Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-03-12

been forced into war, and are for her
as they would be for any other pacific
nation similarly attacked, with this
addition, that tho Germans, in spite
Of any disagreement in the past, are
after all their own kin
The German D America Is as sill
cnt ana WCll-0rsanized In q sense as
no has been proved in his own coun-
try Your Exccllcucy must not be
mglcd BY thc fact that hitherto he
has not loudly protested against The
influence which we exert upon Wash
ington The Germfn is above al o
slave TO the idea OF law and order,
and lie viii not make amy activc move
until and unless the Government
takes some clearly unconstitutional
stop. War with Germany on any
such hollow pretcXt Us the Lusitania
incident lie would regard III this
light. ln such n case. there would,
as l believe, be no civil war or even
rioting, unless an attempt We're first
made against him; but the business
Of the country would be most effec-
lively lied up in Q perfectly legal and
orderly mannor. ] regret TO have to
inform youi ENccllency that while
our sympathizors coniine their actiyi-
tics to speech. the German element is
quietly preparing against any pos
si0ie trouble. Every city, town, and
cvcn YiilnGC OF any size possesses
German club, and every such club is
a nucleus Of mischief lf these tim
dcrs were in any way blown into
fame, the state Of the country would
be in q sense worse than il civil war
actually broke out Wall Street, al
WAYS the most eXcitable Of markets,
would suffer 50 severely that the ma
tion would find il impossible to con
tinue in the course which had pre-
cipitated the conAagration.
This is, ] respectfully submit, the
only valid reason for holding our
hands, and forcing the United States
into tho war on our side by some
such method as thai Of torpedoing an
American ship manned by sailors and
passengers in our pay, or any of
those outlined in Schedules B14sqQ,
although | am OF late considerably
distressed by the restlessness among
the Irish. The publication Ireland
started by rs to counteract the
seditious influence OF the Gaelic
American and Tho Irish World, was
discrcdited almost at its inception as
Government organ. shall watch
tho sitlation closely. and i shall not
fail 10 have at least one Or two secret
agents at the irish meeting, scheduled
for March 4th, al tho Hotel Astor.
The present policy OF e2dcavoring
20 Ecop all trouble at q minimum is
sound; but in the case OF the yolte-
face OF Washington which is above
indicated as a possibility, it would,
repeat, doubtless become desirable
TO throw the sword into the scale,
and to trust to reap our advantage
later. This must in any event be
arranged for as soon as possible after
tho war; for otherwise the balance
of wealth must become intolerable.
since repudiation must come, il had
better come all round; we can then
reconstruct civilization on a fair
basis. Unless America is complete
ly disintegrated, Europe must lie at
her mercy for centuries 10 come. 1t
is evident that we may rely upon the
Ico-operation Of Japan in this task.
| The German-born American is the
one obstacle TO be feared; but by
adroitly fomcnting the elements OF
race hatred in America, the continent
may yct bG reduced to chaos without
our risking q military eNpeallioh
other than ono Of occupation ana AZ
ministration President wilson's
grcat speech IN Congress. even more
than all the efforts of our press, has
sowD the dragons teeth in my
humble opinion, beyond tho power Of
any man to pluck up, and we have
merely to await the due season for
the crop Of armed men 10 rise up and
slay each other
| G. The Removal of Prof. Hugo
MucEstcrbcrg.
deeply regret to nave TO report
to your Excellency that all effort in
this direction has hitherto proved
abortive attempts to embroil him
With the authorities have been un-
successful. As your Excellency is al
( ready well aware he has been in-
accessible to the persuasions Of our
agents from the beginning. submit
/ to your Excellency that it is useless
10 proceed on the present lines.
1 Would your EXcellency wish Us 10
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