The National tribune., 1900-02-22
GERMANY's WONDERFUL STRIDE.
In Is Years the Germans Have Acquired Col
onies Five Times as Large as the Mother
Country

In an article written by George Leland
Hunter in Ainstec's we find this Interesting
outline of Germany'S progress in the last
20 years:
"In the short space of 16 years the Ger
mans have acquired colonies with five
times the area and one-fifth the population
of the mother country AS the most fertile
spots of the earth had already been pre-
empted. however, they were obliged to take
what had been Neglected by others as of no
account. The first rich prize they secured
was kiao Chau Bay. with the province of
Shantung. as a sphere of influence. Here
they will have an opportunity to show
what German patience, German THRIFT
and German method can accomplish.
Judging by what has been done in less
promising colonies the results will be graft
tying to German expansonists, of whom
Emperor William is first
In CHINA there is every reason why Ger
mans should align themselves with the
great commercial nations. German manu-
facturers have reached a point where they
can compete i'll open market with any
in the world. What they ask now is that
opportunity TO compete. And while Agrar-
ian influence has in the past hampcrec
trade relations-no notably with the United
Statcs-the industrial growth of Germany
is such that the political power of the Agraf-
lans is diminishing. OF course, the & eT-
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take alone the exploitation of the whole
OF emma, but that is impossible.
Whle no one can prophesy with GER
talnty what great power is some day 10
occupy ConstantinOple, it is significant
that the Germans are exploiting CONNER
cIall y not only Turkey, but also the Balkan
States. German capital has taken ad
vantage of the personal friendship existing
between the Kaiser and the Sultan to secure
concessions in Turkey for the building of
railways and the introduction of steam
ship lines. The influence that France
once exercised in the Levant has been
superseded by German influence. The
influence OF Russia. still great because OF
fear, becomes less in proportion as the
Sultan leans more upon his friend, EN-
peror william. The theatrical trip of the
latter to Palestine was an outward sign OF
this. England, it should be noted, appears
to be content to allow Germany to grow
at the expense of Russia.
In Persia, again, German and English
interests are opposed to Russian interests.
When the Germans build to Bagdad. the
railway for which they already have
concession, and which the Sultan is eager
to have constructed, it can be made to pay
only by extending it through Persia to
connect with the English railway in India.
This would complete the overland rout
from Berlin, and the west to Bombay. and
would make Persia to a considerable extent
commercially subsidiary to German mer-
chants in Turkey. On the other hand, if
Russia seized Bender A bias, on the Persian
Gulf, and connected it by rail with the
Russian railway systems to the north,
Russia would have in Persia another vassal
state, and would be in position to weaken
German influence in Turkey. Alone.
England would find it difficult to prevent
Russia from becoming predominant in all
Persia as she now is in northern Persia.
Together, England and Germany can to
their mutual advantage open Persia to the
commerce Of the world, and, while main
tanning its nominal independence, intro
duce modern civilization"