The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-06-14

We are fighting Germany, for one |
thing, because Germany, having split |
the world In half, IL now seeking to |
devour the halves separately. She |
has driven a wedge straight through
the heart OF Europe, and into Asia,
and Is seeking to extend It to the Per-
sian gulf.
This IL no accidental happening, due
to the downfall of Russia and the sud
den shifting in the fortunes Of war.
Germany planned 1t all decades ago.
She made no effort to keep the plans
secret. She told us all about 1t. She
had a reputation for making plans
and sticking to them, from one gener-
alton to another; yet the world paid
no attention. 1t seemed too prepos-
ferrous even for Germany to attempt.
As long ago as 1895 pamphlet,
"Pan-G Germany and Central Europe
About 1850" was published in Berlin
and had wide circulation. 1t laid the
whole Mitteleuropa plan bare as fol-
lows:
'Poland and Little Russia 1.-THE king
dom to be established at Russia's ex-
pense) will agree to have no armies
Of their own, and will receive In their
sfortresses German and Austrian garri-
sons. In Poland, as well az In Little
Russia, the postal and telegraph serv'
Ices as well as the railways will be Id
German hands,"
In 1911 Tannenberg's book, "Greater
Germany" was published. This was
only three years before the war, but
It showed that the idea Of German
Mitteleuropa had not been allowed to
languish. 1t says:
"The new kingdom Of Poland Is
made up Of the former Russian por-
ton Of the basin Of the Vistula, and OF
Galicia, and forms a partsof the new
Austria"
How the plan has grown. since then
Russia's collapse dropped whole prov.
inces into the lap Of the kaiser, ana
now Germany plans Its empire ON
scale which would dwarf that OF an
Gent Rome. 1t Is to embrace the orig
inal Central Europe, Inhabited by
some 73,OO0,OOO Germans, make the
Black sea German lake, and extend
clear to the Persian gulf through the
vassal states Of Bulgaria and Turkey
The German government started to
put its scheme for Mitteieuropa In
to effect years ago when 1t began the
construction Of the Berlin-to-Bagdac
railway. Little Serbia stood In the
way, 90 Serbia was attacked and the
world was plunged into war. In tins
opposite corner of Europe Belginn
was invaded and crushed. The worlt
then thought that this was only be
cause Belgium offered the easies
s route to France; but study Of the Nit
teleuropa plan Of years ago shows tina
Belgium was included In the schem'
. Of conquest.
'How does all this affect American
one may ask. Germany was a lat
conner in the family of great nations
I Most of the uncivilized world had beel
pre-empted by other nations befor
she arrived. Germany wanted col
onies. To get them she would hav
Y to take them away from someone else
Africa and South America Offere
the best fields for German colonies
ton. England possessed the best par
Of Africa-the parts in which tn
white man might hope to settle an
thrive. England had a mighty fee
and a disposition to hold what ~
had. even though she did not show
, disposition to fight for more.
Yhere remained South America.
), was divided among weak nations.
E. was protected only by the Monroe dot
trine. This Monroe doctrine was
I sacred thing to Americans, but, nc
being backed up by mighty armies an
= fleets, was not even a scrap OF paper
to the Germans. Can anyone doub
n should Germany succeed in weldin
into a mighty empire the 100000
Y Germans and the 100,000000 inhab
:; tants of the vassal and conquere
a. states Of her Mitteleuropa, that ne
"a nexts step would be toward the wes'
&c The very fact that she had this en-
pire would presuppose the defeat
England, so that no British feet woul
stand between us and Germany whe
j. the time came for the kaiser to sen
e. his legions ncross the Atlantic.
: "As In the East. SO in the West
= Is a motto which, Of recent weeks, nj
J been much heard in Germany. At
conference of the national liberal pa
ty, held in March Of this year, the fo
lowing amazingly frank declaratie
was made5
"Our~ policy has been directed
making the government and majori1
turn away from the reichstag resol
ton Of judy 10. (Peace without a
nexations and inderunfties). In tn
we have succeeded. Peace has ju
been made In the East under conc
tons in 1hat contradiction to the pc
icy Of Jrlly 10, and has received Il
support lind assent Of all the burgeo
parties"
In other " 'ords, all Germany Is nc
planning bot annexations and indei
mites, such as will leave her witho
formidable opponent In the world.
Can we lake peace now and lea