New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-02
The Problems of Labor and Cdp'tdI
in Modern Germany.

London. November %
a>roos hook on modern Germany is a gFea'
rain. There is no foreign country from nv
Americans and Englishnen have SO HiuO
- = tho Fratheriand Mr.. William Har-
b,,tt Dawson in The Evolution OF MoueiH
r.s-rnaav.,. published by Mr.. T Fisher Un"ln'
.,,.,,s in detail. without exaggeration or as
.,,.-,,e,+ the triumph Of a trading nation It
"a, ,,.e,,, hook for foreign readers because l.
-. -,+ have any direct bearing upon collH0
=, ,,ciiticsl or economic issues ike froleo-
-, y, A -,e-ica OF Tariff Reform in Eneia M
y,sz-.on describes the Germans as theS al
nv they have gone ahead so raPloIS Jul
-acent wears IN consequence OF scled'il' e
-, mercantile energy and technical Ialii
,,z and gives valid reasons for his oon0ius
,tat their competition. instead OF having re0oi
Sc highest point. will inevitably increase -
severity He is an indefafigaole lnNeS''e
1,,+ not 9 partisan with theories Of his own 10
-..,.,,., ,,- s,ecial pleading This is his eignth
york on Germany and it is written on colnpIe
,,.,si,,e lines and is crammed from cover 10
80 viz, well digested information There IS
- other hook which contains SO much thaI
Americans and Englishmen ought to know ABOUT
modern Germany.
Mr.. Dawson concentrates attention upon INC
fart that the Germans are absorbed III INDUS
4-,e,,s,, as 10 other nation is preoccupied with
business. The rapid growth Of population ara
the lack Of colonies suitable for settlement nave
c,,,3neued them 10 force their way into the
worlds markets with irresistible energy ana
system. Since the war with France over 10000
600 have been added to the inhabitants OF the
arani7e. the annual increase IS now over
paoOa0. and with the steady reduction Of infant
mortality and Of the death rate it may become
g fn3 million before long. By 1925 the popula-
ton Of the empire Will have advanced from
6lo000o0 TO 100000. With q growth OF
population equal TO the combined increase OF the
United Kingdom. Austria Hungary, Itaiy ana
France. Germany is forced to choose between
ernigration on a scale never experienced before
and the multiplication OF its industrial occuPa-
lions and products Emigration is retarded py
the absence Of colonies in the true sense The
colonial empire is made UP Of dependencies ana
rrotectorates in tropical countries, where plan
+..;o- ar7ferr,rses can be worked only by native
IL Dor The most promising section Is SCUM
west Africa. where there is a temperate climate
for p considerable agricultural colony. With
foreign possessions incapable Of development on
g large scale. emigration threatens the empire
with absolute loss unless a substitute can be
fopnd for a colonial empire in the ordinary
sense
.eWeItpoIitfH' is indeed an economic necessity
when q prolific nation is growing beyond the
-l7xsicaI conditions OF its surroundings. There
must be outward expansion, and the new Ger
man navy Is built in recognition Of the trend OF
national policy Pan-Germanisnl, with a hypo-
thetical absorption Of the German speaking por-
lions OF the Austro- Hungarian empire offers no
solution OF the population question What is
hoped for is the establishment Of German settle
rnents In temperate climates like those Of South
eru Brazil Argentina and Asia Minor. The way
to colonial empire in South America is blocked
by the Monroe Doctrine but It is held that set
Elements like those CT Rio Grande do Sui, Pa
rama and Santa Catharina, san Paulo and Es-
pirito Santo are not excluded by 1t, and that
GernanisTr can be Indefinitely strengthened in
Brazil Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
There are also German agricultural settlements
in Transcaucasia and Palestine and the build
ing Of the Bagdad Railway mas turned attention
TO the fertile regions OF Anato1ia and Mesopo-
tania- These are speculations Of the future
openings and fields of competition abroad; and
naval extension is opening the way for colonial
expansion The creation Of a navy has drawn
German parties together and enlisted the
thusiastic and undivided attachment Of the
Fatherland- There are two distinct motives for
it One is q legitimate desire to see the German
navy brought to such efficiency that national
interests may count upon prompt and powerful