New-York tribune., 1918-06-29
Kuehlmann's "Freedom of
Seas" Explained by Teuton
Writer in Advance Article
After Victory, What?'
Professor Ehrenberg Advises
"Getting as Close to
Egypt as Possible"
The Nesc York Tribune
Enrcinn Press Bureau

What Foreign Minister Won kuehl-
mann mean. when he said in the Reich
stag on Monday that Germany wanted
freedom of the sea, carrying out trade
TO all parts of the world" is shown by
an article by Professor Ehrenberg in
the "Vossische Zeitung," the organ OF
the Krupps. "Freedom of the seas"
means first Of all the capture of the
Suez Canal from the British and then
the substitution of German for British
interests in India and Africa. Profess
sor Ehrenberg says:
'The final victory is ripening. A
little more and we shall have won the
war from the military point Of view.
But even then the war problem will not
have been solved. Let US assume that
the German sword has accomplished its
aim! What then? This question we
must ask right now, for great decisions
are not made in a moment. 1t is now
that we must ask ourselves. What shall
we do after the victory? One single
aim is before us-the freedom of the
seas. But many people think this pro-
gramme is vague and cannot be def
nitely outlined.
Defines Victory on Seas
What a mistake! Domination of the
seas means two different things to
those that do not want sea-power in
the original sense of the word; first,
land-power that becomes incontest-
able; second, close proximity to the
seas. What we are aiming at is victory
on the seas, but what will, probably,
be given to us is only victory on the
land. And the latter must not remain
for US an aim in itself, for in that case
everything would have to remain as it
had been, for we were a victorious
land-power before the war.
"The land victory must help the
naval victory. The victory at Con-
is the first step toward a naval victory.
Thanks to that victory, we have leaped
across England's power in the Med
iterranean, and thus we have become
naval power, thanks to q victory on
the land. We must 60 on in the same
! direction, and there shines clearly be-
fore us our last object for the attain
ment of the freedom Of the seas-the
domination of the Suez Canal.
Suez Core of British Empire
''By the possession of the Suez Canal
- would have in our hands the core
Of the British Empire, and the latter
would thus be deprived of its poison
Gus tooth. And we would in this man.
ner become the rulers of the bridge to
the second great part of the world and
the neighbors of the Indian Ocean;.we
would get out of the Middle European
press-the moist triangle; we would
not care what is going on in the At
iantic.
Egypt must be our aim; end if we
cannot reach it right now we must
get to it as closely as possible; this
means that we must add to our Con.
stantlnople naval victory further vic.
tories; we must capture the Sue,
Canal and hold it for a victory in ou1
future naval and colonial war.
THE further naval victories are t.
be won outside of Europe, in South
eastern Asia and in Africa. In South
eastern Asia we must reconstruct Tur
key, and this is at the same time ,
defensive and honorary object; W.
must also reach the Indian Ocean an,
create in Africa an empire reachin,
from east to west. The present colo
NAL war has shown that closed Mid
die Africa, extending from the Kane
run to the southwest and from Ugand
into Mozambique. would present a
empire as unassailable as Siberia"