The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15
EUROPEAN WAR THROWS VAST
TERRITORY INTO THE BAL NCE
Possible Outcome Of Great Conflict Now Raging Dis
cussed by DR.. Henry MEG Wagstaff, Professor of
European History at State University.
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efficiency. holds. at the end of the
car. the vital lines Of both France
and Russia in her hands? Even Eng
land though unconquered on the sea,
would be fain to acGuleSce IN terms
ior her suffering allies hat would
save them the vital thrust. France
stands TO lose an empire which for
qua Of a century she has
been building in Africa and Asia. Add
Eelgian Congo, combined with Ger
many's other African possessions, and
the German nation would possess 10
per cent of the area of a continent
which comprises one-fifth of the land
II the globe.
"Reverse the superstition: The al
lies WIN! Germany will be stripped
of hcr every colony. Already the
douebty sons Of Nippon have invested
Niao Chou, Germany's concession on
the Chinese coast, p~lundered from
China in the hour of opportunity and
now destined to be similarly lost.
Moreover Japan may safely be expect
ed to take care of the Carolina and
Ledrones. ITogoland in Africa has al
ready been seized Jointly by France
and England, as also has German
Samoa by the English. German East
Africa and German Southwest Africa
may be expected to fall into the hands
of England"
Aht III
DR. Henry McGilbert Wagstaff, pro-
fessor Of European history in the Uni
Versity of North Carolina, set forth
she possible results to the colonial
empires when the final terms of peace
IN the European conflict have been
dictated. DR.. Wagstaff is a lifelong
student Of European afTalrS-hlS
knowledge Of European history is all
embracing. 1t even comprehends the
course Of every rivulet in Europe as
we'll as an insight into the deep
seated movements that have shaped
European history through all the
gears. The u~ndercurrent which
hurled the warning nations into the
c~ataclysmic conflict is revealed in this
enlishtening interview from DR.. Wag-
staff. The interview in full follows:
Results To COlOni Empires.
one of the interesting questions for
speculation in the present colossal
conflict OF arms now raging in Europe
~ the possible results to the colonial
empires of the contestants. True,
only four OF the warning nations
England. France Germany and Bel
Sium-possess colonial dominions.
Nevertheless, as in the history of past
European conflicts of less tremendous
import, colonial interests will newt
ably play their part in the final terms
of peace.
The birth Of England's colonial as
piratiOns dates from the beginning
of her commercial rivalry with Spain
in the sixteenth century. Then Amer
lcan areas were the prize at stake
with Spain beaten and ~deCadent after
the defeat Of the Armada IN 1888
france arose as England's chief rival
Tor commercial and colonial domin.
ION. America and India were now the
prizes to be won or lost. Successful
n the titanic struggle Of the Sever
Years War (1756-1763), with, with
the Great Frederick or Prussia a:
slly, England emerged as the grea1
colonial power Of the world. Thi.
proud position she has since retained
10 be sure the pearl of her possession.
vas lost In the war of American In
~EependeDce, and this was the day o
frances rejoicing, since to the resul
she had materially contributed. Never
theleSs England learned by the lessor
and in the Napoleonic wars she par
naily indemnified herself. In 1871
she stood the proud possessor of
lar-flung empire" tina she ha
since retained and strengthened b
me bonds of a mutual interest be
weep It's integral parts. Canada
NeW Zealand, Australia, South Africs
Egypt. India, q thousand islands, to
SetheS with fortresses at the entry O
"sress of seas attest the glory OF he
Tag.
rance Long u COlOnizer.
france, England's present all,
"dS never relinquished her colonie
%inltlons. Since 1915 she has Quietl
'uiit the edifice Of her present CO
'hlal power. Particularly has sh
'chleved the mastery Of a gres
tolohlal dominion in Africa, opposit
"er w door across the MediterraT
an, an empire reaching from til
pdhhs OF the Congo on the South
ne shores Of the Mediterranean @
me north, and from the Atlantic Q
ne west to the valley of the Nile Q
,ne east. Sentiment and situate
.nehe the Mediterranean area, an
ne hlnterlandS of this territory, esp
taiiy dear to France. 1t is the are
nae was once Carthage, then Roma
nmoVlnce, then ViSigothic kingdor
I'll Mohammedan Caliphate, the
IN independent Barbary states wit
|@moihlnal allegiance TO the Sultan