South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-26

/ Inc capture OF AlsaCe-LOrraine
/ with its great treasures OF iron ore
its vast resources upon which the
German ruling class relies 10 win
/ this war and promote further war.
| like intimidation Of the world. and
! not necessarily the taking Of Berlin.
/ viii end the great conflict OF today"
/ declared Frank +. Herring in his
/ address on The War Aims of the
/ Belligerents. before the Women's
I Dining club Of South Bend Friday
I night in the Rotary room Of tbs
/ Oliver hotel
Mr.. Herring appealed 10 the peo-
pie Of south Bend 10 uphold the
I government with its great machin.
I cry. He asked that local citizens
might not be guilty Of destructive
! criticism. but credited with con-
structive criticism, if any, coupled
with service, and concluded with an
I analysis OF the German educational
I system based on Darwin's brute the
/ DRY Of the survival of the fttes.."
which Pros't Wilson, IN a recent
state paper has characterized as the
/ Thing which must be forever
crushed
\ vocal solo. when the Boys
4 Come Home" was rendered by Mr..
| Sipotz preceding the address, and
/ the audience sang The star Span
/ gled Banner at the conclusion Of
| MIR. Hering's explanation Of the war
| situation as it stood Friday follow
| ing the German chancellOr's reply
/ h1
/ States and the entente.
The End OF the War Treaty.
Mr. Herring spoke in part as fol-
lows:
within the past six weeks we
/ have come into information which
will determine whether the war will
| end in one month or continue for
year. When cessation Of hOstilities
/ does come, three things will occur:
| There will be peace conference; a
meeting of belligerents; and laSt Of
/ all. but most important. an instru
ment Will come, a treaty, 10 deter
/ mine not only the economic but also
/ cultural conditions, not limited to
| the intellectual. but including the
| spiritual as well.
] "In December the president of
/ the United States issued what was
| considered provisional peace terms.
Later Lloyd George of England did
the same, yoicing the war aims of
/ the entente This state paper of
the president was amplihed this
! month, partly as a result of the
| Russian situation, and partly to put
! strength into the hearts Of the boil
| sheviki or the radicals of Russia
that they might counteract the ef-
/ forts Of the German-Austrian diplo-
matte snares.
This Friday night we are in pos
! session Of information from the
| United States, Great Britain, France,
Belgium and Germany which will
determine the period of the war"
Traces Militaristic Policy.
Mr.. Herring then traced the his
tory of the militaristic policy OF
Prussia He spoke of the theft Of
/ AIsace-Lorraino by Prussia in 1871
making Prussia two-thirds of the
German empire. Mr. Herring stated
| that in 1871 France had a popula-
! ton of 100000 and in 1914 lit
| tie more than $4,000 900. In 1871
Germany had $4,000 600 people I'M
der her thumb and in 1914, So
| 600, 900.
'Tn other words" said the speak
er. "the German empire had. at the
outbreak of the present war. more
than doubled her economical prob
lens and had passed from an agri-
cultural country to that of an indus
trial power. BY 1898 she had pro-
vided resou1 ces enough so that she
could feed her people from within
the boundaries Ct her territory and
hence the dream of middle Europe,
or a German empire from Berlin
to Bagdad and on to the Suez ca
nal. In 1898 she secured certain
railroad rights from Turkey which
enabled her 70 start her road from
Berlin 20 Japa. just northeast OF
the Suez
1T was i'm 1908 that Lloyd George
Of England and Lord Asquith. then
premier, called Britain's attention TO
the railroad which was threatening
the Suez canal-which might enable
Germany to transport troops
straight through Europe 10 Asia
faster than the western powers
FOulQ SenQ lntll lIOob9 ~ wa ~
the east.
Begins Her Naval Program.
AT the same time Germany be
gan to construct a naval fleet at ar
enormous rate.
This left Britain TO choose one
Of two courses, TO either throw Eng
land and Germany at each others
threats on some preteXt or 70 in
crease her navy. England did the
latter This race for naval su-
premacy continued until 1914.
1T was at this time that Francis
Joseph OF Austria became very
feeble i'm health He was the great
est friend of the present kaiser of
Germany in Austria. hence it was
necessary for Germany 10 strike
while there was a coordination Of
effort on the part Of the two rulers.
Even after the heir 10 the throne
of Austria had been aSSasSinated
and Germany was erasping at her
chance. Austria hesitated and was
/ listening 10 the argument Of Francs
and England. Then the kaiser Cf
Germany took things into his own
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