Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-15

iSh sovereign to the house OF Han
over and upon the many friendly ties
between the 1'eutonic and the Anglo
SNNon races. the war office was evil
IDENTIFY caught off its guard. by the
German mobilization. and the many
years Of preparation OF the ambitious
German emperor
No one who has read in the lately
published correspondence Of the UNI
firing efforts OF Sir Edward Grey to
reach a peaceful adjustment through
conference OF the powers. of his
appeals TO which France. Russia and
Italy gave assent. but which Germany
met with evasion, disfavor and re-
fusal.
From the first the Kaiser had en-
couraged and sustained Austria, in
the policy which denied tho right OF
amy other power to stand between
her and the Slav object Of her wrath.
Why should Germany be afraid OF
the Slav peril? France, Italy. Bel
GUM. Holland are and always have
been undisturbed by 1t. and In face
of the fact that a great per cent OF
German trade is developed in Russian
territory and that millions Of German
money are and have been invested
in Russian financial ventures.
The German ambition becomes
matter OF serious moment TO the en-
tire world. II is the liberty loving
lGnglishman who stands between the
Kaiser and the accomplishment Of
his ends.
While Germany contends that Eng
| land wants to find n outlet FOR her
manufactures and is endeayoring to
Kill off German trade by forcing her
into war with Joining nations, Eng
land to take her old customers. We
twho are familiar with the English
love of fair play know that besides
militarism there was another and
more potent reason for the Kaiser
sounding the alarm Of war
Down underneath every other an
parent and suspected cause the real
one and the actual one is that the
Kaiser must have elbow room for his
new subjects. Germanys population
is a large one. at present nearly 20
100000 people in territory not much
larger than twice the size of the
state OF Pennsylvania. Then when
YOU consider that there are about
100000 babies born in the empire
every year, Germany needs room for
the little ones to grow. She has
little colonial territory and when
German leaves the Fatherland they
must emigrate to some land where by
naturalization they cease their al
legiance to the German flag. So by
the expansion Of adjacent territory
which the NIser desires Germany
Germany make room for these little
babies, Made in Germany who may
grow up into big husky goose step
pers,' retaining their nationality and
their allegiance to the Kaiser, instead
of being absorbed by some other ma
| ton
IL she were trying TO acquire I'M
inhabited land. the babies surely
would have room bat as il is. that is
only possible whore she acquires ter
ritory less densely populated than her
own. Your President Roosevelt has
talked much about race suicide"
Evidently the same kind oe ambition
runs in the Kaisers mind
War Is not Germany's nor any other
country's solution of such a problem
The solution for Germany is to be
found in France. France is today
the richest and most prosperous coun-
try in the world She does not real
lie perhaps that her prosperity has
depended largely upon what we in
America have always deplored-race
suicide. as It Is called.
But II is not really race suicide,
the French people IN their frugal.
thrifty scientific principles Of home
management with domestic life placed
upon secure financial basis through
the dover system. have given birth
to children only when the parents