Arizona republican., 1917-08-30

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 liberty and commercial success Of America and a deep and strong re- sentiment against the Monroe doctrine, which prevented Germany from using her powerful fleet and great military force to seize a foothold in the western hemisphere.
 Germany came late into the field of colonization in her endeavor to find "a place in the sun" The colonies secured were not habitable by white men. Togo. Kameroons, German East Africa are too tropical in climate, too subject to tropical diseases ever to become sue cessful German colonies. German Southwest Africa has a more healthy climate, but is a barren land. About the only successful industry there has been that of gathering small diamonds that were discovered in the sands Of the beaches and of the deserts running back from the sea.
 Germany Would Not Have Peace
 Treaties
 On the earnest request of Secretary Bryan, I endeavored to persuade the German author tiles to have Germany become a signatCry to the socalled Bryan peace treaties After many ef- forts and long interviews, Won Jagow the foreign minister finally told me that Germany would not sign these ha Nf Germany in war was her readiness for a sudden assault that they had no ob- jection to signing treaty with Amer ica, but that they feared they would then be immediately asked 10 sign similar treaties with England, France and Russia. If they refused to sign with these countries the refusal would almost be equivalent to q declaration of war, and if they did sign, intending in good faith to stand by the treaty. Germany would be deprived of he- greatest asset ir war; namely. her readiness for q sudden and overpower- ing attack.
 also during tEis first winter studied and made reports on the commercial situation of Germany, and especially the German discriminatious against American gooos To these matters shall refer in mere detail in another chapter
 Opposition to the oil monopoly pro- ject, which I followed closely, also occupied great part of my working ] hours
 Petroleum is used very extensively |, in Germany for Illuminating purposes ! by the poorer part of the population i and especially in the flaming villages | and industrial towns. This oil used fin Germany comes rom two sources of supply, from America and from 1 the oil wells of Galicia and Rumania i The Germany American Oil company there, through which the American oil was distributed, although German 1 company was controlled hy American capital, and German capital was largely interested iE the Galcian and Human ian oil fields. The 1-i from Galicia -and Rumania is not as good in quality as that imported from America.
 Before my arrival in Germany the government had proposed law creat HE lnS OH IuOHopO1y llldl IS to say company was to be created, con trolled by the government for the pur- pose of carrying on the entire oi business of Germany. and no othel person or company by it's provisions was to be allowed to sell any illuminat ing oil or similar products in the em pre
 The bill provided that the bushes,
 of those engaged in the wholesale sell ing of oil. and their plants etc, should be taken over by the government com
 pany. condemned and paid for.
 The Germany American company
 however, has also a retail business an,
 plants throughout Germany. for whic1 it was proposed that no compensation should be given. The government bil also contained certain curious ''jokers.
 For instance, it provided for the takin
 over of all plants within the custom
 limit of the German empire" thus leav { ing out of the compensation refiner
 which was situated in the free part O
 Hamburg; although, of course, by op
 eration of the monopoly bill this re
 finery was rendered useless to tn American controlled company whic owned it.
 In the course of this investigation