Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
G rmany's Future Involved.

, In sum. then. it is well not to permit
; the present Russian collapse. with its
/ very real military disadvantages TO the
allies, 10 be translated into such terms
as viii magnify the future ming of
/ the event Germany has destroyed
Russian unity: she has Enthusiastically
involved herself in the rains. No solu-
! ton which she can improyise in the
/ east VIII SatiTf- the Poles or remove
their hostility. No solution of the Lith-
uanian question which will do Germany
any good can fail TO constitute a stand
ing danger and require German garri-
sons and German military occupation.
The same is even more true of any eff
fort TO settle the problem of Great Rus
sian anarchy.
! add TO this the fact that the removal
! of Russia has changed the whole cur
rent Of Austrian policy and purpose and
liberated Austrian Statesmanship, and
IT is. at the least safe TO say that we
are not in the presence Of conditions
which point toward the domination OF
the Slav world by the Teuton but ra-
thef, m the face OF the :.ts,.d des clop-
fneht OF a new eastern question, quite
capable OF absorbing all German energy
and all German resources in d policy
! as sterile Of permanent advantage 10
The lioheEzollerHs as We're fifty years of
tyranny over Italy 10 the Hapsburgs
ne German assault upon the western
world has been repulSed, and nothing is
more certain than thae the end of the
war MI! see no advance of German
II Di-AattS III Inc Vest. German attack
upon the east has destroyed Slav unity
but 1t has removed one problem only TO
! create many II Austria escapes wholly
IRON German leading strings at the
close OF the present war. not alone Nit
1e.europa. but German expansion at the
eN Pc lsc o: the. Slav. viii cease TO be a
;fre:It i'a2:er- The Slav ard the Teuton
viii be LEFT face 70 face once more in
their light. which IS centuries Old. and
the western Wc-id may be spared from
iI'H' E@rt,,1;. ss@aaitS for many years,
during y h;'.. German: viii sc occupied
i. attcsn! ,i.s:r % 10 what Austria failed
IA 90 alike - north Germany and IN
Itaiy.
The German is exploiting his Russian
successes as he was bound TO exploit
them ~. il is equally necessary thst
the allies should recognize the certain
limits Of these successes. R-makinG
the map of eastern Europe Will not re-
gala for Germany what she has lost in
this war through her conflict with the
western nations. Slav states even tenn
porarily held by German garrisons viii
not replace the lost markets Of Eu-
rope. Asia. Africa and the Two Aneri-
cas-. nor serve as a counterweight for
British colonial possessions. The Slav
is just as certain to achieve his free
dom as was the Italian or the German.
and the effort to prevent il will not
give Germany her place in the SUM-"
If Germany cannot break the western
line. or dispose of France. by compelling
the republic to make a separate peace.
she will lose the present war, even
should she retain her old from
tiers OF August. 1914. in western Eu-
rope. The new alliance which faces
her in the west. Britain. France and
Italy. supported by the United States
for the duration of the present conflict.
is far more dangerous to her real hopes
than the old alliance of France and
Russia. even with the measure of Brit
ish support it possessed. 1t represents
an alliance of the liberal powers. Of
the democratic nations. Italy has al
Ixy
Austria has no further reason to re-
main under German direction. now Rus
STA has collapsed, and has no dea1re -
be associated with Germany. IN perma-
nent hostility to the Mediterranean ma
tons. with whom,~except -Zor-L Italy, she
has nosStE11,