The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-13
RULERS At WAR
/ SEEK EXPANSION
in THE ORIENT
Conflict First Of Series To Sweep
World, Is Belief Of Russian
Exile
PRESENT STRUGGLE TO
END WITHOUT DECISION
Doctor Levin, Formes Member Of
Russian Duma, BIames
Jealousy Not Germany

DETROIT, October 20.--Asia Minor
and the rest Of the Orient, with all their
great resources and umleveloped pos
sibilities are the goal toward which the
warning nations Of Europe are looking
and IL Is TO gain a foothold there that
they are fighting.
This is the opinion Of DR.. Sehmariaya
Levin, member Of the first Russian du.
ma, scholar and Journalist, who is at
present resident Of Berlin, and has
for years been a student Of European
affairs. Furthermore, DR. Levin says
that Germany was not Instrumental in
bringing about the war, bnt that the
conflict was the result Of intense mill
tarism, which has been sweeping every
European country for the last decade.
Big Goal Is Orient az
Another thing he believes is that
there will be no victory in the war.
IL will end, he says, without q distinct
conquest for either the allies or Ger
many, but II will not mean the end of
conflict. This is the first of a series
Of wars which win involve, at one time
or another, every nation Of the world,
says the Hebrew scholar.
"While the theater Of the war Is Eu.
rope, said DIR. Levin, when seen at the
Hotel fuller Tuesday, 'sthe goal is the
Orient. There can be no change of
material nature in the map of Europe.
The millions Of lives that will be sac
rifced before the struggle is ended are
not given over for Alsace or Lorraine
or Russian Poland. The fate Of these
bits of land is immaterial. II is the
east that Europe wants-the Orient.
England s strides in Persia, cou-
pied with Germany s control of the
new railroad through the center Of that
country, have reused jealousy between
the two nations. Europe needs the
Orient and mist find way to il. The
one way is through Turkey and / look
for that country to be drawn into the
fight.
Allies Cannot Beat Germany
81 do not believe that the war will
result In Germany's defeat. Neither do
l think that the allies win be crushed
by the Kaiser's army. The war will
end when the nations all become ex'
hausted. The allies cannot beat Ger.
many, for they are not fighting for life
as are the Germans, And besides, Ger
many can put 100000 men in the field,
II necessary
Germany is fighting 10 maintain her
unity. She does not care for territorial
conquest. During the last decade she
has made no attempts to annex terri.
tory, while England, France and Italy
have gobbled their bits in the east.
Germany has also learned lesson from
the French provinces; lesson that it
is one thing to annex territory and an
other to annex the people.
asThe result Of the war could hardly
affect Russia; IL will matter little 70
France, aud to England the only gain
could be to increase her world power,
but IL could hardly be decreased. To
Germany the war means either life or
death, and / believe that Germany will
remain intact.
Militarisrn Breaks Bond
Like Vesuvius stores up its lava and
FIRE, so Europe has stored up militarish,
and now 1t is loOsed by spontaneous
combustion. i know that before war
was declared, Russia knew il was com.
ing and was prepared-else she could
not have taken the field as soon as abe
did. England and France knew, it and
so did Germany.
~ believe that England Is as great
military power as Germany but her
military strength, being on the sea, Is
not so easily estimated as Germany's
land forces. The intense militarsm
can have but one resplt--every other
nation win increase its armed strength
ana there will be series of wars.
etFinally let me say this, all the ma.
tinns are fighting because years OF pre-
marathon had filed their war boilers
with steam to bursting point and the
burst came /"