The evening world., 1917-06-14

strumentG OF domination. Their pur-
pose has long been avowed. The
statesmen Of other nations, to whom
that purpose was incredible, paid lit
tie attention; regarded what German
! professors cxpOunded In their class
rooms and German writer's set forth
20 the world an the goal OF German
| policy as rather tho dream Of minds
| detached from practical affAra. as
| prepOsterous private conceptions of
German destiny. than as the actual
/ plans OF responsible rulers but the
rulers OF Germany themselves knew
all the while what concrete plans,
what well advanced intrigues lay back
/ OF what the professors and the writ
/ ers were saying, and were glad to go
| forward unmolested. filling the
| thrones OF Balkan States with Ger
man princes, putting German ofhcers
at the service OF Turkey TO drill her
armies and make interest with her
! Government. developing plans OF Sc
dition and rebellion In India and
Egypt setting their fires in Persia.
GERMAN PLAN REACHED FROM
BERLIN TO BAoDAo."
The demands made by Austria
upon Serbia were a mere single step
| IN a plan which compassed Europe
and ASIA, from Berlin to Bagdad.
| They hoped those demands might not
arouse Europe, but they meant 60
press them whether they did or not.
for they thought themselves ready
\ Tor tho final issue OF arms.
' Their plan was 90 throw a broad
belt OF German military power and
, political control across the very cen
| TIRE Of Europe and beyond the Medl-
/ ierrancan into the heart OF Asia: and
Austria Hungary was 10 be aH much
| their tool and pawn as Serbia or
I bulgaria or Turkey or the pondcrous
states OF the east. Austria Hungary.
indeed, WAS to become part OF the
. Central German Empire. absorbed
and dominated by the same forces
and Influences that had originally
cementcd the German states them
selves.
The dream had It's heart at
Berlin. II could have had q heart
nowhere elsoI u rejected the
idea OF solidarity Of race entirely.
The choice Of peoples played no
part IN Il al all. u contemplated
/ binding together racial and poli-
/ tloal units which could be kept
together only by fores-Czeehs,
Maayars, Croats, Serbs, RovmA-
nians, Turks. Armenians the
/ proud states Of Bohemia and
Hungary. ths stout little com
-rnonwealths Of the Balkans, the
indonnitabie Turks, the subtle
peoples Of the east. These peo-
| Piles did not wish TO be united.
They ardently desired TO direct
their own aHairs, would be salts.
fed only BY undisputsd inde-
pendenoe. They could be kept
quiet emily by the presence or the
constant threat Of armed men.
They would live under a common
power emily by sheer eonpulsion
and await the day OF revolution.
But the German military states
men had rsekonsd with all that
and wore ready TO deal with Il
in their own way.
| And they have actually carried the
greater part of that amazing plan into
execution! Look how things stand.
Austria is at their mercy. II has
acted. not upon its own initiative Or
upon the choice OF It's own people. but
az Berlin's dictation ever since the
war began. Its people now desire
peace. but cannot have II until leave
Us granted from Berlin.
CENTRAL POWERS ARE BUT
THE POWERS OF BERLIN"
The so-called Central Powers are
In fact but u single power, Serbia In
at It's mercy should It's hands be but
for moment freed. Bulgaria has
consented Go It's will. and Roumania In
oyerun. The Turkish armies, which
Germans trained. are serving Ger
| many, certainly not themselves. and
the guns Of German warships lying In
the harbor at cOnstantinople reminN
Turkish statesmen every day that
they have no choice but 10 take their
orders from Berlin. From Hamburg
to the Persian Gulf the net In spread.
lie Il not easy 20 understand the
saaernSsS for peace that has been
nsnifsstsd from Berlin ever since
the snare was set and sprunqr
Peace, peace, peace has been the
talk Of her Foreign Office for now
year or morei not peace upon
her own initiative, but upon the in
itiativs Of the nations over which
the now deems herself 20 hold the
advantage. A little OF the talk
has been public. but moot OF 4
has been private. Through all
Gorts Of ehAnnsiS ID has come TO
me. and in all sorts OF auises, but
never with the terms disclosed
which the German Government
would be willing 10 accept.
That Government has other val
uahle pawns In IT'S hands besides those
4 have mentioned IL still holds a
valuable part ~ France, though with
slowly relaxing grasp, and practically
the whole ~ belgium. its armies
press close upon Russia and oyerrun
Poland at their win II cannot go
further; II dare not 40 back, u
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