The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-30

the foundation ~ All enpire whose
north srn shore# VIII be washed by the
baltic and whose southern boundary
will be formed by the Persian Snff.
In <sesraarsy's Pain
The great obstacle TO 90 SEQ . stne
of German expansion Is "conAtitutea
by the neighborhocd II Russia and
ihs. predosninarce Of tho Slavic eke-
ne,s In the ps,svulalion of the Balkan
peninsula Montentg r!ns, SefF ians.
Isuigartanss Macecion'sIna, as weu az
the non Slavic p0pulafteIls ~ the
region. dread anneSat!oT by Itf14aIly
Huaxta's expansion ~ line OF least
resLstance points t. the seutaweet III
re-t1y over Germany f.@th. although
occupying one-sgxth of the 8ntir" land
surface Of the giete- Ilufhia cannot
boast OF a single milo OF ice-fTee
eoaef- Her commerce NJ aer1 ouasy at
tected 10y this natural RESTRICTION. She
is eIdeavortng 80 break through the
barriers which prevent her economic
Development.
AZ the end oe the POLKA war. Rus
sta bad scored heavily s&eatnaf Cor
many. An enlarged 6ervta lad been
eonsTlts1tcd directly in the path Of
Teutonic advance IN addition 70 this
Siavte victory. the netioual existence
Of every Balkan country had been
st rena~ heuea considerably by the new
6eilsnitatton of their frontiers For
the first time In Their history. Greeks.
BulEarians and Rorvi0ns found that
their border liMes tended 10 coincide
With their racial boundary In other
words territory psapssd by Greeks
was allotted re- GreRka aaa the process
repeated with bulgarian and SerEian
districts
The work ~ racial sts5inG Is by no
means complete In tn Balkan PENN
s9lae But there Is ae question that
notable progress IN she recognition Of
national aspirations was fn.Dle as sosg
IS the region waa ft8 of its Turkish
nestnrs
This Phase ~ aenniaa development
@as viewed pith great despair by the
Germans and Aus4 flaIs Rho realized
thai the ne~ lease &d4ed thereby 10
the lifa 81 tbs Balkan 9satea retarded
t'o aoutheaStet-iy strides Of the Ger
manic race
The connection 5etvgeeu these
changes IN the BaLxAs5a ard ,the
present war Ia ny no means remote.
Germany. and when ] u~e That name
mean 1t To lnciufe tbs eleA man por-
lion OF Adstrsa- ~ Il n1Ay very coon,
conaders "a free rtg2at ~ w&v fer her
southesasserfy e.palesioa 50 her rnnst
pressing need. 1t ia the pivofai poins
Of her entire GoTetsE Eaii@y She Is
lighting today with tails er1d In view
Her blows ara aimed tn r6aisy against
Slay- aud not as asT}4st Fret#ehfuen or
Ling ls@nTncn
With the hope o. epetdy cessation
Of the havoc and rain tHsst liz now
spreading over An entire continent, 1t
is also TO be trusted that the etategrnen
nga&ed In tine task or framing peeaca I
1reaues will heed the Jesssaua taught
bY political geoFrApa% They may
conclude them fnat eraFt@r p6cib
# insaring peace exists whenever the
deliiainat:on Of new frontiers Is under
IA ken with a view e 5e9fa rating ma
tioaaAties within separate berdars
couarse rec and industry Viii ultimate
~ overcome tnere barriers and pave
he way to friax,slls international IN
tercourse far more sasi5y than In the
presence Of bars r24asa By r.c.al mat
red IN countries, penplez3 ~ nationau- i
tseo subject to alien Edle New York
Evening Poat.