TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1914-12-21

part MuHF0l~fhe HnhEafihuH are or
Monaghan oxtracfi0n-bnt part Ger.
man IN well. In race, IN language and
III civilization the Dual Monarchy Of
the Hapnhures Is one fourth German.
More than twelve million subjects OF
the Emperor Francis Joseph have az
their native tongue the language OF
I Goethe.
The accidents and tragedies OF Aus.
tro- Hungarian politics have reduced
these p~eopie--the backbone Of the ma.
! tlon-to something like racial bumili-
alton II not downright servltude.
Hinged IN By populations Inferior IN
culture and different in origin, the
Germans Of the Dual Monarchy are
exploited politically by whatever fac.
/ lions gain the ascendant in the Htrng.
Gle for power az Vienna and Budapest,
Germany could not permit the utter
extinction Of an element 50 precious
10 herself. She was united TO her ally
by ties Of blood as we'll al policy.
There IL likewise q more practical
consideration. Germany is In constant
process Of expansion economically, In
duHfrlally and financially. Her trans
formation from a nation mainly agri-
cultural into a people chiefly Indus
trial has amazed the world-the Eng,
Iish especially. Germany finds en-
ployment and prosperity for her mil
lions az home when and only when the
markets OF the world remain aceessi-
Bile to her enterprirs.
Amy closing Of the Bosporus by Rus
STA slams the gate TO western Asia in
Germany's face. II Is In western Asia
that the triumphs Of German indus
try, German business methods and
German culture seem most to menace
England and Russia In their purpose
TO divide the East between them.
From another standpoint the disinte-
grafton sof Austria.Hungary would
have contaminated that Isolation OF
| Germany which England has Etriyen
SO long TO render complete.
Since then, her ally must fight, Ger
many must fight too.
This brings us around our circle as
far as France. Surely no European
endowed with the slightest instinct
for history can contemplate the posi-.
ton of France ON the continent today
without an impulse OF sympathy.
! What q fall she has had since those
splendid days under Richelieu and
Louis XVI It seems but yesterday
when she dictated policies 70 every
c~hancellery. No merely earthly splen'
dor seems ali all comparable with hers
from the age of Mazarin to that OF the
French Revolution.
Then comes the N~apoleonic glory
and we have Talleyrand triumphant
at the congress Of Vienna. The third
Napoleon continues the magnificent
procession. Paris is always the queen
city OF the world, reigning in undis-
puted sway over men and manners,
over arts and sciences, the home OF
beauty and delight. How shocking
the collapse when a united Germany,
frugal, domestlcated, pious, comes be
tween exquisite France and the glor-
les she has lost! 1t is the old, old
story of Cinderella stepping out of the
kitchen to eclipse her proud sister.
/ do not overlook Alsaee and Lor.
4raine. II is customary to refer To
France as aching for revenge, as sigh
ing for those lost provinces. But Al
SAGE and Lorraine symbolic rather
than comprise the reality which IL
the decline Of French force, the decay
Of French power In It's widest and It'll
moral sense.
France has surrendered herself to
the pomps and delights Of this world
the pride Of life. She would not, like
Germany, rear large families. make 0
cult OF the home. dwell simply 1t con
tent. The population Of 3s,000,00(
Germans that went to war witt
France forty-four years ago has growT
to nearly 10000, 900 since, but the 38,
900, 900 OF the French in 1870 are rep
resented by some 100000 only al
this hour.
France looked about for an ally
Russian hostility to Germany was JUS
the thingi That hostility had lived
upon the memory Of Bismarck and
his victory at the congress Of Berlin
Russia wal rendered impotent In tht
face of the Turk! That is how it i'm
pressed the Muscovite mind.
France. could ~sympathize, but shs
could offer something more substan
tiaI than her sympathy. She had hel
wealth. 1t is perhaps true that ne
other area OF equal extent on ths
globe is so rich in natural resources
as France, and IL France loves pleas
, ure she loves accommodations also. ShG
was only too eager ) finance Russian
/ railways, Russian loans, Russian ar
maments, Russian industrial under
takings and Russian engineering en-
: terprises. 1t was a generation II
which the might OF Russia inspired
awe and to which Japan was remote
/ In q space of time that seems inered
IDLY brief Russia, the allied and friend
Iy nation, had absorbed the cash equiv
J aient of at least two billion dollars II
French money.
} Thus lis explained d mystery whicl
for some little time has perplexed stu
dents al what Is called world politics
i How can a nation processing / erty
equality, fraternity, ally Itself 81
j closely with the a~utocracy Of the Cos
sack and the knout? One motive !
the recovery of that lost glory, Of tina
! supreme position In Europe. Tn
other consideration hassto do with TIL
vast sum transmitted from Paris bank
ing houses to P~etrograd. Moscow ant
/ Odessa.
I When Russia lea 4 the way to Ar
i mageddon. France must follow. Hes
/ tatiou, holding back, would entail tn
Z cancellatien Of the enormous indebted
ness, a fat Reputation. A stroke @