Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-17

plies and. hnally, csninhsnd.o 81 lux.
tliary trooHs-allst this there 10 time to
grasp Iii the yeGrGth1t AFef before her,
Al map OF Europe which shows the
great zone overswhtchs by. peaceful!
penetration. federation an~dsqnasi-an-
nexation, he power ofs Germany may
extend shows at NJ glance how insik-s
has lostgsin comparispn with. what
she fs In away to- gain. It rs on the
success OF this Hoyement--the march
eastward and southwark of German
power under forms OF peace-that
the whole future .ofg the wortd&&f sde--3
ponds. Can the western nations Of
Europe build up 9 poN:er. that. is
II this Germanixing operation IL all
lowed to make much headway; and
yet it must manage to dosit If the
world is long secure against German
conquest. sg
In a highly interesting work en-
titled How the War Came Lord
Lorburne has shown that, IL the
government of England, In July of
1914, had been able to say decidedly,
|s'We will come to the help OF France
IL you attack her" HI tattack would
would have been avoided; and yet
England was already committed to
France in a way, that bound her In
honor to just such q u It was
because she was ,estopped from
frankly saying 80 that the war oc-
CURED. What lis needed is a peace
loving power strong enough: to beat
and not only able to, declare. its pur-
pose to do so at the proper time, but
SO fully and openly committed to this
policy that any nation intending to
play the bully will. know what it has
A large group of; great nations,
ready to fght for the freedom of any
member would, in all probability
never have to fight at all, while a
weak OF irresolute group would have
fighting forced upon 1t to its own de-
struction. Where the will to conquer
exists, the power to do 1t is all that
is needed to ensure g war of conquest
and there is small hope for peace with
freedom in Europe. and very little for
it anywhere, in a world in which
gets a preponderating power. 1t is
as indispensable that the ord%er-loving
states of the. world should be doml-
nant as it is that the or~der-loving
| citizens of a. single state II city
should be so. ~ :
do We realize under what a vast
inducement to renew the war Ger
many finds herself? Colossal debt,
trade restricted. colonial territory lost,
ambitions rudely thwarted. an intol-
cradle subsection imposed-what II
all this could be undone by a quick
and successful attack on separate and
unwary enemies? What if Germany
could regain her territories with a
vast new area. strip rivals Of colonies
and put the war debt on them? What
If Deutschland could become ''uber
allies" a1stead Of unter allies? The
motive fora war that would do ali
this for her is overwhelming, hut how
about the power? It is in sight but
not in. possession, and it is on. the
question whether 1t will be in posses
sion that the fate of the world de-
ponds. The subject state will be.
come master ifssit can and it will put
no limit OF the effort and the sacri-
fee that the achievement will cost,
Let us put ourselves into the German
position and mentally plan. natural
course. Of action. Germans we
must bring Austria: into the empire
with her territories restored. lie ua
! 49, 10 fE g. -FlI