New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-27
Dewey's Warning
Iron an editorial In tn. Nsp York If'ne' A"
wednesday, September 49,

from an editorial In Ths Nsv YORK Times :"
wsd~ssday. September 49,
Over and ever again In the past three
years men Of standing have come forward
with rcports Of conversations had by them
with German officials before the war. 10
which the Germans not only foretold 'ho
attack which Germany was to make on tue
world, but specifically mentioned her pur-
lose TO attack the United States when Eng
land and France had been disposed or HOW
ever. il has always been possible Tor STUD
born pacfst to reject the evidence, cumu'a,
tive though it was, on the ground Una.
either the passage OF time or the passion Vi
war had obscured the narrator's memory IL
il for this reason that Senator Lewis ms
done an important service in digging OUT Oh
the government records the report when
Admiral Dewey made in 1898 OF his CONVEX
sation at Manila with Admiral Won Goetz'
The threat, or prophecy, OF Won Hoe"
doe, no. differ in detail from those winch
les. distinguished citizens than Dewey nave
rcported from other Germans This uni
formity lends additional strength to tho re-
rorts those citizens have made. That TINS
vas not mere boastfulness on Won "oetz
part, any more than on the part OF the other
Germans who said the same thing, Admiral
Dewey must have believed, for he thought
the conversation Of such Importance as to
warrant being reported in full and officially
to his government: and Dewey was not man
given TO long reports He was the brefest
Of writer's, and never reported anything ne
did not think Of Importance. This is what Won
Goets said to him, this is what Dewey. IN
the midst OF great responsibilities at MANIA
thought OF such importance as to need fuli
report to the Navy Department:
About fifteen years from now my country
will start a great war. She will be in Paris
about two months after the commencement
Of hostilities. Her move on Paris Will Dc
but n step to her real object-the crushing
of England. Some months after we hnisn
cur work in Europe we will take New YORK
and probably Washington. and hold them FOR
some time. We will put your country In its
place with reference to Germany. We do not
purpose to take any Of your territory, but
We do intend to take a billion or so OF your
dollars from New York and other places. The
Monroe Doctrine will be taken charge OF by
US, and we will dispose Of South America
ar we wish. Don't forget this about hfteen
years from now"
There the report has lain in the naval
archive. ever since about fifteen years
from now" was 1918. Germany intended
10 launch her attack in that year, as Is proved
by the revelations made by the Italian gov
eminent of the proposals made to it to join
ir an invasion of Serbia in that year. Italy
refused, but the invasion was made in 1914.
1--WE will put your country In its place said
Won Goet1 in 1898. after the war America
lad better look out" said the Kaiser to AM
bassador Gerard in 1915.
ANY man who still says that this war is
not a war of self-defence a war against in
vasion. ia either proof against facts by reason
OF the construction Of his brain or has full
possession Of his reasoning powers and Is
serving the enemy.