Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-11-29
COUNT ERNST ~ REVENTLOW's
ASTOUNDING RECITAL OF
ENGLAND'S CRIMES.
BY CHARLES A. GOLDMAN
in The Fatherland.

IN The Fatherland.
History is a record Of facts whose
importance Is relative to the age in
which we live. The naked reality OF
historical facts since the middle of
the sixteenth century in their in
fiuence upon the burning events of
the present day, has at last been
analyzed by a highly penetrative
mind-none other than that of the
foremost publicist OF our time
Count Ernst zu Reventlow. in work
Of his just completed, entitled "The
Vampire Of the Continent"
This book is of far-reaching polit-
ical Importance. In the highest
political circles in England, Count zu
Reycntlow's book has created a
panic. Desperate efforts have been
made there to suppress it and keep
IL from becoming known to the
world. Three hundred copies OF
THE Vampire of the Continent"
were successfully, at different times,
sent from Berlin to The Fatherland
Office in New York. Two hundred
and ninety-nine of these copies were
looted from American mail bags by
the British, and the sole copy that
the American edition has been
printed, came here on the U-boat
Deutschland.
Readers Of American newspapers
and magazines are already familiar
with the Seenly penetrative qualities
that characterize Count zu Revent-
lows writings. The quality OF his
criticism is dispassionato, unerring
and remorseless. He is the cOmmen-
tator whose opinions the Allies most
fear. Among the French, few lines
of Reyentlow comments invariably
causes temporary Gallo hyatcria
Reventlow Is at his best in dissect-
ing THE Vampire OF the Continent
of Europe. With extraordinary
facility in the analysis OF great
events of past history, and an even
greater insight into the complex in
ternational problems OF our own
time. he applies the scalpe to the
world vampire, the one race and ma
tion that has ever sought 10 plunge
the world in bloodshed, fire, and
human misery, that she alone among
the nations, might thrive and live in
ease on the battles, rolls and efforts
and genius OF others. lie dissects
England, English motives and the
English national character from the
heroic age" of the Britons in the
sixteenth century to the present day
lie relates the deeds of the "pious
pirates" of the seventeenth century;
their campaign against the Enemy
OF Peace" during the reign OF Louis
XIV; lie describes how the English
boasted that they had conquered
Canada Ia Germany curing the time
of Frederic the Great; he typiiles the
acts of the Protector of neutral
countries the "Liberator Of Eur
one" during the second half Of the
eighteenth century. Then comes
England's great harvest during the
Napoleonic Wars, when other nations
fought her battles. as they are doing
at the present time Ho describes
how England digested her booty ar
ter tho days OF Napoleon; he de-
scribes the true inwardness of the
"Anglo-G erman friendship" and It's
estrangement after 'Bismarck's de-
parture. Then comes Delenda Ger
mania and the beginning OF the reign
OF him whom the English have
termed King Edward the peace
maker" but who in really was tho
creator of the present war. All the
complex plots are laid bare through
which King Edward intended to pre-
pare the humiliation ana destruction
of Germany. Count zu Reventlow
describes The Incendiary at Work."
"The Campaign Against the German
Navy; King Edwards Unsuccess-
full Attempt to Set the Near East
Ablaze"; THE Bosnian Ciisis"; and
finally the preparations for the
catastrophe through which England
engulfed Europe into war in her des-
perate, and this time abcrtive, at
tempt to crush her great trade rival
"The average German" writes
Count zu Reventlow considers the
destruction OF the Spanish Armada
to have been great and noble deed
OF liberation for which the world
owes an eternal debt Of gratitude to
England. This is what the German
is taught at school, and this is what
he reads in innumerable historical
works. We may well ask the ques-
tion as to when these epoch-making
events will be revealed TO the young
German in another light? The naked
reality OF historical facts shows the
matter to have had a very different
aspect.
NOt SlHEit bNuNhShiiidu - 10 Dt
found among the pioneers who pre-
pared the way for the great discoV-
cries of the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. Neither do we find among
the English any record OF journeys
like those accomplished by the viz
ings OF oId-journeys undertaken for
the sole pleasure of adventure, and
OF exploring unknown and distant
regions. We lind on the other hand.
alike in the English nation and in its
rulers, an extremely shrewd compre-
hension OF the value Of gold and sill
vera comprehension already highly
developed at that period. The news
of the incredible wealth derived by
Spain and Portugal from those over
sea possessions which the genius OF
their citizens had permitted them to
discover gave the english chronic
insomnia. They had themselves
neither discovered nor taken possess
sion OF anything. What, therefore,