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ence, especially applied science, flour
ished as nowhere else. With little in
the way of raw materials and natu-
raj resources, she developed MANI
features and kindred industries, 50
that, starting with comparatively lit
tie foreign commerce, she threatened
the supremacy of England in the
markets of the world. Her popula-
ton increased from forty millions to
siXty-flve millions Notwithstanding
the loss of millions by emigration
Under the farsighted craftsmanship
of Bismarck, she adopted a colonial
policy, too late, however, to obtain
the richest portions of Africa and
other sections of the earth open to
conquest and colonization. She did
establish colonies in East and West
Africa and ACQUIRED in China and in
the South Sea Islands certain rights
and cOaling stations invaluable to
her as a sea going power. Cut off
by Holland and Belgium from the
North sea except through the Elbe,
she built the kiel canal to enable
her ships of war asa we'll as her
merchantmen to cross from the Bal
tic TO the North sea. She made TIRE
mendous efforts to build up mer-
chant marine and succeeded marvel
ously. She started to build navy
to protect that merchant marine and
in twenty years that navy ranked
next to the navy of Great Britain in
size and fighting ability NotWith-
standing this, she found that Eng
land controlled the sea routes and
the valuable ports of the world
except those of North and
South America. Foreign commerce
is vital to the continued growth and
expansion of the German people An
outlet to the Orient was necessary
| otherwise than by the sea, cut off in
| that direction as she was by Eng
| land and France. That outlet was
! possible only through Austria, the
Balkans, Asia Minor, and thence en-
to India and China. The kaiser.
| more than than twenty years ago
SOW this opportunity and began to
cultivate Turkey and to shape his
foreign policy to that end. With the
consent of Turkey he began The
| building of a railroad from Constan-
| tinOple to the Euphrates, designed to
! form part of a route from Berlin to
the confines of the Turkish empire
| Gil the southeast This dream of A
| confederation of the Germanc peO-
| Pies under the leadership of Ger
many, controlling southeastern Eu-
| all 70
ing its influence over western Asia.
has been the keynote to the diplo-
macy for forty years, first of Bis
marck, and, second, of Kaiser Viii
felm. To that end the Triple Ali
#hce was formed, composed of Ger
many Austria, and Italy, with Tur
key more or less a silent but real
party to the alliance. All this was
perfectly legitimate from any stand :
lroint, but what was its effect upon
the policies Of the other nations. The
accomplishment of this purpose of
| Germany threatened the integrity Of
the British empire in Egypt in in
dia, and in Africa. Not only so, but
il meant the thwarting of the Rus
sian hope Of controlling Constant
Ecple and the Balkan nations, and
hence her purpose to obtain a free
outlet by sea to the west Franco
was interested because it meant that
all hope of the restoration of Alsact
and Lorraine would haev to be aban-
| doned and possibly the loss of hel
| North African possessions. 1t will be
readily seen that the foreign policy
| CT the German empire so conflicteC
WIFI that of the other great nations
OF Europe that peaceful arbitrato
and settlement of questions so vita
to each of the interested nation!
Was Impossible. We may theorize d,
much as we ike as to the possibility
of the settlement of international
questions by arbitration. Those tina
are casual, that do not, for instance
involve the expansion and develop
Dent of a race, lend themselves t,
such methods of settlement and tn
effort should undoubtedly be mad,
through treaties and otherwise, &
encourage and facilitate the peaceful
arbitration of international Difficult
ties. But what tribunal could settl
the question as to whether German
should expand and develop in an,
particular direction, or that sh
should be curbed in her natural am
bition or that Russia should be per
mitted to expand and develop in he
own way, or that England shoul'
give up her possessions, her posi-
ton as the foremost world power, o
that France should yield things tina
seem vital TO her future and to III
welfare of her people. Nothing III
too. owing to such diversity of his
tory, of race, of language and of re
ligion, with such conflicting interest
at stake, there has grown up be
tween the various nations of Europ
a distrust which absolutely stood i
The way of any question that ma
seem vital to the parties in any othe
way than by the arbitrament of wal
We may deplore, as we should, mill
tarism and its consequences, but
must be remembered that man is
fighting animal and will doubles
continue to be such until the super
man shall come, and that, | al
afraid, is a long way off, as far Of
doubtless, as the millennium 1t mus
be remembered that Eve are nethc
children nor Gods, but men in
world of men" Self preservation
q law of nature. The right to
place in the SUM- as the German