The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-30
German Merchant with Inter-
national Reputation So
Informs England.
HE COMPLIMENTS AMERICA
THIS COUNTRY 10 THE ONLY ONE
THAT COMPLETELY AssIMi.
LATEs GERMAN IMMIGRANTS,
NE ANNOUNCES.
American News seryIce.l

(Amerlcan News ScrviccD
London, July 3O.-ln letter to the
Daily Express under the caption OF
How Germany Will Rule the World"
q prominent German merchant of IN.
ternational reputation advances some
arguments In support of the predicted
Teuton supremacy and incidentally
pays q compliment to the United
States In It's ability to assimilate the
enormous tide Of immigration. In the
connection he says:
Wherever You go, north, east, west
or south you find Germans. A quarter
Of century ago the only outlook for
our surplus population was the Un-
tied States OF America. and there my
countrymen nocked by the millions.
We now cut out the United States be-
cause the second generation there be-
comes Americans and the third rejects
US altogether, SO that there remains
only the German names. and these In
a large proportion are altered to suit
the Amcricanixcd notions OF the Ger
mans descendants. But In the rest of
the world Germany IL the predominant
foreign power"
Speaking OF naval supremacy he
says:
supremacy at Sea.
There Is one phase In the rivalry
between Germany and England to
which little attention has been paid.
and that In the ever-growing influence
Of Germany throughout the world.
The race for supremacy at sea Is
ephermeral. Even those Englishmen
who are willing to make the greatest
personal sacrifice to maintain their
navy In It's present overpowering
strength. and likewise those Of US In
Germany. who. sympathizing with you
are yet determined to exert ourselves
TO the utmost In \ like direction, must
confess that there Ia another factor ut
work which will eventually decide.
II have spent many years In Eng
land. America and in other foreign
countries. am great admirer Of
England. a lover OF her institutions, a
friend Of English liberty of thought
and action. I can, therefore say
frankly that In my opinion you have
not many generations to continue rs
the mistress Of the seas" ....
The remainder Of the article is IN
part N follows:
I'VE bring up our young men with
the dcfinite understanding that they
shall know something Of the wide
world before they take up the threads
Of business at home. Therefore, we
send them to England. to France, to
America. to the Far East, perfecting
them In their various callings.
South America which has hitherto
been divided between Spanish and
Portuguese speaking peoples, owes
its advance to German enterprise anu
German trade.
"China, which has offered England
for years welcome In commerce Is
slowly but surely developing German
tendencies. Even In the Straits Set
Elements. which are English. German
trade II developing amazingly. Austria
cry year.
Our young men of commerce
spread themselves over South Africa
from town to town weaving the net
that will eventually bring the trade IL
40.
ut IL matter of pride to us as II
may be source OF bitterness to you.
TO feel that the principal line feeding
your East African possessions flies the
German flag.
Germans In Belgium.
Some nearer home to Belgium. In
Antwerp you hear nearly as much