Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-11-29

nothing, and during the era or inVen-
tions thcy invented nothing But they
understood the art OF ploughing their
fields by means OF stolen oxen.
It was not mere accident that
those pious men should have waxed
ever more indignant at the spectacle
OF Hollands prosperity. AS a result
OF the war with Holland, large part
of the Spanish and Dutch colonies
fell into English hands, and the
maritime power of Holland was
broken during the long warfare.
England now turned her attention TO
the third European Power whose ex-
pansion and prosperity caused ever
growing anxiety to the Chosen Peo-
pie. France had coveted Spain; but
It was England who stole Gibraltar,
which commands the entry into the
Mediterranean. portugal's industry
was annihilated by English competi-
ton. The Methuen Treaty, con-
cluded in 1903, has obliged Portugal
to remain England's obedient vassal
down to the present day.
England never really cspouses the
I cause OF another country, even when
she is allied with it; such a country
merely appears to her as useful for
the movement, in so far as il serves
England's mercantile interests. It
was by means OF robbery and piracy
that England had developed into a
world-power at the expense Of
Europe.
In the third quarter of the eight
centh century began the American
War OF Independence; both in France
and Spain the hope of crushing tho
pirate empire dawned again. This
hope was destined to end in disap-
pointmont. We need scarcely point
out how closely the demands made
by the neutral powers in 1880 re-
semble those formulated in 1914
1916. Not only does this hold good
of the definition Of the word con
traband'; but also Of the demand
that harbor or q coast shall be con-
idered as legally blockaded only
when the blockade is effective. Eng
| land had often admitted tho demands
in question, but only in times OF
peace. When herself engaged in war,
she despised such international
agreements a smuch then as now.
I'm l793.H writes Count Zu Re-
ventlow. trembling With indignation
| at the sight OF the murder of the
the liberties OF Europe, England
flung herself on tho trade and in
dustry OF France. The measures
taken by the French Republic toward
the close OF tho eighteenth century,
furnished Napoleon with the idea OF
the colossal European blockade
against English goods. A condition
sine qua non az the success of that
blodsade was that it should be ap-
piled quod ubique et Quod omnibus
that not a link should be missing in
The vast chain Of prohibition. The
English were cunning enough to un-
derstand this ut once. England stole
IIelgoland from the Danes; and the
island became basis of operations
for the English smugglers on the
North Sea coast"
The author relates how, during the
wears of unhealthy Anglo-German
'friendship," England considered
Germany as q servant who owed her
obedience In South Africa about
the same time, the last act but one
of the great drama took place. DR..
Jameson and his band OF hlibusters
made their disgraceful raid on the
Transyaal. The English Colonial
Secretary then declared, IN so many
words, that England would not rest
until the Boer Republics had been
deprived of their independence. The
main cause Of England's greed was
the existence of diamonds and gold
in the territory OF the South African
Republics.
The prosperity of German industry,
Of German trade, OF German ship
ping, and the development Of German
capital, began, about the middle OF
the nineties, to attract the attention
of an eyer-growing number of per-
sons in Great Britain. Such "atten-
tion" on the part OF the English is,
as we know, invariably tainted by
animosity Not until twenty-slx
years after the foundation OF the new
German Empire had the numerical
superiority OF British ships in the
greatest German harbor OF Hamburg
been done away with. Hamburg
thereby prodigiously excited the
wrath of the benefactor OF mankind
at the other side Of the North Sea,
The German Empire had never
done England any harm. 1t pursued
no hostile aims, it had never in
trjgued against British interests.
The German Empire had, on the con-
lIdlAt INV iiDiy GNANN ~ fNiS htAA
defense. History has never known
policy more peaceful than that pur-
sued by German statesmen. None the
less was Germany q great Contincn-
tai Power, her trade and industry
flourished, she claimed the right OF
protecting her national production,
she tried to build herself fieet
therefore she must be destroyed.
How monstrous the English lies
about the German danger on the
sea- were, is proved-but this Is
merely en- passant--by the fact that
inAugust, 1914, after fifteen years
activity. the German fleet, viewed as
whole. was not even half as strong
as the British.
AS for the German plan OF 4 Bag
dad reailroad, l. G., of a line connect
ing Constantinople with the Persian
Gulf, il was in the eyes OF the British
q direct challenge. 1t was also an
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