Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-10
WAR AIMS Of KAISER
ASWEMEDBY Enemies
Or. Euno Meyer, Sees Unmistaksb1l
Fear Of Germany's Strength,
Coupled With Hatred.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. August 1o.-Dr- Kun1
Meyer. the well known Berlin UnfverS
sity professor. who resigned his oanS
didacy as exchange professor at Hars
ward University in 1915 and who has
spent a long time in the United States,
contributes a notable article 10 the
Taeglische Rundschau, entitled Our
War Aims in Enemy Eyes. The writer
saws that on his return TO Germany last
May nothing struck him more forcibly
than the fact that after three years or
war the people at home still were pug
zling why the whole world was against
them and still were trying apparently
with hopes of success 70 explain the
German standpoint.
DR.. Meyer admits that the hatred of
Germany has sunk deep into the souls
of entire foreign nations
TT is a perfectly genuine feeling. ne
says. although utterly unreasonepie.
and ff we spoke with angels voices We
would still be refused hearing
An "Unmistakable Fear"
On the other hand the professor con-
tinues there is an unmistakabie feer.
not unmixed with admiration. OF S
man strength and greatness ana says;
"In America, anyhow. they have FOUND
no inclination to belittle our acnieve-
ments save in newspapers which -
ways have been hostile. IL was the
fear that we may after all be victorious
and that the money with which Ameri-
ca has backed England. France sno
Russia might be lost which was the
consideration that impelled America 10
enter the war"
enemies naturally will concede to US the
right to impose terms which are 20
vantageous to us. This mucn nAs see ~,
admitted frankly to me personany oy
ka1n
nations and by no more clearly aho
definitely than by Col. Roosevelt, VINO
in May, 1916, spontaneousiy toio me sno
my wife in conversation tnat An Aus
tro-German victory would enutle US 70
compensation and indemnities. At that
time there was still some remote
chance of his election TO the presidency.
and, although he profeesed increounty
at such a possibility. he sketched out
q program which he would follow TX ne
entered the White House-N
Americas Part in Peace Conference
He then went on talking Of Americas
participation in the peace conference
He emphasized the necessity OF restor-
ing Belgium and hoped for an inoepeso
would be entitled to insist uppn Sc
| curities that conditions leading to the
war would not occur again Thus, IN
| the event Of victory by tne cenu
powers he said 1t was self evident that
we would reconstruct our frontiers 50
! that invasion would not be so easy.
"Col. Roosevelt further spoke OF q
mid European federation under Ger
many's aegis as a natural outcome OF
victory by the central powers He In
Guided in 1t Holland. which. he said,
under German protection would be
freed from fears of losing her colonies
to England and Japan. but. Mr.. Roose-
Welt added, then you get into our Pa
cific ocean, and this sooner or later VIII
lead to trouble between you ana US.
Against this eventuality we must %
armed
| DR.. Never concludes from the FORE
going that certain enemies have a
better notion than many OF us at home
of Germany's true needs"