The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-08-25

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from temporary conflicts of interest or
diplomatic combinations, but is the re.
suit Of ill.will existing for years
against the strength and prosperity Of
the German Empire. +"
This sentence, taken from the Kai-
ser's speech from the throne on August
4, is the view Of the present war held
by the German people. They expected
it for years to come
Second War with France Was Neces-
sary.
They felt all the time that after they
had accomplished their national unity
in bloody struggle against France IL
would take another bloody war TO dc.
fend and firmly secure IT,
The tone of the foreign press, not
only of the countries Immediately con.
cerned, but of the others as well, did
not allow them to be deceived as TO
the fact that they really had no friends
and well-wishers, view which the at.
titude Of the American daily press con
firms at the present moment Smaller
and greater incidents seemed to bring
the smoultiering antagonism to a vio-
lent issue every few years.
Refrained From War Again and Again.
Again and again the German gov.
eminent refraincd from war because
the apparent object Of the controver-
sizes did not seem to warrant such a
step, and by doing so exposed itself
| to suspicion of weakness both abroad
and on the part of the public opinion
OF its own country.
| France, which in war of its own
making had been fairly beaten, did
not take its defeat as a good sports
man should, but, feeling too weak to
take its revenge unaided, tried to gain
powerful allies that should help il win
its battles GasE N
Germany saw these efforts of her
neighbor in continuous progress. No
body was ever heard to tell France:
"You have been beaten in a fair fight;
you have lost, and if you are not strong
enough for yourself, keep your peace"
France Was Menace to Peace Of
Europe. A8
No; everybody seemed to pat France
on her back and encourage her atti-
tude, which was the real menace to
the peace of Europe, while all the
world was crying out against Germany,
which had no other desire than to be
| left alone. It is not within the scope
of this article to investigate whether
this Germah view was correct, or why
| il is that France commands so much
more of tm ,sympathies of the other
nations than Germany does, nor have
/ the space to enumeratc all the incl
dents which gave Germany that i'm
preston; for our purposes it is suffi.
cient TO know that the Germans had
the feeling that the other nations,
especially her reighbors, did all in
! their power 10 hinder them In the
peaceful development of their resources
and institutions; aud they have enough
to point at III qualification of this view.
French Treacfsry to western civiliza-
| .r ton. ,..|i 1.
What was especially irritating in
frances conduct TO the German mind
was this; That in her all-eontrolling
desire for revenge the Republic that
forever was Boosting of her progressive
and democratic spirit allied herself to
Russia, the stronghold of absolutism
and reactiOnism, the representative of
semi barbatH civilization. This was,
and is, honestly considered in Germany
as treachery to Western civilization
and culture. yg p. " re. =. r.
The Russian and Pan-Slavic move.
ment upheld tho claim of those Ger
mans who insisted that a great strug-
gle between the Slav and the Germanie
nations was unavoidable.
England's Deep Rooted Hatred.
Whether these views were right or
wrong, they are held by great many
Germans, and they explain the in
creased bitterness Germans felt when
they found England, for fear of hav.
ing to share her commercial profits
with Gcrmany-England, their nearest
racial kin-arrayed on the side of the
enemy of the race and of the Germanic
| culture, of which she was the leading
exponent. How deep-roOted, the Ger
mans say, must be the hatred against
us if it leads to such unnatural ALI
ances with the representatives Of every
thing that is hostile to the profcssad
ideals Of these nations
Determined to Be Prepared for the
Worst. 49,. 80
| Inc result was grim determination
to be prepared for the worst,
The last years had brought an i'm.
provement in the relations between
Great Britain and Germany; but be-
fore a complete reconciliation was ac'
cOmplished the tone of the antfGerman
press the anti-German demonstration,
in France and Russia especially, be-
came so violent that anybody who saw
their reflex in the German press and
was in touch with German public opin'
ion knew that the Outburst was near.
! Let me quote only two incidents out
of many which show that the Austrian.
ScrVian war was only the spark that
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during period when there was a
world S shortage of the finest types OF
cigar tobacco aud very high prices pre-
vailed, The initial costs Of production