The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-01

LONDON, June 1.-The pan-German
scheme for world domination through
q "Mittel-Europa,' upon which the
kaiser put the soft pedal while he was
feeling out the allies for peace, ha,
:bloomed forth again in the minds OF
German statesmen. .
Rather than having been modified,
modified, the plan for world empire
has been extended until it now EN-.
braces p proposal for TeutOnic control
of the trade routes from the Arctic
Ocean, to the Indian Ocean-from Ko<
10 to Bombay.
Four :ssrscene events have influenced
the German mind in this amazing ex.
tension Of the scheme for world con.
troll. They are:
l. Signing of the. treaty with Aus.
tria by which Emperor Karl's domains
become vassal state Of Germany.
2, 4, Conquest OF Finland and the pro.
German campaign for. the Occupat ton,
Of Russian Karelia and the ,Murniaps
railroad, running from Kola Bay, on
the Arctic ocean, to Petrograd.
Establishment OF a republic Of
Transcaucasia. which is in accord
with the German scheme, and the
Turkish capture of Batum, principal
port and rail center of Transcaucasia
4. Establishment of pro-German
government in the Ukraine, giving
Germany the port of Odessa and con.
troll of the Elack sea.
The original plan for "MittelEuro.
pa embraced only railroad from
Hamburg to Constantinople and
thence to, Egypt and Bagdad, giving
the Teutons control of the trade oil
Africa and Arabia.
The new scheme adds to this com.
.prehensive program for seizure Of the
all;Cail trade routes from the Arctic
coast Of Finland through Russia and
Turkey to the heart of India.
Win Control Of Balkans.
The first plan, created in the brain
of Bismarck so years ago and cred
tied with being the primary cause Of
the world war, was to dominate the
nations of central Europe by means of
trade route from Hamburg and Ber.
lin to Constantinople. thence to Bag.
dad and the Suez Canal.
This required the control OF the Bal
Ran states, chiefly Bulgaria. Rumania
and Turkey. This much Germany ac-
complished early in the war.
A secondary route was to run from,
Berlin through Austria, touching Cra-
COW and Lemberg, and traversing Ru.
mania to Constantza, its principal port
on the Black sea.
This too, has become a fact through
the subsection of Austria to a 25-year
compact embracing economic, military
and political, control of the empire by
Germany
British Halt Progress.
The conquest of ,MesOpotamia and
northern Egypt was all that remained
for the completion of the plan Blu,
the victories of General Maude's ar.
mics, in Mesopotamia closed, temDor.
arily. at least. the way to Bagdad,
while the conquest of Palestine by the
British shuts the avenue of approach
to Egypt.
AT the time these hopes of the nan.
Germans were being shattered in Asia
Minor. their eyes were turned to new
aspirations by the Russian revolution
and the peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
II they could not force their way to
Bagdad. the pan Germans saw the op-
portunity to win their way to the
orient through the utilization of their
political victories in Russia.
All-aail to India.
It was with this in mind that the
Germans set up dictatorship in
I7krainia and encouraged the people in
Transcaucasia to proclaim a republic
under German protection"
Thus the way was opened for a
new route to India.
II would have three western term
inals - Odessa, Constantza, aud
Sebsstopo1. in the Crimea. From any
Of these ports the Germans could es.
tablish a line of freight vesse's
crossing the Black sea to Batum, prin.
ciral port of Transcaucasia.
From Batum q railroad runs across
the narrow stretch OF land between
the Black and Caspian seas, touching
the important city Of Tiflis and ending
at the Caspian port Of Baku. At Raku
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