Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-11

before the wind with American inter-
vention In tho war against us"
TO AUTOMATICALLY RESULT
N REALiGNMENT oF POWERS
Dr. lIeckschcr then asserted th.,
President Wilson's war policies would
auioma tically result IN = rcaliSnncnt
Of the world powers.
"cn the one hand" lie declared we
shall have AN Anc!o-.Arncr!can group.
opposing IT Will hc German Russo
japanese coalition. which. by tho way.
viii not hc inimical TO tho life inter
csts OF our central and Eastern E.u-
ropean allies especially emphasize
that RussiaH dream ct :, conuucrcd
constantinoHlc without couqucs, viii
have been realized with III. parda-
ncllcs proclaimed :, free waterway
Looking still further forward, /.
would seem 10 he plainly indicated
that. with the Dardanclles open. the
rrccon"ilahlc contest between Rus
sian and English interests viii stand
out more boldly than ever before hs-
cause OF Euglaud's mastery cunning
in converting the Mediterranean into
an inland sea. IN order that In the
future. instead OF facing tho problem
II the pardancl!cs, Russia viii ;ind
herself confronted with the question
Of Gibraltar
The seed sown hy President Wilson
in this War viii not ripen TO-DAY nor
tomorrow. II Viii spring into ma
turity when tho historical exposition
Of tho American and japanese Monroe
Doctrines viii occur on the high seas
and the battle fields,
ANY discussion Of developments in
Washington jus, now is severely handi-
capped because Of our dependency upon
the Reuter- and llavas dispatches" said
Or. ieckschcr when The correspondent
asked him for tho Impression in Reich
stag circles conccrmin. President Will
sons international policies.
CuNSINGLY DISTORTED
FOR OBVIOUS PURPOSES
'Thcsc dispatches" lie continued
no; only frequently arc two Or three
days late. but. as VIC have rcgrctfully
learned. frequently are very cunnmely
distorted for obvious purposes.
'"rhe excitement in Your country over
Foreign Secretary Iimmermann's in
structions To the German minister in
Mexico is quite incomprchensiblct IL us.
They concerned purely precautionary
military matters to become effective
only in case the United States declared
war on us. They were part or our
active mobilization plans. in case We
were attacked by the United States. \
nation surrounded by world enemies as
VIC now are cannot lie blamed for view
ing the latent cnmity Of Mexico toward
the United states as Il possible active
asset in case OF war.
Did not MIR. Wilson at time when
the two governments still were for
mally on fric"dly footing. boldly set
out to marshal tho whole neutral world
against MS? Then witness the action
of the entente III C'hiIa. | desire to
emphasize rs typcally German the
fact that Secretary Zimmerman In his
strictly secret instructions to the Ger
man minister in Mexico explicitly
stated: You must not undertake any
steps until the United States has de-
clarcd war us Are there not
among your citizens men OF standing
who have retained calm and sober
Judgment rs did Senator Underwood,
who literally voiced the sentiments en-
pressed by factions in the teichstag,
in pointing out the period or even
tuality whom the possible German
Mexican alliance was to be consum
matcd"'