The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-09-20
WHY GERMANY Is ALARMED.

iC pOllCy OF protection mas created the
greatest alarm in Germany, where the
Significance of IL is fully realized, is
asserted in cable dispatch of July
2S, from the Hague. to the New York
sun. The dispatch goes on TO say that
Norwarets, the Socialist organ of Ber-
/ lin, declares that the decision of the
British War Cabinet to introduce pre-
ferential Tariffs in favor of the colo
MES is one OF the most important
facts of the war. In addition to its
great economic importance II will
have lasting political effect. The
Cablegram adds, quoting from Vor-
waerts:
"England's transition to Protective
Tariffs is of incisive importance for
Germany. In peace time England was
the greatest purchaser of German
wares. With her colonies she absorb
ed one fifth of the whole German ex-
port. The diversion of German export
into Austria-Hungary, poor country
and little apt for consumption. never
can substitute for the loss of the
British market.
THE experiences of the war con-
vincingly and unfortunately surpris-
ed influential German authorities and
proved to them that Great Britain is
closely united to a much greater de-
gree than public opinion in Germany
was willing to believe before the war.
Canadian. Australian, New Zealand,
South African and Indian divisions
have advanced against the Germans
on every battlefield. Premier Lloyd
George, former Free-Trader, sys-
tematically is working for the
strengthening of this unity, while he
extends the economic foundations and
consults the Colonial Ministers on all
important decisions.
"A close economic and political
consolidation of the British Empire
also is a smashing refutation to our
annexationists who think in square
kilometers. BY treaties and by init
mate combination the British Empire
can be strengthened extraordinarily,
and the danger arises of Germany be-
ing more or less pushed out of her
wealthy market"
Germany may well be disturbed at
the certainty that the close of the war
will find her shut out of the greater
part of world markets by Protective
Tariffs. She has hitherto fattened
amazingly on the free trade fodder
which Great Britain has for many
years so generously-and so foolish
ly-provided for her. There were
practically no restrictions upon the
inflow of cheaper products from Ger
many into the market of the United
Kingdom. She was permitted to under
sell British producers in the British
market. She could and did copy the
designs of British manufactures and
send them to Great Britain to sell at
one half the current prices of the
home products.
All this Germany was doing and
was coming money out of it, when
she precipitated the most causeless
and the most awful war in all histo-
ry. Now Germany is doomed to lose
forever free access to the British
market, and must look forward TO
the additional loss in Great Britain's
colonial possessions through greatly
increased Tariffs on German exports.
1t is no wonder that Germany views
with alarm the loss of all these
profitable markets through the
change by Great Briton from Free
Trade to Protection. She is going to
find higher Tariffs to contend against
all over the world.
The United States is the only
country that has no Tariff to check
the invasion of German products
when peace returns. But we are going
to have such Tariff after Pro-
tectionist majorities control Con-
gress. That will come about this year,
and in 1920 there will be both Pro-
lection Congress and Protection adj
ministration.