South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-14

Here, then, lies the key to Ger
many's future. for nothing but a
Belgium. under Germany,s political
and military influence. could pro-
vide the possibility of effectively
threatening the British island en-
pire itself, by enabling our fleet TO
create for England that risk which
was 10 be the final purpose of its
construction. Thus the
military and political domination of
Germany over Belgium is seen TO be
a compelling necessity. arising from
the geographical situation, the mill
tary relations of strength, and the
political grouping of the powers,
just as clearly as from Great Brit
aims destructive will against Ger
many
From an economic point of view.
Belgium, even before the war, was
an almost indispensable link in the
world chain OF German
sea trade. Antwerp had become for
the Rhenish, Thuringian, and South
German industry an export harbOr,
the place of which could be taken
by our North sea ports only at the
cost of cOnsiderab bic sacrifice in time
and freights.''
"a secret memorandum of
the German Navy league.
adopted June II, 1916, at its
annual meeting and transmit
ted 10 the Chancellor. Pub
lished by the Kreuzzeitung just
before Christmas, 1916. Quoted
in the Linden Times, Jan. 1,
1910
such phrases as the chancellor
used in his declaration on Dec. II
stand in the strongest contradiction
TO the, nature of the policy of might
(MachtpoHtikD Anyone who takes
his stand upon this policy can not
agree that our 'well-founded claims
do not IN any way contradict the
rights of other nations For we
have won for ourselves a justified
claim to strong frontier on the
Flemish coast: we can show that this
claim has been justified clearly by
the experiences of the war. And
vet we can not very well dispute the
the fact that il is contrary 10 the
formal rights of the Belgian state.
Is our claim 20 the Belgian line of
the Meuse, to the iron region of
Briey. TO Courland. not thoroughly
ustified-justifed by the shifting
of power during the war and by the
experience gained? And yet this
claim. too. stands in blunt contradic-
ton 10 the rights OF other nations.
THE more firmly one relies upon
the policy of power. the greater is
the certainty of the conviction that
il will always be power which will
decide between the nations of the
earth"
CDas grossere Deutschland
quoted i'm the Manchester
Guardian. Jan. 4. 1917. Das q.
grossere Deutsfhland is a re-
Gently established organ of the
anneNationists.)
You have the upper hand 1t is
not your enemies but you who are
making victorious progress AT the
front. II Is your enemies WHO are
menaced by famine and not you.
Your home army is rising To put at
your disposal men, arms. munitions,
foOdstuffs. all in large quantities.
Demand. then. Germany. instead OF
going way; and If your enemies will
not accept your demands then con-
unue the struggle. remembering
that you have 10 execute a judgment
of God on these pirates. liars. and
robbers we Germans fear God.
and nothing else i'm the world; and
it will always be SO. Demand. Ger
many! and YOU will conquer"
der Tag. quoted in the Man
chester Guardian. Jan. 4, 1910
.'Messrs. Scheidemann and Err
berger are not the German nation.
nor does this reichstag. which orig
mated from the worst kind OF party
political Indictment. reflect its real
feelings. The German nation is
ready for any sacrifice. but IL de
maads the security that these sacri-
fees have not been and will not be