Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-07-06
ARE WE TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE "INTENTE-Zo1l-
VEREIN."

which the Entente Powers have con
cluded to carry on against the Cen
tral Powers after the war with fire
arms has come to a close, the New
York Globe says:
." .. The representatives of the
Allies have agreed, during an in
definite period following the making
of peace, to subject the commerce
of their present enemies either to
prohibition or to a special system
that shall be eficatious' There is a
pledge not to revive the most fav-
ored nation clause of the old COM
mercial treaties The nine Allies
are openly to give one another pre-
ference in the reciprocal trade. A
zollverein, OF customs union, of un-
exampled extension is proposed
If this scheme goes through the
world might as well cease praying
for world peace. The seeds of in
evitable future conflict will be plant
ed The outside world has SYM
pathized with the entente because Of
belief, considering conditions pre-
ceding the war and the circumstances
of its precipitation, that the entene
was fighting to suppress Prussian
military Imperialism and to create
permanent peace based on equal
ity of right. Denial of just basis for
Germany's complaint of discriminat-
tion against her is the centre Of the
case upon, which Germany is held
responsible for this war. But it is
proposed to do in the future that
which it is admitted would have JUS
tilted Germany's action If it had been
done in the past. Germany, Austria
Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria, IL
they fight again, are to be given the
side Of right and justice.
Nations and peoples are organ
isms that groW-some slowly and
others Justify. They must have
room for their surplus population
and energy. Hemmed in and denied
legitimate expansion, they burst
their barriers. But two ways offer
them to vent their life force. One is
by the acquisition of territory by
conquest or purchase; the other is
through a pacific development of
trade and industry in the worlds
markets. Experience shows that a
yirile nation must be allowed to de-
velop intensively or else 1t becomes
q dangerous neighbor. 1t overhows
its borders, selling by force when un-
able to acquire at home the means Of
livelihood for its people.
"rhe usages. of the world permit
national units to adopt protective
policies and to prefer their own
citizens in domestic trade They also
permit reciprocity arrangements un-
der which trade concessions are
made in return for concessions. But
there must be essential equality OF
treatment. What Is granted to one
nation must be granted to others for
the same price. Deliberate discrim-
nation such as is outlined in the
Paris resolutions would mean soon
another war. Unless alien soldiers
were quartered in almost half Of
Europe there would be refusal to
submit to such injustice. When
Germanys military chieftains,
against the advice of Bismarck. in
sisted on partioning France, they
laid the foundations for their coun-
trys present woe. A more colossal
blunder will be committed by the
Entente if ii seeks to build q wall
around the central powers.
"An Entente Zollverein, provoking
a Zollyerein of the central powers,
would force neutral countries to
choose which group they would
trade with. With difficulty could
they keep on good terms with both.
They could not stand aside. In all
probability their interest as well as
their inclination would compel them
to line with the central powers.
This would, of course, breed trouble
with the Entente powers. They
would be led to deny to neutrals
access to Entente markets II the
neutrals reserved their freedom Of
action and by doing business with
the central powers defeated the eff
fort to bring Germany into economic
subjcction.
"This country has generally SYM
pathized with the Entente as the war
issues have been presented, but the
next time, if the Paris resolutions
are crystllized into action, American
sympathy and perhaps American
action would be on the other side"
Has it never occurred to the Globe
that Mr.. Wilson may be able to make
the United States a member of the
tente-Zollverein"? Does not his
refusal to make Great Britain respect
our rights on the seas, our rights to
trade with the neutral nations of
Europe, our rights to sell the pro-
duct of our fields to the civilian pop
ulation of Germany and Austria
Hungary point to that he is the secret
ally of the Entente-Powers? And
does not the proposal, undoubtedly
fostered by Mr.. Wilson, to place an
undemocratic high tariff on dye
stuff, and also the so-called anti
-competition-clause of the new
revenue bill, which is fostered by
Ndr Wilson'S Administration DOint
to a plan by which the United States
is to aid the "Entente-zollverein in
its trade war against the Central