The Washington herald., 1917-06-25
KAISER RULES ALLY
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hitherto assumed that American
are bored by discussion of the
troubles Of Austria. Turkey anu
in authoritative quarters that Ger
( many Is banking upon our ignur-
ance of those matters to win tho
war in the peace conference If she
cannot win 1t in the field. would
/ seem to make it our business tO
pay more attention to this neglect
ed field of news.
Germany Looks Toward East.
1t Is toward the East that the pres
ent trend OF German world policy is
discernible. Realizing their inability
to hold permanently parts Of France
or Belgium or TO conquer England, the
German war lords hope to retain their
present control over Austria Hungary
! Turkey and Bulgaria, and to attach to
this formidable block OF nations di-
viding Russia from the West, the small
powers OF Rumania and Serbia. 10
longer able to look to an enfeebled
Russia for protection aginst the Ger
manic power.
Such an ending of the war would be
German victory, even though nc
foot Uf territory were formally an
neNed, and would compel ihe allies 10
remain on a war footing permanently
have reason to believe that the re-
cent British and French missions to
the United States convinced President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing of the
truth of this statement, and brought
tC their attention proofs of the Ger
man belief that at a later stage of the
war America can be negotiated out of
the ranks of Germany's enemies if
Germany will give up her loot in the
west. TIE GermInS appear to believe
that American ignorance and indiffer-
ence about Eastern affairs will ena bic
Germany to snatch a victory there
without the United States knowing or
caring what is going on.
The Eastern question has been i'm
mensely Gimplified this spring, and
from the point of view of democracy
purified by the remuneration of aggres-
slve Russian designs. Not only has
Russia TenOunCed her claim to the
territorial possession of Constantino-
pie and the Straits, but no longer de-
mauds possession of part of GaliCia
and Of the Austrian province of the
Bukowina.
The allied program in the East as
II Is at present understood will meet
with APPROVAL in America when it is
studied and discussed. in the opinion
or entente diplOmatists. 1t is based
upon the desire to prevent future wars
by satisfying the just demands OF
the Czechs. SlOvaks, Bohemians and
Poles, races oppressed by the enemy,
and also upon the strategic necessity
Of breaking up the solid Germanic
purpose for which Germany pro-
voked the war.
Widespread mistrust exists here of
the nature of the political troubles in
Austria Hungary, eliminating in the
DOWNFALL of the arch-reactionary pre-
mier Of Hungary, Count Tisza. 1t is
reared that the apparent liberalism OF
the new Emperor Charles, his pro-
fessed desire to deal Justly by his
subject nationalities and to emanci-
pate his empire from the control of
Berlin. are mere tricks to prevent the
carrying out of the announced en-
tente programe in the East.
IT the allies accept at their face
value reforms and parliamentary in
stitutions granted by the Emperor and
do not themselves insist upon liberia
ting the oppressed Slave of the dual
monarchy, most authorities on the
eastern question known to me believe
the world will find after the war that
10 has been tricked by Germany. Re-
forms granted by the Hapsburgs cap
be revoked as they have been in the
past.
The main purpose Of a tottering
Germany who hopes for better luck
another time must be to preserve
Austria, that Flying buttress of Ger
many" An ostensibly liberal Austria
pretending to have renounced the Ger
man alliance might be spared by-the
allies, particularly II America object
ed to going on with the war for what
would appear on the surface, to be
the aggressive aim OF dismembering
Austria. Peace once declared, the
two autocracies which had pretended
to fall out could be brought together
again at single interview between
the two autocrats, and the founda-
tion laid for another and more terri
Bile war or despotism against democ-
racy.