast re-
eion drained By the Congo gill be or
eaaszsd into German province. sacn
fs 10 Be- the late Of that inaenineeni
eouptry. Only sone tremendous poll
teal upheayai can prevsns IT, arc sneo
an uphsaval 10 scarcely within the
bounds of possibility. 30 ioHg ~ the
nations Of Earope maintain their pres
sst attitadss uith reference TO one an
oshsr. Germany will be able 10 work ous
hsr srsas colonial seh&mes without fear
Of molestatioiL
win the otlisE powers vhioh took part
IN The recent conference al Berlin al
Low sush SUMMARY action on the part on
Germany Certainly they gill mos IKE
IL. bat what ian they do7 EnsiandS
affairs are Ia too delicate condit'on'
and che is ipo anxious 10 se''ufe ms
friendship Of Germany, for her to take
the initiativa In opposing any p'
vhIcb Bismsfck Ia bent upon carrying
ont. Rassia has no interests at stake 10
Africa. and asen II she bad she would
nllov them 10 be ieopardizsd rather
than offend the greatest military power
that the vorba has ever seen. The same
NAV Be said ol Austria. Francs would
have shs oil 10 Oppose German exsen-
sion I'm Africa, bat she woald not have
che power, and her unsupported protest
voald have aboui ~ much weight with
Ana fsaruau Chancalior as 4 protect
froen Afqhanissan would have with the
Car. Portugal Is powerless. The
King Of the Iselgians h the person who
would feel most deeply the failure of
Ans Congo Fres State, bat no one knows
better than no vhst utter folly II would
b. for him ~ invite his own overthrow
By placing himself In opposition to Ger
many. indead. be hiss all that be can
Do 70 keep his little monarchy from
sllpping bodily into the German Em-
psre-an event that In certain 10 take
place sooner Or later. AZ for the Uni-
ted Siatss--uell. this country had no
business In the Congo Conference In
the 6rst place. and Il Is not probable
that or Government will put itself ous
Of the way 10 guarantee the life
Of q State which has as many vet
nurses ~ tho one which was bern al
that conference. Even II the United
States should object, Germany would
not care Rr,st deal. and the objection
could not be emphasized with anything
stronger than polite diplomatic notes.
30, ID IL plain that, 30 far as any inter
ference from the outside 10 concerned,
Germany ban plain sailing on any sea
Of African colonization on which she
may ehoose 10 embark, and with such o
pilot as Bismarck IL 10 not likely that
she will run iiGround
The anxisty OF the great German
statesman ~ establish . vast colonial
system is earily understood. The stu
dent Of events cannot fail 70 see the
tremendous influence which The estab-
iishmeni Of inch System viii have NJ
on shs fuhare history OF the race.
when NE battle for the possession Of
America vsl fought. Germany was d.
yidsd. exha,sted and powerlsss- She
wes mot felt In ths struggle At all. Eng
lard and Francs fought the battle,
England won. America became the In
hsritance at the Enalish race. That
race sweps over u, possessed 10. swept
evss Australia. possessed itself Of all the
newly discetered lands ON earth. II
became The most powerful race, and 90
cured lead in the race for Anal sa-
premaey which can scarcely be over.
eonsa. North America 10 for all time
Tho property Of the English nlce. Aus.
trAlja b th0 same. TIE battle for Az.
RIGA b - yet anfoueht A few years
ego Il sosmNd certain that the Enelisk
racs woald. without resistance. poasasl
isssls Of thhi continent also. Only III.
worldwide aud fsr-seeing statesman.
ship OF Biimarek coald hays brought
forth plan for eonsesting the possss
sion Of tile DARK Coutinant Bis
msrek. houNvsf, sav. plainly that IN I
few abort years-hy the end Of tn.
twentieth eintury-she Raaliah spsal
ine Fsee wsisid Be numerically 90 far II
&dvancs oil any other that u woulS
shape the clvilisasion OF The world. Th.
only hope Of preventing shis. which
seems b be- the nianitssi desiiey Of Oh,
Enelish rai,e, lay In seiEins upon shs
portions 81 the earth which ara still I'm
occupied. ind ponrine iass then q
stream Of Immigrants Of German race,
spsaking the German language and
carrying ~lah item German civilization.
Bismssek sllme into The world almosi
NO late 70 ,esomplish this vusk, bus b
has ssiaezlIly determined ID rake ths
assampt. 10 shis snd. be has laid hi,
plans 10 mtke = German colony Of The
vsst Congo basin, land capable ol
Supporting hnndFsds Of millions Of in.
hAhitaasA II iAs plan sceOeeds. Il
Affiea b Glsrmaniisd. II : erea, Ger.