The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-08-07
- THE GERMAN ADVANCE
1.-THE IMPERIAL INSTINCT.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

man influence supreme In tho terri
tory which was once Rome.
The German publicist may say that
It is the German desire TO restore Glib
raltar to the Spanish. Malta TO the
Italians. Cyprus TO the Turks, the
Suez canal to the Egyptlans. and thus
10 end the British rule OF the great
Mediterranean sea, upon the shores
OF which England has no territory
But men Will continue No believe, in
spite OF such professions. that Cor
many desires TO destroy British rule
In the Mediterranean. not for the
benefit of Spain, Italy, Turkey and
Egypt, but for the glory and aSgran-
dizement OF Germany, which would
tako England's place as the successor
Of maritime Rome.
The imperial instinct guides Ger
many surely In the imperial path
when it uses the power OF the great
German military establishment TO
force Russia and all Europe to con-
sent to violation of plain treaty OBJ
legations on the part of Austria AUS
tria gained territory, but Germany
kept open the way to the near east
through Salonica II was Bismarck
who choked Imperial France to death
and thereby gave the sly and watchful
Disraeli the opportunity TO seize the
Suez canal for Britain, but that fact
does not serve to allay the present IT.
ritation OF Germany. Britain will hold
hold the canal and Will stay In Egypt,
right or wrong until a stronger pow
er iS able to oust IT,
But Germany Is building the Bagdad
railway. and before many years have
gone by VIII possess a railway route
TO the very borders of India, which
will form a moro direct connection
with the heart Of a sia than either the
long Russian railway or the long
British sen route What wil, cone of
the German Arabian railway deveiop-
ment no man NAV pred ct, but the tes-
tinnony OF all history is that trans.
portntion sDe',s empire 1t NAV be
that German science and German skill
will restore TO the word the ancient
fertility Of Mesopotamia and there,
find room for growth without inter
feripg with the development OF any
other country II may be that the
German ir0re-ial instinct yet will add
to itself colonial genius. and that the
German possessions in Africa may
amount 10 <. bul Huclucl
in Morocco, OF Arabia, or Mesopo-
tam,a, or nearer at home In Holla-a
and Belgium, every German imperial
list finds every pathway guarded by
the British lion. In the new world
the other Apglo-Saxon nation stands
guard. not alone over its own terri
tory. but also as the jealous pro-
tector Of a score Of weaker Latin
states. The interests OF imperial Ger
many clash with the interests OF I'M
perial Anglo-Saxondom. and at any
time may come into conflict with tho
republican half OF the Anglo-Saxon
world.
More than hundred years ago
Prussia began to teach the more
peaceful southern Germans the doc
trine that only the sword is an ef-
fective implement In empire building.
BY 1871 that lesson was thoroughly
learned. Germany is the Germany OF
today by virtue of blood and iron.
The Germans have made their way to
national union and security by force
OF arms The imperial instinct con-
trolls every German breast, and the
German, knowing the sword and It's
uses, may make a way for imperial
expansion in spite of all existing bar
riers.
Tomorrow-The German Advance.
IV.-The Supremacy of the Army.