Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-09

/ Germany-no longer bottled up in the
4 North sea and compelled to dip her
colors TO England-will have fulfilled
her mission and secured for herself
a place in the sun
/ This is the serious conviction of
many Germans. Unless the allies Of
fensive in the west develops a driving
power not hitherto revealed and
powerful check is inflicted on German
arms in the near future, il would APP
pear probable that the German gen.
eral staff will endeavor to carry out
its original plan and make a visor-
Gus thrust toward Calais and Eng
land.
/ Would Control Business World
II is important 10 understand what
England. Invested Of the much adver-
tised feelings Of haired, means to the
I ntelligent.German today. To the Ger
mans England has been from time inn
memorial the one country where they
I have carried on their work Of peaceful
I penetration, and by slow stages gained
control of the business world. When, in
the past this control became threat
ening or irksome they have been driv-
en- out.
AT the breaking out of the war
there were 5000 male German sub
jects i'll Great Britain engaged in va
rious branches of commerce and in
dustry. In London alone there were 60
German clubs. II German churches.
several German schools and hospitals.
number of German journals and a
German theater. Great Britain was re-
garded as a. sort of commercial and in
dustrial Fl Dorado, which attracted
many of Germang's most competent and
efficient men.
ITO the German who has never been
abroad England appears not merely the
great commercial competitor of Germany
hut country of fabulous wealth. Ger
| mans believe it is England alone who
will be in a position to pay the eX-
penses of the Var: and every German
holds that England ry%st pay them
France and Russia, Itsrr, Turkey-nay
Germany herself-will be rendered al
most bankrupt by the war
,."England alone will be able to stand
the strain. SO England will be compelled
/ busy calculating the probable indemnity
| Germany received from France q times
! the total cost of the campaign of 1901.
| Reckoning on this basis Germany, Aus
! tria-Hungary and Turkey should receive
% milliards of marks (f3, 80, 600 oO0l but il
! is probable that this total will be
/ doubled before the end of the war
/ ."Enemy Must Be 'Bled White"
The principle of Bismarck that the
! defeated enemy must be 'bled white in
/ order 10 prevent him from giving trouble
I in future, is to be enforced. Every Ger
I man believes d huge war indemnity will
/ be paid by England. AS it will not be
| possible 10 pay Off so large a sum in a
/ Year or two. it is evident that the inva-
sion and occupation of England are es-
! sential TO secure payment England is
/ the chief enemy. because she is held to
/ be the richest and best able 10 pay for
/ the war.
In the German opinion, troops un-
| trained in actual moder,, warfare, volun-
teers who have never been in action
could not offer serious resistance to a
small army of veteran troops.
The Germans believe that by using
Calais as a base they can, with their
new guns. having a range Of over 26
miles, sweep the channel clear Of hos
tile ships, and not merely destroy Do
yer but cover landing of their troops.
This is 10 be carried out in small alu-
minum boats-held in readiness for the
purpcse-which could easily be trans
ported overland. Submarines would in
sure further protection if needed.
Germans are confident that the con.
fusion resulting from an air raid. car
ried out on stupendous scale by all
a-aila bic German aircraft, will permit
the rapid advance Of the landing force
on London