Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1919-02-22
FERTILE SOIL FOR GERMAN INTRIGUE.

r>HE proposal looking 10 the INSTRUMENTATION Of
i the German colonies. which has Matched from the
setting Of deatc eggs carried 10 the conference
by The American conferee, while II has provoked much
bitter discussion on the part Of Australia which looked
forward perhaps justaaby, to control OF the German
possessions in the Pacific has not yet been received in
the United States with the suspicion to which IT is
titled.
The Senate focusing its attention domestic legis-
laon has permitted the proposal TO pass unchdllenged
with the idea no doubt, OF considering It In It's
when the entire program Of the Paris Conference
is laid before that body for approval.
But for the Senate to permit these matters escape
discussion until the United states has by arrogant
chief executive been committed to them is to add TO
the difficulties which must ultimately be met in indors-
ing or rejating the terms Of the treaty.
The apprpval Of this proposal would align this country
very definitely against Australia whose soldiers bled
FLANDERS ami were inundated in the unfortunate cam
psIgn Of Gsllpo, and can i'll afford to Incur the
hatred Of the Australians
Moreover anal aoquiescence by Great Britain in this
arrangement might conceyably 10 be the motvat
ing factor 10 Inducing her largest colony eventually to
rebel from British suzerainty, when might
Der OF the proposed League Of Nations. be called upon to
lend our assistance in kicking her back into the traces
But the greatest danger IN the United States, should
this proposal for Decentralization Of the German
colonies be analy adopted lies In the fact that II would
inject into car domestic politics for years to the
issue Of restoring these colonies German control and
all The nsidous propaganda and intrigue OF which Ger
many is the acknowledged master would be conferred on
the consummaslon Of this act
Germany has her propagandists In this country today
Just as she had them during the war; and she will nnd
in the future ambitious responsive to her bland
Ishments .ust as she did when campaign director OF
the Democratic party held the notorious 'beer-ha
ferences" in ial6. with agents Of the Kaiser.
As an example Of the lengths to which German intrigue
will go in effo,tng colonial expansion let consider
fo moment chapter from the political life Of caillaux
whose trial win shortly be called up in France
we refer to the "Agsdr incident"
Germany et that time attempting to become close
neighbor Of Belgian Congo, just she was OF Belgium
and that at the expense Of French rights and French
interests Honest and peaceful methods she well knew
could achieve this end She therefore resorted to ter
rorism-o bring the matter rapidly to crisis and OBJ
the result by threat force before resistance or in
terventon could "a summoned.
She needed therefore her prime minister and her
own foreign minister in the French cabinet and through
German Vaccinations, Caillaux, the Lenne Of France,
was placed in the seat OF power and Calaux chose
man Of ability, but Of equal readiness to beray
France, as foreign minister.
Crowdng her strategic railways with locomotives under
steam ready at moments notice TO carry waiting troops
to the frontier for invasion OF France-no doubt
through Belgium the Lege fortincaons had not yet
been bullt-Germany than forced the undertaking Of
negotiations.
Not inklng did Callaux or his forengn minister give
to the French Senate OF the plan and Of these
negotations. He was as uncommunicatve toward the
French legislative body az Mr. Wilson has been toward
our own
The arrangements between Caillaux and the German
Empire were drafted by the German foreign ONCE. II
was planned lay before the Senate the completed
rangement and have that body for against
II while France faced sudden invasion in II was
repudated
Just then the "Old Tiger" Cemenceau. chairman Of
the Committee on Foreign Relations who read Caillaux
suddenly called on Callaux to report the
progress and the plan OF the negotiations and sprung
The trap too soon with the result that Callaux and his
ministry beat a hasty retreat
Again the snar Of The Tiger" had saved France,