Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-14
GtklAM HAS PUT INTO EFFECT GREATER PART OF Her PLAN OF
1 t0NQUESl AND NOW IS CONDUCTING new INTRIGUE FOR PEACE, SAYS
PRESIDENT; U. S. Is FIGHTING CAUSE OF ALL PEOPLES. EVEN GERMANS

nations. to whom that purpose fell,
incredible, paid little attention, re-
8arded what German professors ex-
pounded in their class rooms and Ger
writer's sst forth to the world as
the goal Of the German policy as
rather the dream of minds detached
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demand rs the actual plans Of re-
sponsible rulers, but the rulers Of
Germany themselves knew all the
while what concrete plans, what we'll
advanced intrigues lay back OF what
the professors and the writer's were
saying. and were glad to 60 forward
9nmolested. flltng the thrones Of
Balkan states with German princes,
Of Turkey to drill her armies and take
interest with he government, devel-
oping plans Of sedition and rebellion
in india and Egypt. setting their
fires in Persia. The demands made
by Austria upon eervia were a more
single step in q plan which com.
passed Europe ana Asia, from Berlin
to Bagdad.
They hoped those demands might
not arouse Europe, but they meant TO
press them whether they did or not.
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the anal issue or arms.
Broad Belt Of Power.
"Their plan was to throw q broad
belt Of German military power and
political control across the very CEN
terranean into the heart Of Asia, and
Austria Hungary, indeed, was to be-
come part Of the central German ON
ptre, absorbed and dominated by the
same forces ana influences that had
Its heart at Berlin. It could have had
q heart nowhere else.
ut rejected the idea Of solidarity
Of race entirely. The choice Of peo-
pies, played nj part in 1t at all. It
contemplated binding together racial
kept together only by force-Czechs,
Moyars. = Croats. Serbs, Rumanians.
Turks. Armenians-the proud states
Of Bohemia and Hungary, the stout
little commemorative Of the Balkans,
the indimitable Turks. the subtle pso-
pies Of the east. These peoples did
not wish to be united. They ardsntly
desired to direct their own affairs,
you'd Dc satisfied only by u%ndisputed
independence. They could be kept
quiet only by the presence or the
constant throat Of armed men. They
would live under a common power
only by sheer compilation and await
the day Of revolution. But the Ger
man military statesmen had rsck-
oned with all that and were ready to
deal with 1t in their own way.
And they have actually carried the
sreater part OF that amazing plan into
execution. Look how things stand:
Austria is at their mercy. 1t has act
ed. not upon its own initiative or
upon the choice Of its own people,
but at Berlin's dictation ever since
the war began, It's people, now de-
sire peace. but cannot have it until
leave is granted from Berlin. The
so-called central powers are, in fact,
but q single power. Serbia Is at its
mercy, should It's hands be but for
a moment freed. Bulgaria has con-
sented to its will. and Rumania is
overrun. The Turkish armies. which
Germans trained. are serving Ger
many, certainly not themselves, and
the guns Of German warships lying
IN the harbor ut Constantinople re-
mind Turkish statesmen every day
that they have no choice but to take
their orders from Berlin. From Ham
burg to the Persian gulf the net is
spread.
Can't Understand Peace Cry.
1T is not easy to understand the
eagernessv for peace that has been
manifested from Berlin ever since the
snare was set and peace. peace. peace
has been h talk of her foreign office
for q yes and more. not peace upon
her own initiative, but upon the in
itiative Of the nations over which she
now seeks herself to hold the advant-
age. A little Of the talk has been
published but 1t has been private.
through all sorts Of channels it has
come to us. and in all sorts Of guises,
but with the terms disclosed
which the German government would
be willing to accept. That govern
ment has other valuable pawns in its
hands besides those I have mentioned.
It still holds a valuable part Of
France. though with slowly relaxing
grasp. and practically the whole Of
Belgium. Its armies press close upon
Russia and overrun Poland at their
will. It cannot go further, 1t dare
not go back. It wishes to close its
bargain before it 70 too late and 1t
has little left to offer for the pound
Of flesh 1t will demand.
Fate's Handwriting.
1.-THE military wastes under whom
Germany is bleeding see very clearly
70 what point fate has brought them.
II they fall back or are forced back
an inch, their power both abroad
and at homo will fall to pieces like a
house Of cards. It 10 their power at
home they are thinking about now
more than their power abroad. It
Is that power which IL trembling un-
der their cry feet, and deep fear
has entered their hearts. They have
but n chance to perpetuate their
military power or even their con-
trolling political influence. II they
mense advantage still in their hands
which they have up to this point ap-
parently gained, they will have JUS
titled themselves before the German
people, they will have gained by
force what they promised to gain by
Il, an immense expansion Of German
power. an immense enlargement of
German industrial and commercial
opportunities. Their prestige will be
political power. II they failed, their
people will thrust them aside. A
government accountable t. the peo-
pie themselves will set up in Germany
as it has been in England, in the
United States. in France, and In all
the great countries of the modern
time. except Germany. II they sue
coed they are safe and Germany and
the world are undone. II they fail.
be At peace. II they succeed. America
will fall within the ena We and
all the rest Of the world must remain
armed, 10 they will remain. and must
make ready for the next step in their
aggression. II they fail. the world
may unite for peace and Germany
may be Of the union.
Must See the Intrigue.
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