Newark post., 1915-01-20
LECTURER DEMONSTRATES
~ AGAINST SECRET DIPL LOMACY


ginning to realize his strength
Russia S strength is so formidable
that Germany has had a genuine
fear of it. In 1S77-7S the Council
of Berlin deprived Russia of Bosnia
and ErzegOvinia, giving them to
Austria; at the end of the Russo
Japanese war, Germany again
frustrated Russia S plans.
Servia is Of great strategic i'm
pOrtancc to commercial Europe
since it controls the trade route to
, the east. Russia for this reason
has been vitality interested in Servia
| for many years; German interest
| is of much more recent growth.
Bismarck in 1878 said Servia was
not worth the bones of a Pomeran-
ian grenandier. The changed at
titudc of Germany lies in the fact
that Great Britain and the United
States have developed into great
industrial states. Germany, indus
I trially, has entered into the compe
tition for trade. The trip of the
Kaiser a few years ago was merely
the trip Of an advance drummer
for German goods. The control OF
Servia, along the great trade route,
would be of untold commercial i'm
portance to Germany. If Europe
gets her goods to Salonica, she
saves a distance of 2000 miles. But
little Servia has been backed by
Russia; England, too, must see
that the proper nation controls
the trade route The outgrOWth
of the hostilities that Germany
had aroused-the assassination of
. .Ferdmand-was an intention to
weaken Servia. The present strug-
gle displays the focusing of the
Tri ripple Entente to protect Servia,
the commercial outpost of the
Mediterranean
No one can cnumerate the basic
factors of the war at this period,
DR.. Lingelbach declared. 1t will
be impossible to do that accurately
for another hundred years. The
White Papers and similar publica-
tions from the secret diplomatic
councils, do not go behind the
scenes They are just as lawyer S
brief-they present only that which
is favorable to their cause. The
fatal mistake Of the situation, the
treason. lies in the fact that no ag-
gressive warfare was necessary. 81
am inclined to feel, DR.. Lingel-
bach said, like the cabby on the
street in London, who when COM
menting on the situation. said,
'We'll never get a better chance. ,
believe that was the opinion of
four members Of the British cabi-
met.
The speaker told Of his re-
ceipt Of the news that war was
about to be declared by Russia of
| his hurried departure for London
which he reached in time to hear
the debate before Parliament, pre-
viOus to the declaration of war by
| England. DR.. Lingelbach. though
a Canadian with two generations of
Canadians back of him, did not
hesitate to express his opinion of
this interesting session. He lis
tened carefully. the speaker de-
clared. to the speech of Premier
AsQuith, on this occasion, hoping
with every sentence. that he would
frankly confess to the British peo-
| pie, that the independence of Bel
GUM was necessary to British cX-
istencc The listener was diSap-
|p0intcd. however, for the altrustic
tone continued to the end Bel
giDm, the little country without
geographical reason for existence.
has been maintained to keep the
balance of power. England is. de-
termincd not to have the Scheldt in
the hands of the continental rab-
bic. And so the war sweeps on.
Kitchener has in training at pre-
sent, a million and half men, BY
spring he will have 100000 in
the field. It makes us shudder to
think what will happen then.
DR.. Lingelbach referred to
play in Philadelphia during the
last week." Courage e"-written by
Mr.. Richardson. which is a forcible
romonsh'ance against the horrors
of war.
In closing he urged upon the
audience the wisdom of America
keeping out Of the struggle. I'VE
have absolutely nothing to gain by
any connection with it. " the speak
err said. I'VE should discourage
the manufacture of warlike mate
rial by private corporations as a
menace to the peace of nations.