Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-08

/ set fire to the straw. and It has been
fully exploited as propaganda. But
! for this we should have had to find
other convincing reasons for coming
! into this business! If we had not
| Joined the allies we should have been
nowhere after the war! Now we eX-
pect to ho number one-and we shall
| be number one!"
Picture of America as Dictator.
To the question as to what part
| American would play as number one,
! he replied: Germany was undoubt-
eddy the most industrial country in
| Europe before the war. We in Amer
les and England saw to what an
exalted height Germany was climbing,
and realized that in a few decades
she would reach the pinnacle of power
| and be in a position to dictate, not
! only to Europe, but to the whole
world, She had become a menace,
and we in America recognized the
! fact. For this reason we tackled the
| problem and thought we understood
! it. We are convinced that our people
will take the lead after the war. 1t
is we who are going to dictate not
only to Germany but to the whole of
| Europe. The nations will expect great
| things from us, above all, peace. And
| they will get it, but on our condi-
lions and at our price"
will America impose her will on
her allies?"
| Yes, indeed she will. But they will
| get better conditions than other coun-
tries (the central powers). just as we
| (America) shall get better conditions
| from them (the allies) 1t is all a
matter of business That is what war
| has always beenn'
| The American consurs prediction
! regarding his country's position after
| the war was ill-found I'd, though only
| before the revolution rendered Ger
many defenseless anu gave world
dominance to Great Britain. For
American could no longer count upon
any opposition to England in Europe.
However, that may be. the war was
| certainly no matter of business for
Germany. It was forced upon us. Our
economic future and independence
We're bound up in it; to us it was a
question of life or death.
Deed U-Boat, FeariI Defeat.
| , III not discuss how far the above
! opinions conceded with those of Presi-
dent Wilson and the majority of the
/ American people. All that need be
! St'iu 10 tiidl lileN DSS tiit
| Under the pretext of the submarine
campaign America entered the war
| against us at period crit ,al for the
entente. Whether, without the ex-
cuse afforded by the U-boats, she
would have done so In time to prevent
our winning the war in 1918 is open
to doubt. But 1t is impossible to say
| how events on land would have
| turned out if the submarine campaign
had never been opened.
AS a matter of fact, on January Q,
! 1917, no one could have foretold the
| collapse of Russia, and nobody calcu-
lated upon it, With the help of our
submarines we reckoned on = decision
in our favor, at the latest before
America, with her new armies. could
/ intervene in the war; without them
we calculated that the quadruple alli-
ance must be defeated in 1917.
As it was, the history of this year
took completely different turn: the
western front held firm. but the SUBJ
! marine, campaign brought no decision
and Russia collapsed.
/ On the eastern front we were in
condition of neither peace nor war.
| A solution then became possible of
which no one could have dreamt be-
fore the autumn of 1911: Namely,
! to aim at decision of the war on
! land in the year 1918 by means Of an
offensive. which must succeed sif sthe
submarines had by that time been