The sun., 1914-09-13

chant marine. the second largest IN the
world we built W. a fore gn trade SOC
ond only to the trade OF in tlau1, winch
continues To- be the clearing house OF the
world We have deve,optd universities,
which are visited by studcnts from an
made in the interest of the laborug man.
Germany has been TIE FIRST tu introdur"
compulsory national insurance 20 ward off
the consequences of accident and sickness,
of old age wdowhood. etc. our tech
nlCil advances are ludisputsd. The clcC-
trical, and more 50 our chemical indus
tries have conquered the worlds markets.
German dyes and German mcdi 'iuc.. sal
varsan. the Behring Serum and others are
wanted cVeryNherC. Germany was the
first country to accomplish compulsory
primary education, and thu works of it,
painters and artists are known the world
over. one Of the greatest accomplishments
finally has been that 10y developing a.rj-
culture as fine art We have made our
| country self-.ustalnlnS and nearly inde-
pendent from outside food supply. In
all this work the Kaiser has been most
active and Interested. he has always
been recognized as a lover Of peaceful
dey yelopment. Has it not been significant
| that he should have been placed on the
/ list Of candidates for the .>uuei pri1e or
peace?
All this activity. however. prcsupposes
a state of peace in the world IL would
| be insane to start so many enterprise,
| IL the idea Of an aggressive or provoked
| war had been in tho mind of the En-
peror or of the people. 1t cannot be denied
that all this has been the work OF the
| last forty years Before that time Ger
| many was known and ridiculcd IN way
as a country of poets and thinkers"
Are they not the same people who have
been doing so much since FOR civilization? =?
III a.l.,ft .1....
| teristlcs before? For the reasons | have
just set forth. without unity. liberty and
| security from outside Interference these
| characteristics would not have been de-
vcloped
| A people that must always be afraid
| OF being oVcrrun from all parts. of being
made a hostage OF the Powers contostng
! for European supremacy, can do nothing
| In the works OF peace, nothing in the
| acquisition of property and means which
are the basis of all great CONNER
cial and industrial advance. The same
claim can be made with regard to the
German Colonies, which have been de-
veloped on humanitarian lines and be-
come n valuable addition TO our home
production. That such n marvellous de-
| velopment such a continuous increase In
wealth. such an unrelcnting competition
with the older people for the markets Of
the world. should create the envy Of our
neighbors cannot be wondered at and
that they, therefore, should seize an OPP
portunIty to give what they call "a les
son to Germany" Is not very remarkable,
Now for the reasons OF the present
war
The world has become more demo-
cratic within the last half century, the
power and influence OF the dynasties have
been replaced to great extent by the
all prevailing spirit OF nationalism and
of racial assertion the world over II
) Is the people who row control the trend
OF European and Of American politics
also The stronger the natlondism or
racial feeling becomes the less are the
rulers in control. This has happened
especially to Russia, which, though auto
,, cratic as she Is IN her constitution, has
forced the Car to unroll the banner OF
Pan Slavlsm. Pan-Slavism means the
rallying Of all people of SlaV race under
the dominion or protcctorate OF tho White
: Gear. How far the Pan-Slavism has
forced upon Russia the protectorate oi
the Balkans may be seen from the fol
3 ing quotation from the English white
paper document No. 1879
SIR q BpcJ0n0n 10 SIR EdirGrd Grey;
NJ Sazonon Informed the French Amhas
saior and myself this. morning Of hls con
: versation with the Austrian Ambassador
cr1siS he had made i, clear to the Austrian
Government that war WIN Nussla mus
inevitably follow an hat'rIan isa'1 som S'
. nation Of ServIa was as intocrahle for Rus
sia as the dependence OF the Neiherland
on Germany would he TO Great nritain
and death.
You see: It was matter of life ant
Laeath to Russia that Servia should no
, be attacked. Everybody knows that 8
great many slav peoples are component
Of the Austrian Empire. Out OF tota