The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
By DR.. Hans Huldricksen.
the Eminent Swedish Sociolocls,.

EXPRESSIONS which have become familiar
l. as Indicating i'll a general way what
rs really at the bottom Of the causes for tho
present war When the war has been fo,lgnt
TO iih'sI which viii be the dominant power
III Europc-a federation OF a.! the Germans
under the ka!scr's rule or of all the Slays
brought under the sccptre OF the Gar?
Respecting Pan-Germanism. there are some
points OF quite remarkable scientific prophecy
made by an American historiau who wrote
that the Germans aim at nothing less than
race"
AL the time these words were written or
even when first published a year ago, such
var as Is raging throughout Europe was
mercy theoretical probability. Diplomats
ana historians realized only that the war dogs
were tugging at the leash. Their breaking
loose did not appear imminent; no signs OF 4
sufficient pretext could be discerned
re, let now, when virtually all the nations OF
Europe are at each others throats the state
meht above quoted will seem 10 most readers
so obvious as 10 be trite. The argument which
II introduces however, is rich in material upon
"hich inc thinking reader may base cxpccta
lions regarding the future OF the nations now az
var II is contained in the volume called
an,Germanis'n" and is published By Tough
ION MinNn Company, Boston. It's author "a
hoiand G. Usher, PHI d.. professor OF history
al Washington University. ST. Louis. and him.
sell historian OF reputation
Professor Usher remarks that "one n, RI.
leHuaHenta! errors CT which idcal!sts and al.
vocates of peace have been often guilty" +,
10 treat the vast projects of Germany as an IN.
iealNy. lie considers the project already half
accomplished 1T is literally true" he lie.
mat Germany has become Bismarckian
if us heayy spirit has settled upon it II wears
- When Ii Huns Chang first learned from
bismarck the magnitude of these plans be
wa was skeptical. But before his brief stay ia
. Treamany vas over he wrote in his diary
FROM all that have seen am more than ever
convinced that the Kaiser and Prince Bismarck
meant what they said when they ayerred that
The German Empire was destined to become a
dominant factor in Europe
The vital factor in the modern International
situation Is the aggression of GERMANY hor
determination to expand her territories, TO In
crease her wealth and power. Three centuries
ago Prussia was tiny state whose many
parts were separated from each other by the
lands OF her neghbors Cut off from, ,he GO,
on all sides, pushed hither by the oncomIng
RUSSIAN. dragged thithcr by the cncroaching
french. surrounded by tiny incompetent states.
hcr rulers saw in aggression the ONLY possible
method OF preserving the national life To
prevent her absorption By her neighbors she
grow faster than they: she must rob them in.
stead of waiting for them TO rob her Nv war
she secured access to tho Baltic; by war she
obtained the coveted Silesia; by war. She an
neXed much Of Poland; by war. she spread
her acgs over the whole OF northern Germany
The humiliation of conquest she knew un
der Napoleon, and she has never forgotten nor
ever will that no natural barriers stand be-
tween her ana the invader. Poverty.stricken
sun recovering from the ravages OF the wars
OF the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
menaced on all sides by powerful enemies her
only SAFETY, Bismarck saw. lay in aggression.
her only chance OF victory depended upon
striking the first blow BY this policy she has
built up one OF the most powerful states in
the world and one of the most populous and
prosperous But she has reached the bounda.
rlcs OF Germany; further expansion means the
acquisition of what other nations now own"
vi course, mat means war. for every really
available spot Is held by England France or
Russia Germany can. therefore. obtain colo.
MES suitable for her purposes ONLY a: ,le ey
nenSe OF .mese last This is what is meant by
me oftreltcrated statements that England
France and Russia arc by their very existence
IN inilnlcal 10 Gcrmanys welfare; that. if she is