The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-29

cause of later association, the name OF
Dr. Won Schulze-G aevernitz.
Il have the most important and conf
Dental information here" he said, indi-
eating the documents. II am really sur
prised that you do not understand the
German situation better thar you do. Let
me tell you why Germany will win-why
it Is of the highest Importance for Ger
many to win"
Il shall be very glad to hear the German
defence" replied, smiling.
I cannot attempt. writing solely from
memory, to give a detailed verbatim re-
port Of DR.. Rumely's explanation of tho
German war aims and objects and the
German point of view. The substance OF
what he disclosed that night in the Union
League Club. in Chicago, however. has
remained indelibly in the recesses of my
mind. Event after event, revelation
latter revelation, in the course OF four
years of war, has added its confirmation
of the accuracy of the information he then
and there laid before me. German OBJ
jectives that were obscure or doubtful
even to the we'll informed until two OF
three years later he pointed out on that
night of September, 1914. Events that
have occurred within the last few weeks
prove that as long ago as the night l am
speaking of he was in the confidence OF
men who shared the innermost secrets OF
the German authorities.
It was only a few months ago
that President Wilson first made
clear to the world Germany's pur-
pose to establish an empire OF
Mitteleuropa. DR.. Rumely de-
scribed this purpose in detail to
me three years before. Indeed, he
disclosed this purpose, OF an
empire stretching from the Belgian
coast on the North Sea to the
Persian Gulf, as the real and prin-
cipal objective of the German gov
eminent. He did not attribute tho
war to Russian mobilization, as
was the fashion at that time
among apologists for the Germans,
but boldly and frankly declared
that Germany had merely been
waiting for the time to come when
she could realize her dream of the
"freedom of the seas" and ga free
route to India"
Germany will never give up
Belgium" he declared.
"Then it was only a scrap of parer|
interposed The suggestion seemed to
anger him.
"You are just another American ideal
ist." he exclaimed. America must
learn that the weak cannot obstruct the
progress of the strong. When nation
achieves the greatness of Germany, it is
her right to take what she requires
Belgium could have saved herself by
merely letting the German army through
Now Belgium must take the conse'
quences that always come to the weas
when they get in the way of the strong.
Says BcIgians Are Part German.
He went on in detail to explain that
Belgium was part German, anyway
that one of the two races that make up
the Belgian people had been proved by
German scientists to be of Teutonic
origin, and therefore part of Germany. !
have heard the same argument since
from other German sources, though for
the life of me I cannot remember, nor
can any one but a German, whether it is
the Flemings or the Walloons that Ger
many claims as subjects of the Kaiser
Then he told of the project for Ger
nan empire that would give German com
merce a direct route overland to India
The people of India, he said, were ready
to rise in revolt against their British
rulers; the Irish were already in rebellion
(The Ulster rising" of 1914 was still
fresh in every body's mind.) The British
could do nothing-they were decadent
race, an ease loving people, addicted to
|debasing vices, without power of co-ordina
ton or effective organization and without
farseeing leaders. 1t was but a few weeks
ago that an English libel suit disclosed
the existence of the "Black Book OF
tie Prince of WED, containing the names
Of 10000 English men and women who
the Germans charged, were degenerates
Of the lowest type. Doctor Rumely, no:
only on this occasion but several other
times, long before there was any public
disclosure of these charges, made exactly
identical assertions to me, on one occa
sion even naming some of the men highest
in the British government and army.
Displayed Hate for England.
Lissauer's Hymn of Hate" had not
vet been written; "Gott strafe England
had not yet become the German battle
cry. But through all of DR.. Rumely' s
explanation Of the German purpose IN
the war ran the thread of hatred of md
contempt for England that has since be-
come the dominant note in all German
utterances For France he had nothing
but pity Poor France! She had been
standing still while Germany had forced
ahead. That was her crime-she was Lot
progressive"