Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-07-18

Ting the masses of the people with the
details of this stupendous plan and OF
stimulating their patriotic zeal with
a view to it's execution. That all this
could have been done for years, IN a
country of such rigid censorship ana
police surveillance as Germany, with
ont the tacit sanction of the govern
ment is inconceivable.
Since the beginning of the present
war. the German general stan mas
operated strictly along the lines OF
Tannenberg's plan so far as it relates
to Europe, and has. accomplished all
that it requires, with the exception
of some details, as was shown in a
former article.
Not only have the most strenuous
efforts been made to reconstruct the
map of Europe in accordance with
Tannenberg's forecast of 1911, but
the German government has for years
made the most extensive preparations
in all other parts of the world to carry
out the remainder of the Plan. AS 1af
back as 1896 or Whereabouts, it caused
worldwide registration OF all Ger
mans to be made, showing approx
mately at least how many OF them
are to be found in the different coun-
tries of the globe. This register was
published in "The Pan-German Atlas
in 1900 Among these millions or
Germans scattered abroad over the
face of the earth, it was believed that
a certain contingent could be found in
every country who could be induced
to work for the 5urtherance OF German
designs. That this was not an idle
belief, is shown by the wonderfully
thorough organization Of the German
spy system in every country, our own
included.
In order to facilitate the work or
such an organization the German gov
eminent in 1913 passed what is un-
uuestionably one of the most singular
laws ever enacted by civilized ma
ton. It is the Delbruck law, which
has the following provision among
others:
IF any person, before acquiring
nationality in a foreign state, shall
have received the written permission
of a competent authority of his native
state to retain his nationality in tina,
state he shall not lose his nationality
in the said native state. The German
consul shall be consulted before grant
ing the said permission"
In other words, a German may be-
come a naturalized citizen OF the
United States, but by obtaining
written permission from the author
tiles of his native state, he may con
tinue to hold his. citizenship there a.
we'll as in this country. OstensiblI
he will be citizen of the United
States; in reality, and unbeknown tt
| the authorities here, he will be a cltl
zen of Germany. Under cover OF hi
, American citizenship he can intrigue
for his country in comparative safety
, That no honest man would enter int
r such a relationship goes without say
ing. but an occasional individual will
sufficiently elastic conscience cal
/ do it, by which means most detest
able but at the same time effective
= German spy system can be built VI
: in any country on earth. That this il
f the purpose of this peculiar law il
obvious.
All this leads to but one conclu
E sion. In 1911 Tannenberg published
: in detail the Pan-German Plan, show
5 ing what .rmany mist do ir the nea
= future to make herself supreme II
:. EurOpe. and what she must then d.
= elsewhere to establish world-empirt
/. Since 1914 she has accomplished tn
t European part of the plan, with som
' exceptions, while she has made ever
possible preparation for executing tn
e remainder of it throughout the world
t Therefore Tannerberg's Plan is tn
T plan of German Imperialism, and Ger
e man imperialism aims at nothing les
= than the extension of her autocrati
= power over the entire world.
That is why the United States mus
I crush German imperialism, and do i
. before German imperialism crushe
: England and France. That is VIII.
: the war we are in is righteous war
2 1t is a4,war for the preservation
= democracy, in the New World as wei