The Washington herald., 1914-10-04
GERMANY, VICTOR,
Still THE LOSER
Bartholdt Asserts Teutons
Will Suffer Most Who
ever Wins.
SAYS WAR MUST GO ON
Congressman Outlines What VIII
Happen to Empire. Whether
Victor or Vanquished.
SAYS WAR MUST GO ON
by JOHN JAY DAILY.

When the last gun has been fired Il
the colossal European struggle and ina
settlements have been arranged. no mat
ter who wins. Germany viii be the loser
Her interests are 30 closely connecte,
with commerce. trade. and science tina
she cannot AFFORD to experience the |aw
full effects OF war. These are the view
held by Congressman Richard Bartholdt
Of Missouri, for many years the LEADING
peace advocate in the United StateA
1t is TO be a fght to the finish Boil
sides have gone too far, and the wa
must so on. II the allies win. here Il
what Congressman Bartholdt predicts
will happen:
Must Pay Indemnity.
O England would get her chief salts
faction in seeing her rival, Germany
crushed. Russia would be given a FIRE,
hand in the Balkan states, with Galicis
thrown in. The German colonies would
be divided between England and France
Those are the things which will happef
II England France, and Russia succeed
in downing Germany and Austria Hun
gary. II not, here Is what Germany
would do:
C0 Pledge every nation in the worIc
to a peace policy. asking for disarma'
ment. The whole map OF Europe will
be changed by the Kaiser's terms oi
peace. Salient changes would be free
dom for Ireland; a free and independent
/ Poland; unification Of the Slavs in the
1 Balkans; an international police force
made up Of battleships from each nation
to enforce the rules of The Hague
Court Of Arbitration. Germany will ask
the defeated nations for a war in
demnity If she is victorious. Germany
would also see that all races and na'
! tionslities were arranged according &c
the natural order Of things.
| The Kaiser and his government are
! thoroughly imbued with the idea that
Germany has more TO gain from peace
than from war" says Mr.. Bartholdt
! mo nation in the world has so much
to gain by peace as Germany. Her his
| tory has demonstrated this. especially
through her tremendous strides in COM
, merce and science, as well as her de-
velopment and growth in economic, in
| tellectual, and educational lines. Strange,
but few people in the United States have
any real conception Of the culture TO be
! found in Germany. As an example, let
me cite the fact that in the past ten
years there have been 1900 books on
science published in Germany, while the
rest of the world has produced only
1900 books dedicated to lines Of COM
bined research and progressiveness.
German schools and universities are
recognized by educators in the United
States as models, and the average at
tendance Of the youth in Germany at the
schools of higher education is proper
tionately the largest in the world
Fearful of the Outcome.
Along the lines Of commerce, we find
| the same situation. Germany's two great
est steamship lines have grown by leaps
and bounds until their six or seven thou
sand ships have carried German wares
TO every nook and corner Of the world.
Can the stagnstion of these great enter
prises and their possible destruction by
war help Germany? No. Her great
progress comes along the lines Of peace,
which is what she mostly desires
There is little doubt in my mind Of
the truth Of the statement made by some
clever writer to the effect that the Euro
pean war was not made in Germany, but
that Made in Germany had much to do
with making of the European war. Co
ing further along these lines, 1t must be
remembered that the great avenue Of
European communication to the Anglo
Saxon races is through England, where
the anti-German feeling is such that the
commercial and inventive progress of
Germany is held back from the notice
of the EngIish-speaking world
Few people In this country. for in
TedllZG LndI IOT gedIb past Luc
service Of the Zeppelin dirigibles between
the great German cities has been as reg
ular and successful as that Of railroad
trains. These great airships make their
sixty miles an hour. leaving and arriv-
ing, with their passengers, mail, and
freight, on regular schedule time. It Is
this sort OF thing that has enabled Ger
many to come to the fore, and It is Just
this that has excited the jealousy Of her
sk.E-
to crush, by means Of war, the nation
which has actually become EngIand's
superior in commerce.
Germany has been for years the ira
ditional friend Of the United States Did
not Frederick the Great side with the
colonies against England at the time Of
the Revolutionary war? The sword he
presented to Washington is now one OF
the most precious treasures OF our Ma
ional Museum. History brings back the
names Of Muehlenburg, Herkimer, Steu-
ben, De Ralb, and others whose records
in that war will never die In the civil
war also Germany rendered great serv-
ice, her sons fighting for the preserva-
ton of the Union
There are no people in the United
States more loyal to the Stars and
Stripes than those Of German birth or
parentage. Come what may. they are
America become involved in war, there
is but ope stand they would take-that
Of theirIadopted country. It might break
their hearts to do SO, but II would be
done, 1 believe, in every Individual case.
Another phase of the situation OF the
greatest Importance to the United States
is the attitude of Japan and the posi-
bilities which may arise from her coali-
ton with Great Britain. John Hay re-
ceived the plaudits OF the entire civilized
world for fixing the policy of the powers
in regard to China. This consisted in
the so-called open door and the deter
mination to preserve the integrity and
neutrality Of that nation. When he was
working on this great achievement he
had from the start the full and influential
support of Germany. For this support
Germany is now being assailed in the
Far East by Japan. In other words,
Germany is now being punished for the
support which she gave to the policy of
that greatest Of our statesmen.
Who will be the next to receive pun
ishment in case the time is ripe? The
United States. Japan has attacked Ger
many in the Orient at a time when she
Is unable to defend the port of Riachow,
cnce the poorest territory in China but
which Germany. through the spending
OF millions on river and harbor improve
ments, schools, and general beautinca-
ton, has made the pearl OF the Celes-
tial Empire
EnEiand's Debt to Japan.
''England's obligations to japan are
deep, without doubt, and it is a question
to me whether she will not be in honor
bound to support the NippOnese when an
important American situation may arise