The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-14
~ ISMARCK once said that never
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either side, whether that OF the
bentral Powers or the Triple Entente.
may feel at this time how vitality his
own views have been distorted. The
actua tremendous fight unclaimed so
many national passions that II must
Be hard for you on he other side Of
the big gulf to get a calm and dis
passionate Judgment. ! viii try to
gfve Il 10 you so far as concerns the
cause OF Germany.
You and all our mutual friends in
no army know that during my stay
IN Washington I had but n single
aim and object, namely. TO establish
friendly and comradelike reiat!ons be-
tween our two services. hoping that
such relations would spread from the
ar1nies TO the people M large. II was
consequently a great and u~nforget-
table satisfaction when at my fare
well dinner your flags and tho German
eolcrs greeted me from the rooms
walls and ceilings.
You vii, remember that I was. like
ehe majority OF my conpatr1ots, not
"A Anglophooe. I wal always an ex-
ponent Of Pan-Teutonism. including
IN this word all nations Of the Anglo
Saxon and Germanic race. because I
deemed such a movement throughout
the whole world the only way to pre-
vent this terrible war.
saw no other mediator between Ger
many and England but the United
States. l was never tired Of pointing
out that any European war that
should find Germany and England IN
hostile camps would be pernicious
for the whole Tcutonic race. con-
seuuently for the United States. For
this very reason 1 wanted her TO
be a concil!ator IN the Anglo-German
antag oniSrn.
You know my IDEAS about the
Panama Canal. which | am we'll aware
express the secret apprehensions OF
the British Admiralty and Govern
ment. Remember that England never
considered this canal anything else but
an extremely strong offensive n de-
fensive weapon, n sceptre 10 rule the
two greatest oceans Of the world
In the event OF the loss Of the Sues
Canal the existence OF the Panama
Canal insures TO England a short route
TO. and communication with, her pos
sessions in the Far East. She has
always. up 10 the present year, framed
her canal policy accordingly. a fact
which becomes perfectly apparent TO
everybody who studies the history Of
the canal treaties and the previous
actions Of England.
What else IL Jamaica but a Malta n
the American Mediterranean Both
these islands are strongholds, naval
bases near the two canals Of world
w,de Importance. h9mmers that Eng
land secured for herself ages before
ANYBODY thought NJ the anvll's prob
able existence. Brit sh diplomacy be-
gan indeed early to study the chart OF
the world.
I believe that the Panama Canal
has much 10 do with this war be
cause England could hope for the
United States's neutrality only as long
az the canal had not proved TO he
navtgabie without any interruptions
and only as long as the people at
large In the United States had not
yet become cognizant OF the power
given into their hand with this
canals property rights. only then
could Great britain dare to call
the Japs to arms against Germany.
with the American fleet In the Pa
cihc II was doubtful what attitude
your country and the Netherlands
would adopt. and Whether the Japs-
nese would follow the call that in the
meantime unclaimed all their ambi-
lions In China as well a. in tho sreat
ocean.
I may be mistaken. but in tho pres
Omt situation Il eeems to me that
England. with regard TO your and the
Dutch possessions in tho Pacific, Is
using Japan simply az a club for
pour and the Netherlands neutrality.
a. least she meant to do 20. Conse-
~auently, II mat was TO be part Of the
game, the war could not he postponed
any longer.
These political sp-culat!ons. how
ever, are not the reason for my letter.
I want 10 tell you and my friends
what has happened and what is going
on in Europe, and I hope to succeed
in getting this letter to o IN spite
OF British censorship.
Now let me present u case; Ger
many, with an area OF $40 S77 square
kilometers Oittle than the thou
eandth part of our whole planets sur
facet. Is srnalle- than many a State
OF tho Union. and yet II holds about
So, 900, 900 Inhabitants, Germany has
been a bioodstained battlefield through
centuries. She was a bulwark against
tho Huns, a victim 70 religious con
tests in the thirty years war. subject
TO Louis XIV.'s and Napoleon's amhi-
lions. and has suffered terribly from
not being q united country,
Since tho 18Th of January, 1871,
however, we stand united, This
day was, so 10 speak. our Independence
Day! Eve since our thrifty and IN
dustrial people have built up our COM
mcrce and trade that brought about
great traffic and intercourse with the
whole world, especially between oar
two countries.
Up to 1871 our Industry did not
mean much. Erfnrc the present war
broke ont We w'r" represented IN all
the markets Of the world The "Madc
IN Germany meart by the British "a
boycott our gord-, hertme an ad
verttsemont for nue quality. and our
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