Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25

mercial brigandage called "peacefu!
penetration" which was soon making
the whole German people so affiuent.
that the idea of the German dominion
over the whole world became an abb
solute necessity. AS well as a dream,
| in every German home. All solid OPP
| position was soon silenced.
So rapid was the triumph Of this vas
| commercial treachery in every indus
trial field that one is amazed to think
| of the arrogant folly of Germany n
mercial conquest Of the world waa
| complete.
However. from the Kaiser to the
scavenger, every activity and nerve aid
enArgy OF the whole people were set
on the conquest of the whole world.
How was II to be done?
| 1t was certain that IL Germany boldly
attacked Britain, France would at on &C
leap at the chance to fly at the Ger
! mans throat, and would bring Russia
with her. Therefore. Britain and
America must be tricked into neu-
trality until France and Russia were
first smashed and rendered powerless-
this would have the added advantage OF
seeing the German assault on Britain,
being carried out. not only with a sui
len and deserted France looking on
aloof--or rather. what remained OF
| France-but with Germany at the sea
gates of Britain and commanding the
| channel
! There were then set up two plans of
campaign. The ultimate plan. which
we had better call the first or gu
preme, plan of campaign-indeed. tho
| German knew full we'll that 1t must De
the supreme and final act-was to at
tack France and Russia. The latter
would be held of defensively-as the
| n int
dangerous when once set going-until
France was rapidly and utterly crush
ed. when the invincible German legions,
nushed with victory. would turn and
reno Russia asunder. Britain ana
America being lured into neutrality the
while. AS this would give Germany a
| new frontier across the North of
France to the mouth. OF the Somme.
me whole OF the channel ports, with
belgium and Holland, our enemy would
be In complete possession of a jump
.ng on ground for the conquest 81
Britain and America. Note that the
french meet would bring up the Ger
man strength and complete the degra-
Cation OF Britain's sea power.
| TWO German Plans OF Campaigns
ferhaps the best way TO make your
| ordinary man realize what this would
nave meant for us all is for him to
grasp what Alsace Lorraine has meant
to Germany since 1879 II Germany
had not had Alsace- Lorraine she could
not have armed her troops nor mu.
nitioned them for this world war for
three out OF every four tons of Ger
man iron comes out of Lorraine; which
is TO say that three out of four of her
guns, machine-guns. submarines, bat
tleships. hayonets. rifles. shells, three
out or every four bombs dropped out
| OF the night sky on London town, all
come out OF LORRAINE
WIN those who clamor for peace try
| and think?
From sheer Ignorance, our then pro-
German court and government bctray-
ed France in 1871 by allowing Alsace-
lorraine to be torn from her, and we
a.e ,o-day hghting a Germany that
could not have fought us without AL
ace-Lorraine. 1t Is worth broodins
upon this. our deserved punishment. Is
mere any man of real British blood to-
aay who would consent to betray
France again?
ms hrHt plan of campaign was clear
gong 10 be dangerous and 4
coIossai adventure; but there was a
second plan of campaign that wou,d
make 1t dead certainty If that sec
| oho plan OF campaign could only he
quletiy completed before the burIes
SOUNDED for the great advance to the
conquest of the world the world would
/
rms second plan OF campaign of tho
herman strategy for the CONQUEST ~
me world was OF prodigious value TO
the iulhllment of the first plan, as wa
shali see, and it's skill and design show
herman strategy at its highest. 1t is
quite simple, and deadly as simple.
ana II won and consolidated, the first
Plan is also absolutely secure.
why the press and the public were
1 hau
darkness so Longevity they are blind
to 1t still-passes the wit OF unofficial
man to say. Every man ought to have
had 1t clearly put before him the day
that war broke out. and his not know
ing 1t now is an absolute danger to all.
However, here it Is, and as it is that
on which victory or defeat for us ali
now hangs. IT would be just as well
for every man to try and get a grip
Of 1t.
Before attacking France and Rus
,sia and striking his first great blow
In his first plan Of campaign, tho Ger
man saw that he could make himself
a hundredfold more powerful and So
cure for his assault on Britain on "the
day by carrying on the mastery ira
dition he had learnt from Bismarck of
l first Increasing his war machine to its