The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-24

Germany means to attack us. There
are people in Germany who are equally
convinced that we are preparing to
attack them. And from fear of each
other we arm and rush to the quarrel
which each are afraid Of
To quote further: -.
"The fact of the matter is, we are
just afraid OF each other; and we are
building against each other. We are
imputing designs upon each equally
without foundation. The only thing
that is real is the expenditure. That
l know. They think We are getting
up great European organization
against them: so they build ships. We
think they are going to invade us so
we build ships.
II want to put two considerations
to you from the German point of
view. Every Misunderstanding and
quarrel is largelyta matter of lack of
imagination. Men have not got the
Imagination to project themselves into
the position of the other party. ~
Now just consider for a moment. You
say, "Why should Germany be fright
ened Of us? Why should she
build because Of us? Let me
We started; it is not they who
have started. We had an overwhelm-
ing preponderance at sea which would
have secured us against any conceiv-
able enemy. We were not satisfied.
We said, Let there be ,dreadnaughts.,
What for? We did not require them
Nobody was building them; and il
anyone had built them we could cas-
lily have outbuilt them.
We have more ship building resourc-
es than any country in the world and
more than every country in the world
put together; so really @there was no
need for it. Well, let me put another
consideration before you which do
not think is sufficiently pointed out.
We always say We must have what
we call "two-power standard" What
does that mean? You have a navy
large enough to oppose combination
Of any two naval powers. So If we had
Russia and France, Germany and
France, Germany and Italy, We should
always have a fleet large enough to
defend our shores against any COM
btnaticns 0f the 4twi1 greatest POWERS
Iii Eufupe III. y. a;ss SiE;scfl.- Uar
dard. n
Look at the position Of Germany-h
her army Is to her what our navy Is tG
usher sole defense against Invasion,
She has not got twO-pOWer stan
dard. She may have stronger army
than France, than Russia. than Italy,
than Austria, but she is between two
great powers who. in combination
could pour in a vastly greater number
Of troops than she has.
Don't forget that when you wonder
why Germany is frightened at allianc-
es and understandings and some sort
of mysterious workings which appear
in the press and hint in the Times and
Daily Maill Uord Northcliffe's papers,
81 remember motoring on Sunday
in Germany and picked up
a German newspaper and the only
words could read were Observer and
Daily Mail, so asked friend what
it meant and he said it was an ex-
tract full of menances to Germany,
and the German paper had copied it.
All that means something in Germany.
Here is Germany in the middle OF
Europe, with France and Russia on
either side and with a combination
Of their armies greater than. hers. Sup
pose we had here a possible combina-
ton which would lay us open to inva-
sion-suppose Germany and France or
Germany and Russia or Germany and
Austria had fleets which in combina-
ton would be stronger than ours.
Would not we be frightened, would
not we build, would not we arm? OF
course we should. want our friends
who think that because Germany is a
little frightened, she means mischief
to US to remember that she is fright
ened for reason which would fright.
an us under the same circumstances"
l.. Hoendling.
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