The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-03
GERMANY WILL ASK
DAMAGESFROMU.S. S:
Remarkable Statement In Letter
To Service Journal - If Ger
many Wins WhatWilI Happen?

The current issue Of the Army and
Navy journal contains letter to the
editor from, William T. HOrnaday, the
distinguished zoolOgist, who for the past
ninet9en years has been director of tha
New York Geological Park, in which the
writef advances a suggestion that Ger
many, in the event OF victory for her
arms in 1.-THE present war, will demand
huge indemnity from the United
Stateb, based on the contention that this
country supplied the Allies with mum,
tons Mr.. Hornaday writes:
viii Demand Billions
"Three months passing events firmly
convinced me that If Germany is victor
iOus over the Allies she will at once de
mand of the United States n huge indie
mnity, amounting to billions Of dollars,
ON account OF 'our sales of'war supplies
to the Allies; ! fully expect it, if.
"%hile this thanght was daily revoIv-
ing in my mind I received a call from
an Army officer, an old friend whose
blankets | shared in wild Western
camps more than thirty years ago. His
veracity is ~ ,pnimpeachable as is that
of DR., Lyman Abbott. In discussing
the Spa mish- American War and his ad.
ventures therein by the merest chance
he related the following story of Ger
many = intentions toward the United
States in September, 1898, sixteen years
previous TO Germany's beginning of the
present war. Count Won GOetzen 3 cal
ender of future events was remarkably
correct in at least one particular-the
descent upon France.
An Attache's Statement
'"This is my friend s story, precisely
MS he related it to me, and his word is
unimpeachable:
At the close of the Spanish -Ameri-
can War ! was returning on the Santee,
| think it was, from Santiago, Cuba, to
MOntauk Point. The ship was carrying
two troops of the ninth Cavalry, some
companies of Michigan Volunteers, and
three or four companies of regular in
fantry. On board there was a military
attache from Germany, Count Won GOet
zen, personal friend OF the Kaiser
Thee was also an attache from some
South American country, possibly Ar
gentine.
'''AprOpOs of Discussion between
Count Won GOetzen and myself on the
friction between Admiral Dewey and
the Geghan admiral at Manila, Won
Goetzent said TO me: ~ will tell you
something which you better make NOTE
Of am not afraid to tell you this, Be.
cause IT. yod did speak of it no one
wouId4 believe you, and everybody
would laugh at you.
"A YAtout fifteen years from now
my country will start her great war
She will be in Paris about two months
after the commenc ement of hOstilities
Her move or raris will be but step
to her real oh icct, the crushing of Eng.
land. Everything will move like
clockwork. We will be prepared, and
others will not be prepared. speak of
this because of the connection which
it will have wi your own country.
Hold Washington While
Some months after we finish our
work in Europe we will take New York,
and probably Washington, and hold
them for some time. We will put your
country in its place, with reference to
Germany. We do not propose to take
any of your territory, but we do intend
to take billion or more dollars from
New York and other places. The Mon
roe Doctrine viii be taken charge of by
us, as we will then have put YOU in
Your place, and we will take charge of
S0uth America, as far as we wish to.
Rave no hostility toward your country
like it; but we have to 20 our own
way. Don t forget this, and about fiji
teen years from now remember it, and
ID will interest you" ,..
"'Count Won Goetzen, 1T will be
fcmud, was personal friend of the
Kaiser, aud afterward vas employed on
~ important nassion in China. He
died some months before the breaking
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