The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-02
Sea and Trade Rivalry, He
Says, Will Result Inexor
ably i'm Conflict.
LEAGUE NO PREVENTIVE
Fight Between Japan and U. s.
Not Probable and Would
Not Prove Decisive.
By KARL H. Won wrEeAND.

uihscHBkke, Silesia, July 81 (de-
layed) THE next great conflict will
be between America and England" {"
That is the prediction made to-day by
Gen. Friedrich Won Bernhard when
l asked the famous author of Ger
many and the Next War" and numcr-
GUS other works on war for his views
as to the next outbreak.
II am not saying that" he con-
tinued, with the idea, as you might
conclude. to create distrust between
those two Powers, but I am stating 1t
as student Of wars and Of the causes
which lead to hostilities, as the log
ical outcome of the vast conflict Just
ended. The same class Of interests,
a similar rivalry on the sea and in
trade to that which prevailed between
England and Germany and made 1t
possible to foresee the coming of that
conflict, point inexorably to struggle
between what are now the two great
est Powers in the world.
"How soon 1t will come or what
form 1t will take 1 am not prepared
to venture an opinion upon. 1t may
not be even the first war to come,
but it will be the great conflict of the
future"
League Cannot Prevent War.
"Then you have no faith that the
League of Nations will prevent wars
In the fnturew / asked.
"The League of Nations will not
prevent wars on issues and principles
vital to country and people"
declared Gen. Won. Bernhard. THE
creators of the league themselves
have little faith In 1t when President
Wilson, father of the league. asks the
American people to depart from
washington's traditional policy by de-
mandlng that the Senate ratify the
alliance with France. This Is an
admission that even he has little faith
In the League of Nations.
I ~1t is a question Of might and
| power. The domination Of such a
league will rest with the greatest
number of guns and rifles and other
resources, potential or active. Its
future, If 1t has future, will depend
on just how long England and
America can agree In their control OF
the league; In other words. how long,
with their clashing interests, they will
get along together"
Won Bernhard argued that the
league was an "Anglo-Saxon affair
and would last only 70 long as there
was Anglo-Saxon unity. which he pro
fessed to regard as not having ele
ments of permanency. His opinion
that the next great CONFLICT would be
between those Powers, he said, was
the logical conclusion of his belief
that this unity would not last.
Small Nations Must Suffer.
"The small nations may have to put
up with it." he added, "but no great
people will allow other people to de
clare war for them or tell them when
they may not go to war"
Turning suddenly to me Won Bern
hardi asked: "Why does not America
let the League of Nations settle the
problem of Mexico instead of talking
of intervention there If the league Is
all that Is claimed for itf Suppose
1 for example, that the league did set
tie that question but the greater part
of the American people were not sat
isfied with the settlement"
/ found Won Bernhard amid the
scenes Of his boyhood days at Hirsch
berg, Mt the edge OF the Rieser
Mountains, where he has villa Il
which he retired with his wife after
the armistice. Germany's most famous
advocate Of force In the settlement
of vital international disputes, who
is nearing his SEVENTEEN year, still
is vigorous and active, but he has
aged gregtly since March, 1915, wher
saw him last.
For a time he commanded twelve
divisions In Russia, butt in 1913 he
had an army corps in the Lille sector
under the Crown Prince Rupprechi
Of Bavaria. He expects to devote the
remainder Of his days to literary
work and has just completed a new
book, bearing the title "MOderr
War" embodying his observations OF
the developments and lessons of the
recent conflict.
war with Japan Not Probable.
Discussing the American-Japanest
situation he said: There is no rea
son why an amlcable settlement OF
the various points Of friction should
not be reached. 1t seems to.be more
or less antagonistic sentiment on one
side and racial prejudice on the Other
Of the bottom of 1t all. A war be
n - n.