Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25

uttermost power. To do his best: in
other words. to prepare ana perfect a
second and more overwhelming ma
chine for the swift conquest of Eng
land, as the supreme onslaught must
be on England herself. tho German had
but to create vast Pan-German en-
pire from the Atlantic and Baltic to
the Persian Gulf :.
At once Germany would have solid
central Observation-Disclosures - served
by swift railway system free from,
attack by the sea, as magnificent
jumping Playground from which to leap
forward to her mighty world adven-
ture. 1t would split the world apart
and Germany would be on the wedge.
By perfcctinS Its railway communi-
cations. Mitteleuropa is safe from all
British attack from the sea. Indeed
IT commands the Eastern Mediterrane-
an, as the Gallipoii campaign proved
AT the same time that it hakes Brit
aims sea power OF little avail
1T would command Egypt and India.
while cutting off Britain from India
ana her Australian commonwealth Ger
man armies could be poured at will by
me quickest routes into India or
Egypt their movements screened and
secure from all attack AS Lord Den
oiEh pointed out in the Times. the great
German canal which is being under
taken to join up the Atlantic water
ways with those Of the Black Sea
would soon have seen the swift trans
GER or German battle craft and subma
rines from the North Sea to the BLACK
Sea and Eastern Mediterranean. as
against the longer sea-uound ~ ,ho
British voyage.
inc great advantage OF creating this
an-German empire. as an ideal posi-
'ion from which to march forth n
"orlo conquest, had the additional
strategic merit that, unlike the first
plan OF campaign, which must startIe
europe and put the world on it's guard
II baked at its first onrush, the second
piah OF campaign-the creation of Mil
ttIeuropa-would not alarm or nut on
their guard even the peoples arains,
whom 1t was designed. Britain and
America.
Inc chief excuse for ii, the moro 10
conceal It's strategic aim. was TO be an
arrogant and noisy claim to commerce.
ana expansion for commerce, for com
merce always raised the delusion of
Feace. This commercial excuse. TO
conceal her war strategy, IL constantly
Kept before the world, would hoodwinl
the nation of shopkeepers" and "her
vulgar spawn. the American" and
turn and keep their greedy eyes an
sriiy to the mere commercial ASPECT
OF II. Even SO, Germany would be only
too delighted to get wealth and com.
mercial advantage thrown In as a
pleasant side issue
Confusing the Real Issues.
Above all. the British and America
governments were so utterly lacking
III all strategic vision and guidance as
was their press. that Britain would 20
on bungling in the Balkans over out
worn diplomacies, little rocking of the
vast real issues arising, while II would
iull all suspicion in America, which
would never realize that her greatest
peril lay In such a strange corner OF
The earth as the distant Balkans. un
I'll 1t was too late. and Americas bull
wark, Britain, was gone!
This Pan-German empire was so dog
sedly and skilfully developed under
the noses of all the embassies that it
was all but complete when Germany
decided that the hour had struck. Aus
trja and Hungary were in it, Italy
though an ally, was suspected, and not
allowed too much into 1t. Bulgaria