El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-06
Germany's Navy Is Destined
To Surpass All Other Nations
1.-THE GERMAN ADVANCE

. ERLIN. Germany, Aug 6.-The
~ present naval policy of the Ger
man empire was crystalized in the
navy bill of 1900 whicE. according to its
preamble. proposed to create a fleet of
such strength that "a war with the
mightiest naval power would involve
risks threatening the supremacy of that
power" This language was a direct
notice to England that Germany was
not content to permit the British empire
to retain absolutely undisputed the SUI
premacy of the seas. It did not mean,
perhaps, that Germany intended to
build a greater navy than the British
navy. but it did say that the German
navy should be large enough to cause
England TO think twice before provok-
ing a naval war with Germany.
England Feared Navy.
At the time there was some excite
ment in England, but the British peo-
pie at that time had their fill of war
in South Africa and the general public
did not take especial notice of the
changed attitude OF the Berlin govern
ment toward naval matters. The navy
bill of 1900 was supplemented by other
acts from time to time, but about two
years ago It was discovered that the
original bill was sufficiently elastic to
permit the German admiralty to do al
most anything it pleased in developing
and extending its program of naval con-
struction. When the discovery was
made that the elasticity of the navy
law had permitted the secret accelera-
ton Of the building program. the entire
British empire was panic stricken; an
unwilling government doubled its navy
estimates; peaceful colonial parliaments
voted appropriations for colonial ma
vies and nothing was to be heard in all
Britain but war talk
Kaiser Believes In Navy
The emperor William. In a speech de-
1vered at Bremen in 1905 upon the Oc-
casion of the unwilling of a monument
to his father, made a declaration of his
views with respect to strong military
and naval policies Of the empire He
said that in his bOyhOod he had been
angered and chagrined by the pitiful
weakness of the German navy, and that
his naval policy had sprung from that
FEELING, and was not directed toward
aggression, but to the command of re-
spect for Germany from the rest of the
world He said his aim was to do eve
rything possible 10 let bayonets and
cannon rest. but to keep the bayonets
sharp and the cannon ready. so that
envy and grief shall rot disturb us in
tending our garden or building our
beautiful house I vowed never to strike
for world mastery. The world power
that | then dreamed of was to create
for the German empire on all sides the
most absolute confidence as quiet.
honest and pcaceable nation have
vowed that If ever the time comes that
history shall speak of a German world
power, or a HohenzoIlern world power.
this should not be based upon conquest
but should come through the mutual
striving Of nations after common pur-
poses"
1t is needless to say that the people
OF other nations do not accept the kais-
ers avowal of peace making Ny means
or the tools of war at its face value.
| The Englishman, the Dutchman or the
Frenchman will point out that as the
power of Germany has grown, the
kaiser has been tempted often to take
advantage Of his possession Of many
sharp bayonets and many ready cannon
TO force upon his neighbors not so wei
| armed, his own political and diplomatic
policies. His boyhood dream of a
peaceful world power based upon quiet
and honest endeavor at home has taken
on more and more of the color of a
dictatorial world power based upon
force.
The kaiser. in speech at Cologne in
1897, said: Neptune with the Trident
i SYMBOL TOT US that we have new
tasks to fulfill since the empire has
been welded together Everywhere We
have to protect German citizens. every
where we have to maintain German
honor. That Trident must be in our
fist No man knows better than he
that the British empire depends for its
very life uoon its retention Of the SUI
| premacy of sea power. If Germania
| takes the Trident away from Britannia.
then the German empire will be what
the British empire is today-the great
est power on earth
Purpose of PrOtect.Sn
Germany contends thar II needs a
strong navy, strong enough to prevent