Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-01-23
(TO BE CONTINUEDO
DECENTRALIZATION OF EUROPE
Trend of the Various Nations I.
Toward the Most Power
full Empire.

The North German race Is possessed
of mania; it is in the grasp of ono alb.
sorbing idea. Deutschland ueDer
Allies says the motto. In these DAVIS
that means the commercial supremacy
and dominance of Germany around the
world. says the Cosmopolitan.
For instance, all Europe knows that
the death of Emperor Franz Joseph
will be the signal for the breaking I'm
or Austria, the last remnant of old
Rome, the eastern empire of the two
sons OF Constantine. Even now the
fabric Is loose; nothing holds to-
gether the irreconcilable Magyars
Czechs, Slavs, and the rest but tn,
popular affection for the emperor and
popular cOmmiseration for his mis-
fortunes. He has no direct successor;
the heir-apparent is not liked, and
upon the advent of the new ruler trou-
BILE is scheduled. The Hungarians have
fixed their hearts upon independence,
and will have nothing else. With the
removal of that keystone the arch falls.
inevitably. and from the fragments the
North Germans expect to gather at
once Bohemia, Austria proper, and
the Tyrol.
And why? These countries must go
somewhere; they cannot drift on
alone. The trend OF progress is wholly
against small nations, wholly accre-
tive, and solidlfying. Except Bohemia,
the countries here involved are nat
urally German; therefore their inev-
liable place is in the German empire.
Moreover, close about tSq1 Sc=ders
OF Germany are other states essen
tally German in population and
thought. Holland. for instance The
law OF evolution is the development
OF what is necessary for the survival
of the stronger organism. Holland
has magnificent seaports adjacent ia
the Atlantic, AMI Germany needs them.
Holland is almost German now; in
time. then, manifest destiny will draw
1t into the confederation.
North Germans see plainly the fu-
ture of Switzerland as a province in
the coming German empire Some per.
sons, knowing well the temper Of the
Swiss people, believe that first II will
be necessary TO depopulate the coun.
try; but the German answer to this
Is the natural force of development
which Is drawing the nations together
as surely as 1t is indicating the DOM
nance of tho most resolute and hardy.
And what will the rest of Europe
be doing while thus the new German
empire is being formed? There are
the balance Of power. and the Eu-
ropean concert, and all the rest OF il:
the Dreibund and the Zwsibund. and
the entente cordiale, and what of all
these?
According 10 the German idea OF
things the rest of Europe will have
no more to say about the forming OF
the new than II has had to say about
the forming Of the present German
empire. II Austria shall conclude tn
join the Great German confederation.
that will be nobody's business. III HoI.
land determines 10 follow the exam.
pie OF Bavaria, Of what concern will
that be TO the rest Of the world? No
body interfered when Bavaria came In
If Denmark be induced to give I'D q
precarious and costly independence for
place In the German procession. who
shall deny her the right? Sooner or
later, according to the imperialistio
idea, the roller is to go over all ths
smaller nations; they are doomed ia
obli'eration. anyway, like small
tradesmen before the department store.
or small manufacturers before a trust.
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