The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-12
VON BERNHARD'S
 WAR PROPHECY
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(Boston News Bureau.D


 Gen. Frederick Won Bernhard came into international prominence two years ago as the author of a book entitled Germany and the Next War" in which, with most startling accu. racy, he prophesied the present strug. gle between Germany and Austria on the one hand, and England, France and Russia on the other. He foretold the abandonment by Italy of the Tri- pie Alliance, pointed out the neces- slty for Germany to strike hard and quick, so as to crush France, and the probability that England would block ade the North sea and the channel and paralyze German commence.
 Some excerpts from the book, which is regarded as an interpretation of Germany's military spirit, follow:
 "We are accustomed to regard war as a curse, and refuse to recognize 1t as the greatest factor in the further ance of culture and power
 This aspiration (peace) is directly antagonistic to the great universal laws which rule all life. War is a bio logical necessity of the first import ance. Without war; inferior or de- caying races would easily choke the growth of healthy budding elements and a universal docadence would fol- low.
 War, in opposition to peace, does more to arouse national life and to expand national power than any oth' CT means known to history.
 An intellectual and vigorous nation can experience no worse destiny than to be lulled into a Phaecion existence by the undisputed enjoyment of peace. The United States of America, in June 1911, championed the ideas of uniyer, sal peace in order to be able to de- vote their undisturbed attention to money.making and the enjoyment of wealth, and to save the S3OOOOO,OOO which they spend on their army and navy. If they advance further on this road they will one day pay dearly for such a policy.
 "The appropriate and conscious em' ployment of war as a political means has always led to happy results.
 "All which other nations obtained in centuries of natural development political union, colonial possessions naval power, international trade-was denied in our nation till quite recent Iv, What we now wish to attain must he fought for, and won; against a superior force of hostile interests and powers.
 "England may have to tolerate the rivalry of North America in her i'm perial and commercial ambitions, but the competition of Germany must be stopped. If England is forced to fighi America, the German position mus not be such as to force the nations t help the Americans. Therefore must destroy.
 "There must be no self deception ol the point that political arrangement have only a qualified value, that the, are always conducted with tacit res ervation. Nothing can compel stat to act contrary to it's own interests on which those of it's citizens depend Considerations may arise which ar
 more powerful than the most homo
 able intentions.
 In one way or another we mui square our account with France if W wish for free hand in our internatioi al policy, This is the first and for most condition of a sound Germa policy. France must be so complet iy crushed that she can never agai
 come across our path.
 NO people is so little qualified the German to direct it's own desti l ies; to no people is the customai | liberal pattern so inappropriate as us The German pc
 ple have always been incapable
 great acts for the common intere
 except under the leadersh
 of powerful personalities, who kno ] how to arouse the enthusiasm of u
 masses, to stir the German spirit