Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01
NATIONS HIS TOYS.
KAISER HAS MADE HIS OWN ALLIES A
PART OF PLAN FOR WORLD
CONQUEST.

PART OF PLAN FOR WORLD
CONQUEST.
Why the war probably will have TO 90 on
three years or mure-until the real AIMS OF
the kaiser and his P1n-ierman GROUP lul
world domination are thwartcd-iS toid III
the following article by the Associated FIess'
One OF the biggest steps toward Inc idh,
German goal already has been aCconlphsieu
GermanyS own allies-Austrla- Hungary.
Bulgaria and Tur6cy-are the lands over
which the conquest has spread. TO al ll
tents and purposes they are today as much a
part OF the German empire as SaxonS oi
Bavaria.
The article points ont why Germany IS
scheming for an early peace Terms ollri
ed to the Entente may renOunCe Claims !"
annexation in Poland and Belgium, bnt tneN
will leave unbroken an empire spltlins
Europe in half. extending from the Noflh
Sea to the DIrdanclles and stretching deeP
into Asia. Then. if this favorable peaoe , -
obtained. Germany plans to build up 4 gtea
er war machine than ever 10 resume lhc
war OF conquest
Washington. May 20.-Germany's
next peace declaration. expected to
suggest a program of remuneration
of territory now held in the East
and West, is regarded here as large
ly answered beforehand by iEforma-
ton revealing for the first time the
full scope of the imperial govern
ment's aspiration for conquest in
the South.
This information discloses as one
of the primary aims of the war q
plan for concentration Of an i'm
pregnable military and economic
unit stretching from the North, Sea
to the Mediterranean. cutting
Europe permanently in hall. con
trolling the Dardanelles. the Aegean
and the Baltic, and eventually
forming the backbone of a PrussisD
world empire.
Follows the Bismarck Idea.
In the light of German history
the plan shows how implicitly the
kaiser has followed out the BLOOD
and iron politico-econOmic methods
of Bismarck for development of
Prussian power. Considered in view
of the present war map, it shows
that the major part of the kaisers
war program has been accomplish
ed, regardless of what disposition is
made of conquered territory il
France, Belgium and Russia.
A full realization of this situa
ton. which will form a sinister
background for consideration OF
whatever remuneration proposals the
imperial chancellor may make. adds
a new force to the repeated decla-
rations of allied statesmen that the
German peace maneuvers are i'll
reality war moves, and that a pre-
mature truce only would give
Germany a resting period in which
to further PrussianiZe and prepare
for a greater world war the territory
to the southeast which she has con
quered under the euise of a friend
ly alliance.
Three Years More of War.
Although officials have refrained
from definite public expressions OF
what the United States might de-
mand as a peace guarantee, these
possibilities recall with recurring
emphasis President Wilson's decla-
ration that America will fight until
The world is made safe for de-
mocracy."
They bring into relief Foreign |
Minister Balfours warning that Oh.
ly hard fighting will win the war,
the conviction of the Amarican |
army general staff that the country
must prepare for at least three
years of war and the fact that pre-
dictions of an early peace have been
discredited as visionary in virtually
every allied capital.
Pan-Germans in Control.
How infinitely defined is the Ger
man plan and how accurately it is
being carried out have become full,
only with the opening up
during the last few weeks, of sew
eral new avenues of information
The return Of American diplomatici