Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-24
MUST CURB RUSSIA
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Prof. Delbruck, German States
man, Discusses Causes Lead
ing Up to War.
KAISER FIGHTS FOR LIBERTY
Suggests President Wilson and
Pope Plus as Mediators to
Bring About Peace.
KAISER FIGHTS FOR LIBERTY
By HERMAN BERNSTEIN.

BERLIS, October 23.--ProfcSsor Hans
Delbruck. the famous and influential
German historian and statesman, the
instructor of the Kaiser in his youth.
was the only eminent statesman in
Germany who accurately forctold the
present war
IN interviews and statements. which
made public at the time. Professor
Dclbruck declared that while the other
powers were dividing the world among
themselves, taking all available colo
mes. Germany. the growing German
nation, was asked to stand by and re
main Il mere unconccrncd onlookcr He
saw that TO grow in peace and develop
Germany must have colonial possess
s!ons like the other great powers.
Professor Dcibruck has written cX-
tensively on this subject in his Preus-
sisch" Jahrbuchcr. He is one OF the
important nolders Of public opinion
In Germany.
sought his views on war ana peace
for his view. are representative OF a
great element of the thinking German
people II" is a conservative, progress
sire force, not "A "nil,arist."
HE STATES "'rIIE REAL
CAUSE or THE WAR"
said TO him: so many books have
been published-books OF All colors
rcd, white, blue, green: In fact all tn.
.olors OF the concerning the
outbreak OF tile war that ] should like
!" know from YOU the real cause of
the war"
III is very simple" he replied. Rus
sla desire to secure Constnutinoplc, TO
destroy Austria and 10 conquer The
northern part of Sweden led to this
purpose. and GcrInan, simply woui,
no, le, her accomplish it, England de-
sired to maintain the entente, and 10y
the 'mechanism OF the entente she is
in this war.
'To put IT briefly. the war was
started by Patchi,ch in Belgrade
through Russian maohinations Then
Russia came in Then France and
England joined.
Germany could neither permit the
destruction OF Austria ..-r The growth
OF Russia. particularly 1T the expense
of the Turkish empire
Aside from these causes We are
really In this war helping to bring
liberty. not only TO the Poles and the
oths, peoples inhabi;lnc the provinces
wc have conquered. but We snail also
nrins liberty to Russia herself to he
russian people. See what Russia is
doing at this moment with the Duu.a
win the chosen representatives of tho
RUSSIAN people. strangl!nS every effort
at reform in that country
But the German victories In the Rus
sian prov inccs, or rather the defeat of
IN" russian system. viii open the eyes
"l the RUSSIAN people and cause their
awakening, and perhaps also their
emancipation. Thus we shall bring
IN
France from Bonapartism in 1870"
"MILITARISM CAME TO Us
FROM RUSSIA" HE SAYS
DO YOU think German mili;arism
Will become stronger after this war
or VIII this grave human crisis, with
mi!lions OF human lives lost. tend to
check the spirit OF militarismo"
asked.
German militarism?" he repeated.
Militarism, a $ far as it does exist in
Germany, has come TO us from Russia
ana, for that matter, miltarisin has
come everywhere from Russia Rus
sia's enormous army has been the
cause OF militarism in Europe The
Russian army was much greater than
the German Italian and Austrian
armies combined.
"ln order 10 be able to defend our
selves and Europe against the tremend-
Gus Russian army and the domination
of the Cossacks. we were compelled to
have great army. And since we had
large army. France followed suit.
and then England wanted to protect
France.
IF Russia is curbed, if Russian
greed for territory is checked, if Rus
sia is dissolved and the smaller ma
tionalities in Russia liberated, then
the danger of militarism will have
been removed. II may be that then
ii would be possible to have armaments
reduced I'm every country. Russia has
been the real military menace, respon-
sihle for the great burden of arma-
ments everywhere"
] mentioned to Professor Delbruck
that three years ago he practically
foretold the present catastrophe in his
interview on Germanys aims. He said:
'As I told YOU then. the natural
aims of Germany are to have colonial
possessions as the other great nations.
for instance. i'll Central Africa 1t is
my personal opinion that the moment
the other powers realize this and are
willing to make reasonable arrange
ments with Germany in this direction
the war Will end.
AS I have pointed out, of all the
armies IN the world, the German army
is the best trained and most powerful
instrument Of war, and yet, at tho
same time, the least available for mere
political ambition and lust for power.
Our army is strong only in a political
defensive movement, when the exist
cnce and honor Of the empire must be
defended against an enemy's attacks.
WOULD NOT FIGHT FOR
SUPREMACY nI, xunE,1
when they speak abroad so much
about the German aggressivencss and
refer to German military writer's, they
mean agGressiveness In strategical
and tactical sense. But for political
aggrcssiVeness which would lead to
tmch war as this. for the purpose of
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