The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-16
SAYS WILSON WILL
CHANGE THE WORLD

Berlin, March 10.-(By Wireless to
Tuckertor. in forecast of the
worlds political situation after the
war, DR.. Siegfried Heckscher, mem
ber OF the foreign relations committee
of the Reichstag, predicted to the AS
sociated Press correspondent today
that President Wilson'S "war policies"
would result in the formation of new
groups Of world powers.
Dr. Heckscher, who for many years
was an active director OF the Ham
burg-American line, is prominent in
parliamentary circles and occupies
position in the Reichstag similar to
that occupied by Senator Stone IN the
United States senate.
"How would the future political
map of the world look if the United
States entered the WARP Or. Heck
scher was asked.
1T is my unshaken conviction, he
replied. that a new constellation Dt
nations would automatically result.
In that eventuality personal sympa-
thies and antipatnies would count
for nothing.
1T is wholly immaterial whether
we lean toward japan or Japan to-
wards us. Japan's life interests de-
mand in spite of all the solemn decla-
rations of her statesmen, that she
draw nearer to Germany, for with
permanent enmity toward Germany
she cannot counteract the menace OF
an Anglo-American coalition.
yapan's Place.
eve Germans can calmly look on.
Japan must find path that leaos 10
US and whatever is left in Germany
of common interest in the white race
will disappear like chaff before the
wind with American Intervention IN
the war against US
DR.. Heckscher then asserted tina;
President Wilson's war policies would
automatically result in a realignmen'
OF world powers.
-, "On the other hand he declared
eve shall have an, Anglo-AmerlcaI
group. Opposing it will be German
Japanese coalition, which, by the way
viii not be inimical to the life inter
ests of our central and eastern Euro
pean allies. 1 especially emphasize
. that Russia's dream of a conquered
Constantinople, without conquest, WILL
, have been realized with the Darda-
nelles proclaimed a free waterway.
Looking still further forward, II
: would seem to be plainly indicated
that with the Dardanelles open, the
irreconcilable contract between Rus
: sian and English interests Will stano
i. ont more boldly than ever before be
cause of England's mastery cunning
in converting the Mediterranean int
: an inland sea, in order that inl the fu
ture instead of facing the problem o.
the Dardanelles, Russia will find her
self confronted with the question o
Gibraltar
Future Will Tell.
s"The seed sown by President vii
son in this war will not ripen toda.
, nor tomorrow. 1t will spring int
maturity when the historical eXposl
ton of the American and JapaneS
Monroe doctrines will occur on tn
high seas and the battlehelds.
"Anv discussion of Developments !
Washington just now is severely nan
dicapped because of our dependenc
upon the Reuter- and Havas dispatches
These not only frequently are two o
three days late, but, as we have re
gretfully learned. frequently are yer
4 cunningly distorted
eThe excitement in your countr
over Foreign Secretary zimmerman
instructions to the German minlste
\ in Mexico is quite incomprehensibl
to us. They concerned purely pre-
cautionary military measures to be
4 come effective only in case the Unite
States declared war on us. The
were part of our active mobilizatio
plans in case We were attacked o
the United States A nation surround
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