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is EDWARD \ MODERN CAESAR

nv. N.Y. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ire White House, Dec. 3, 1907.
is EDWARD 4 MODERN CAESAR
IL 1t were not Scr the fact that the
German state counselor or regierungs-
raths lsudolf Martin. had proved him
sell trustworthy prophet Of interna-
uonai affairs, even his high official
position could hardly inspire the wide
spread and serious attention which his
latest book, Emperor William III.
and King Edward VII," is receiving
continental Europe
quite Il year before the Russo
Russia" in which that war, with It's
attending Russian defeat, was marvel
ously foreseen.
In the New York Times of June "a,
1906, an article by him was published.
wh.lh presented with the same uh.
er,ing git of provision the economic
history of Russia during the last
twelve months, These are some Ut
the reasons which almost lift his latest
book ont of the realm of. chance. He
policies Of most European chaneeI-
!eries change Germany will in a
short time find herself at war with
both France and England. and what
| Is more-Geriiiahy Will herself begin
the conflict. He writes
There are many Germans who be-
| lieve that there will be no war IT, no
other country attacks Germany. Ger
many, trey think, will never begin
| hosulitits This opinion is so devoid
of dignity 20 dishonorable, so humil-f
iating that il cannot even be discussed :
4 by patriotic taermans. Germany will
certainly fig.!S when the hour for de-
/ cisve action arrives 1t Is not true
| that we desire peace at any price
| every German desires war as soon az
! ~ INT q at or tt,,r
THE war between Prussia and AUS
| tria led to the formation Of the North !
| German Federation. The war between
Germany and France led to the foun-.
dalton OF the German Empire The.
war between Germany and England
will lead to the Greater Germany Of
the future" -
. The instigator Of the strife which
will bring this further expansion Of
Germany about Counselor Martin be-
} lieves he has discovered redhanded 1t
is Edward VII. of Great Britain, who.
whether liberal or conservative gov
ernment be III power, IS In reality d
modern Caesar, who, on account OF a
personal gridge against his royal and
, imperial nephew, William H., has
| shaped an anti-German policy in the
. principal chancelleres of Europe.
against the wishes of the British peo-
pie.
But what is, now the cause OF the
r British suspicion? Why has the Brit
n ish Caesar encircled Germany with a
r chain OF treaties tending to prevent
n her natural expansion not only in con-
i tinental Europe, but in the near and
q far east, and In Africa?
|. i Counselor Martin replies to his own
: question BY arguing that the English.
: with their wonderful political fore
:, sight. have seen clearly what the Ger
:. man policy Of the future will be al
r though neither the German govern
d ment nor the German nation is now
8 pursuing that policy with consistency
: or consciousness. This policy consists
I in the absorption Of Austria and Hun
e gary and the Balkan states. finishing
h UP with the Ottoman empire, SO that
II Germany of the future will extend in
g an unbroken line from Berlin to Bag
dad. He continues:
! German policy does not now aim
= at incorporating the Baltic, provinces
v of Russia and Russian Poland In the
le German Empire, nor does 1t aim al
he bringing about a closer relation be.
l. tween Germany and Austria Hungary
y German policy does not. aim at estab.
= fishing German protectorate over
Ie European and Aslatic Turkey, nor a.
the addition OF Holland and Belgium
A to the German federal empire. Never.
re. theless, all these changes Will TAX,
~ place in our own time within the mex
= twenty or thirty years, and no one Ii
I'd Germany Will be able to arrest til,
inevitable trend Of events. Germany
Of will achieve her destiny without con
n, sciousy pursuing these aims" -
~, Now, England realizing that Ger
q. DC many Is bound to expand in these di
n rections and to- this extent, and per
as ceiying also the extraordinary effort
d. that Germany Is making toward worl,
IL supremacy In commerce and politics
her need Of more land for her grow
OF Ing population and the necessity 0
n eu has through the short sighted poll
er cy OF her Caesar, adopted. the delib
to crate policy Of hampering German TX
lly pansion at every possible point.
Ito This declares Counselor Martin,
ms the explanation Of the n1istrust 9
ne Germany entertained by the most in
goo telligent and far-seeing statesmen an
eIr politicians in England and this is tn
ed reason why Great Britain is buildin
in up u coalition Of powers from whic
Of Germany s carefully excluded.
by Ever since the Boer war one Of tn
ire most permanent Impressions left q
Dr. the British mind has been the illwi
* q Germany to Great Britain. Eve
nts tho war, preceded by the kaiser's In
es. jut.icious approval OF President krt
he anti british sentiment. The fri
al signs oe this growing i'll WILL NATURAL.
placed Great Britain in the defenstv
al 10 fai, in with the express ain
In Of German ambitions for territoris
,ea. and natural products and become a
GO. sc. ally Of Germany would not only haN
ses ieopardiZed British colonial posses
The sion and British commerce, but Woul
ED have impaired the character OF IN
hat British empire, nurtured by tn
smaller powers, as policing the worl
Mt At the same time 1t should not
me ne forgotten, as was pointed out in an a
In ticle in the New York Times wee
Of ago, Germany Must Now Look
Az Africa and America for Futui
on Growth" that the essential point
der Germanys ambitions is that the coul
ast try has become dependent upon SCI
70 u borne trade. Her own harvest l
ose longer feeds her. For a hundred ar
the two days out OF the nearly three nu
of dred and sixty-fiVe Germany is fed