The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-23
Threat of German World Politics

the German government, to implant
source of treachery in other coun-
tries"
DIR. Judson emphasizes the pre-war
hostility of Germany to the United
States Years ago IL was said re-
peatedly to thoughtful American
visiting Germany that Germany must
shortly have a war with the United
States, the reason being that the
United States had begun to attempt
to secure share in the world mar
kets. This attempt, it was said, must
be met with cannon, because those
markets belonged to Germany.
Referring to these plans for pan.
German domination in the Americas,
he says: THE German colony in
southern Brazil was expected to be
base. If need be, of military opera
lions. and through naval and mill
tary force and through alliance 1t
was believed that by the middle OF
the twentieth century at the latest
Germany would control politically all
the valuable parts of South America.
The result as to the Panama canal
and Central America needs no com
ment, and the Zimmerman note
makes very plain the intent OF Ger
many, hoping to combine with Mex
y Dass sss5f Japan to dismembe- .sS
| United States, and to extort from =
| so enormous an indemnity as to make
=, simply a@ass = q Il *sof thsvns1
wide German empire. These are
! not the dreams of Missionaries. Tney
are actual plans, worked out in great
detail, on record, and proved beyond
/ the possibility of doubt as the ultl-
70 aiy of ha forces
| in Germany against which the Unit
| ed States is now at war"
"The methods used to secure these
ends" DR.. Judson continues, are
planned with a total disregard of all
the binding rules of law. The treaty
of guaranty signed by Prussia and by
Austria was intended to secure Bel
GUM from attack. Treaties between
Prussia and the United States made
In 1887, 1899. and 1928, repeatedly
held to be still binding by the gov
ernments of both countries, explicit
| ly recognize the validity of COM
mercial dealings between neutral
power and a belligerent in all mat
tiers of commerce, including contra
band The lawless bombardment OF
crowded cities which are not besieg-
ed, whereby civilians, men, women,
and children, lose their lives, is an
other method which is contrary to all
the aims and hopes of the nations
parties to the Hague conventions.
Touching the deeper causes of the
war, as affecting the United States
and other nations, President Judson
holds Germany an enemy of the
world by reason of its controlling
forces, the piratical aims OF those
forces, and the methods by which the
imperial government seeks to attain
these ends He declares the respon-
sible controlling forces to be I'd the
autocratic government of the empire.
against which the masses are very
nearly helpless; (2) the Prussian mil
itary caste, SO arrogant. exclusive,
and determined on domination tina,
! 1t goes far to make and keep Ger
many bitter enemy to free demo-
i, cratic institutions through all the
world; CD the system OF those who
direct the manufacturing and COM
mercial life Of the German empire,
determined to spread their enter
prises by force wherever competition
in itself is not sufficient; al the pan
German organizations, in reality voic-
ing the deliberate imperial plan: and
f(5) "a strange philosophy Of the
state" whereby there Is no law OF
right but that OF power, If the state
| is a party" Ethics In Germany. he
asserts. apparently applies, II at all,
only as between individuals. The
state is not bound by any standard
but it's own advantage.