Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-20
Germany Is Not Striving for
Territorial Aggrandize-
ment.
WORLD DOMINATION
IS NOT AN ISSUE
DR.. Bernhard Dernburg in
Letters Gives His Ideas
Of the War.

DORTLAND, April ia letter
4 from DR.. Bernhard Dernburg
former colonial secretary of the Ger
man empire, was read at mas
meeting here tonight, at which the
German side Of the European war was
set forth
Doctor Dernburg laid stress upon
the German fight for an open sea and
asserted that the advantage accruing
to Germany from permanently retain
irg the land which it has taken in
Europe could be disregarded if all the
other demands, especially a guaran-
toed free sea were fully complied with
In making peace and the natural
commercial relations of Belgium to
Germany were considered in just
and workable form"
Doctor Dernburg's letter, in part,
follows;
II can. with fun authority, disclaim
any ambition for my country for world
domination. She is much too modest
on the one hand ana too experienced
on the other not to know that such
q state will never be tolerated by the
rest. The aim of Germany is to have
the seas as we'll as The narrows Kept
permanently open for the free use of
all nations in times of war as well as
I'm times of peace. | personally would
go as far as to neutraliZe all the seas
and narrows permanently by a com
mon and effective agreement, guaran-
teed by all the powers.
Want Free Intercourse.
"A free sea is useless except com
hined with freedom of cable and mail
communication / should like to see
all the cables Jointly owned by the
interested nations and world mail
system over sea re-established by
common consent
The only alternative to an open
sea and free intercourse policy would
be a Chinese wall around each cOun-
try. If there is no free intercourse
every country must become self-suffi-
cient. Germans has proven that it
can be done. But this policy would
mean very high customs barriers, dis
elimination, unbounded egotism and
a world bristling in arms.
Germany does not strive for terri
torial ACKNOWLEDGMENT i'm Europe; she
does not believe in conquerng and
suhiugating unwilling nations Belgium
commands the main outlet of the
western German trade, IS the natural
forcland of the empire and has been
conquered Win uuAOlN odNllllNN VI
blood and treasure. 1t offers to Ger
man trade the only outlet 10 an open
sea and has been politically estab-
lished, maintained and defended by
England in order to keep these nat
ural advantages from Germany. The
love for small peoples that England
heralds now will never stand investi-
CATION as shown by the destruction Of
the small Boer republics So Belgium
cannot be given up
Free Sea only Demand.
However, these considerations
would be disregarded if all the other
German demands, especially "A guar
anteed free sea, were fully complied
with and the natural commercial re-
lations of Belgium to Germany were
considered in a just and workable
form In this case Germany Will not
fail when the time comes to help re-
build the country; in fact she is doing
so now"
"a permanent peace will mean
that German ACTIVITY must get wide
scope without infringement upon the
rights of others"