The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-30

| known as devoted admirer of Treit-
| schke, frequently quotes from him, and
tacitly appears to give approval to
! his bold and aggressive attitude.
! THE military policy of William II
and his war-1oving clique Of Prussian
officers forced all of Europe to stand
on guard and to federate against the
blow which all intelligent observers
| knew was inevitable When that blow
came the Triple Alliance and all other
carefully wrought agreements were
only scraps of paper Europe rose
practically as a nation, as it would
have risen to subjugate a monarchial
maniac who had run amuck It would
have been the same if Russia had
hurled her weight of arms for the
conquest of a world which desired
peace and was willing to fight for it.
The hour has struck for military am
bitions and aggression, and thrones
Will crumble because the Kaiser used
the eXpedients of a vanished age to
solve the problems of an era which
detests war and shun its devotees.
Progress Under the Kaiser.
1T is refreshing to turn from a
study Of the force policy of Germany
under William Ia policy which
logically set Europe afame with a
war which is a disgrace to humanity
and to civilization-and to turn to
the marvellous material progress of
the German Empire under it's war
lord
1T is probably the simple truth to
assert that no nation in all of recorded
history has made an advancement
equal to that of Germany in the years
which have followed 1888, the date on
which William II became Emperor of
Germany and King of Prussia The
average citizen of the United States
who fully and fondly believes that his
native country is the only one which
has made or can make marked ad-
vancement will be hugely surprised
when he studies what Germany has
accomplished in the twenty-six years |
since the ruling Kaiser undertook to |
control the destinies of his people.
''The boastfuI American is fond of |
believing and asserting that the lead |
ing cities Of the United States have
shown increases in population Unpre- |
ceGe~- ed in all history. The reliable !
statistics of Germany refute this /
claim Within half a century Berlin !
grew from q squalid, overgrown vii /
lage to a splendid metropolis which, |
with its contiguous suburbs, gives
Greater Berlin a population exceeding
:, 600, 600, an increase which dims the
wonderful rise of Chicago. Within a
period of thirty years Leipsic has |
grown from 1856 to 100000; Munich
from 100000 to $4,000, and Dresden
from 135, 900 to $50, ,o0V. Can any three 4
American cities show similar growth 4
in an equal period of time? In the Fl
five years from 1895 to 1900 Germany Il
T1NTaa sod Nv than
T. O00 900, and this despite the fact Il
that it's area does not reach by $4,000
square miles that of the single state of
Texas. From 1900 to 1900 Germany
increased it's population from $4,000, 600
10 64,000,000 and was secure in second
place in Europe in the matter Of pop
Ilation.
The Kaiser as a Man.
Endless are the contradictions we
-ead about William of Hohenzollern
Alfred Fried won a Noble Prize for
.elling us that The War Lord is de-
yeIoping into a Peace Maker Nor
nan Angel begs us to discredit the
egend that the only ruler who has
maintained peace throughout his reign
s So disturbing an element. On every
land our German friends tell US that
var was forced upon them, and that
he Kaiser was the true friend of
1eace; that q, merchant does not make
var upon his customers, and that the
German Empire only desired economic
prosperity.
But even after the wave Of noise
md horror, so many newspaper head
ines and so much arguing, the cool
mall voice of common sense re-as-
erts itself Are we to believe that
he chum of krupp, the darling of the
7russian army, and the godfather of
he German navy is really the worlds
,reatest pacif1st? There is at least