Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-04-03

The trend of recent events. as we
have repeatedly aoid leads TO the
conclusion, that the British Govern
! mcnt at lasi realizes the depths Of
the political situation in which it has
become involved, and from which IL
would gladly oXt1cate itself at the
earliest possible moment.
When British statesmen. uuter tho
direction of the late Edward VII. set
out to manufacture the present war;
two objects eNcrted q controlling i'm
Auencc over their policies ono Of
these was the obstruction of the Ger
man advance TO the Persian Gulf
through Turkey. the consummation
Of which was held to ondangor that
/ perfect communication with India so
essential TO the maintenance Of the
/ British Empire. The other was the
defeat of the German commercial
campaign which was already begin
ming TO threaten the supremacy i'm
the markets of the world which had
been Great Britain's for years out of
mind
One cannot blame Great Britain
for striving to hold what she already
possessed; and on the other hand.
one cannot. without laying oneself
open to the charge of prejudice. deny
the right Of young. virile and
growing nation like modern Ger
many to assert and make good. If
possible. its claim 20 q place i'm the
sun of world influence and activity
Tho conflict between what Great
Britain and what Germany desired
was inevitable.
The great mistake which Great
Britain made lay in the choice OF al-
lies TO nght her battles for her. The
word mistake" should. perhaps. be
qualified Great Britain was COM
PEELED 60 a. unloved on the Conti-
nent. having fought at one time or
another each of her present allies in
the same progress of greed which is
going on to-day. she was left no list
from which TO choose her friends but
,hai Of her historical enemies.
Tho war has gone on now for near
ly two years, and England is to-day
further from her goal than she was
ON the 4th OF August. 1914 one
conference OF tho leading statesmen
and chief military men OF the Allies
succeeds another, all designed to
determine what shall be done to Ger
many. but nothing appears TO be
done, III would be rash to suggest
that anything decisive will be done
until or oven after peace is signed
The war has brought many disap-
pOintments 20 Great Britain and her
Continental allies. The considered
apathy with which the Japanese Gov
ernment received the pathetic appeal
of M PicbOn TO send half n million
japanese troops 10 Europe tina, the
lives OF an equal number OF excel
lent Frenchman" might be spared. is
one of them Japan went into The
war TO get out of ST what she could
consistent with her national policy.
and whom that had been obtained she /
retired. Tho REPORTED weakening OF /
Sc alliance which binds her TO Great
britain cannot but be q source of /
concern to the latter She /
was Brtain's bulwark against Rus !
Sia. and now it looks as if she might .
become /Russia's ally against Great F.
AS the days go by. too Italy. apo |
state from the Triple Alliance under /
the persuasive influence OF the Brit /
ish Navy, becomes apparently moro /
and more confirmed in the dolerm- I
inaiion not 10 waste men on any /
front but that ar Italia lrredonta. 1
Sorvia has been erased from the map [
and Belgium. Engiand'e FIRST sacrifice /
on tho altar OF greed, f. clingine /
desperately only TO its margin Tho ,
story ofrFrance is generally known I
A gallant people sent TO their death /
because they forgot the phrase coined /
by their forcfathcrs -pcrlde Al /
bion". Around their lust for re- /
venge, forgetlul that they had I
wronged In the past and remember /
ing only 1871. they permitted TO be /
the designs OF both Rus [
5ia and Great BritaiW When Rud- /
yard Kipling went to France |
climbed q tree and surveyed Che |
frontier of civilization. ne returned |
TO England and said many pleasant |
things about Anglo-Frcnch unity in /
the campaign Of civilization against /
les BOchos' Time. however, has I
not made his words sooth. Tho poo
pie of France have long felt the |
lighting England's battles for her.
Their fields are uncultivated their ,
factories unnamed, and their desire /
Tor peace as wholesome as 1t is sim
,ere.
Tho hopefullost sign for peace lies. /
however, not in The apathy OF italy /
md Japan. the obliteration OF Servia /
and Belgium or tho weakening OF
France, but in the Russian advance
oward the Persian Gulf The paw of ]
he Muscovite is reaching out once
more for India. Great Britain engi-
ieered the war largely TO block the
5erman "Drang mach Oston'. She
lnds herself to-day faced again. by
he moro formidable "Drang mach
)stcn of Russia. The peaceful pen
stration Of Asia Minor contemplated
BY Germany would have contained
10 element Of danger to the British
empire, so long as the laitor re-
NAMED or its good behavior. Tho
lesigns of Russia, as is well known
n Downing Street, are quite other.
The British force beleagurcd at
may welcome relief at
he hands Of q Russian army; but
win The British Government place
he same complexion on such an
It is entirely >improb-
d.. L.. O. ..Ht