New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-18

are the outpost of the West on the IA
ciGc and Japan OF the East
Prussia supported her Slav brothers
in Seryia and we were forced to sup
port our German brothers IN Austria
Race against race. people against peo-
pie, Occident against Orient, civiIlzs-
ton against mi-barbGrism Such
things have always been in history
perhars alway5 vii he. But when the
West. when England and France at
tackled Us in 'hc rear oh, the day may
soon come when thcy will regret that.
Not a Dynastic War.
Ten this * not a dynastic war,
quarrel of kings" | asked, when kings
p,ay the sport Of kings to see VINO
plays it best"
II could properly be offended at such
a uue Stion," was the grave answer, 'bu'
will cndeavor not to be. because see
il is possible YOU could believe even
rlomCntarily such monstrous thing.
"To 90 back to the beginning, We
stood in the centre OF Europe, with
hostile nation on each side OF US. FOR
centuries we were the manpuVring
ground for foreign armies. Spaniards'
Dutch. English, Russians. Poles DO
l2m;ars. but especially the French'
have drcnchnd our sol! with each oth,
~. nth their owr and with our blood
tur centuries. That was when the
spglt Of king was played. il you Ike
and we were the playground :,
"Finslly we Germans became self
conscious. We realized after long,
long time that VIC must tight oeside
each other. not agaiHs. each other. lor
one party Of invaders or another
Prussia was the nucleus whence TINS
shirt spread ever what Is now the EN-
pirc. Napoleon's iron hee! trod US IRON
into our South. and with tears ana
mistakes and blood we slowly maue
PROGRESS. In !s70-Tl, under the mrs.
emperor Wilhrlm-the Great we can
him and Bismarck. the German I'm
IRE vas born. In commerce arg a au
science. the works Of peace IL mas
grown. perhaps a" last as you, o om~
country, certainly faster IMAM any
Certainly faster than ours IN the
.,,s ;, snCr,stcd, "if no: also in COM
lneTce ard science
Great Britain Accused.
"That is the explanation, the down
~ ,ht fund mental explanation OF Eng
ia11J,S entrance into this war;" he eN-
,lained 1--WE we're forging ahead OF
England in all the arts and sciences OF
nasce so in cur difficulty she deter
mined to"-he hesitated, then chose MS
words carefully-"she determined TO Try
N destrov our sea- borne commerce WIFI
Tor navy. She couldn't beat our mer-
chant ships with her own, therefore she
homes to boat our merchant Ships VII"
her DreadnoughtS. 49,, o,,r,.
"Ah. we'll" he SaIo, ut was hei ON!
chance. English business men worn -"
hour, Il day five, or even ioui' daya
week -.hrec-dG" week ends nave De
come quite the custom over there no"
and German business men WORK hine
hourS A day SiN days weeH' Il IT, an!
wonder she finds she needs to HuDSlGl%S
her commerce win l"''-lhch S"eiiS
Read your Mahan.
Read Manan?"
We. his history OF the Influence
of Son Power Upon Iii tory. lie shows
how. ever since the Spanish Armada
ENGLAND has considered all the oceans
beIonpiug TO her. She has resented 10
The noirt OF war the commercial sue
cnss on the ocean Of any other nation
She has always either outnullt her
rivals. or. when opportunity offered IN
stead of outbuilGing her rIvals navy
she has attacked it before it could be-
COMO TOO large. She considers the hre
oceans belong 10 her -.
awe dared to share them with her
and so she has attacked US IN our dim
cuI.y--iust as she took advantage OIL
com Civil War to fit out Confederate
nriygtccrs and sweep your ocean COM
mercs from the seas. :,
"Do you realize" he asked, that II
was precisely during the four years oil
your Civil War that you lost your
ocean commerce and England picked II
uu9 In the same way England de
,'rcycd the navjes, first OF SPAN ana
took her commerce; thor whcn the navy
apd commprc" Of Holland gre" large
Troiaud destroyed her navy and TOOK
her comm erce; 'ncn when the french
attempted colonial cXpn1slon ana trade
undo, LOUIS NV "rG w: England de-
stro,,I the French Eavics and TOOK
French commerce. ~,
"Tbie happeued several times. When
c..pr French comm 80 showed signs OF
rcvivinp. England promptly cut IT to
no Ground again. Then in the Napo-
lconic wars England destroyed all other
nayies, including yours, and TOOK thelr
troIc II is fine game they play IN
Westminstcr-that the five oceans be-
Ionc, Ia thcm-but some day the rest
81 Europc and you in America may
crow as weary Of il as We have al
$50 YOU think ,hc underlying rca-
son, Cor England entering the light IS
economic" inquired.
: Calls It Business War
certainly" he answered, with great
rosftiyeucss. at is strictly business
rroposition with England. I is busl:
ness war, pure and simple, ike all OF
England's wars"
Then YOU DOR: believe It was to
protect the neutrality of a weaker
rountr". Belgium. defend her
against a powerful aggressor, as the
English papers ASSERT"
ooh. that that he said, "is. in
vour expression, simply monumental.
Sc yhcr have rho English them
.oIyes respected the neutrality OF
smaller nations? Since their South
African adventure? All other nations
IN the world. put togethe, have not
,-;oiatcd the neutrality Of weaker coun-
rios onc-half as muck as England has.
"Tbc existing empire Of eleven
r,;rIinr square miles Is evidence
o,,ob Of that. She went intO the
7'r.nsyaal and Orange Free State be-
.anse her tinancierS want. tie dia-
,,ord mines there. We went into Bel
g;um AS a matter Of military necessity
in fight for our lives.
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