The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-24
SEES NO BREAK
 BET WIEN BERLIN AND WASHINGT ON
Correspondent of New York Post Takes Bright View
 of Situation
(New York Post.)

(New York Post
 | Washington, Sept. 23-Despite the fact that no official news bearing out the encouraging press dispathes from Berlin has been received by the State Department, the feeling that a, satis- factory way will be found out of the German situation is growing It is a slow growth, it is true, and is based rather on the logic of the situation than on any given set of facts. The ground is taken that Germany cannot afford to go to war with us. For va rtous reasons. she has everything to lose and nothing to gain.
 Thus. Dr.. Dumba. and Count Bern storf and their lieutenants have been working day and night since the out devious methods from our point of view, to prevent this country's becom- ing great storehouse and supply de- pot for the Allies If Count Bern storh should have to retire now, fol- lowing Dr.. Dumba, there would Joe vent the Allies from annexing the United States as a whole in their financial and commercial campaigns.
 Count Bernstorff is one who must see with perfect clearness how disas- trons either the breaking off of diplo- matic relations or the declaration of war would be Suppostng, for in- stance, that war were declared. A high financial authority here suggests that the first step President Wilson might take would be to issue a brief statement, saying that it was the pat rfotic duty of every American to help the Allies by subscribing to their bond issuesl A loan of a billion dollars would be subscribed within 2 hours of such an appeal from the White House. and it would only. be one of several. When it is considered that such German newspapers as the Frankfurter zeitung are openly say ing that Germany expects to win the war by standing the economic and financial strain better than any of its rivals, the results of such an action by the United States would be far reAching, indeed. and infinitely better than the supplying of an army Of 5eo,-
 000 men, plus the loaning of all the submarines and torpedo craft which oar navy possesses.
 As the Germans here fare convinced nF pretend to be, that they would have won the war long ago if it had not been for American munitions, if IS ob- vious that. by their own reasoning, an enormous increase of our output ought to make for German defeat. It is not possible to ascertain here what the government would do in the event of war. but it is not believed that it would find 1t necessary by any means to keen all it's ammunition products at home
 Germany Stz1 Wants Moral Support.
 Then there is the moral inf uence of the United States. The Germans still
 want this despite the great change in. feeling towards us since the beginning of thewar, when there was nothing in Germany too good for the Americans. and every possible courtesy and con- stderatfon was extended to those in Germanyfx While the German news q Aa tain that they are going to win the war. as they are bound tos in. order to keep up the spirits Of the people, down ins their hearts they know that defeat is not ans impossible thing. If it should come they want the influence of the United States. if it is to be had. in the peace negotiations or. at least, that part of 1t which is now active in support Of their cause.
 The Germarl-Amerfcan who have teen such active propagandists for the German cause are considerable asset which will be entirely lost if co4nmunications are cut. Thus, they have subscribed to the e10,ooo,00o loan placed last fall. and will be the chief subscribers, if. not the only ones. to the new loan which is now tefng Advertised by the staats-zef- tung. Again. they have contributed largely to relief funds. Finally, the German government does not want to have them made antt-German by 8 war with us. because 1t hopes that many of these German-Americans particularly the more than 50. 900 un- naturalized men of military age esti- mated by the German General Staff to be living here, will return to Ger many and take some of the places made Vacant in Germany's economic life blythe bullets of the Allies.
 Need for Money After War.
 German financiers and economists must also be thinking of what will be Germanyss position at the close of the war. even if they win. It will need very large sums of money for reconstrucffon and new developments at home. and for instance, the rees- tablishment of its position upon the seas. If the United States stays at peace, 1t will be the only country in the world from which money can be obtained on a large scale. Ger many wishes to be h line for some of that money Moreover 1t will be long time before 1t can trade nor malIy with it's present enemies. All the more reason. therefore, for it to retain the American marker without any more ill-wfll towards things Ger man than exists now. It must look to North and South America as the best place for trade when hostilitfes are over.
 Then there is the effect at home. which must not be overlooked. With a perfectly subservfent and wholly controlled press, the German govern ment can gloss over and suppress l much and thus mould public opinion to it's own desire. But the day of reckoning must come, the day when the newspapers can review the events of the war and free speech is restored in the Reichstag, Then will there be asked some searching questions as to reasons for things that are now ac- cepted in the patient, dumb belief that everything is for the best. It will be asked for instance, why trou- ble was allowed to come with the United States when Germany was mp1etely encircled by enemies. The whole history of the diplomacy of the war is some day going to be reviewed