El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-07
The German Menace OF Great
Moment To Great Britain
1.-THE BRITISH CRISIS.

, tive opposition. led by Mr.. Ba1four.
{ clamored for measures even more ex-
! traOrdinary than the government was
willing to undertake.
I Since that time the German var
: scare has been the first thought in the
; minds of the British people. The gen
craI election, the conirOverted bud
! get, the tariff reform agitation, the
! struggle between the Commons and the
| Lords, everything. has been influenced
and changed by the fear of the Ger
mans.
| Even now. despite the truce that
/ seals the lips of agitatOrs. the German
war question is an imminent and COM
! pelling factor in British thought. The
governing colonies have responded,
/ in one way or another. to the agi-
{ tatiOn at home by making offers Of
/ battleships or by laying the founda-
/ tiOns for colonial nayies. The rebels
in India have gloated over what they
consider the fright of their> white mas
tiers.
Kaiser Talks, But Works
In Germany the Kaiser talks and
works for peace, he compels Russia to
assent to treaty violations by Aus
tria in the name of peace, he curbs his
/ impatient tongue and hopes that the
yesterday. But the shipyards Of the
Elbe work day and night on the bat
| tleiships which are. in the Kaiser's
words, to place the trident in the Ger
man fist The Krupp factory at Es-
sen, the largest and most complete in
dustrial plant on earth, is working
night and day forging the huge guns
which are destined. perhaps, to aid
Germania to rule the waves
IT,
he is superior to all other human be-
ings as naturally as he accepts the
fact that the Thames flows through
London to the sea Lord Curzon not
long ago wrote book on the Prob
lens of the Far East and he dedicat-
ed it ITO those who believe with me
that the British empire is. under
Providence. the greatest instrument
for good the world has ever seem,
There are few Englishmen who would
not feel that the dedication was a
personal compliment. When people be-
lieving such exalted things of them
selves are brought face to face with
the possibility OF national extinction,
then indeed the situation is serious
Politics Responsible.
1t must not be forgotten, in apprais-
ing the situation, that party politics
has played a considerable part in the
this only serves TO aggravate the seri-
BUSINESS of the problem. The Con-
servatiye party, under the leadership
Of Mr.. Balfour. is the heir of all the
traditions of three centuries OF Tory
tactics. When things get too hot at
home, the Tory policy Is to stir up a
foreign question and endeavor to unite
the country to their support by appeals
to patriotism. This policy has saved
the Tory privileges more than once
in the past, and il was the German war
scare as much as it was tariff reform
that brought gains to the opposition
in the recent general election
The reckless use of the war scare
as party thunder tends certainly 70
increase the irritation between Germany
and England and helps to make the
struggle even more surely inevitable"
Furthermore, 1t is conceivable that
the extreme Tory wing might prefer
to risk the issue of q war with Ger
many rather than surrender their an
cient privileges to the clamoring de-
mocracy- Meantime, the Liberals can
not minimize the danger, because it
is real; nor can they be aggressive,
because for the moment. they are the
actual Imperial government.
England Really Concerned
Whatever the rest of the world NAV
think, England is convinced that the
danger is real and imminent Never
before in all the history Of mankind |
have such tremendous preparations for !
war been made as are now being made !
by Germany and Great Britain. There |
is no quarrel. no dispute, no bone of /
But Il does not follow that !
there is no cause for war.
Germany has $4,000, 900 of people in !
a territory but little larger than that |
Of the state of Texas. These millions (
have made wonderful progress in in !
dustrial efficiency in the past three |
decades They want room to grow
They want colonies. Wherever there /
Is room for a really profitable colony |
the site is already pre-empted by Great
Britain. or it is guarded by the Mon
roe doctrine. The time was. not long
ago, when German activities might |
nave been directed against that cardi-
nal principle of American foreign pol
cy. That time has passed away, and
German ambassador in America prac-
ically subscribes to the doctrine.
Prussia fought Denmark for terri
Dry Prussia fought Austria for ter
-itOry and prestige. Prussia fought
France for territory and empire The
German empire will fight Great Brit
lin, so think the English, for the stake
If universal imperial supremacy.
Tomorrow-II-Is the Empire Safe?