The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-02

hpr. and the Spectacle Of her millions
nf emirrnnts being Russinnizcd by
force was a ruthless blow tu her ma
uup-l ambition.
na if German is nccnsod on this
score. Bussia IL uU Jess embittcred hy
the results OF h,t political dealings
with her neighnur. She considers
that shs sawed Prussia from being
uNerw helfned ht Napoleon I'm lHe'
and delivered her from the Corsicau
in iSli. ana Do was Russian influ-
encc that restf. med Austria, ltnlf
and Denmark boz 1870, su that Prus-
sia might humble France.
Bismarck astutoly brought ahout
an alliance between Russia, Germany
and Austria Ia fNf,, as q defensive
move a%vainst the revolutionary prop
agaudu which had spread from
/ Franco to Poland and had also stim-
/ uIuted the activities of German Soc
/ riHlism aud Russian Nihilisin hni
six wears later Doc again shattered
/ Russias dependence upon German
I gratitude for past support
Ru-sia- dream of Coustauuuoplc as
f, seaport of the ,1ur's dominiuns, Ions
c~lcouragcd by bismarck, was all 1u'
realized In 1875. When Great britain
aud Austria i|nIsrposcd "a threat ot
war 10 the Russian armies closed in
] ON the Turkish ,apitah Russia con-
. ndcntly looked for German aid loo thia
crisis.
But the Berlin congress, where Bis
marck presided. gave to Austria the
slnvonic countries oi Bosnia ana
Herzcgoviaa-thus pushing Tcutonie
influence 20O miles nearer TO the
/ Golden Horu-aud forced Russia 10
be- content with part Ca houmanid'
She had sacrificed 200. 000 soldiers to
reach the Mediterranean, only 20 De
thrust back bv Germany, whose co-
operation she i,lt she had earned
And from thar time Russias haired
has been implacablc.
At the same time. the clash of in
|tcrests has stirred up furious ante
SiaN sentiment boz Germany. As long
ago ns iSS2 German presses were
rouring out booas and pamphlets in-
nnming HE -nn.3gonism. of one not
ed wors he tpxt was. "rhc security
of EUROPE demands The aunihilatio1
OF Russia as "a European great power
Another. published la iNNN u cnor-
mousy distributed, declared;
between Germany ana Russia
There exist. MOI differences of opinion
on Isolated questions of policy aud
s.atcsmanship which can be settled ir
zone or the other way, out dccp-seutcu'
inenacablp contrasts OF race and cul-
lturc which irrosi-tihly press toward
an open conhi,t'
with Increasing conviction and FER
lyor. the German leaders have preach
ed % race war against the SlaV. ThcS
find their Justification in the rcmorse'
less growth of the Russian power, the
marvellous faCiity with which sh'
Eussianizes and absorbs other races
within her empire and the skill witt
which she has kept alive and incfeits'
ed the P~on-slaylc feeling la neishhor'
ing nations by "A propaganda ot rnFla
and religion kinshlp.
The rapid growth Of slavic populn.
ton and influence not only In the eai
kan states, but in AustrO-iiunsary-
theoretically a Tcutuulc country
cited % Germany as evidence that sla'
domination of an southeastern
Europe is an immediate menace q
be overcome only by war that WI
cripplc Gussia's ambition.
The seriousness of the DANGER, IRON
the German view poiul. is apparent
So few as 8.0eO. 600 Poles among he
] Go.OG.ne0 population have been abr
lao presoni a formidable obstacle q
! German unity. But the dream 81
great Teutonic empire OF ~confedera
ltlon stretching from the North SCI
"a the Aceuu becomes almost antast
fol LHHrE.g Ua IN. aNNHaN MHnEAnU
are examined.
Indeed. the participation Of Austro
Hungary Iu a wgr OF Tcuton aeaius
: Slav is a sclf-oyident absurdity. ono
lsubject Co q ureponderancc OF Germa
population and interests. IL Is So p
J lonesr. The dynasty. the bureau
: oracy and the officers Of the army an
German. but political power is rapid
: passing inta the hands Of other races
r ana only tutocracy prevents the com
plete submcrgencc OF the German Gle
ment.
Il was in AustrO- Hu1gary Ia fact tha
the pa1.-lavic movement had u
4 birth: and 70 majority of the popula
r. ltion h linked more closely, hy ties
blood and religion, 10 Russia ana IN
y serbs than 10 the so-called Austria
nation.
e The population figures and the
changos are profoundly s~ignihcaHt.
u 1910 Austria had 2s,32f,sf0 inhap
laHts. and Of these only 1850 "a
e were Germans. Their were 6i3a,VN
Bohemian. Morayians and sloFat
nearly 5.000.0 Poles, 10000
Ruihcnlans and about 1000. 600
81 o.her uou-German races. b slav
Communicating ,he German - mot
than SO per cent.
y In Hungary. of course, these co1d
tions are emphasized. out OF "a POI
ulation boz 1910 Of 2%i,ooo.00o, a III
I" more than 2.00o were Germans, % d'
I crease Of i0O.0 since 1900. In %
whole empire, including Bosnia nr
herzegovina, hardly more than ON.
81 nnh Of the population was German.
y But the vital fact rs hat not ON
have German emigration and colon
= %zation failed 10 create German dom
nation. in spite Of the very high de
man birth rate, but they have bee
u. unable TO Withstand the ylRoroua ra'
qualities OF the allen people VII
whom thoy have come into contact
Hohemin. once demanded by Tore