The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-12
TEUTON SCHEME
TO MAKE RUSSIA
ALSO FOE OF US.

cut cf " unucaNcnt tnta country
we love has never been In such
Imminent deadly peril az II Will
DO In then.
Not IN the civil war; not at
any other time.
The staggering revelations OF
oermsny's plottings TO embroil
us with Mexico and Japan are
not half the story.
II liant Japan and Mexico
alone, nor Germany, Japan and
Mexico alone that We faced IN
that dtaholieai maneuverina.
In the end II was Germany,
Japan, hcsico-and Russial
We seem TO forget. In the White
House. Ga congress-. IN editorial
rooms and elsewhere-we seem to
forget the stupendous fact that In
all international affairs. Japan now
means Japan and Russia.
Sinister Alliance
That most strange, sinister com
pact. the treaty OF alliance made
last summer between Japan and
Russia We seem 10 overlook that.
Negotiated by a pro-Gcrman admin.
iAtration IN Russia. aud plainly
shaped IA preliminary To another
competitive overlook that.
Tho terms OF that alliance bind
each 81 tho nations In the most
astounding way to support the other
In any foreign eomplicAtlon-wc
seem TO overlook that. Any com.
plica,ion with tho United States or
anybody else--we overlook that.
But the men on the inside 81
things abroad do not. On the
memorable day when that terri
tying treaty was made known
In England. such men turned
pale and pasped. Fer they saw
tina, this new treaty practically
knocked out the slender alliance
between Japan and Great Brit.
ain. IL went far beyond any
treaty between Russia and
France. II opened the door
straight upon democracy
greatest tragedy
was in London when the news
came out. Not word was said In
public about t. But men that read
that not alone wIih their eyes but
with their minds. looked at the dis.
patches and turned sick with the
boundlcss possibilities Of black and
utter ruin that opened before them
An alliance Of the antocracles
against the democracies, No more.
no less. II has been for years
part OF the dream OF the reaetiouary
element that controls the three
leading autocraeies. Tho autocra-
cies against the dcmocracles. and
the greatest OF all the denocracles
at once the richest nation on earth
and tho least prepared TO defend
itself.
But IL ia not the lure Of that
wealth that Ia tho main reason for
the new triple alliance. II II some
thing else.
There IL the natural Instincts OF
men sincerely bred In the autocratic
faith. the natural fear OF parasites
for their Job menaced always more
and more By the spread OF demo 1
cratic IDEAS
But beyond everything else.
far above and beyond. 10 the
vast, dazzling. almost lneon. !
eelszhle potentiaiitics OF wealth }
and strength that lie In the
commercial domination Of the
world.
The nets OF German intrigue. mar.
velously organized and spread thru
every considerable county. are i
partly revealed to us by the Mex
lean story. hut they 20 so much 4
beyond all this and seem 20 In.
scrutable. and al times almost SUI
pernatural. that when you first pick
lp some threads OF that clever
weaving you are aghast and
A Marvel In Intrigue
Take bat a few OF the facts.
Germany Is nomlually At war
with Russia. Yet In the midst OF
that war Germany is able. thru her
power OF intrigue.
10 pull davn one Russian admins.
iration and set up another friendly \
10 herself
She r. able 10 influence the dis I
position of Russian armies T.
She is able 10 pun down huge
like that OF Rumania and
reap the rich advantages OF f..
She is able TO direct the course OF
King Constantine and paralyze the
allies advance from Salonika
Compared with these things,
what she attempted with Mex
leo and Japan was simple
enough. For years this work
has been going on In every cor
ner Of the world.
IN March. 1913. the French secret
service was able 10 obtain posses.
sion OF an authentic document pre-
pared for the guidance OF German
diplomats and agents in the world.
vide war that Germany was then
planning. Among the sentences In
this document were these:
We must stir up trouble IN the
north OF Africa and In Russia. II
Il a means Of keeping the forces OF
he enemy engaged.
hislnfh provoked IN time or war
by political agents need to be care
fully prepared and by material
means. They must have control.
ling head 20 be found among the in
1uential leaders. religious or po.
itical Neither ridiculous
for revenge by French
nor the Engllshmen's
mashing OF teeth, nor the wild ges.
ures OF the Slavs will turn us from
,ur aim Of protecting and extending
Deutsehtum ali the world over"
That is the idea-Deutsehtum
all over the worid--and tho
strings already laid down to
pull II off.
No Way Out