The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
II.

Inspiring though they have since
proved, II was not all the dreams of an
inspired huckster upon a wlsp Of tropic
beach which set into the German Empire
the seed OF colonial life. Though Weber's
dream was taken up in sturdy support
by the Hanseatic merchant princes Of
Hamburg II was not all their support
which gave Germany its colonies. Otto
Won Bismarck was Junker. his caste
was that OF the lord of many manors.
his hope was in the growth OF German
land and German folk in Adam Smiths
| triple distribution of land, labor. capt.
tai. and always land the basis OF the
State and OF its prosperity.
But Germany outgrew Bismarck and
his compeers. Woe always to the van
pushed. but in the modern ordering OF
our affairs TO the victor the quicker
| recovery from the wounds OF war. the
grasping OF new markets. the growth of
mechanical life. Since the war of 1870
Germany has forged ahead as one OF the
great manufacturing nations, by conse-
quence as one OF the great exporting
communities. The smoke OF the factory
floats over a countryside which never
again shall know rural peace, its rustics
from peasants reverent OF their masters
| DttOilc NOihSs ~ illbnN NC
interesting 10 work out the curves Of
industrial growth and emigration; We
already have the curves OF emigration
and Industrial depression.
The migrant German deranges the
German machine. Life Is ordered in
beautiful precision as education, service
with the colors. Landwehr, Landsturm,
pensionable old age The German who
| leaves this order OF life for a foreign
land with its enticement to alienation
OF citizenship Is a German lost and Ger
many has never taken kindly to the re-
duction of the numbers in any OF It's
military classes. 1t is characteristic of
the German that he undergoes complete
civil expatr!ation when he leaves his
native land; II inheres in his habit to
be the citizen OF the land in which he
4 lives no matter how tenaciously he may
cling to his mother tongue and to the
German traditions. He becomes char
acteristically good citizen OF the land
OF ais adoption. no drag upon the COM
munity. To the German recording au-
thorities II must go against the grain
to have to enter a German lost and then
in no long time to have to enter up his
record of achievement where it does
not count for Germany. Prussia was
Bldu 10 see tnt ACHt -uUu-NleTZlReTS
scamper away from the consequences
OF their revolt but IL irked Germany to
find that It had lost to America Schurz
and Slgel. to the British Empire the
two Schomburgks and Friedrich Won
Mueller.
That there is a German recording
angel keeping such accounts is shown
In this instance Down in Samoa the
imperial consular officer addressed his
American colleague in a formal letter
to make inquiry II the United States
claimed the citizenship of one Julius
Schwenke. In fact the United States
70 far as It's representative was con-
cerned, then for the first time became
aware Of said julius Schwenke. Refer
ence to the records disclosed the fac,
that some twenty years and eleven
months prior to the date OF the German
! inquiry Julius Schwenke had done
himself the honor TO be born OF a
Samoan mother to an elder Julius
Schwenke, naturalized citizen OF the
United States, and the fact had beer
} duly entered on record. Yet deeper in
vestigation brought to light the record
that Schwenke, the father, had been
duly married to the Samoan mother by
the American Consul, a ceremony moi
, always practjsed in the torrld zone
Young Julius was summoned from hi.
distant island, halfbreed who knew nc
speech but Samoan, who had the hazies
ideas Of the blessings OF any citizenship
and was only slowly convinced that Il
would be OF advantage to register hi,
> citizenship as OF the United States. i
saved him three years military dut,
: aboard the German guardship which
y was then In Samoan waters. The Ger
J man record had never lost track OF III
/, former citizen, julius Schwenke the
elder had been horn subject Of tn
, Duchy OF Baden before the empire cam,
I into being, had emigrated 10 Hoboken
; had practsed his trade of baker in man,
: cities OF America, had taken out natu