Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
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The German, Rmperor's Plans for
Territorial Acquisition.
8ERArING ME.;; MONROE DOCTRINE
Scheme to Colonize Argentina
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A LING PROGRAM

| Written for The Evening Star s- ,..5.. -.
| Certain leaders in the German empire are
itching ito lay hands upon the Monroe doc
| trine This disquiet in>German over our for
| elgn policy has been brewing ever since the
violent outbursts of the German official
press over the Venezuelan affair. 1t has
| Tor basic cause certain well defined i'm
| perial plans long since matured in connec-
| ton with the policy to be pursued in the
new world. And even If 1 had not received
| an outline of them from one very near to
| the German throne and which intend In
| this to make public, 1t would be easy to dis
cover many recent incidents throwing light
| upon these plans as well upon the SEN
| s.t1veness Of leading Germans upon the
whole subject of our position in regard to
the foreign affairs of all American gov
| ernments.
| Father of the Colonial Policy.
| Even recently Prince Bismarck, in an
interview. at first denied, but since fully
confirmed, took occasion to berate the Mon
roe doctrine soundly, as wholly untenable
and one which Germany would be always
compelled to disallow. Although the old
chancellor is out of touch with the present
government at Berlin, he has no greater
| hope than to see 1t continue the plans
sion Of imperial Germany. He is the
father Of the colonial policy of the empire
| and it Is the one Of his plans to which his
| rebellious imperial pupil has steadfastly ad-
| hered. However much they may disagree
upon other points, upon this the young
| emperor and the old premier are in accord
| 1t was fear that his plans were not being
| sedulously followed which led to the i'm
portant Friederchsruhe disclosures of last
year, when the Bismarckian organ publish
ed letters and secret treaties showing how
the old man had carefully maintained, in
| spite Of the triple alliance, secret pledged
agreement of neutrality with Russia, which
as long as 1t existed prevented the consum-
nation of the present Franco-Russian al
| lance. When this alliance was an estab-
lished fact and 1t was felt all over Europe
| that Germany had. lost prestige in conse-
| quence, the old man of blood and iron did
not hesitate to let the world know that
| such a loss would have been impossible had
| his policy been adhered to. He took pains
| at the same time to roundly abuse the then
administration of foreign affairs at Berlin
| for forgetting the splendid imperial policy
which had been so successfully set on foot
under the old emperor No doubt his publ
| cation of these facts did ID. Not only
has the present emperor been doing every
| thing in his power to, keep up great show
| of an understanding with Russia, but he
has on every OCCASION assured his people
that the efforts of the government for the
| extension Of German colonies would never
cease. ?
Plans Brewing In Berlin.
And he tells the truth.
| There are bTew wing ifFlBerlni plans. for
| conquest and annexation which If widely
known would astonish Into turmoil the
! whole world. and naturally these plans
| find in the Monroe doctrine a serious
stumbling block.
If only the young emperor and his fol-
| lowing Lad a free hard the world would
see much more sensational developments
than the threatening Of small govern
ments like Haiti or the occupation of I'M
defended Chinese ports. But there Is
| large opposition in the reichstag to the
| emperor's world politics (weit politic) as
they are called. But this opposition is
mostly agrarian and must in time be over
| ridden by commercial interests always In
| favor Of colonial expansion. The wonder
| full growth of German commerce within
| recent years Will make the commercial
power dominant over the agriculturists.
| Added to this the present actual hardships
| Of over population will continually present
| an element in favor of colonial growth.
| fully believe that when the time Is ripe for
the emperor to make a play for rule of the
colonies he has in view he will find united
Germany at his back, in fact will find this
| outside diversion a means Of solidifying
disunited factions at home.
Germany Wants Territory.
| Germany feels greatly the need of ad-
ditional territory over which to distribute
| her constantly increasing population, and
at the same zine to hold them as sons of
the fatherlaad. The emperor said last
that his great admiration for America the
United States) was swallowed I'D in his
| grief, that SO many thousand Of the best
| men of Germany, being crowded out at
home, had gone there and given up their
aeslanG G IT TO himseif H. ct The fatherland
afford to lose such bone and sinew merely
| for lack of ground space at home. We
| must have colonies. We VIII have colonies
where they can go to make their fortunes
and yet be still ready when called upon to
| stand for the rights of the empire"
l happened to know that in saying this he
was giving expression to what is his dear
est scheme. He talks Of, dreams of and
| thinks of nothing else but the building of
worldwide empire. And ne is not half so
| apt to upset the peace of Europe as the
peace f'the world in the furtherance of
| these plans.
So far Germany has not been very sue
cessful with her colonial ventures Her
African possessions are annually the Dump
ing ground OF thousands Of emigrantS but
owing to climatic conditions and the hostile
natives, these never seem to thrive and are
constantly returning home or leaving to be-
come citizens of more favored provinces.
| This last is great grief to latter-day en-
| pire builders. Looking into the far future,
| they see a need for every possible man and
| will do all in their power to retain his al
| legiance. But this is not to speak of the
general scheme of territorial aggression
which the rulers of Germany have mapped
out. 1t only concerns those with which the
Monroe doctrine will have to deal and one
of them in particular which seems to be a
matter of current eOmment in Germany,
but with which believe citizens of this
| country are but, little acquainted.
Need for u larger Navy.
The action of the Germans toward Haiti
| does not probably look to territorial ag-
| gression, at least not Immediately. But
nothing would better coincide with imperial
plans than to Have such an excellent coal
ing station in Haiti, as England has in
Jamaica. To obtain these stations as rap
| idly as possible'to meet the demands of the
constantly increasing navy is one Of the
! primary steps In the general scheme The
recently submitted plans of the present