The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-10
If KAISER WINS TUR-
KEY TURN GERMAN
Germany Small Possessions in Afri-
can to Lose How Much Afri-
ca Map Changed Depends
on Result Of Struggle
BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Berlin, Oct. 19.-(By mail to New
York )-Whatever way the war goes
Turkey will be changed country. If
the allies win, Russia will gain Con-
stantinople, and the rest of the least
French influence will be forced on the
Persian government.
Ii Germany wins, Turkey will SUBJ
NIT to German influence and an ar
rangement will be made whereby Ger
man finance, German commerce and
German enterprise will be given the
inside track within Turkey domain.
1t is in Africa that the big jackpot
for which the nations of Europe are
fighting is stacked up and how much
the map of Africa is changed depends
upon how pronounced victory either
side wins.
Germany has no great possessions in
Africa to lose. In fact, she has every
thing to win in the way of African ter
ritory and little to have taken from
her.
The men Of Germany who do not
measure this war in terms of dead men
and horrors of battle but only in terms
of what is to be gained or lost, figure
the final settlement out in this way:
Portugal has got bit of Congo; she
doesn't need it and she is not improv-
ing it and just because the Portuguese
of three hundred years ago seized this
territory is no proof that Portugal is
entitled to this territory today Ger
many needs the Portuguese Congo.
France has bit of the Congo.
France is not growing nation. In
1870, at the time of her war with Prus-
sia. her population was 39,000,000. 1t
is about 39,000,0O0 today. Germany is
a growing nation In 1870 her popula-
tion was 42,O00,000. Today it is $1,000
600. Germany must have mort terri
tory and the French must surrender
their part of the Congo if Germany
is victorious.
The English, too, have bit of the
Congo. 1t goes without saying that, if
Germany has her way, England viii
surrender this piece of Africa to her
rival
The German argument is not that
she must have more soil or more room
for her masses.
Prof. Hans Delbreuck, the eminent
German publicist, who gave me most
of my information on this subject, said
to me:
There is plenty of room in Germany
for her masses. The trouble with us
is our overflow of the upper classes
Our great educational institutions turn
out year more professional men than
we have either room or work for and
we must have colonies in which these
men can exert their energies"
1t is on England that Prof. pelbreucb
places the responsibility for the war.
ct was England alone that coulc
have avoided this war; he said. I'll
England had agreed that Germany was
a growing country and that she wa.
entitled to have a place in the worlt
there would have been no war Bu
Germany needed room and TERRITORY
and England would not permit her t
take it. Instead, England, knowing
that Russia desires TO gain contro
over the entire eastern Europe, encour
aged Russia to strike the blow tha
brought on the present war
"If Germany is crushed England wi
be master of the world, for she wi
then be able to dictate to weakene
Russia, and to give France only sma
portion of the Turkish territory"
asked Prof. Delbreuck what chanc
there might be that the United State
would have an opportunity to arrang
peace between the allies and German,
"lf, at just the right moment" Pre-
ident Wilson says, This is a mise
able war and request you to stop an
talk the matter over ! think he wou
be heard