El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-29
GERMANY LOOKS
TO THE EAST
Hopes to Win War Through
Venice and With the Al
legiance Of Russia.
BY JACQUES d'URVILLE.

Paris, France, Jan. 29.-From the
ruins OF the vast Muscovite empire
now falling TO pieces, a new machine
for the civilized world emerges-the
bloc OF Germanism. reconstructed
and irresistibIy redirected by historic
truths towards that land OF Italy.
where the emperors OF the Holy Ro-
man empire came to seek spiritual
conservation OF their all embracing
power.
The entry OF the Austrian forces
INTO Nenetia- shoulder 20 shoulder
with the descendants OF Frederic IL
IS symbol, the profound significance
OF which could not escape the reflec-
I'VE mind or president wilson 1t IS
tiie reVauche OF the Ghibellines over
the Guelphs. IL is the reprisal Of Ger
manish against the Latin element: Il
IS direct blow at the all too learned
policy OF the diplomats Of the Con-
suita; il is, in short. the cOndemna-
ton Of national particularism.
After the refusal OF count Andras-
81 10 admit that Serbia might be re
integrated, even within her PRE- war
limits, count Czernin. in his turn. re-
aounces the royal and imperial policy
In regard to a progressive emancipa-
ton Of the races subject to the en-
pire-
BY a bitter irony Of fate, after the
cipitate retreat Of the Italians, be-
yond the Piave, the only protectors
who might until the advent of a new
order OF things, interest themselves
II favor OF the Serbs, the Rumanians, /
the Croats. Polish, or 1ougO-SlaVs, |
are precisely their oppress0rs the /
houses Of Hohenzolern and Haps- !
burgi
The dream Of the fail OF the vene- !
tian capital calls up in the minds Of .
"a
DoEes, their symbolicaI marriage ]
with the Adriatic, their domination
OF Albania, Macedonia, and a part |
OF the Morea; in a word, their eco
monte and maritime supremacy ex-
tended TO the Leyant and the coast Of
Turkey in Asia
The realization OF this program ne
cessitates free hand in the Balkans
ana the Communication Of Greece one
must wait and see exactly on whom
this coup de force, facilitated by Max
1naISr treachery and the possible
standstlI OF the struggle on the Ital-
ian front, VIII be attempted next It
becomes the more interesting from
the fact that the kaiser is forced 90
count with claims from a discontinued
Bulgaria, the mistress who may hold
open or close the route 20 CCnstanti-
nople, as her humor incl:nes.
The possession Of Salonica and Al
hania, carrying with il the forced
cooperation Of Greece, moreover Of
1ers such advantages TO the central !
powers that. with Rumania anuihi- /
lated, one must suppose them capable
Of putting everything into operation !
10 realize their aims :
Supported at once by the great ,
strategic port Of the Aegean sea ,
transformed into a vast dOcl1y ard for J
the intensive manufacture Of subma- :
by Spain, whose internal :
render her neutrality neg )
alive. Austria-Germany would quickly .
achieve the double result she has in ..
view; that is TO say, to prohibit by !
means Of her submarine fiotilla all 4
ranean and 10 organize a counter
blockade which would enable her to l
DFOIong the war until the allies, de-
moralized and relentlessly pursued by i
venemOus propaganda, are forced TO [
accept German peace 4
East Is Stronghold. s
In fact, the Germans, despite recov- Z
sred divisions on the Russian front. -
1espite the grandiloquent utterances o
II Won Hindenburg, hsrbor few illus
ons as TO the issue Of the operations
N the western front where the b
American contingents viii soon enter 3
ntO line. II
That is why they are preparing, in +
sase their line Of defense should be b
,arried. 10 confront the entente with II
reconstructed Germany OF Charles s
7. That IS why, to escape the as u
lhyLiation which threatens them. they U
re already breathing through the 2,
2ussian lung and seeking consolation ii
n the east 3