The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1917-10-18
HOW THE WAR CAME TO BE.


HOW THE WAR CAME TO BE.
In a recent speech in the United
States Senate, Senator Lewis quotes
from the Naval and Military records,
volume So, page 56S, some very in
teresting history which l think is not
generally known. 1t is interesting,
in that it adds to the already abund-
ant proof that Germany planned the
present war and that the claim of
the German kaiser that he is fighting
war forced on him, is the rankest
hypocrisy, but it also shows that the
plans of Germany vitality concerned
the United States and our people.
The record quoted, l may say, is
the record made and transmitted to
our government by Admiral Dewey,
which is sufficient proof of its ac-
curacy.
In 1893 Admiral Won Goetz, of the
German navy, was guest of the
United States as military observer
for Germany of our war with Spain.
Possibly Admiral Won Goetz had a
few more drinks under his belt than
was good for him, which caused him
to blurt out some state secrets which
in his sober moments he would have
had sense eonugh to keep to himself.
But, however that may be, here is his
statement as reported by Admiral
Dewey to our government at Wash
ington;
"About fifteen years from now
my country will start her great war.
She will be in Paris about two
months after the commencement of
hostilities. Her move on Paris will
be step to her real object-the
crushing of England.........Some
months after we finish our work in
Europe we will take New York and
, probably Washington and hold them
for some time. We will put your
country in it's place with reference
, to Germany. We do not propose to
, take any of your territory. But we
J do intend to take a billion or so of
your dollars from New York and 9th
3 er places. The Monroe doctrine will
be taken charge of by US, as we will
, then have to put you in your place,
, and we will take charge of South
, America, as far as we wish to-.
Don't forget this, and about fifteen
years from now remember it, and it
will interest From Naval
Military Record No. 33, Vol. LII,
Page 578.
1t might seem rather surprising
; that this statement, which Admiral
Dewey deemed sufficiently alarming
to, warrant his sending it to the
government at Washington, was new
, er given to the public. The reason
probably is that our government re-
garded it as the vaporing bombast of
German officer who was peeved be-
r cause Dewey had called down the
= commander of the German fleet in
, Manila bay, and that it did not really
e voice the voice the plans of the Ger
5 man government.
e In the light of what took place in
August, 1914, and subsequent to that
t date, we know that this bloviating
e German admiral was really speaking
4 what the German government had in
e mnd. 1t well that our own people
e and especially those who still insist
S that we have no business being in this
t war, should know the plans of the
t war lord of Germany and his military
r advisors 20 years ago.
d In confirmation Of what this Ger
: man admiral said in 1898, the same
d boast has been made to American!
: since the war began, namely, that i
d was the intent to make the United
n States pay the bill after Germany hat
e conquered the other allies, and that
d remember, was before we had broker
off diplomatic relations with Ger
a many.-T. A. McNeal in Capper'
h Weekly.