The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-02
Why a War Between TeutOn and SIGU?

tlons extends 2G6 miles Mass
"a millions uf armed men,
stretched hHlf way re the 7Hnti-
lent. are RrupplInp Tor the mastery
OF Europe Five urst-cluss power
and many lesser ones ARE involved.
From distant seas new forces are
hnstening Go the conflict The shock
Of the combat Be- frt around the
globe. ana peoples at the uttcrmost
end of Asin ARE nstir for war.
The suddeunces and the immensely
Of the struggle hnto dazed mankind.
The wiFcrt 1f men can give mo- ,ou-
elusive reason for this gigantic up-
heuyal this tremendous rc,crsiun tu
barbarian n is charged Co milltar-
ism. tu uutocrucy, 90 national amhi-
tiuns. tu political i%eulousies. Goo ocu-
noulic riyalifirs. TO ovcrpopuiation. Ca
the prehistoric instincts OF tribal
hatred an uf these cause are app
parent % some dcgrcc. but there are
few Impartial Observers Who will see
lcct ono and discard 400 the others.
Amonr SOME ui the chiof contest
ants. however thOr Whose, acts De.
gan the war hat they say was Iucy-
table there .s no doubt. no uuper-
tainty This. they declare. is tho
final battle for supremacy between
two great races. for%cshadowed from
times long past and prcrlpitItcd Dos
iucNoruhio laws OF blood,
No soouer had Austria set her foot
upon scrv,a than the whisper ran.
Does 10 hegin"' When RusSia turn
ed her vast bulk TO come to- the aid
Of her Scrvian kim me Germany stiff
Tened 10 defiance. the whisper be-
came O. shout. 'This IS the great wat
tho Tcutou against the SiaV'' with
one ccord e large school 81 students
aud philosophers. historians AND
statesmen proclaimed that the APP
pointed hour had struck, and thai
this mighty conflict WAS Co determin,
which of the two races should sur.
vivc.
Spokesman for Germany in Amer.
lea are unanimous IN this view. Tn,
president ct the Germaa-America
humhor OF Commerce. ct Sew York
Says.
The only power able TO- check
mate Russia b. Germany. and there
fo-c Germany is fighting the battle
q civilization and Of progress agnins'
reaction. strike down German
military power aud German prestige
and nothing but the czar remains u
Europe
Professor Francke. ct Harvard. de
/ clarcs that b. Germany loses. "Ne
place Will be taken hy Eussin. which
with her tecminE millions and mex
haustiblc Resources, Will become tn
arbiter of Europe.
1T ia race ~trcachcry,' says Dr
! Ernst Richard, president - the Ger
man American Peace Society, for
Hngland to fight against German
ana for Russis. Tho real caus'
OF the war b.. Shall Europe DE rule
by Aslatics or by Europeans, by Slav
or By Tcutonse"
Or Hugo Munsterbcrg. of Har
ward. a personal friend OF h kaiser
writes:
AN German good will FOR peac
was doomed because the ISSUE Doe
tween the onrushing slavic world an.
the German world had grown Go a'
ovcrpowering force. The siruggl
between the Fwo civilizations wd'
imminent At last the chnnc
came To strike the long-dcigyed oio'
of the Slavic world against the GEL
man. Both Slavs ana Germans an
willing 10 sacrifice labor and hi
for the conservation OF their uationu
culture and their very existence,
General Won Bernhard, "a note
German military leader wrote tire
years ago.
Russia feels herself the leadin
power OF tho Slavic races Par
sla,ism is hard at work m
coming war must hc q war for "u
political and national eNistnccc.
In his manifesto the world the cza
proclaimed:
"Russiu. related By faith an
blood 10 the SlaN peoples and ialihi'
To- her historic traditions. has neN'
regarded their fates with inditfei
cnce. The uaternal sentiments Z
the Russian people for the slavs ha'
been awakened with perfect uuaniIi
lty and extraordinary force.
The German emperor took up "
issue when he charged tho strife
Russin's Unsuitable national.sW az
eNhorted his subjects 60 'Tenlemn'
above an. that you are Germans
That "a deep irreconciliahle hosiih'
between the two races exists, tnef'
r fore. there Fan be no doubt. ~ y
4 intend 10 discuss tomorrow u
!. broader aspects Of racial antagonis.
az the cause of wnr. we shall presel
today "a historical inquiry { ~
force which IS cited az b. bah
reason for this struggle.
when Teuton civilization was =
ready far developed, vast territory :
the cast of Germany, @ uh"
Russian sway. was "a savage CO."
try. Regarding this as provided
= nature for their expansion, the &c
mans In the Middle Ages oVerrah
q by means Of war ana emigration ~
established their own advanced ~
TEN.
I Recognlzing the value of the we'
IS e-p mixture. the more
rulers az Russia encouraged 'ei"l'
influence. and until recent "a u
! German element was a power ~ ,
e administration az Russian aha'I
4 This was particularly true 10 'he =,
40 provinoes. where German wa u
omcial language and German if'
+ estantism the leading relHion,
q p,,, dnrinr the last hundred yea