The Washington times., 1918-03-03
How Long a War?
And What AFTER the War?
Europe Weak and Asia Strong!


As to what will happen, the guess of any high school
boy perhaps good as the guess of any Wash
ington London or Paris
The territory that Germany was supposed to want
Belgium France is small compared with the great empire
that last weeks treaty of actually gives to her in
Russia
Prussia now annexes controls and owns almost four
hundred thousand square miles of Russian territory and fifty
millions of Russian population.
She has made peace treaty with the Ukraine-vast
prosperous, most highly fertile part of Russia.
While the allies and America have been waiting for the
widely advertised great German attack the west aimed
France Flanders Italy the Germans have pushed into
Russia strangled the fyby-nght deastic government
of Tozky and Lenine and add great Russian empire
to the empire of Germany.
What will of this situation undreamed of when
the began unthought of when possibilities of peace were
brushed lightly away on one side or the other little while
after the war began?
Will the world settle down to year after year of war?
Will the allies their strength to hold the lines trenches
developing trade and manufacture in America and the free
strip of Europe?
VIII Germany hold her trench line against her enemies
while organizing and building up her Russian empire
taking and more absorbing all of the Balkan regions
as she may do easily?
The latest German utterance indicates that Prussia
would be glad permitted, to organize discipline, and
ask for little else
Will the allies consent to peace that would give Ger
absolute security within her borders and opportunity
to build up eastern Europe huge military empire that
might few years later start the world all again
and crush for centuries hope of government by free peoples
in free nations?
Europe finds consolation as you may do by looking at
the Of Asia and the group japanese islands inhabited
by people efficient and determined the Prussians
themselves people that easily defeated Russia in war;
while Russia still nation and had army and navy
Prussia may seek to pacate and bribe Japan with gifts
of Siberian territory in the Japanese neghborhood
But such plan does not fit in with the Prussian
character.
It would not fit especially with the warning that the
German Emperor gave the Japanese Mkado after Japan
captured the great German Asatic port of Kiao Chau
When the German garrison conquered and the work
of Germany in the East undone the Kaiser in his anger and
humiliation sent this warning to Japan: When finish
what have hand I'll and take of you and you
will regret the day that you attacked the German flag
The problem of transporting troops across Lake Baka
which too much for old Russia would not bother the
Prussians with their efficiency.
This war may drag on with stalemate the long line
of trenches until Germany ready to travel through Russia
strike Japan and avenge the early German defeat of the
capture OF Kiao Chau and the destruction Of German ships
in the Pacific.
Meanwhile the japanese the kind of people that
will probably wait to be struck first Another big
between German army partly Russian partly Turkish and
the armies of Japan augmented by regiments of Cossack
Mongoan Tartar etc. may give history something to say
far in the East.
the history of Europe great war lasted seven
years. another thirty years. and another hundred years.
and before any of these the human
practically all of the time War the natural condition.
men could not imagine anything else.
How long will this last, the of dynamite,
poisonous gas flame throwing flying machines and sub
marines?
How long CAN it last?
dreamed that such war could last long this has
lasted already.
Apparently human beings endure whatever they
MUST endure They may be forced endure this for
many year.
For that reason the American, while he considers
earnestly probabilities and possibilities in Europe should
consider earnestly immediate and future work here
J on this continent.
Whatever may happen to Europe to Russia Siberia
Japan we do intend that this continent shall become
Prussianized Prussian.
any think of this continent and its de-
fense and its duty?
Canada, the north may be relied upon cooperate
with the United States keeping the American continent for
the American people.
What about Mexico where Germany is so active, the
country to which Germany kindly offered strips Of United
States territory?
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