The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-10-02

| quo ante bellum will be largely re-
sumed so far as the world outside
of Europe Is concerned. except for
the humiliation of German commerce.
II is true England will no longer
be menaced by Germany, therefore
will be more strongly confirmed in
her naval superiority; but, on the
other hand, England will still have
enough to take care of with the 9TH
er nations without resuming her
quondam position of bully against
this nation.
Should, on the other hand, the
allies be defeated, Germany would
become supreme on the seas and
assume the Napoleonic role of
France a century ago. Assuming
this position can be maintained, the
German navy and mercantile ma
rine would dominate the world.
Which, then, is most to our interest
as nation?
The prime,if not only the fact to re-
member in deciding this question is
that whereas England has always
supported our Monroe Doctrine.
Germany has always been hostile to
it; in fact, we may say that but
for England we could never have
supported il until now. Germany is,
among the nations a "bounder" or
climber" as the English aptly term
one who eagerly elbows his way to
the front without regard to the
rights or interests of others. With
her rapidly growing power she has
asserted her voice more and more
loudly in "Weltpolitik," and with
out considering her eager competi-
tion in the South American trade as
being other than an amicable one,
we cannot properly neglect to note
her assertiveness in matters closely
touching her own sphere of interest,
notably in the Mexican and San
DOMINICAN muddles. 1t is we'll I'M
derstood that Germany covets naval
stations or other territorial outposts
in the West hides, and it cannot be
a bad guess that she would follow
the same tactics to get them as she
did, for example, in the case of Kiao
Chao, or Austria in the case of Bos-
mia, or both of them in the present
war. The Teutonic policy of terri
torial forward movement has always
been one If sudden seizures, taking
would be opponents by surprise and
then pleading fat accompli.
With Germany in the ascendant,
it goes without saying that we should
have to greatly strengthen our naval
power and to maintain the utmost
vigilance to prevent some such sur
prise against us in the new world,
with the utmost certainty of becom-
ing ultimately embrOiled ourselves
in a war with Germany that would
reduce us, as it previously reduced
the other nations, to a secondary
place.
To these considerations is to be
added that of similarity of national
ideal as between Germany and the
allies. Germany puts forward as her
great slogan the repression of the
slavic "barbarians"; but the facts of
history are not to be forgotten. With
out even mentioning the century
long frendlness of Russia for the
United States, unbroken by any I'M
friendly act, let us go back again to
the sequel of the Napoleonic wars
when the so-called Holy Alliance
was formed by Russia. Prussia
and Austria with the object of up
holding absolutism in general and
preventing the revolt of the Span
ish colonies in America in particu-
lar. 1t was this very Holy Alliance
led by the three European auto
Gratis. but opposed, be it remem-
bered, both by Great Britain and
France. that led to the establish
ment of our historic Monroe Doc
trine. Names and circumstances
have changed, but national charac-
ter has noJ. Western Europe and
the United States still remain the
free countries of the world, and
eastern Europe holds The absolute
countries; the dividing line between
them is clear, and SO is the interest
OF the United States.
The effort of one country or race
to dominate all the others must Ill
come to naught; such has
ever been TIE history Of the world,
and ali such empires but one have
been of brief duration, the single
exception being due to the enormous
concentration OF civilization at
single point. Ultimately such an en-
pire as that Of Napoleon expands un-
til il falls to pieces of it's own