The sun., 1914-09-13

condition Louis XIV. was able to tear
Alsacc-Lorraine from Germany, to which
II had belonged for more than eight hun
dred years, and that In connection with
the Swcdes and Poles he carried on war
against little Prussia on German soil.
Goethe. who studied in 1870 in Strass-
burg. the capital of Alsace says In his
"Wahrheit und Dichtung" that II must
not hr wondered at that the Alsatians
had become SO little Frerch. in view OF
the short space they had belonged to
France.
During the next century we have the
same picture Everybody knows OF the
| celebrated 'Kauntz combination when
Russia and Austria In alliance with
France and the Holy German Empire
fought Frederick the Great for seven
long years between l756.63. all on German
soil. And only forty years later Napoleon
carried on his wars for the supremacy
OF France in Europe again on that same
battlefield. where Germans and Austrians,
Russians and Swedes gave each other
rendezvous In their fights against France
! for another seven long years from the
battles OF Jena TO those Of Leipzig and
Handu. 1t was. and is. the situation OF
Germany in the middle OF Europe, espe-
cially as long as she was 70 powerl"ss
and torn up into number OF small
States. that makes It so convenient to
settle all the troubles of the whole OF
Europe on its territory.
England has had a large standing navy
ever since the times of Henry VIII. In the
sixteenth century. and IL has used thlt
navy to maintain It's absolute sway NJ
! the sea by always lighting the next best
man he Il the Frenchman. the Spanlar !.
the Dutchmau or the Russian, Russia
and Austria have had their armies for
centuries hack and so had Spain and
especially France. There was no Ger
man army because there was no unified
| Germany. We had a Prussian army only
| reconstructed in 1863 and the mnor forces
/ Of % small States. After having destroy
ed Napolcon's power better days would
| have been eXpected FOR my country, but
! quite the reverse was the case Three great
Idiplomatists combined to keep Germany IN
/ her weakened condition. Prinz Met'ernlch,
! the Austrian Prime Minister; Prince Tai
| leyrand. the versatile French envoy, and
| Lord palmerston. The Napoleonic war
| ended with the Vienna Congress in lslh.
! Germany was kept in her powerless ana
/ defenceless position under the name ot
| the German Federat on" Holland, ana
! later on Belgium, which latter mad formed
! up to 1890. the southern part or Holltnh'
| were constituted neutral buffer states
| in order that England would have no rea-
| son TO fear any Power on the other sac
| of the Channel, and France managed TO
have herself surrounded on all parts with
| abs olutely innocuOus neiGhbors. Nusti"
| jealousy OF l'luSSld III tpllllfahi'H
| the English and French aspiration ava
NOT permit the German race to become a
nation and unity.
| When Belgium seeded from Hol-
land the Powers selected a King VINO
was both the son-in-law OF the Nlhe
Of France and the uncle OF ,he
| Queen OF England. and therefor" strongly
| ,eiIiatcd with these two cOuutries Ine
| German Federation. In which Prussia mao
| inst ono vote out Of seventeen. was Pu''
| nosely made an unworkablc machine re-
| nuirng the uuanimity or votes 10Y d"
| important measures. THIS was tne s'.ua
| lion that Bismarck found when IN lSo-
| Nc was snnointsd prussian Envoy to the
| Eedcration at Frankfort He very soon
| nerceived the absolute hclpesSn"ss ana
| the consequent misery OF Germany SO ne
| decided that II the German people were
| to become a nation ana power con-
| mensurate to its population and resources
! Auatria's dominion had first to cease.
ThIs was brought about by the war or
1855 The Norddeutscher Bund followed
and the common war with France "s'ueu
Germany into an Emp'r'. History NV
| ever had taught Bismarck that thls rn,
| nIre cnuld only live and prosper. Wedeeh
,r no II was i'm the middle Of Europe pe-
tween the great Powers. IL 1t had an army
| s,ronr enough 10 defend its frontiers
| against any attack and invasion that u
mad To do as its neighbors had "onr oe-
fore, viz. to create ana Wa'h'd'n
iargs standing force for its preservation
. and its peace, and FOR the possibility OF
d",.loninr its international advantages
and prosperity -,
| So the German military as we" a. ~,
| naval force, have been createh OH Put,iy
defensive lines It's alliances nave oev,
concluded for defensive purposes ohIs
| ,nd C;ermany holds the record Tor Keep
ing peacs within and outside OF r.urope
for the last forty-four years. II mas
| n.ver coveted lts neighbors territory nor
Ire colonies. 1t has never gone to war
either in or out OF Europe ana that !,
| much more than can be sald OF any VI
its nelghbors and antagonists ~
Iet MS mass them in review. since
,s7o. England has conquered ESypt
, shelled Alexandria, taken ny ioFce wv
, Roer republics It has added to us spnete
, NV force southern Persia, ana py 'hH"''
a,,,on a part of siam. France has con-
quered Tunis. she Is nghtihe tor mo' ,o,
| She has made war on Madagascar M,
tricd to take the Sudan and conquered
Indo- china in bloody ar. Russia has tousn
the Turks in 1878 and the Japahesc -
, 1904 she has torn from emma the noItn
crn mart OF Manchuria ana az o, Mo.I
, o,ii, she has made war on Turkestan
, ,'a has ha eyed northern Persia, she nal
Snr,,n1 and fomented the Balkan com
hiratIon and has all along PROVED her
o self the most aggressive European ,ow.'
= All that time Germany has added t'
+ it's territory only certain coionlal pos
, sessions, all ceded to her ny peaeeiu u
1 agreement and by common consent
. ne great powers. Wiled Grass,
\ I,one Lenape chieftian. In ms petiuon o
q iS59 To the Legislature OF New 1erse'
v for compensation to his trlpe LOT In
. extingnlshment Of their fishing rlehts' he
S clared ,, 600, h.,,
MOT a drop Of our blood you nav
\ SMILED In battle, not an acre OF our ,'"'
: YOU have taken but by our consent -.
l. That is the case Of my country III "
Y territorial acquisitions since lS'o VIZ
= respect to the European Powers Ger
s. many has proven herself the most peace
# ful European Power. even spain AM
il italy not excepted. and the mllitarlsr
Is plays a very much smaller part IN IN
i it,erman national life than with any othe
y nation, ~
,e Americans In their love for fair p'a
4, have frankly Acknowledged the grea
$. strides that my country has made in tn
d arts OF peace, In science and technics, II
II trade and industry. We had better thing
,e 10 do than to think Of how to attack othe
Is countries We have built up large mer