Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-01
Germany Looks to Neat Time

In April 1912 Matthias Erzberger, leader
of the center party in the old Reichstag of Ger
many, prominent in the movement to reorgan-
ze the country, and undenied power, sent a
lengthy circular letter to the leaders of thought,
commerce. industry finance and politics of the
former empire, discussing the situation, and
outlining his views of policy to pursue for the
future. Erzberger admits the crushing defeat
of the Germans, but counsels his countrymen
not to lose heart because of that 1t is strug-
gle for supremacy between the continent and
overseas" the latter including England and
America, and, in his opinion, the continent
must eventually win. He does not dread France
in the next war; for France is Sick" suffering
from the exhaustion brought upon her in the
late war, and will never recover. The Polish
question is dealt with in detail, because of its
relation to Russia, in which the writer sees the
hope for Germanys return to power. The con-
cluding paragraphs of the letter. here repro
duced contain the sentiment that breathes
through it all He says:
But the main thing is constant propaganda
for years to come. The signing of the peace
which may be formally done, does not, of
course, mean an end to the development of
our political ends. The Lithuanian and Uk-
ranian affairs will always be Of great i'm
portance to US. 1t is a question of two points
of support for our policy in regard to Russia
In all these eastern questions we must
not forget that they all hang together and
such in itself is merely a part of the great
Russian problem tor u.s. Just as this is merely
the last step in the accaunt to be settled with
Anglo-Saxons and toward the world dominion
We need Lithuania and Ukrainia as Ger
man outposts if Poland must be weakened
as France in the west, Poland in the east is
the cornerstone of Anglo-Saxon continental
power. Poland guarded, the way to Russia
is closed If we succeed in keeping Poland
down, it will mean enormous gains for US
In the first place, Frances position on the
continent is, in the long run, untenable;
secondly, the way to Russia is then open,
that is evident even to blind man. The
German future in Russia is now ripper, after
being planted with German seed to come in
to the great German state Nothing must dis
turb us in the great problems before us;
Poland is the solution, but very powerful
obstacle.
Therefore, it is important not to lose cour-
age, but to keep in mind that things might be
much worse than they are. On the other hand,
however, we must continue our work wisely
in the east, and ever keep before our eyes
the gigantic reward which we hope to obtain.
After we succeed in hindering the building
up of strong Poland then the future is
quite clear to us. The Anglo-Saxon can
not close the road to Russia to u.s. We will
undertake the restoration of Russia and in
possession of such support we will be ready
within 10 or IS years to bring France, with
out any difficulty into our power. The march
toward Paris will be easier than in 1914. The
last step but one, toward the world dominion
will then be reached. The continent is ours.
Afterwards will follow the last STEP the
closing struggle between the continent and
the "Overseas"