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!. A GERMAN INVASION OF =.
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Observation-Disclosures
CGreenville News.)


American who was a student at a
German university some thirty years
ago, he told ME Of how his room
mate, who was then junior officer
in the German army and an instruc-
Tor at one Of the Imperial War
Schools, had not hesitated to inform
him that nearly every student of
military science in Germany was re-
CURED to submit plan for the inva-
sion Of the United States as part
of his training.
He said that, while the idea had
at the time seemed fantastical, 1t has
now come to have a very sinister i'm
port for him and that he thought the
American people would do we'll to
consider what might happen if an at
tempt were made to apply any one of
the many plans for the invasion of
the United States that repose in the
archives of the German general staff.
For he said, you may be sure
they are there, worked out to the last
detail and ready for use the moment
there is any chance Of carrying them
out successfully
II confess that the SUGGESTION
Jared me, and l am passing it along
to the readers Of this paper in the
hope that l may transmit the shock
to them and those with whom they
are in contact"
l.. II,
dence to support the possibility that
the Germans will invade the United
States If they can. The dream, Of
Germany is world dominion, and
world dominion includes the reduc-
ton of the United States from a de-
mocracy to a German province.
AS far back as 1901, Freiher Won
Edelsheim, German aristocrat Of
royal blood, then in the service of
the German General staff, wrote a
volume. Operations Upon the Sea-"
on pages S6-92 Of which he says:
"A naval war against the United
States cannot be carried on with sue
cess without at the same time inau-
gurating action on land. If is
almost certainty, however, that
victorious assault on the Atlantic
coast, tying up the importing and ex-
porting business of the whole coun-
try, would bring about such an an
noying situation that the government
would be willing to treat for peace.
If the German invading force we're
equipped and ready for transporting
the moment the battle fleet is dis
patched, under average conditions,
these corps can begin operations on
American soil within at least four
weeks. The United States at
this time is not in position to op-
pose our troops with all army Of
equal rank The fact that one
or two Of her provinces are occupied
by the invaders would not alone
move the Americans to sue for peace.
TO accomplish this end the invaders
would have to inflict real material
damage by injuring the whole coun-
try through the successful seizure of
-'1'N''J VI tHe fAlidHtlC SSdpOTlS IN
which the threads of the entire
wealth Of the nation meet. 1t should
be so managed that line of land
operations would be in close Juno
ture with the fleet, through which
we would be In a position to seize in
short time many Of these important
and rich cities, to interrupt their
means of supply, disorganize all gov
ernmental affairs, assume control of
all useful buildings, confiscate all
war and transport supplies and lastly
to impose heavy indemnities.
AS matter Of fact, Germany is the
only great power whic, Is in a posi-
ton to conquer the United States"
A New York German, Robert
THEM. had this letter published in
The Aldeutsche Blatter in 1902,
which contained the following state
ment:
'In hundred years the American
people will be conquered by the victo-
rious German spirit, so that it will
present an enormous German EN-
pire Whoever does not believe this
EVER SALIVATED BY