Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-13

strc'chinS toward Cologne. and Franco
VIII go To the Rhine. think Belgium.
as wen as France. viii be forced to 20
to the Rhine.
1t is no good talking now OF buffer
states. because the German conscience
cannot respect them. Buffer states arc
just anvil states AT any rate very CON
siderable anncNa,ions OF German terri
Tory by belgium and France are noyv
inevitable. and Holland must expect a
much larger and stronger Belgium IA
'hc south OF her, allied firmly to France
and England.
Possession OF Frisinn Islands.
Ana 10 the north II Is very likely that
.nc htI'ish VIII be able to tolerate the
continued German possession OF ~.
Frisian Islands? These islands ava
me coast OF East Fricsland. have had
but one use In German hands. and ,hat
use mas been the preparation OF attacks
y" Ems lana. Clearly. the British may
decide 10 have no more OF such n,,,cta
Every advance in scientific warfare NM
make them more dangerous and cx,s
perhting. The British intend sobrrIv
ana sancly to do their utmost 10 make
frpc'ltloh OF the present war inpos-
sib!c. To secure this they may flnJ I,
necessary to have Germany out of ,hn
North Sea. But they nave no desire
wha'tNer 10 take either the Tristan
Islands or East Fresland. If Holland
VIII save them that trouble.
Now. suppose the Dutch viii NO,
'hink or this now. Suppose, for the
want OF their aid. the allies are unable
10 press the war TO the complete re.i-
mcntation Of Germany, what will be
the position of holland in t,v.r,y ,,.,,
time?
She will stand between England and
.'crmany. Germany incompletely
beaten means an Anglophobe Germany.
hciSium and France expanded. recuper-
atc6. allied. linked By Il common litera-
W. Low
Gable Tor another German attack SO
that there Is the possibility that in
twenty years time or so Germany, re-
covering and vindictive. may in some
way contrive to hold OFF France and
Belgium. and try her luck against Eng
land alone. by that time submarine
and acroplane may be so developed az
TO render a German attack on England
much more hopeful than 1t liz at present,
especially by way of the Rhine mouth
What. in the light of the Belgian expc-
ricnce and the new doctrine of n right
OF way" will be the outlook for n little
isolated Holland. as small as she Is
now as buncr state in such case?
Part of Pnn-Gcrmnn Scheme.
She has always been claimed as a
part Of the great Pan-German scheme,
and at any time she may lind the Ger
man heel upon her face, vindictively
furnishing her for her lack of enthusi-
She better get herself little larger
and stronger now; hadn't she better
help 10 make the ending of the German
threat more conclusive, and link her
self definitely with the grand alliance
of the Western powers? Now she could
make a very good bargain indeed II
she inquired. she would find Britain
ready enough to guarantee the pro-
lection OF Hollands colonial empire for
ever by the British fleet All the four
Western rD, Dol.
land, Britain--would he willing to mako
tho most binding pledges for such mu-
tual protection. 1t Is the manifest COM
mon sense OF the settlement that thev
should set up such collective guar
antee. And. in addition. there are those
Tristan Islands. and East Friesland.
and that dangerous wedge that Ger
many drives into Holland along the
Rhine. 1t is not difficult to man n very
much improved Dutch frontier nlonr
the Ems, ana thence striking down to
the lthinc and meeting the iron country
on the left bank of the Rhine. whose
annexation and exploitation is Bel
gums legitimate compensation for her
devastation and sufferings. Here are
me markings of safer, greater Hol-
land! Thousands Of Dutchmen must ho
looking on the map at the present
time and thinking such things as this.
There, clearly and attractively. IL Tho
price Of alliance.
me price OF neutrality Is an intact
Holiand-and n certain isolation in the
years ahead--but still 7 admit. n NOT
unhappy Holland. Dutch and free. nm
I'll a fresh Anrlo-Gcrman struggle he
gins; Yet. he 1t noted, n Holland n little
hciplcss and fricndlcss If some rcnns
cent Asiatic power should prcscntIy
coVct her Eastern possessions
The price OF participation with Ger
many, on the other hand. Is complete
development in the warm embrace of
the. good German brothcrhood''-th
gradual substitution Of tho German Ian
guage for tho Dutch, and n Germnnizn-
non , or such colonies MS tho allies may
still leave for Holland, frequent state
visits from kaiscrs. and the subor1ina-
lion or Dutch mercantile interests IN
those or Hamburg and Altoona and (Ger-
mhniZedl Antwerp. And-thc ovcr1ast
ing bowling everywhere of "Doutsch-
iahh' deutschland ubcr Allies"
anyway '"mn -. strong for the Get.
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