Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-14
If Germany Should
Win.
fCpatfibusea by WILLIS j. ABBOT to
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IN Ambassador Clerara's notable ace
count Of bile life al the American En-
hasas Ia Ierlin, prior to our entrance
Apon the war, are many significant
statements, Perhaps aono Ia mo. 70
than the assertion credited TO a lady,
Tor whose veraeity and gravity tho
Ambassador yuuohes, that the Crown
Prince assured -.or of his purpose Ito
provoke q war on his accession TO tho
throne, provided his father at not
aupe Ne first. Needless to note that
thsn patriotic purpose Of the son was
xufnntnlled by the superior efficiency
Of the father.
Bus tho Prince went on TO eay that
hsu war would include an attaoi on the
united States. During tho course Of
the controversy over the submarines
the Raiser turned on tho United Statea
Minister with a nenaoing snarl and
the exclamation, Let mo tell you that
after this war Is over / Will brook no
nonsense from the United States" And
van Tirpitx, then and perhaps gttll
tbs greatest power In Germany under
tho Kaiser and Won Hindenburg, said
cuxfly that he expected after BnEland
was beaten % her knees to SO the
German navy against the United
States.
could cas4 scores or individual ex-
progaionA OF German hatred FOR the
United States even before our entrance
upon the var But they might be dis
MISSED as m-re gossip, The incidents
have cited are dignified by inclusion
IN an Ambassadors memoirs. They
leave no doubt that the idea Of con-
quest Of the United States WA rooted
IN the German mind before we flung
down the gage OF battle.
4. In. as,1 4s F,h
credible that Germany should win it,
But as the struggle progresses those
well-meaning individuals who opposed
it-~sQuaS of them were well -meaning
though many were German dupes ana
tools~-wiil learn a good deal Of be-
lated wisdom. Had Germany won this
war, should II win now, the spolia-
ton Of France in 1871 was as nothing
to what the United States would SUI
fer. Our outlying dependencies would
undoubtedly be snapped up, Germany
would Gust us as suzerain Of Panama
and owner of the Canal Zone. Some
foothold on mainland Of the Northern
Continent she would unquestionably
demand. It might be some section OF
our own territory, or she might content
herself with robbing England OF sub
BtAutial slice Of Canada, there TO es-
tablish q Teutonic outpost and develop
1t into q base whence TO descend upon
az AZ liAtE 5A1lOtE WHEN AAA1 sAtilfRAlb1 ARA
blood and treasure grew again. And
be sure It would grow. il was after
Only four years Of peace that Bismarck
ahegrEn III nv tire geemiag ease with
thfee mil
liards he had exaetedah pnfavce
denfed exaetion for that Unexplained
70 force new war and get some more
spoil We should become Germanys
ce~~v-to be MIXED of our wealth when
eveg German nancial institutions grew
hangry
There has never been lime since
the development of the lust Or con
quest In Germany that the dismsm :
herment and looting Of the Unite"
States has not been part OF the pro
grannae Ut Teutonic aggression Ii was
not for nothing that the Germans tria0
70 build up a little Germany ia the
United States The Deutschtum, which
has brought dissension and anarchy
upon Russia, was in process cf deyel-
0pment here when we went, none too
early. into the war Our colleges
harhored exchange profess ors" from
Germany who preached a little acad-
emile learning and a great deal about
TSutonicV3ftues Our public schools
were dominated by German influences
80 that in Chicago not long ago it was
discovered that the children We're being
taught the sweet and reasonable Vir
tues Of the Kaiser under guise of in
structioa in English grammar! The
German press, German societies. Ger
man churches We're all united, under
Instructions from Berlin in the effort
TO keep tho Germans in the United
States true 60 the ideals Of the IL
helm strasse And it was all prepare
tory 10 action when the German raid
on the United States should come.
The confidence with which German
authorities counted on an uprising here
was shown by Bethman- Holweg's in-
soient remark 70 Ambassador Gerard
that 500, coo German Americans would
rise Ii war between the two countries
should be declared
The Emitted States is rich. Ger; any
is hungry for land and money A year
ago the United itates utterly unpre-
pared to resist the spoiler, would have
been as helpless as were the Chinese
when the Germans at the time OF the
Boxer trouble plundered and saNished
and slew them without mercy. Today,
should the un.hinkahle happen and
Germany triumph over our Allies, we
y suld have a desperate task TO keep
her from over-running our country
and extorting from US indemnities ana
cessions Of territory which we could
hardly replace in a century Of planning
and at the cost of another war