El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-13
By FRIEDRICH Won BERNHARD,
General Of German Cavalry.

cUmstances, the duty Of a free nation
to seize arms and to submit itself TO
all the external misery Of war In or
der that il may safeguard that which
for II is the highest and most holy
Appeals to Americans.
should think that in a very spe-
cial way the American people, who
won their liberty in conflict against
England, and who achieved the ae-
knowledged sovereignty Of the Fed
eral Union only through the heroic
struggle in which two sincere inter-
pretations Of the American conSutu-
ton glOriously contended on the bat
tle-fields Of '61-65, there would be
lively understanding Of this view.
Can it be believed that Americans
heirs Of this tradition of the necessity
OF warfare, would see the development
of their nation interfered with, its
destiny thwarted, for instance, by the
violation OF the Monroe Doctrine, the
denial Of American authority over the
Panama Canal or by attack upon its
insular possessions. without resorting
to arms for the protection Of its vital
interests Can il be doubted then
that America must have in its heart a
sympathetic understanding, when once
il has heard the truth concerning II,
Of the position Of Germany ana the
b e avior Of Germany-G ermany,
threatened from all sides; Germany.
whose 'militarism" has only the pur-
pose Of enabling her to ward off the
attacks of enemies who would instant
" overpower the defenseless2
It is from this standpoint that my
books, therefore, maintained that war
may, under certain circumstances, be
come necessary, and pointed out in
particular that a war between Ger
many and England was ir all prob
ability inevitable. pointed out the
necessity that. such being the case,
Germany must prepare herself both
from the political and the military
standpoint, for the possibility.
Germany or England.
It was by no means from the as
sumption that the destruction OF Eng
lish world domination is a preliminary
condition necessary for the natural
development of Germany that / de-
duced the InevitabiIJy OF such a war;
much less from an assumption that
Germany could attain a world domi-
nation, justly due her. only upon the
ruins of the British empire
The exact opposite is the case.
I showed that our FaCherland would
and could very well satisfy all its in
terests alongside Of England. and that
il would far prefer TO live in peace
with England 7 expressed this most
explicitly. I admitted, indeed. that
peaceful development, the one along
side OF the other. however desirable,
reason that England would not have
it that way, but would force US into
conflict.
EngIand's Game.
proved from history that during
recent centuries il had been England's
aim TO play the European states agaist
each other that 1t had always made
anxious efforts to maintain equilib-
rum among those states. never toler-
aIng that any should rise TO a posi-
ton Of power that might became dan
gerous TO England herself that Eng
hIan- al 49,
10 its imposing strength in order to be
able TO control, and under circumstan-
ces limit, the overseas relations Of
the continental European states, if they
should ever appear to threaten Eng
lands interests
1 deduced that this policy would in
all probability be carried out with re-
spect TO Germany, in view of the fact
mat Germanys commerce and Ger
manys marine had shown a develop
ment threatening even for England.
Evidences Of these 2nti-German pur-
poses were 10 be found a-plentv In
East Africa England had prevented
lne natural rounding out Of our colo
nlal possessions
When the Morocco question arose
though we violated no right i'm Eng
lands this policy met and faced us
In our railway policy in Asia Minor Il
crossed our purposes without q shadow
OF justification or right everv,-hers
our national development. and throw
our allies aside from US
And, always, in order TO avoid war.
We nave retired; always we have at
tempted TO direct the DEVELOPMENT Of
our economic and political necessities
alongside OF Eng'-nd and not against
Ensland-that is the truth.
England Would Crush Germany.
IN view OF the whole political scene
as il had developed when wrote my
DOCKS; in view, especially. Of the
Engllsh-F French Russian Entente.
winch manllestly- was prosecuting pos
lIIve purposes I had reached the con-
EicuoH that England would i'm the
future, as 1t had done IN the past. and
II necessary with brute force. prevent
my extension of Germany's power.
Inat, for this reason, war must sooner
or later come-not because we desired
70 destroy the English world empire
Dut. on the contrary. because England
Eould endeavor by force to prevent us
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