Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-12-04

Trpitz say:
I'VE could bottle up the Baltic in
twelve hours Russia would not hege
chance to stir. OF course. in the
event Of any outside situation arising
We SHAH look 10 England 90 take care
Of such new condition. That seems 20
rest clearly with your navy
/ Churchill became little cautious.
There IS q certain contingency thar
might arise" he said. suppose, under
stress of circumstances, the United
states should take definite stand
against AS in this natter
United States Not a Factor
The reply Of the admiral was The
very expressive German word
quatsch, He further intimated that the
United States was so Interested in lts
own Internal affairs that it would not
be drawn into the question. and that
in any event its navy would be needed
for its own immediate protection He
had disposition, however, to put the
entire situation up to Churchill.
Kiderlen- Waechter and Moritz were
deep in the Balkan question. and l
sensed then the coming Balkan imbrog-
lilo.
without doubt" Moritz said, 1--WE
will bring that to an issue within few
months" / knew he meant that Aus
tria would precipitate the Balkan
question Kiderlen- Waechter was seri-
GUS
ut has got to be done"
There were other snatches, all bear
ing on the same subject, and gradually
the situation began to clarity in my
mind It was not, however until had
noted the contents of certain docu-
ments before destroying them that the
tremendous Importance of the big
stakes they were all playing for be-
came apparent. What l shall now do
Is to reveal the substance of these
documents, coupling them with over
heard conversation, thus interpreting |
the full significance of the conference
Within the last twenty-five years
Germany has so enormously advanced |
in commerce that she urgently needs
some further outlet on a northern sea-
coast. This means Holland and Bel
GUM. Hamburg and Bremen are the
only two practical harbors that Ger
many possesses for the distribution OF
her enormous export. The congestion
in both places is such that steamers
wait for weeks to load. one-quarter
Of Germany's exports goes through
Antwerp. Germany must have Ant
werp. Practically the whole Of south
ern Germany's commerce. especially
along the Rhine and the highway Of
The Rhine, pours into a foreign country
at present Germany must have Ant
werp-in fact the whole coast Amster-
lam and Rotterdam included
The empire wants harbors, not colo
MES. The colonizing idea is fallacy.
Germany is, first and last a manufac-
turing country. It never was and never
will be, for a long time to come. a
successful eolonizer At present all
hat Germany wants is markets and
facilities for extending her markets.
These markets Germany will always
be able to command because of her in
ense scientific application to all
branches of manufacture But these
PRODUCTS need outlets. Germany is
quite willing to let the others colonize
TO long as she has chance to get her
yoods in. SO much for the German
situation
The Stumbling Block. {
England, in her vast oversee do ;
Mains and possessions. wants rounding {
~. England has not been able in the
,ast. and certainly is not at present,
o supply herself and her colonies. In {
Germany she has a first-class work '
nan: Germany manufactures what {
England needs. Germany's building Of