Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-01-20
HUMANITY, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
OUR OWN SELF-PROTECTION
ALL DEMAND THAT WE
COMPEL PEACE AND END
IHE WOE or TIE
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WORLD.
(From the New York American.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S note to
the Powers cleared away the fog OF
vaguc generalities. That was the
Presidents FIRST object, as clearly
stated in the note itself.
Fairly read by a fair man, the
note was request for bill Of par
ticulars, which the neutral world was
entitled to have.
And We have had the bill Of par
ticulars.
suppose we try to analyze the al
lies statement Of their objects in a
fair-minded way.
The allies declare that they will
impose these terms IL they can defeat
the Central Empires:
i. The restoration Of Belgium,
Serbia and Montenegro and the pay
ment of indemnities to each of them.
2. The evacuation OF all French,
Russian and Rumanian territory oc-
cupied by German armies, with Just
reparation, which can only mean in
IDENTITIES in cash or in territory.
.. The restitution of provinces
or territories wrested in the past
from the allies by force OF against
the will of their peoples" which can
only mean the surrender to France
Of Alsace-Lorraine
The liberation OF Italians, OF
Slavs, Of Rumanians and of Czechs
from foreign domination" which can
only mean the surrender of Transyl-
vania to Rumania, Of Bosnia and
herzegovina to Serbia, of Triest and
Trent to Italy and the creation OF
Bohemia as an Independent State,
dependent upon and really governed
by one Of the allies, which, Of course,
would be Russia.
s. The 'enfranchisement of po-
pulations subject to the Turks and
the expulsion Of the Ottoman EN-
pire from Europe" which means the
&nneEation Of Armenia and of Con-
stantinopie and European Turkey 10
Russia.
Now, let rs assume that the allies
can reverse the tide of military vic
tory and eventually crush the Gem
tral Empires and enforce these de-
mands. There is nothing to lead any
student OF military probabilities to
believe that the allies can do this.
But, for arguments sake, we viii
assume that they can accomplish the
destruction OF Germany and Austria
Hungary and carry out their pro-
gramme OF dividing the spoils. What
then?
What would be the conditions in
Europe and the world conditions
which our own country would have
to face?
Continental Europe, If The allies
have thcir way, will consist Of three
lirst-cless Powers Russia, France
and ltaly-one Slav and two Latin
nations and eighteen inconsequent
States---Cermany, stripped OF Al
sace-Lcrraine, East Prussia, Schles-
wig-Holstein, Heligoland and the
liel Canal and driven from COM
meIce with tho world; Austria, re-
duccd by the loss Of Galica, Bo-
homia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Triest
and Trent to the proportions of q
duchy; Hungary, made autonomous
and feebler than one of tho Balkan
States by the loss Of Transylvania
and her Slav and Czech populations;
an autonomous Poland, a mere ap-
panage OF Russia; an autonomous
Bohemia, subject to Russian in
fluoncc; Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece,
llumania, Montenegro, Spain. Portu-
gal, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium
and the three scandinavian king
doms
The avcwed object, therefore, Of
the allies is to completely destroy
the political and commercial and in
dustrial existence of the Teutonic
and Magyar peoples and erect upon
the ruins a Slav empire and minor
Latin States, which among them
shall rule Continental Europe, while
England destroys German trade com
petition and asserts a complete lord
ship Of the oceans Of the world,
Suppose this programme Of con-
quest and spoils goes through Then,
where VIII the United States stand?
Why. our country win stand con-
fronted by the most powerful com
bination OF economic end political
and racial enemies that any nation
has ever been called upon to face
since the world began.
There would be established at
once the commercial policy formu-
lated at Paris, by which France,
England, Russia and Italy would
give preferential rebates to each
other and raise walls Of prohibitiye
taxation against the trade OF other
nations
| Dy military threats and economic
compulsion they would force the
weak States, into which they propose
to divide the rest OF Europe, to give
them trade advantages over the
United States, with the deliberate