Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-06-20

the world In half, Is now seeking =
devour the halves separately. She
has driven a wedge straight through
the heart of Europe, and into asia
and is seeking to extend it to the Per
sian gulf.
This is no accidental happening, due
TO the downfall of Russia and the sud
den shifting in the fortunes of war
Germany planned it all decades ago
She made no effort to keep the plans
secret. She told us all about it. She
had reputation for making plans
and sticking to them, from one gener-
alton to another; yet the world paid
no attention. 1t seemed too prepOs-
ferrous even for Germany, to attempt.
As long ago as 1905 a pamphlet,
"Pan-Germany and Central Europe
About 1850" was published in Berlin
and had wide circulation. 1t laid the
whole Mitteleuropa plan bare as fol-
! lows:
"Poland and Little Russia (the king
dom to be established at Russia's ex-
: pense) will agree to have no armies
of their own, and will receive in their
fortresses German and Austrian garri-
sons. In Poland, as well as in Little
Russia, the postal and telegraph serv-
ices as we'll as the railways will be in
German hands"
In 1911 Tanpenberg's book, "Greater
Germany" was published. This was
only three years before the war, but
it showed that the idea Of German
Mitteleuropa had not been allowed to
languish. 1t says:
'"The new kingdom Of Poland is
made up of the former Russian por-
ton of the basin of the vistula, and of
Galicia, and forms a part.of the new
Austria"
How the plan has grown since theni
Russia's collapse dropped whole prov.
inces into the lap of the kaiser, and
now Germany plans its empire on
scale which would dwarf that Of an
cient Rome. 1t is to embrace the orig
inal Central Europe, inhabited by
some 100000 Germans, make the
Black sea a German lake, and extend
clear to the Persian gulf through the
vassal states of Bulgaria and Turkey.
The German government started to
put it's scheme for Mitteleuropa in
to effect years ago when it began the
construction of the archaeological
railway. Little Serbia stood In the
way, so Serbia was attacked and the
world was plunged into war. In the
opposite corner of Europe Belgium
was invaded and crushed. The world
then thought that this was only be-
cause Belgium offered the easiest
route to France; but study of the Nit
teleuropa plan of years ago shows that
Belgium was included in the scheme
of conquest.
"How does all this affect American"
one may ask. Germany was late
conner in the family of great nations.
Most Of the uncivilized world had been
pre-empted by other nations before
she arrived. Germany wanted col
onies. To get them she would have
to take them away from someone else.
Africa and South America offered
the best fields for German coloniza-
ton. England possessed the best part |
of Africa-the parts in which the |
white man might hope to settle and
thrive. England had mighty fleet,
and a disposition to hold what she
had, even though she did not show a
to fight for more.
There remained South America. It |
was divided among weak nations. 1t
was protected only by the Monroe doc
trine. This Monroe doctrine was a
sacred thing to Americans, but, NOT
being backed up by mighty armies and
ieets, was not even "scrap of paper"
10 the Germans. Can anyone doubt,
should Germany succeed in welding
INTO mighty empire the 100000
Germans and the 100,00O,O00 inhabi-
ants of the vassal and conquered
states Of her Mtteleuropa, that her
next step would be toward the west7
rhe very fact that she had this en-
lire would presuppose the defeat of
England, so that no British fleet would
tand between us and Germany when
he time came for the kaiser to send
us leBlOHS CFOSS Tile ALId0Llc.
"As in the East, so in the West"
5 motto which, of recent weeks, has
zen much heard in Germany. At a
difference of the national liberal par
Y, held in March of this year, the fol-
owing amazingly frank declaration
7as made:
sour policy has been directed to
laking the government and majority
urn away from the reichstag resolu-.l
on Of July 10. (Peace without an
exations and indemnities). In that
re have succeeded. Peace has just
cen made In the East under condi-
ons in fiat contradiction to the poll
y Of July 10, and has received the
1pport and assent Of all the burgeois
arties."
In other words, all Germany is now
aiming both annexations and indem-
ties, such as win leave her without
formidable opponent In the world.
Can we make peace now and leave
ermany. flushed with victory, in pos
'ssion Of all she has gained and lust
g for further conquestf II we did,
ould not the whole world live In
terror Of German aggres-
on, each country awaiting Its turn 70
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