The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-08-07

BERLIN, Aug 7.-Germany posses
Sos the imperial instinct That Is 70
soy, the German people believe in
their own greatness, and are faithfully
persuaded that they VIII do God and
man the grcntest possible service by
the extension of the German empire,
German politlca! writer's arc fond OF
SAYING that as the nineteenth century
witnessed the PrussianISing OF Ger.
many, so will tho twentieth century
witness the CermanIZine OF the world.
Although the Germans at homo may
quarrel among themselves over the
details of domestic political policies.
all Germans. even the most radical OF
tho Socialists, ere united in support
u; shn impcrialistIc ideals impressed
'ispn nycry nan In his everyday life.
.;reAt .mpcrIalistic movements of
nSt,uval caaeoctcr almost invariably
are yreced-d by period of congcs-
GoL nsv;od BY al era OF prosperity
and the consequent rapid Increase in
population. pocessitating an expan-
sion OF territory to accommodate the
surplus people under the shadow Of
the mother flag. Congestion, and the
consequent need for more territory, is
pprely reIntiye condition. The
United States was filled with the lust
for more territory long before any one
of the original states was even COM
fortably filed with people
AS a nt tional movement. the pccu-
liar American Imperialism only
stopped when II reached the Pac,f
ocean and wss stopped on the north
by the British barrier and on the
south by sense OF shame. There
was a great outcry of objection to
that form OF expansion which took In
distant possesslors not fitted to be
co'onizcd 5Y a temperate zone race,
bIt even to this form Of expansion the
II atr'otfc cry II Don't hnul down the
fag" was a sumo emily effective re
10 nder. Political imperialism nay
rot now exist as an active 'g7nt In
American thought, but the migration
OF American farmers to Canada
shows that economic expansion is
made necessary by what Americans
consider congestion at home.
Rerer'bering these things. G,meri'
cans perhaps will Re more INC rclful Ia
their judgment of German aims and
Wherr the ancient Ger
man imperial instinct-learned In
Rome at flrst nand from the founders
of our western clTli2aion-long
burie1 beneath the ashes of a hun
dped devastating internecine wars,
was recreated IN Frederick the Great,
and its European purposes accom-
plished in Bismarck. Germany looked
forth for other worlds to conquer.
1t found that every thinly inhabited
fertile section of the temperate zones,
both north and south, with the ex-
ception of Siberia and Manchuria,
suitable for actual German folk colon
zation. was pre-empted by the Anglo
Saxon nations. North America was
divided between England and the
United States: the temperate portions
Of South America were guarded by
the American Monroe doctrine; tenn
perate South Africa and Australasia
were beneath the British Jack, the
cast Asian territory was already the
bone OF contention between Russia
and Japan, and there was nothing
eft for Germany.
With the increasing effectiveness
of the imperial governmental pro-
gram, Germans became more and
more unwilling to emigrate to other
and. thanks 10 an unprecc-
1ented Industrial prosperity, the con-
gesuon increased apace In 1910 tho
of Germany, within the
present limits of the empire. was 49,
100000. In 1871. the year when I'M
perioI unity was accomplished, the
popUlation had increased TO 10000
200. In that thirty years a growth
Of 10000 was considered TO he mar
selous. In the fret forty years Of tho
German empire, from 1871 until now,
The population has increased from 40.
100000 to 65,00o,000. for the first
twenty years at an average Of 100000
, year. and now at an annual rate OF
900. 900 With the exception of the
United States. which receives an i'm
migration of million year. no
other nation OF modern times ever In
creased so rapidly.
The 65,000,000 German residents OF
the Germap empire live In a land
whose total area is only 20S.S30 square
miles. II enough territory were
carved out of the state of Texas to =
make @ now stnto the size of Iowa,
the reduced remainder of Texas still
would be larger than all the German
empire in Europe. If every one OF
the 100000 Americans we're to
move Texas, they would be no moro
crowded than are the 100000 Ger
mans In Germany That Is sufficient
reason why Germany ia compelled TO
practice greater economy, TO control
to prevent waste. to
protect every individual with the
power of the state. and in many other
ways to do things not necessary. and
not desirable, in a country like tho
United States. where there is pleDt1
Of elbow room, and still vast amount
Of natural wealth to waste OF TO uso
as the people see At
Thirty years ago Germans were
at the rate of 225 900 a
year. The United States was pleased
TO receive the greater number OF
these. The average German immigra-
ton OF late years has been less than
10000, and this slight loss has been
made up by the immigration from
Austria and Switzerland 1t is by no
means unusual to hear Americans eN-
press regret that German immigration
to their country has ceased, but in
Germany. In spite of the congestion,
every expression is OF self-congratula-
ton that Germans no longer desire to
cave the fatherland.
II is OBJ ious that Germans no
longer 20 willing to expatriate them.
selves, and 1t Is equally obvious that |
there is No room nt homo for the rap |
dly. increasing population 1t also is |
obvious that Germans have no oppor. |
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