Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-21

and apparently held together only by the decaying genius of the aged Em- peror Francis Joseph, the dual mon
 archy was regarded everywhere as or | the verge of dissolution. Her help
 lessness before Russia's armies be- | came apparent early in the war and | the eagerness with which Germany seized the opportunity thus presented | is pointed to as emphasizing the far
 sightedness of the German plans.
 Austria Hungary'a Submission Com l pIete.
 1 Austria-Hungary' submission now | is declared to be complete both in a
 military and economic sense. The German officers commanding her armies, abetted by political and in- dustrial agents scattered through the country by Germany, evidently are holding the Austrian and Hungarian populations in a union which neither the hardshipS of war, the death Of the emperor nor the tnspiratio of out side influences such as the Russian revolution can break
 What Was Promised Bulgaria.
 Bulgaria's declaration of war on the side of Germany was actuated by a German diplomatic coup which in it. self is regarded now as a further evil dence that a clear road through the as a preliminary and imperative pur- pose of the war. It is pointed out that the only concrete cause for action set forth in the Bulgarian war procla- nation is that the central powers have promised us parts of Serbia, ere ating an AuStroIBulgarian border line" Creation of such a junction, now well established by the Austro- German-Bulgarian armies, breaks down a hitherto formidable barrier to German expansion southeastward.
 German Grip on Turkish Industry.
 Tn the case of Turkey, German dom ination is believed here to be even more complete than in Austro- Hun gary and Bulgaria. Not only have Ger man officers led in defending Turkish territory and eradicating inharmonious elements such as the Armenians and Syrians, but it has been learned that German industrial organizers have taken firm grip on Turkish industry and a large delegation of German pro- fessors has been sent to spread Ger man kulture among the people.
 These developments throw a new light on many events before the war. Among them is the long unexplained declaration of Emperor William at Damascus in 1908 that all MohamS&S- dams might confidently regard the Ger man emperor as their friend forever" There also is a complete understand ing now of Germanys eagerness to se- cure in 1899 a concession for the Bag dad railway, an artery of communica- ton now indispensable to the German operations.
 General Policy During the War.
 Fitting in squareTy with an actuating desire for conquest to the southeast is the general German military policy during the entire war. It Is noted that even the expense of recessions on the eastern and western fronts Germany has taken pains to overrun quickly Serbia, Montenegro and Rumania and to keep in check all allied attempts to strike at the southeastern pathway from the DardaneIles or SaIoniki. Not until the present British advance in ASiatic Turkey has there been any se- rious danger to any part of the greater stretch from the Baltic to the Persian gulf
 Work Going On Before the War.
 In consolidating this territory, it is revealed, the economic element has been given a conspicuous place. This work was going on before the war, it had not reached a matur- ty comparable with the economic ef- fort by which Prussia bound the Ger nan states in the customs union of 1928 forty years before she brought | -hem under the empire. A comprehenA | sion of the present danger prompted l he allied economic conference at | Paris, where plans were made for 1 neeting the German trade war after 1 he war.
 It is problernatical to officials here | low far Germany might go, should | 'eace be made now with renunciation | If all territory on the east and west, n political consolidation of the great | erritory in the southeast. It Is point d out that any German peace offer would be expected to demand at least ome expansion for Bulgaria, and re- ention of enough of the conquered Balkan territory to insure the route o Constantinople. That it is the in- ention to bring Austrfa-Hungary, Bull aria and Turkey into a customs un- on, Germanizing their industries and 0 surround the whole economic entity hus established with formidable arfH wall, has been made clear by he declarations Of Frederic Naumann nd other opponents of an economic 1ftte1 Europa.
 Joint ChanceIlory.
 Some influential men of this group ven have suggested that Germany go g far as to be a joint chancellory for ermany, Austria and Hungary to con- uct foreign affairs. bland Would Remain Under German
 Domination. All this Is taken as revealing the pint of a premature peace which 1 lould leave the German southeastern