The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-03
Tells Why Germany Is Building Big Navy and Maintaining
Huge Army. Ties Between the Fatherland
and the United States

the way for these new and different
times.
I'VE must never forget that without
the gigantic achievements OF Prince
Bismarck, who with mighty effort re-
trieved in the space of years what had
been misnanaged and neglected for CEN
turtles, this new era would never have
dawned. But though every new epoch
of historical development is dependent
on its predecessor. and derives It's mo-
tive power In a greater or lese degree
from the past. II can only bring progress
in its wake II It abandons old methods
and aims and strives to attain others OF
It's own. Even II in the course OF our
new international policy We depart
from the European policy OF the nrst
Chancellor, yet 1t still remains true thar
the international tasks Of the twentieth
century are. properly speaking. tho
continuation Of the work he completed
in the field of Continental policy"
In 1854, when the need Of navy was
being discussed in Germany. Bismarck
did not take kindly 70 the idea OF It's
establishment. At that time. to quote
Won Buelow:
1--WE possessed neither great mer-
camille marine, the destruction OF which
could sensrbly injure US. nor any
oversee trade worth mentioning, the
crippling OF which we need fear"
To-day. however, It is different: I'VE
ara now vulnerable at sea. We have en-
trusted millions to the ocean. and with
these millions the veal and woe OF many
NJ our countrymen. II we had not IN
good time provided protection for these
valuable and indispensable national pos
SESSIONS We should have been exposed
70 tho danger of having one day to look
on defencelessly while We were deprived
Of them.
"But then we could not have returned
"a the comfortable economic and po-
uticai existence Of purely inland State
We should have been placed In the po-
atton Of being unable 30 employ and
support q considerable number OF our
millions Of Inhabitants at home The
result would have been an economic
crisis which might easily attain the pro-
| nortions of a national catastrophe"
II could be only expected that the
strengthening Of the German navy
! would arouse uneasiness and suspicion
4 in England:
"Our fleet had to be built with an eye
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built My efforts in the field OF inter
national politics had TO be directed "a
the fulfilment OF this task. For two
reasons Germany had to take UP an In
ternattonally Independent position. We
could not be guided in our decisions and
acts by q policy directed against Eng
land, nor might w. for tho sake Of Eng
lands friendship. become dependent
upon her.
both dangers existed and moro than
once were perilously imminent. In oul
development az sea power we could
not reach our goal either as England's
satellite or as her antagonist. Eng
lands unreserved and certain friendship
could only have been bought at the price
OF those very international plans fol
tho sake Of which We had sought British
friendship"
In referring to Germany and Eng.
land during tho Boer war Prince vor
Buelow says:
During the Boer war. which strained
the forces OF the British Empire TO the
uttermost and led England into grea'
difficulties, there seemed to be an oppor'
tunity Of dealing the secret opponent Of