Evening journal., 1918-06-17

. The object toward which oul
efforts must tend is to establish par
ticularly close economic relations be
tween the Fatherland and our emlgrantl
In the New World-relation Of suct
sort that the markets OF the metrop-
oils shall receive preference In the eX
ports OF It's expatriated citizens, Will,
they provide themselves with all neees
stiles from the manufactured goods ol
the FatlIerland. Naturally. relations Of
this nature can have solidarity snd
permanence and be really profitable "a
both parties only II sentiment Is elm
mated from such recinrOcal relations
and II on both sides the economic sd-
vantage becomes essentially the pre-
pOnderant point OF view. We should
not expect to buy goods from German
Brazilians and from German Americans
any moro than they should expect 10
buy from US. solely on the ground that
3 national affinity exists between US,
Bnd that this entails a semblance Of
moral obligation; for this national re-
lationship viii furnish only a material
and positive basis for the establishment
OF practical relations, such as exist IN
economic matters between England and
her self-governing colonies. Because
these emigrants are Germans who speak
German, who VIII have German tastes
and economic needs, BECAUSE the basis
OF their character Is German, trade
with US will naturally possess an at
traction for them, despite the attempts
which the English and the Americans
may make TO win Il. We shall have
10 commit on our side grave faults in
deed, II this natural advantage does not
directly transform itself into an eco
nomlc superiority as compared with
non-German efforts. -Todsy, however,
i9ii), our activity IS Tar from ade-
quate for developing trade with the
German colonies which exist in South
America.
What can and what should we do
20 spread germs Of economic develop
ment so full OF promise and to render
them as useful TO the Fatheriand as
90 the Germans OF Brazil2 The first
condition we have already indicated:
foster German emigration 10 southern
Brazil. Every German emigrant. wheth-
or born in the country or in the city,
WHITTIER an artisan or OF any other
class, who succeeds in obtaining across
the seas ownership OF a piece OF land
snd in clearing the soil represents after
a certain number OF years a capacity
for absorbing goods that IS vastly
greater than ne ever possessed in the
home country, where he led rela-
lively simple life in a very restricted
environment. This manifold increase
OF his opportunities for consumption
and OF his capacity for the absorption
OF the products Of European manufac-
ture can and should be utilized for the
economic life Of Germany. g.
Beyond doubt this demands collabor-
alton on a wide and methodical scale
between the empire, the German states,
public opinion and the emigration so
cieties. We must not lose sight OF the
fact that despite all our sincerity and
lOyalty-which we are disposed ioI
maintain and which. from the point OF
view Of foreign politics, we must not
fail TO observe-the distruct and dis
like which appear, consciously or un-
consciously. In particular among the
North Americans and the English, Will
SOW difficulties in the way Of the real
ization OF such a scheme. But diff
culties must not cause German policy /
70 recoil IN fright, but to surge for
ward and surmount them.
Paul Rohrbach, Deutschland unter
den Weltvolkern" (i9iD, pp. 39i-396,
400-i0i.
How 10 Extend German Influence In
Brazil.
I suggest the following program OF
action for the immediate development
of German interests in Brazil. So far
as northern Brazil is concerned, the eX-
tension OF German steamship traffic on
ihe Amazon, with home ports at Para
and Manaos, and the creation Of branch