The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06

view Is particularly interesting and
| important just now because of the in
tense political situation in which Ger
many, France and England are in
volVed at the present moment. Here
it is:
81 have received your kind request
to write for the Contemporary Review
an article about the Anglo-Americar
arbitration treaty. about the German
chancellor 8 speech, and the attitude
Of the German people toward this ques
ton. But l have come to the conclu
slcn that such an article could scarcely
forego the pleasure Of fulfilling your
request. Perhaps the reasons for this
conclusion may have a certain interest
L shall present them to you without
reserve, and you may publish them if
you like.
''The task of German statesman
who loves the Fatherland, consists to-
day in the domain of foreign relations
OF l,elping the German nation TO secure
fitting part in the rivalry of the
great powers to rule the world. and
thus transfer TO the backwoods or en-
tlrely savage territories their own cul-
ture.
"Our people, occupied until 1871
with the work of establishing our ma
tlonal unity and independence, which
the western nations had succeeded in
establishing centuries before, was un-
able to participate In the great col
onization policy of the other nations in
other parts of the world Enormous
portions of America, Africa and Asia
speak today English, Spanish, French
or Russian. or they are under the SOW
ereignty of these powers; even such
small countries as Holland and Portu-
gal have considerable colonial posses
sions.
"The Germans have managed only
recently to secure few tracts of ter
ritory Of moderate dimensions and of
trifling importance. Yet from the first
moment we manifested these inten-
tlons England, who has united under
her crown almost one-fourth of all
mankind. 40o,000,000 souls, has
watched our efforts with burning jeal-
ousy and has thrown one hindrancee
after another in our way.
g Even IN Turkey, where the very
nature of things precludes any acqui-
sition of territory on the part of Ger
many, and where we have no other in
tcntions save the industrial develop
ment Of these ancient lands of culture,
England has placed so many obstacles
in our way that we could carry out
our great enterprise of the Bagdad
railway only very slowly, with diff
Guilty, and step by step.
"Shall the great German people per-
init itself to be locked permanently
within its continental boundaries and
look on while England, Russia, Franco,
the United States, and Japan are di-
viding the world among themselvesg ?
Shall we look on quietly at the way
in which our capitalists are forbidden
to build railways and harbors for Tur-
key according to their desire7
"With the United States and with
Japan we have few points Of contact; ;
Russia and France are forced to pay
heed to our army, but we were power
less against England The building of
the German navy was the answer to
England g shortsightedness and greedy
politics This answer was inevitable
and essential if Germany would not
surrender her national future and her
honor as a great power.
''For might can only be fought by
might We had no aggressive inten-
tons against England in the building
of our fleet. Of what avail would such