Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-29
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z y kiation was needed, was speaking as
man business man in the interests
}3no srman commerce and industry. and
LxH Ignoring both governmental and
Rx'hry interests.
te Able was an Alsatian member
= Reichstag for sixteen years prior
4 tiate Of Hertling. He escaped to
y, et the beginning of hostilities. He
shrewd. keen reader between the
y of Al news from Berlin:
q cording to his opinion. kuehlmann,
~ primarily represents the hard
31 - business interests Of Germany,
%EfUng to save and make permanent
~ eaI economic assets temporarily
Sy Germany In the east. Business
IN in Germany do not want to risk the
~ - all this by fighting on for mere
IJ4ary glory In the west, which will
ne1p business later on
Bxceeds Aims in the East
~ things stand now commercial Ger
4eAY mas won temporarily all, and more
= 0e east than the Pan-Germanist
Ieogyxm set out to attain. The Balkans
~ ~ the mercy OF Germany now. II
eA4Y are left as her victims Of war the
eeZ parrter to the -Bagdad
29q&ooe 10 removed. Furthermore. that
8f4 - already about 80 per cent at
- has collapsed BY other eastern
IQQn1n1ttons OF territory or control in
4o9tas Rumania and Turkey, in the
Hnton Of her business interests. has,
j anewed to keep them, absolute
4oonomsc Independence of the rest of
eh4 World Tor the next half century.
4ee supply OF coal, cotton, iron and all
p&ney 1ew material staples would be as
4fom tie ssrrif9ry ~ under under h her own con.
~ ooooomic boycott on Germany and
- 4tQ laugh at II II left in possession
X4e abe has gained. Furthermore,
II N4GDeeoton of the land or power she
XU U0lW In the east, Germany not only
4oo4omtc Independence but the mill
"a 9opefiority of the world. At the
ue one controls lands and peoples
which she could gather armies of
1900 men for any war she might
149oee to force upon the world in the
fQres Tor Pan-Germany is now accom-
v1phed Temporary fact
= - - only 20 preserve this fact from
- hazard OF further war and make IL
g4fmAnent that the commercial interests
~ Germany now want peace. Kuehl-
NAM WAS their spokesman the otker day
y - Reichstag, These business peo-
~ look upon Belgium and the invaded
1Q3on OF northern France and even
as merely things to
IIU11 With in peace negotiations. They
D ylQing to give them all UP for the
~ what has been won in the east
they are convinced that the time
20 to the best advantage is right
U0Bpr TO Pan-German hopes and
III delay for the sake of fruitless Of
- On the western front may wreck
>1l1G These signs of danger are
- Austria, Bulgaria and Russia.
~ the Able Wetterle says, was
uoaror disintegration and revold-
{N1n et the present moment be-
~ Interior unrest and defeat in
5Gk without Austria as a subject
G6m1nated by its German and
elements. the Pan-Gerrnan
= would fall to pieces. In. Russia,
- and intrigue because Of the the
Gnidance Of the Allies But
h5ws signs of quarreling with
post Of the present German ar
II to control the Balkans also
y spelling of Pan-German plans.
<Sg6 .Hsps for Offensive
5nore. In the West, IL Is an
- obvious fact that the days
"a German offensives are num-
66nM1e Of the constant mighty
~ American soldiers into France.
11 IN these things enter into the
~ Of the latest utterance, of
-. talking as q business man.
~ 70 the main commercial
&1o - the explanation Of the
1fje. who knows all the ins
- Qegn)en2 polttiesl and eco
1Snn viii fell and be driven
g 3 reward for trying to
k~Vn ocnmerciAl future. and
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