Evening journal., 1918-02-22

chaos that today is Russia there shall
be erected eventually a nation or a
number OF nations dependent on the
German empire, and that the Germany
which survives the war shall be in
possession Of the power TO repeat in
these va rich territories the political
and industrial development which has
been wrought within the Kaiser's EN-
pire, the prospect is one that may daz
zle even the most ambitious Prussian
imperialst. the most enthusiastic pro-
tagonist Of world empire.
Germanys principal handicap in at
tainment Of the complete domination
she aspires 10 in commerce and indus
try is the lack Of raw materials She
cannot produce within her own b0un-
daries the foodstuffs and the metals
that arc essential 90 maintenance OF
the place she has carved out for her
self in international trade She must
import from foreign nations the raw
materials which by the industry and
Ingenuity Of her people are transformed
into the finished products she exports
at high profit, and she must obtain
from outside her own territories the
wheat and meat necessary TO sustain
her workers in the health required TO
accomplish the demands made on them.
All Of these raw materials the terri
tories embraced within what was the
Russian Empire are capable Of produc-
ing in unlimited quantities The
Ukraine is an enormous wheat field
European and Asiatic Russia are lands
Of incalculable agricultural possibili-
ties. and their mines are rich beyond
computation in the metals that modern
life depends on to supply its wants.
The nation which holds these terri
tories within its control, whether they
he bound to 10 by open political or
military sublugation Of their people.
by weakness sprineng from division
into many small and impotent states, /
or by commercial supremacy imposed
by superior enterprise, will have no
need to look beyond the sphere Of its
own influence for what 10 requires to /
prosecute its most ambitious plans.
Russia's resources have been practic- I
ally undeveloped. and where there have
been evidences Of an awakening spirit I
among its commercial and producinc |
classes. the stimulus has come from the /
outside, LARGELY from Germany. The .
proper exploitation of the soil In agri- /
culture and in mining the production .
Of finished goods from raw materials /
call for organization and education OF /
a kind that the Cars Government was
incapable Of UNDERSTANDING and opposed /
TO by habit and conviction Where Ger
man autocracy seized for Itself learn
ing and made science its servitor. the /
R0manONs denended on cOmplete in
tellectual beni0htedness of the peOnle .
for the pernct1ation Of the dynasty
and the protection OF the empire in
Ignorance and poverty among the .
masses Of the nonnlation the Gar /
looked for his steadfast allies: IN Ger
many. more enlightened, though not
le-s ruthless, the ruler bent to his pur-
pose every accomplishment Of learning .
and discovery Of science, establishing .
education as the basis of an efficiency .
that has never been surpassed In gov /
ernment, in productive industry and in I
trade
The Gar fell. the Hohenzollern dyn-
astv still survives and If the fall OF
the Gar means that real power in his
former domain is to be entrusted. dir
ectly OF indirectly. in substance though
not In form, TO German hands, there Is
no reason to doubt that the immense
possibilities of Russia will be treated
with the same thorough scientific skill
that GERMANY has applied to al the op-
portunities fate has cast In her way.
or she has wrested from a world ID
prepared 20 Withstand her onslaught.
Having worked the dissolution Of
the Russian Empire Germany, granting |
that she could cajole or compel from .
the enemies that stlll confront her q /
peace in which her present Govern /
ment should survive unchanged, would .
present 10 the world a national es-
tablishment dependent only on itself .
and subject peoples and political or
0auizations for an the essentials Of ma /
tional existence The agricultural lands T
ntelligently MANAGED, would produce
ample supplies TO feed the native popu- .
latons and the German people; the
mines would bring forth the metals re-
duired for German manufactures; and
the unslee1ing agents Of Germany, po- /
litical, military and commercial, would
labor unceasingly to effect the com
plete dependence of producers and
consumers alike on the Kaisers empire /
Nominal political control would not be
necessary to the success Of such pro-
gramme; In fact, the utility Of playing
on one small nations Jealousy against
that Of another would exactly ft the
German ambitions.
A Germany so situated would be in
the strategic position Of the United
states. Independent Of non-amliated
nations, the empire could subsist on the