New Britain herald., 1917-05-21

SeaZe0 the opportunity thus presented is pointed to as emphasizing the far sightedness of the German plans.
 Austria a-Hungary's submission now is declared to be complete both in a military and economic sense. The German officers commanding her armies, abetted by political and in- dustrial agents scattered through the country by Germany. evidently arc holding the Austrian and Hungarian populations in a union which neither the hardships of war. the death of the emperor nor the inspiration. of outside influences such as the Russian revolution can break.
 Bulgaria's declaration of war on the side of Germany was actuated by a German diplomatic coup which in itself is regarded now as a further evidence that . clear road through to the Dardanelles was considered in Berlin as a primary and imperative purpose of the war. It is pointed out that the only concrete cause for ac-, ton set forth in the Bulgarian war proclamation is that ''the Central powers have promised us parts or Ser bia, creating an Austro- Bulgarian ton, now we'll established by the Aus ClO-0Oi iAAAc~A-DuA6oA A0A 0A AAACSs LII OdN5 down a hitherto formidable barrier to German expansion southeastward.
 In the case of Turkey, German dom ination is believed hero to be even more complete than in Austria Hun gary or Bulgaria. Not only have Ger man officers led in defending Turk ish territory and In eradicating inhar- monious clements such as the Ar menians and Syrians. but 1t has been learned that German industrial or ganizers have taken a firm grip on Turkish industry and large deleEa- ton of German professors has been sent to spread German kultur among the population.
 These developments throw a new light on many events before the war. Among them Is the long-unexplained declaration of Emperor William at Damascus in 1898 that all Moham- medans might confidently regard the German emperor as their friend for ever." There also is complete un- derstanding now of Germany's cQni cession for the Bagdad railroad. an artery of communication now indis- pensable to the German operations.
 Fitting in squarely with an actuat- ing desire for conquest to the south
  policy during the entire war. It is noted that even at the expense of re- sessions on the eastern and western fronts, Germany has taken pains to overrun quickly Serbia, Montenegro, and Rumania, and to keep in check all allied attempts to strike at the southeastern pathway from the Dar- danelles or Salonilki. Not until the present British advance in Asiatic Turkey has there been any serious danger to any part of the greater stretch from the Baltic to the Per sian Gulf.
 Battle of Economies.
 In consolidating this territory it is revealed, the economic elevent has been given a conspicuous place. This work was going on before the war, al- though it had not reached a maturity comparable with the economic effort by which Prussia, bound the German States in the customs union of 1928 forty years before she brought them under the empire. A comprehension of the present danger prompted the allied economic conference at Paris. where plans were made for meeting the German trade war after the war.
 It is problematical to officials here how far Germany might go, should peace be made now with renunciation of all territory on the east and west, in political consolidation of the great territory in the southeast. It is pointed out that any German peace offer would be expected to demand at least some expansion for Bulgaria and