Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-19
PANGERMANIA is
NOW ESTABLISHED
The Kaiser Is Ready for Any
Peace Which Keeps His
Way Open to the East

Andre Cherudame is one uf the fan
seeing and informed men who IS con.
WINGED that a negotiated peace VIII
Germany would be the most disastrous
thing that could happen next TO a Ger.
man victory lie does not hesitate tc
give the reasons for the faith that is
his. The third book on the subject with
his name on the title page has Just been
published. II Is called THE United
States and Pangermania." 1t is intend
ed to warn Americans of the nature and
extent Of the German plot to secure
control Of the world Mr.. Cheradam,
has been writing on this subject for
twenty years and more and he is nov
in the position TO remind those VIII,
would not heed him that he knew wha
he was talking about.
There was time a few years ago
when no one outside of Germany too
the pan-German propaganda seriously.
We were even told that Germany did
not take it seriously but that the Gov
erument tolerated II because It strength
ened German patriotism. Events. how
ever, have proved that for more thar
twenty years "A deliberate campaign hai
been waged the purpose of which was {,
establish "a great German empire eN.
tending from Hamburg to the Persia
Gulf and that the German foreign polio
has been framed 10 secure the fulfillmen
Of the plans. The Balkan war. whlC
was ended by the treaty Of Bucharest
in August. 1913, left strengthened
Serbia standing across the path over
which Germany had planned to extend
its power into Asia and Bagdad. Pre-
ious realignments of boundaries had
left the Sanjak Of Nivibazar connecting
1pl rHg1o ,t-fth Frfu
opening a way through Turkish terri.
tory both TO CoustantinOple and to Sa-
lonica The latest Balkan war undid
this. Mr.. Cheradame says there Is eVl.
denCe to prove that the present war
was decided on as soon as the Bucharest
treaty was signed and that the date was
fixed 70 correspond with the completion
of the enlargement of the kiel Canal
to accommodate warships This canal
was completed in the summer of 1914
and the war began on August 1. Since
that time Germany has secured contro
Of Austrla-Hungary has destroyed Ser
bia controls Bulgaria and has u pro.
teCtorate over Turkey. Her great ON.
pire has already been established by
force Of arms. She can now talk peace
and can make great concessions oven t.
the extent of surrendering TO France
AlsaCe-Lorraine and all German terri.
tory as far as the Rhine, for the mill
tary and economic power which she hat
secured through her control of Centra
Europe and Asiatic Turkey will make it
easy for her TO take back Alsace-Lor
raine after n decent interval. and tC
absorb Belgium and Holland and Den
mark and even Scandinavia II she be so
inclined. There can be no permanen
peace, in Mr.. Cheradame's opinion,
until n group Of non-German States is
created I'm the Balkan region to cut
Germany off from Asiatic Turkey. With.
out this the world would be at tie
mercy OF Germany, not Europe alone,
but America and Asia. Germany Knows
this and has been playing for this stake
for years.
Mr.. Cheradames book ought to be
read by every Congressman, by every
newspaper editor and by every other
person who has any influence upon pub.
lie opinion. for it gets at the bottom of
the real issues I'm the war and points
thr way to the only kind OF peace
which is worth while.
THE UNITED STATES AND PANGER-
MANIA. by Andre Cheradame, New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 81.