The Washington herald., 1921-03-12

Kingdom for moderation in dealing
with Germany, for reduced emphasis
on facts Of the war and greater at
tention to the necessities Of the
still incomplete peace, have gone
silent in the face of a revelations Of
the German mind and spirit which Is
unmistakable.
Hope Lies In America.
final disaster for the German. His
the United States and with the new
administration.
What he hopes is that he will be
able to exploit American desire to
[ find markets for American products.
| to find markets on the Continent
and in Germany. and that this desire
will more and more powerfully oper-
ate to set the United States against
France and against Britain and
bring Nus to support Germany.
Even before the London confer
ence. perhaps, in a measure. due TO
the realization that the Harding ad-
ministration was unlikely to seek
to restore any portion of the Wilson
program of American solidarity with
Europe, the French and the British
have been drawing together. Today
Anglo-French relations are closer
than at any moment since the open
ing of the Peace Conference. But
IL the Germans can use this fact to
arouse American resentment, they
will gain rather than lose, and ex-
actly this is what he is aiming at
now.
Seeks Anslo-American Feud.
The next step in the German game
is American rather than European.
His propaganda, his activities have
been disclosed in recent weeks and
felt for many months, working to
embroil the United States with Great
Britain. His effort to discredit
France is, after all, more or less Of
an incident. His real hope, his real
chance of escaping from his Euro
pean situation must be found In
aiding and abetting in the creation
of an lo-American feud.
His game now Is quite to be COM
pared with the purpose revealed in
the hour when We were about to
enter the world war, when he
sought to involve us with Japan
and with Mexico. promising them
our border and Pacific lands His
campaign will be directed at stimu-
lating in every possible manner
every circumstance and detail OF
rivalry.
He believes that the war has
made the United States the real
rival of Great Britain and that
quite consciously the United States
is now seeking to replace Britain.
He calculates-all the German
comment shows the hope and the
expectation-thatw we shall find our
selves more and more in conflict
commercially with the British. He
reckons. too, that we shall find
more and more domestic necessity
for the obtaining Of foreign mar
kets for our cotton, for our food
stuffs and raw materials. He be-
lieves that Germany can provide
the market and offer to the United
States that attractive field for i'm
vestment which will make us more
and more interested i'm protecting
the German against his creditors
and thus against the consequences
of his defeat.
Toward this end all German
propaganda in this country and in
Europe is already directed. It will
be directed with leven greater in
| tensity now that the German has
lost his gamble in Europe and re-
united the alliance against him.
We are once more in the situation
which obtained in the months inn
mediately following the outbreak of
the world war and preceding the
Lusitania massacre, when the Ger
man labored to embroil us with
Great Britain. Then the chance of
| victory in the European war was
contingent upon American policy.
Had We pressed the British, had
we resorted to an embargo, as a
consequences of British naval pol-
icies, the German would have won
the war.
Can stiiI Win Peace.
Today, IL events, interpreted and
amplifed by German agencies, shall
place US in the position of the de-
FENDER of Germany against her VIC
Tins. Germany can still win the
peace, escape the heavier conse-
quences Of defeat, shift from Ger
man to French and Belgian shoul-
ders the burdens of her own dew
astations and distinctions. II she
can persuade us to back her, first
financially and then politically, the
worst consequences of 1918 will he
avoided
Henceforth the real play is, then.
In the United States, so far as the
German Is concerned. He will con-
tinue to labor to separate French
man from Briton. but this is q side
show - his real effort will be Ia
exploit our commercial aspirations.
our domestic and foreign necessi-
ties, to the end that at last weary
of the disorder and chaos in Eu-
rope. which the German will stead
ily explain as the result of allied
extortion and imperialism, our gov-
ernment, under domestic pressure.
will speak up on behalf Of the Ger
man.
Next Inevitable Step.
Once more. then. as III 1914 and
1915, we are in for terrific do
mestic campaign. conducted on be-
half of foreign nation and with
the deliberate purpose to. embroiI us
with our recent associates in the
world war. without regard TO Ameri-
can interests and even at the frank
sacrifice OF these interests.
This is the next step after Lon
don, and II IL inevitable.
tCopyright, 1921. by the Mcclure Newxp.per
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