Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-11-10

| ing, | sympathize entirely with Ger
many in her Indignation when every
now and then some petty British Off
cial jumped in ahead just in time to
grab one piece or another of the earth's
| surface, not because Britain needed it
at ALL but because Germany did. This
grabbing policy of Britain and of
France, (the former already in posses
sion of Canada. Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa-far more than she
could begin to fill up, the latter in pos
session of her great North African do
main-with no surplus al all of popu
lation to make any pretense of begin
ming to fill it, yet grabbing Tunis
away from overlooking Italy, was
policy well calculated indeed to rouse
the hatred of the German people and
to give just that excuse to the German
dominant classic junkerdom, autOc-
racy and militaTism, which they re-
quired so lady in order to hold their
position on that peoples back. A gen
erous offer OF territory, say in East and
Central Africa, with much white
mans country" in it, but of little real
use to Britain, in return for the ces-
sion to France, for the sake of peace
and good will, of her two lost prov
inces or part of them, together perhaps
with a promise Of support in case of
that Russian aggression which has
been made such bugaboO, such an Of
fer, | say, must either have been ac-
cepted by the German government in
good faith or have led to speedy over
throw of the government by the rising
Socialist tide, no longer checked by
fear for the nationality.
One of the benefits, which, as the
Judge said, we may derive even from
war, is that the keen discussions help
oftn to clear up many points in which
we ourselves are interested apart from
the war If war helps to make clearer
the point, that first grab is a poor title
to the possession of the earth's surface
it will have done something of value.
1t may help along, as the Mexican
revolution seems to have helped, the
recognition that the only reasonable
basis for the exclusive possession of
land by a nation or an individual, is
not that OF first grab but that which
we in America have been already rec
ognizing in part by our homestead
laws-the basis of occupancy, develop
ment and use
Yet even here the verdict cannot be
given to Germany. The real British
colonies, those I have previously men
toned. ara, as everybody knows. really
independent countries. and make what
ever tariff arrangements they think
proper, taxing British goods as well as
others But the British crown col
onies" chat is, all those governed by
Britain herselO from the insignificant
island speck to India with its 37O,OOO,-
600 inhabitants, are open to the COM
merce of every country on just the
same terms as to the British. The Ger
man colonies become Immediately
CLOSED shops" In the great worlds
struggle for markets the British COM
mercial class can hardly be expected to
look kindly upon any colonial conces-
sions under such circumstances. The
verdict, therefore in the colonial af-
fair. if not with Britain, cannot be
given TO Germany.
l hate and despise the insanity of
patriotism which il is evident is just
as prevalent now in Britain as in Ger
many. In spite of the origin | have
confessed to, l disclaim absolutely any
feeling for the great German people
but that of respect and regard. If 1
love liberty and feel indignant at ma
tional aggression, it is in some part
due to my youthful reading in the
original tongue of Koerner's burning
poems, of F'reiligrath's. of Schiller's.
I know another Germany besides the
imperialistic one. Hauptman and