Evening star., 1920-01-18
POLAND REAL PERIL.
TOGERMAN AMBITION
Erzberecr $ Letter Six Months After Ar
mistice Indicates Country Has Not
Learned Error of Imperialism v


Americans, are determined to hold the
commerce OF the allies in their own
hands
France to Re Weaker. 81
~. In spite of the intoNi4uon
ofvictory, France in the cofnineAearg
will be weaker than she was before
the war. The Polish kingdom wa
stricken from the list of states. NJ
enc in Europe troubled about the
Poles. and only the determination Of
this tenacious race kept them from
being lost in tho German empire, A
least the part inhab bited by Frussisrs
rs. The Poles. as outpost for
Anglo French policies. did not exist
before the war. and are now about to
be pushed back TO their formeKpec
Wsss Ss5 sSs'''ss sa, ssen has ssrs
developed to favor us.
IS This advantage came 10 us
quite unexpectedly and may bepaced
on the side of clear winninGytltrpd
in the east. which we worked fhr Aid
in which we have put capitSl7nahe
Ukrainians.
Credit to Austrians. II
II We must give the Austrian
the credit for having stirred 1Ip'chn
Ukrainians. but the support AID fia,e
entire structure came from GetHSpy
both before and during the a,WSr
Without US the Ukrainians woufp' Not
today be against the Poles. "T2fetto
the lasting credit Of the "Ostmabkan
vereines" that. even when the it4gse-
diate breaking out Of war waSr no
thought Of they always insisted nphn
the necessity of not taking me3 Sr1es
against the Poles in Prussia. Hut Ii"
raise up enemies for them in the eRst
on the borders Of the former PRStsh
kingdom.
What German state. philosophsrs
ingeniously created as theories. as
well as all that has been brought Aato
practical being by German politiciaps.
both from Vienna and Berlin. is Still
Young. The conception of the 'Pofes'
Is very old. For time stricken fSdn
state dictionaries. il need only Be
freshened. 1t is no newcomer on e.
European political horizon. Mos
countries need merely look back in
their archives in order to learn tbs
role played by the Poles. 1t is differ
ent with our newly created allies, the
Lithuanians, and especially the Ckrai
mans. 1t is an immense gain for p3
that they have been created. and also
that they not only are not united with
the Poles in policy. but are against
them. But we must not forget tina
these young and promising plant
must be well cared for and supported.
if they are to be further developed.
Our propaganda must not stop for
an instant in strengthening the self
consciousness of this creation and to
turn it against the Polish element.
This will not rest on single, energetic
action on our part. This will also
come into consideration. as for in
stance the attack on the Poles in East
Galicia, which was and still will be
wisely and energetically supported by
US.
Part Of Great Problem.
rs. In all these eastern question:
we must not forget that they all hang
together, and each in itself is mere!y
a part of the great Russian problem
for us. just as this is merely the last
step in the account to be settled with
the Anglo-S -Saxons and toward the
world dominion.
"19. We need Lithuania and Tx
rainia as German outposts. as Poland
must be weakened. As France in thu
west. so Poland in the east is the
cornerstone of AneloSaXon conti-
mental power. Poland guarded. ihe
way to Russia is closed " we sue y
ceed in keeping Poland down il viii !
mean enormous gains for us. In III.
first place. Frances position on tn
continent is.Sin the long run unten-
able; second. the way to Russia is
then oper--that is. even for blind
man, Germany's future. Tussia is
now ripe. if planted with German
seed, to come into the great German
future. Nothing must disturb us in
the great problem before u.s. Poland
is the sole. but very powerful, OH
stacIe.
20 Therefore it is important not
to lose courage. but to keep in mind
that things might be much worSe
than they are: on the other hand
however. we must continue our work
ceaselessly in the east and. ever keep
before our eyes the gigantic reward
which we hope to. obtain.
'21. If we succeed in hinderinc tho
building up of strong Poland then
the future is quite clear fer US Then
road to Russia to us. We will under
take the restoration of Russia, and in
possession of such support we viii h.
ready within ten or fifteen years to
bring France. without any difficult.
into our power. The march toward
Paris will be easier then than in 1911
The last step but one towards the
world dominion will then be reached.
The continent is ours.
The Closing Struggle.
%. Afterwards will follow the Last
stage. the closing struggle between
the continent and the Overseas
In sense. all comment on this
letter is unnecessary. And yet Ger
tain things stand out strikingly. First
vi all. Lie zap between the kSrl0l.
entente countries has materiaIlv
widened in the eight months that ha1~
followed the writing of the letter, and
Germanys purpose to take advantage
of this breakdown in the alliance he
tween her conquerors has been dIs-
closed in her attitude toward signing
the protocol
Secondly, it is matter of the ut
most Importance to the world to re-
oGnize the significance of Erzber
gers statement: Therefore we must
consider the economic conditions WITH
me entente. at the time of signing. a.
not finally settled In word. Ger
many did not mean to pay when she
knew what the conditions might be
She signed with the intention of net
paying and. unless Erzberger's words
nave lost their meaning, she does not
in America that Germany had toet
tn war outright finds denial in Erz-
berser's assertion that the present
war is nothing else than an episode
IN the struggle with the Anelo-Saxor
race Tor world dominion: an episode
which is not absolutely to our dis
Touched on "Next War;
In word. Erzberger. the leader Of
the peace movement of 1917 as late a.
April. 1919. was beginning again to fali
INTO the language of Bernhard and
talk about the next war" Not less
significant is the assertion: We have
so thoroughly weakened France that
she will never be able to recovnr"
Bernhardi said: we must so deal with
France in the next war that she will
never cross our path again" Erzber-
ger notes that this part of the pro-
gram has been fulfilled
But most important of all in this
document is he