The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-30
The Threat Of German
World-P olitics


The United states IS lighting a sec
lond war for independence. according
to President Harry Pratt Judson. of
the University o. Chicago. I'm reality.
/ this war on the part or the United
States is. in the first place. war of
/ self lefense. and, In the second place,
a war r the defense Of all the other
democraeics Of the world" he declares
I In the first OF the University of Chi
caco war Pdpera," just issued from
the Press O. that university.
I we are dealing VIII q vast, world
vide Conspiracy which has for Its end
Tho sihversiou in The long run of the
.hnertv eff practically every free nation.
and which means. II the conspiracy
succeeds, tire overthrow OF the indie
pendence Of tbe United States" says
Dr. Jl4son The war in its essence
rs a Worldwide piratical attack by
Germany on nations which have what
Germany wants. Germany means to
get those things without regard to tho
method. We have learned that there
Is q scheme. the result of decades of
careful and elaborate planning, for
suhlect!ng the entire world to the DO
mmlca Of the German empire. This
IL a. scneme of Selling coveted lands
and coveted dominion in every quar-
Ter Of the globe. Even should the sub
marine policy itself be Withdrawn, 1t
vroId he IDLE sor us to put a stop To
hosAitttes. Wa must stay in the fight
until these deeper causes aSe- destroyed
and until there are adequate securities
against their early recurrence. A
ta% ~
to such outrages would have and
would deserve to have the contempt
OF the world"
President Judson finds n0rnsr Gus IN
dicatians that Germany was planning
a world war well Ia advance of the
European outbreak. Calling attention
"a an act Of the German parliament
In 1919. he says;
"We find the world covered by
network Of German intrigue When
immigrants come to the United States.
make their homes here, and become
natura1ized citizens, we expect them
to give their ABSOLUTE and unquestioned
loyalty t4 the country of their choice.
They take an oath Of allegiance dis
tincty forEw caring allies glance to the
country az their origin. This prtnci-
pie OF transfer OF allegiance has been
recognized IN treaties between the Uni
ted states and the North German
Union, the predecessor OF tho German
empire. Yet IN 1919 the German par
lament passed an act providing that
Germans who become natu.altged In
another country need not lose their
German national character, They may
file their desire TO retain that ma
tio0ai character with the proper Ger
man officers, and with the consent Of
the German consul they rRy tie re-
gard6d 50 still remaining IN all re-
spscts Germans, After that they may
20 through the process ct naturaliza-
ton, and in go doing distinctly per5ure
Themselves.
1T was believed II { by that meth
cd there would be In other countries
body OF Germans ostsusibly Of those
countries who yet would be primarily
loyal TO the country Of THAR origin.
and could be counted ON to influence
the country or their home politically
in favor. OF Germany. and ~ case of
war be counted on actually 70 totn
the German empire. Indeed. 1t was
believed confidently that in Gaze OF
war between Gernas ny and the I'M 81
States there would be German In
surrectlon IN tho Central Western
states"
Referring 20 plans @o~ pan-Gerra man
The German colony in southern Bra
I'll was expected to be a bRsA, II need
be, OF military operations, and through
naval and military force and through
alliances II was believed that by the
middle Of the twentieth century AZ this
lRteat Germany would control polfti-
cAlly all the valuable parts OF South
America The result - to the Pan
ANA canal and Central America needs
no comment, and the Zimmerman
note makea very plain the intent OF
Germany, hoping to combine with
Mexico and Japan to disrn er1bsr the
United States, and TO sxtort from II
so enormous an indemnity as to make
It simply a vsSsal state OF the world
wide German EN- ss4re. These are not
the dreams Of Missionaries. They are
actual plans. worked out IN great de-
tail n record, and proved beyond the
possibility OF doubt as the ultimate
alma Of the controlling forces in Ger