The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-15
7GERMANY PLANS NEW EMPIRE IN INDIA
1BY PERFECTING GREAT RAILWAY LINES
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.hru a "Mittcl Europa. upon which
he kaiser put the soft pedal while no
Was feeling out the allies for peace.
has bloomed forth again In tho minds
II German statesmen.
Rather than having been modified.
hc plan for world empire has been
extended until Il now embraces a
rade routes from the Arctic ocean
10 the Indian ocean from kola TO
Bombay
-Four recent events have influence
"a tho German mind In this amazing
extension ~ the scheme FOR world
control They are.
|. Signing Of tho ir~siy with
Austria. by which Emperor
Harris domains become vaxsai
state Of Germany.
.. Conquest 81 Finland and tho
PRO. German campaign for tho
occupation Of Russian karciia
and the Thurman railroad. run
ming from kola hay. on tho Arc
tie ocean. 10 Frtrogrnd.
w - f'NsHtsf'
Of Trnnscaucasia. which IL In ae-
cord with the German scheme.
and the Turkish capture 81
Batu, principal port and rail cen.
ter Of rranscaueasia
Z. Establishment Of a proser.
man government la the Ukraine.
giving Germany tho port Of
II
soa.
The original plan for ~Mittei Euro
"a embraced only a railroad from
10 Constantinoplc. and
.henc. 20 Egypt and HaEdAd. giving
he ToutonA control Of the trade OF
Africa and Arabia
The new scheme adds 10 this a
program for s.trure
" the aiirali trade routes from tho
Arctic coaAt OF Finland. thru Russia
and Turkey. 20 tho heart OF India
Win Control Of balkans
The firs, plan. created in tho brain
u Bls-narck 80 years ago. and credit.
"a with being the primary cause OF
he world war. was 20 dominate tho
nations OF Central Europe by means
n a trade route from Hamburg and
Berlin To Constantlnoplc. thence 20
IiaEdad and the Suez canal
This required the control OF tho
Balkan staiea. chiefly bulgaria. Ru.
mania and Turkey This much Ger.
many accomplished early In IN. war
a secondary route was 90 run from
Berlin thru Austria. touching era
low and L~nbcrg and trayerrlng
Rumania 90 ConHtantra. its principal
port on tho black sea
This. too. has become n fact thru
ne subsection os Austria Co a ssycsr
embracing economic. mil.
iary and political control Of the en-
osre By Germany
British Halt Progress
Tho conquest Of Mr.opotamla and
Northern Egypt was all that remain
"a for the completion Of tho plan.
hut the victories Of Gen Aauds's
armies closed. temporarily. AZ least.
the way TO BaEdad. while the con.
quest OF Palestine By tho British
shuts tho avenu. OF approach TO
Egypt
Al the time those hopea OF tho pan.
Germans we're beinE shattered Ia
Asia Minor. their eyes were turned 10
new aspirations BY tho Russian rcvo.
luton and the peace treaty % Brczt
l.ltnvrk
n they could not force their way
10 BaEdad. the pan-Gerrnans Jaw the
Ia win their way 20 tho
Orient thru the utilization OF their
political victories In Russia
Ali.Rail to India
7, was with this in mind that the
Germans set up Dictatorship In
Ukrainla and encouraged tho people
in TranscaucasiA 20 proclaim a re-
public under German protection"
Thus tho way was opened for a
new route 10 India
II would have three Western ter.
'niuals odessa. ConstAntxa and So
hastopol. In the Crirnca From any
NJ these ports tho Germans could 90.
iabiish a line Of freight vessels cross
iNk Aitf Aftt = va " ftAABlHs IEinAi
pal port OF T'rnnscaucaEla-
From Batun railroad runs
across the narrow stretch Of land BE-
tween the Black and Caspian aeaa
tho important city OF Tiflis
and ending at the Caspian port Of
Baku. At Baku another short water
traverse will b. necessary across the
Caspian sea to krasnovodak.
With the exception OF these two
water travcrses. the Germans would
have an allrail route from Berlin to
India. The crossing OF the Black sea
might be avoided by .hc construction
Of railroad around II from odessa
10 Tiflis.
At Krasnovodsk Is the terminus Of
an excellent railroad which skirts
Kara-kun desert. in the southern
most part OF Asiatlc Russia, and runs
TO Herat. one OF the chief cities Of
and known for years Az
''the gateway TO India"
The fact that German propaganda
is active In Afghanistan indicates
the preparations the Huns are urslk
ing for exploitation Of the country.
From Herat the railroad extends to
on the border OF India,
and crosses tho boundary OF Beluch-
istan for a short distance. but suffi.
cient to tap Britain's great colony of
It's limltless resources.
II would require only the building