Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-20
GENERAL HULsEN ,HAGSLER,
Distinguished Chief OF the kasoTs Military Cabinet

large ts area ana 10 extend lts com-
mervlal connections ana influence,
There ~ no doubt whatever that many
prominent members Of the OcrmWl
war party look forward 10 time when
n much greater part Of the man of Eu-
rope viii bo occupied by Germany than
is now the case, German impprinlISls
win extend the boundaries of their
country In cYory possible direction IL
tx obvious that IN certain directions ok
tension viii be impossible, az any rate
within AN immoasurable period Of time.
ON her eastern frontier Germany h
bounded by the Russian empire which
offers nm lnsurmountnblo obstacle 90
extension I'm the direction Of the RISING
sun, ON he other hand, France offers
an insurmouulnblp obstacle extending
along the greater part Of tho western
German frontier ana switzerland,
whose neutrality N guaranteed by tho
powers ls equally imprCgnahlo To Ger.
man ugPoHsiOn, The neutrality Of
Belgium ig likewise guaranteed by the
powers. NCInony'H remaining neigh.
h0w are Denmark Holland and Aus.
lrlo, ana all three Of these countries
have serious reasons 20 fear German
aggression IN none too distant future,
Germany has designs on Denmark be.
cause the possession NJ Denmark means
INC command ~ the entrance 10 tho
Baltic sen, Ihat command would be Of
mcalcul0hlo value 10 Germany IN the
event Of u naval war, Thoro IN a belief
CmTont In European diplomatic circles
that II Germany were involved IN a
war with amy power possessing n for.
midAhlo 0col, she would seize and hold
Copenhagen, ana the island OF ICELAND,
II ", however by no means certain in
fact, II N improbable that Germany
viii wait until some Hypothetical war
brolks out before SELLING the entrance
10 tho Baltic sea- German imporIalia,s
regard the possession Of the northern
end NJ the poninHuln, ~ which ilolstoln
~ he base, by "a small country llko
, Denmark ns mn nbsur1ity which must
be- abolished NJ the oarllcst possible Ops
porlWitN
Al mo headquarters. of the German
army In Berlin ana the headquarters
~ the GoTmlu navy AT klOl there are
Wnrol away I'm the secret archives
| complete plans fur the invasion OF Den.
marx hy % Gumln army ana for tho
IpIHro of lnU principal polnE along
tho nNuIsh Dn1al by the German navy.
and lhO EUououn situation ia 80 hll of
farrogch.ug pol'bililIoe that n " nm.
possible no predict whom thoto elaborate
'IO| 'I.| VIII I' lNlII'l lllO NIltllH VT
the G.rwHu war party has itN own why
the independence uf Denmark VIII not
no of luug lurllIun
one of INo mort serious Wb0lncgHas
of Germany /" the pXIromo broyl,y of
the UDrmnU rnnW line In proportion IN
the Drol of the country For naval
mrposca tNla disadvantage lr norp1a,
I'D Ny lho lunl mat lhe North ro0 ana
No lMIU. r0l Nro separated from ono
another bp 70 foreign country which
holds lUn principal means Of commus
nloDl|on ThH conquest OF Denmark
Wln remove lhIp d0lcultN but owen
then Germany win not De In possession
Of aIl lho means of access 10 the opon
son aNo do7lron
The col8t line from Hamburg IN I'm.
den Do lUr too abort for NurmUuy'R mt
val ana commercial requirements Nors
man lmpprplIslB have long east onvl-
Gus oyos no Holland, which Ot pronont
forms barrier between Germany and
thN North sop, IN which Germans
would IKE 10 be- predominant, Oor.
mans REGARD themselves an the houd NJ
the llcrmlnic race, and hence the ma,
uirNl protectors Of the Danes ana tho
llollandons and the proper owners Of
the countries inhabited by tho Danes
ana The liOllandoIa Quite IA number Oi
pan-Clormanlc writer's have published
books and essays proving, from their