Evening star., 1921-10-18

in 1905, nor in 1906. nor in 1908. nor
in 1911 does she manage to secure
| a foothold in Morocco; any more
than she succeeds in 1908 and lsOs
in eliminating Russian influence
from the Balkans despite concessions
| wrung from st. Petersburg. Like
wise, and on each occasion more sig
nally. she fails in her master design
tered into without her. Neither the
Franco Russian alliance nor the un-
derstandines of France with Great
Britain and Italy are dissolved. They
survive Algeciras as well as Agadir
Moreover. beneath the German men
grow and change their character.
They are not yet alliances. but they
are already much more than mere
settlements or controversies. During
Georges speeches quite plainly fore
casts the possibility of that common
action which the aggression of 1914
is to bring into being three years
later and which had been rendered
more possible by the rapprochement
between Great Britain and Russia
after 1907. Italy does not withdraw
from the triple alliance. but. con-
stantly abused and overridden on the
strength of treaty which had
promises to her vital interests in the
Mediterranean. she cherishes plans
for the future which the war, in
1915. is to bring to a head.
u. 5. Brought Face to Face.
Even the United States itself is
brought face to face at the confer
ence of Algeciras with Germany's in
sidious efforts toward political domi
nation, and sides with France against
the proposals of Berlin, which Presi-
dent Roosevelt declares to be ''in-
acceptable"
fos
man diplomacy is as obvious as her
local rebuff in Morocco. The imperial
minister of colonies resigns, as pro-
test. but he is not the only one who is
dissatisfied Germany, the scope and
rapidity of whose economic develop
ment has been marvellous. is the prey
of political disappointment. She has
kept AlsaceLorraine. She has main
tanned the Austro- Hungarian and the
Italian alliances. She is sure of Tur-
key. where her ambassador is the real
ruler; sure of Rumania, where
HohenZollern is on the throne; sure of
Bulgaria. whose cZar believes only in
might. Yet despite these formidable
assets she perceives, in the Franco
Anglo Russian alignment. which she
has strengthened with her own hands,
the visible limitation of her power.
On three or four occasions when she
has raised her voice-and raised 1t
loudly-this group has answered her.
answered her in moderate and concil-
iatOry tones. In 1905. 1906, 1908. 1909,
1911. these answers had been invari-
ably pacific and composing. But on
the one hand France is no longer
alone: on the other. Europe is divided
into two camps which. however for
mida BILE the German power. might, II
necessary. measure their strength.
Monument Threatened With Ruin.
William the First's monument"
which the kaiser has sworn to main
tain. is thus threatened with ruin. On
all sides and by all means. the lat
ter has sought to shore it UP and
restore it by diplomacy: everywhere
ne finds the road to hegemony blocked.
Henceforth the die is cast. and cast
for war. Three years are needed to
bring to point of absolute perfec-
ton the military machine so care
fully built up and trained since the
victory of 1871: three years to bring
in and convince the Junior partners"
whose support is Indispensable for
such an enterprise: three years-as in
1S67-to find favorable opportunity
which will make. possible the over
throw in few weeks. by few stun
ming blows. of adversaries less we'll
prepared and less well armed: three
years and Germany. returning to
what one of her princes called the
national industry" will seek by war
TO re-eStaDl1Su lndl power. WHICH
peace had not abolished. but had
rightly limited.
Where stood the People.
cold blood by the German government
was to find the adversaries of yes
terday and of tomorrow in widely
divergent postures. The one. France,
profoundly attached to peace, SO long
as it no longer meant servitude, and
confident in its duration; the other.
Germany physically and spiritually
intent on war. have roughly
sketchcd the political events of forty
years. but the historian is false to his