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by Tirpitz, adopted in 1900, by two
thirds majority, new bill calling
for a programme double that of 1898
and providing for the construction OF
So ships of the line and ii armored
cruisers
The preamble of this bill set forth
the intentions of the government in
these brutal terms: Germany must
have a fleet of such strength that
even the greatest naval power shall
not be in a position to risk a war
against her without jeopardizing its
own supremacy. To accomplish this
the German navy must be as strong
as that of the strongest naval power,
since the latter cannot, under ordi-
nary conditions, concentrate all its
forces against US" All this sounded
like threat against England, but
William took good care not to lay
stress on it, for he knew full well the
cost of hurting British susceptible
ties. In 1895 his telegram to Presi-
dent Kruger had almost precipitated
q war and the inferiority of his navy
at that time had compelled him to
make apologies to Queen Victoria
Therefore, as long as the German ma
val program had not been carried
into effect, he made point of max
ing prodigal protestations of his
peaceful Intentions
Little by little, however, the En-
tente Cordiale came to the fore, and
Edward VII took it in hand Emper-
or William did not see-or. if he did,
4 he remained Indifferent to the fact
/ that he was becoming a menace to
1 the peace of the world
/ Nobody desired. and-which was
/ even more Important melody was in
Il position TO prevent Germany from
/ acquiring, rs soon as she was able, a
( galaxy Of c1lGnies. Bismarck had al
I ways-or n least W 10 The end OF
4 his tenure Of owar-despised these
/ distant colonies, fearing that they
might bring in less than they cost
4 declaring that after all, everything
would be decided upon the Rhine. tht
principal political questions as well as
al the rest.
German Commerce Gains Ground
Moreover. Germany had discovered
another method of colonization Sh,
was conquering the world by Other
means, by installing herself within
other nations, cutting down price:
4 everywhere. running the commerce,
and industries Of other lands. maxim,
her own industries the dominant pow
err This method, however, was on,
that was destined to bring no profit
in order to win at such murderou,
game one must survive, and Ger
many, though magnificently strong I,
all outward appearances, was. in real
ity, being undermined by this yer,
method. through Which she was i'm
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All these ideas, taught by univer-
sity professors to members of the cul-
tivated classes, propagated by means
of school books or popular books, were
likewise spread before, and assimi-
lated by, the public in Germany,
thanks to numerous associations, such
as the "Pan-German Union" founded
in 1894, and the Naval Association"
established in 1896; likewise by means
of thousands of lectures given
throughout Germany; by means of
pamphlets published by millions of
copies, such as Greater Germany and
Europe in 1885," by means of their
monthly bulletins. like the "Pan-Ger-
man Pages wherein there is constant
reiteration of this phrase: "The Ger
man nation is nation of masters,
and, as such, should be respected by
all other nations upon the entire
earth"
These associations never ceased
working for the cause of German ex-
pansion. The Pan-German Union. es-
pecially, bent its efforts toward unit
/ ing the Germans scattered throughout
/ the world, for the purpose of having
/ them continue to be part of the ma
4 JlOu, anu the lNdNd bltOl SOuSIiI "
arouse passionate interest in mari
/ time matters in the breasts of all Ger
mans. The work of these associations
found the best support from William
4 ii, who granted them honor of his
i patronage and publicly testified his
approval of them; in fact, the i'm
pulse given by him to the policy OF
Germany marked out for them the
path that they ougt to follow!-al
Germans ought to be Pan-Germans
and imperialists. BY means of the
speeches delivered by him he was tC
become the animating and vitaliZing
force of "Deutschtum" (Germanism)
that theory, born of madness, which
was to lead its devotees to war.
In the speeches delivered by hin
between 1896 and 1900 William gave
evidence of the strengthening within
himself of his ideas of world domino
ton and enabled observers to take
i, account of the violent reaction caused
in a man of such impulsiveness b,
, the opposition of the Reichstag, or h,
; European Powers, to this or tina
within of his.
In 1897, on the occasion of the de
, parture of his brother, Henry. upoI
cruise to the Far East, he apostrO
, phized the budding commerce of Ger
, many but added the statement tina
, lit cannot develop itself usefully I'm
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poverishing herself in order to pro-
duce. in enormous quantities, that
which she sold at very high prices to
her own people and at lower prices to
the people of other lands.
1t was for the purpose of winning
economic domination over the world
that the German Empire created its
formidable navy, not for the purpose
of providing Germany, by legitimate
efforts, with prosperity and security
Confronted with the danger of this
German hegemony, which was based
upon weIl-armed Triple Alliance,
and which found expression, beyond
its own frontiers, in the menace of
disproportionately powerful navy, 9th
er nations, with quite honorable ends
in view and resolved to uphold peace
and defend themselves, proceeded to
strengthen the bonds that united
them to each other.
/ King Edwards Work for Peace
4 On April s. 1904, came the Anglo
4 French agreement, which had been
4 planned for many years. This agree
ment of April 8, 1904. was the crown
| upon the efforts made by King Ed
ward ever since his accession to the
4 throne toward the establishment of
Il
| countries. This monarch, in whom
"the desire for peace is very marked"
as his nephew, William averred-
employed all his talents and all his
diplomacy in consolidating the peace
full relations of nations with each 9th
er. He showed himself inclined to
tender his good offices in every quar-
ter of the world where he foresaw
possible collisions"
First, he set himself to improving
the relations between France and ia
pan, which had deteriorated some
what during the Russo-Japanese War.
on June 10. 1907, an agreement was
made between France and Japan
the latter of which was already allied
to England since November 1902, by
a treaty renewed on August II, 1905.
This Franco-Japanese agreement may
be considered "the continuation of
4 the peaceful policy of France. the OBJ
iect of which is to forestall all com.
plications all over the world
The Triple Entente is Born
Bringing about a rapprochement be
tween Russia, on the one hand and
Japan and England on the other, was
however. more difficult matter But
Edward VII did not allow himself to
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ments protesting, love of peace and,
beneath the shelter of these innocent
rhetorical flights, to reinforce his army
against a nonexistent peril.
William Increases His Army.
The measure taken in 1888, by which
the German forces were increased by
more than half a million men, now
seemed to him insufficient, so that, in
the autumn of 1892, Caprivi brought
before the Reichstag a new project
for adding $4,000 men to the army on
a peace footing The Reichstag re-
fused to sanction this and was inn
mediately dissolved 1t was not until
July 1898 that the bill was passed by
the new assembly, with majority of
! Is votes. Confident in the strength of
his army and in its superiority over
the rest of Europe, William was now
| in a position to give free rein to his
I dreams of world-politics. He felt the
need of colonies and points of support
/ beyond the seas, OF fleet that should
flaunt the banner of Germany in every
corner of the world. To accomplish
/ this, many years Of effort were re-
quired
In 1890 he acquired from the Eng
Ilish the island of Heligoland, dominat-
/ ing the mouths OF the Weser and Elbe,
and took possession OF it, amid great
pomp, on the 1st of July 1890.
A few weeks later, on Sept. %, on
the occasion of the opening of the new
harbor of Stettin, he launched his ia
nous formula: "Our future is upon
the water" He surrounded himself
with a naval cabinet, thing apart
from the military cabinet, under the
direction OF an admiral In those days
/ however. it was difficult to get appro
priations for the fleet from the Reich
stag Nevertheless, the Kiel Canal
assuring rapid communication between
the Baltic naval bases and the ports
on the North Sea, was opened in June
1895, amid magnificent ceremonies.
Ambitions for World Empire.
Al about this time Williams concep
lions of world-politics began to as
i sumo definite shape. In a speech
made on Jan. Is, 1896, on the occasion
of the celebration of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the foundation of the
i German Empire, he thus described the
situation of Germany: THE German
Empire has become a world-empire
Everywhere. even in the Temotest cor
ners of the world, some of our fellow
countrymen are living. German pro
ducts, German science, German indus
try, are spreading beyond the ocean
The value of the merchandise which
Germany carries upon the seas runs
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into thousands of millions 1t is your
duty to help me TO attach the great
German Empire firmly to the Empire
of Europe
This speech set forth clearly the
causes which were to compel William, I
already inclined to ambitious dreams,
10 seek continually for outlets, to con
struct navy capable of protecting his
world-commerce Economic causes, to
be sure, Were the most decisive-yet
Williams lust for world-domination
did not fail to make use of them in
furtherance of his political designs.
Even if events themselves irresistib-
ly pushed the emperor toward policy
of expansion, the movement of ideas
was no less a party to it. Manufac-
turers and merchants had long realized
the need of great Germany. but ideas
of this sort had still to penetrate into
the mass of the people. Now profess
sors, intellectuals and historians took
up the task. Already the teaching of
history had been developed on all
sides; William himself took the initia-
/ tive in this as far back as 1890. What
/ he wanted above all was that emphasis
should be laid upon contemporary his
4 tory, that courses in history should
begin at Sedan and Gravelotte and
finish at Thermopylae."
/ "In this way" he said, "the people
will be brought to understand upon
what foundations its existence and
strength are built"
! At the universities the old theories
about the superiority of races were
still advanced. Germany is truly the
heart of Europe. her mission is to re-
invigorate, through the diffusion of
Germanic blood, the WORKOUT limbs of
old Europe" And, after having cor
ganized" Europe, the world-empire was
to be founded, whose only citizens
were to be Germans of pure stock.
Karl Lamprecht's Theories.
In place of the old historical school,
which disappears with Treitschke in
1896, new school arises, of which one
of the most illustrious representatives
is Karl Lamprecht In the eyes of the
new generation, brought up amid the
material progress of the country, eco
nomic force is the creator of right,
and, supported by military power,
should be the foundation of German
Ihegemony over the world.
"The empire today is no longer a
political body confined to territorial
limits" wrote Iemprecht, but a power
acting throughout the universe. 1t is
4 at every point 10 which German eco
nomic interests extend their tentacles.
1t acts as tentacles act. Economic
forces should be set in motion in the
same way as the army and the navy,
which merely form one whole with
these forces insofar as national eXpans-
ion is concerned" Then comes an
amplified conception Of the cult of
force, presented as the salient trait of
the age of free enterprise and Lam
precht adds: THE strength of the
army and navy has as its foundation
the warning mechanism brought into
being by capitalism"
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Rare Eye Collection
Giuen To Government

CINCINNATI, Ohio.-A complete.
collection of eye specimens, including
eve dissections and original drawings,
has been presented the government
for installation in the Army Medical
museum at Washington by DIR. James
Moores Ball, widely known opthalmel.
ogist, of St Louis, it became known
on the eve of the opening OF the con-
vention of the Ohio Michigan sections
of the American College of Surgeons
here.
The collection, said to be one of the
largest and most complete in the
country, represents 80 years of labor.
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WOMAN KILLED az TRAIN

GREENCASTLE. Ind, Dec. 26.-A
pennsylvania railroad crossing acct
dent near here claimed the life of
Mrs. Benjamin Baumgart, of Bell
more, Ill, and seriously injured her
husband. Mrs. Baumgart was 40
years old. She and her husband were
passing through Reelsville on a trip
eastward
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KEEPING up

(From the Richmond Tines Dispatch1
yeah: Jones has gone broke"
Business failure?"
Nav. Just naturally petered out,
buying things he couldn't afford, to
make his neighbors' wives think his
wife married a sport"
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Engagements to Wed
Recently Announced

Mr.. and Mrs Richard Powell an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter Elizabeth Frances to Mr..
Wayne L. Leer OF Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs John Henry Hammond
of New York have announced the en-
gagement OF their daughter Emily
Sloan to. Mr.. John Merryman Frank
lin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip A. s..
Franklin. also of New York. Miss
Hammond is. a granddaughter Of Mrs.
Henry White. and made her debut in
lin. while a member of the class Of
1918 at Harvard, entered the Army a 8
a captain in 1917 and served with the
31st Battery, heavy tanks, and later
received the British military cross.
His mother was formerly Miss Laura
Merriam of Baltimore. No date. is set
for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs; G. P. Hoskinson an
nounce the engagement. Of their
daughter, Dorothy L. to Mr.. Sydney
c. de Guerre of. California, the we'd
ding to take place in San Francisco
earlySin July.
Miss Margaret Brown Conway has
arrived in Washington to attend the
u. A. r. congress. at which she will
serve as page. Announcement of
the engagement OF Miss Conway to
Mr.. Warner Moore. jr, Richmond.
Va. has just been made by the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pow
hatan F. Conway of Danville, Va.
Mr.. Moore served as a lieutenant in
the Aviation Corps during the war.
No date has been set for the wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton of
Omaha, Neb.. announce the engage
ment of their daughter Marian to Mr..
George E. Hamilton, jr., OF Washington
Evening star., 1922-04-16
D. A. R. Chapter Observes
It's 18th Anniversar,

Wendell Wolfe Chapter. D. A. r.,
celebrated its twelfth birthday ami
versary Monday evening, April 10,
with a guest meeting at the College
Women's Club. The rooms were
prettily decorated with spring flow
ers. and the table in the dining room
held bouquets of pink sweet peas
and a birthday cake with twelve pink
candles. Assisting the regent, Mrs.
Harry C. Oberholser. in dispensing
hospitalities were Mrs. Allen, Mrs,
Folger, Mrs. Ives, Miss Barnes, Miss
Kent and Miss Gates
The program opened with vocal
solos by Mrs. Eva r. Fatt, accom-
panied by Prof. Armand Gumprecht.
Mrs. Fatt giving several of Prof.
Grumprecht's compositions, Mrs.
David H. Kincheloe, wife Of Repre-
sentative Kincheioe of Kentucky.
gave two vocal solos and two whis-
Ting solos, and Miss Geneva Wallace
played a piano solo, prelude in q
Minor" by Rachmaninoff
The speaker. Of the evening was
DR.. Thomas e. Greene, speaking di-
rector for the American Red Cross,
who gave patriotic address.
The guests included state and ma
tional officers and D. A. r. regents
and friends.
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Invitations Are Issued
For Overseas Reunion

Invitations have been issued by the
Women's Overseas Service League
for an overseas reunion. to be held
May / at s:15 o'clock in the Central
High School auditorium.
Mrs. Oswald Chew. national presi-
dent OF the league. will preside. and
among the speakers will be NJ. JUS
serand, Sir .Aukland Geddes and
Countess Goblet d'Alviella, who rem
dered distinguished war service in
her native country. Belgium, and who
is now organizing the Y. w. c. A.
over there. Gen. Pershing, Miss Ma
bel .Boardman, Miss Dorothy Donnel-
ly, actress and playwright. and Rep
resentative George 8. Graham. who
congressional charter for the league
also will speak. The Marine Band will
furnish the music.
The overseas reunion is only one
of a number of interesting events to
take place during a two-day con-
vention, where service plans will be
discussed and national officers will
be elected Mrs, Harding will receive
the members Of the league at the
White House on the afternoon OF
May Q. and Mrs. Larz Anderson and
Miss Dorothea Denys are giving teas
The convention committee of the
Women's Overseas League Is COM
posed. Of Miss Margaret Lambie
chairman; Mrs. John Van Schaick
chairman of arrangements; Mrs. Larz
Anderson, chairman Of overseas re-
union; Miss Caroline Hendricks, Mrs
D. M. MacCormack, Miss Shirley Farr
Miss Dorothea Denya. Miss Elizabeth
Eastman, Miss vesta Little, Miss
Dora Call. Miss H. H. Arnold. Mrs
John e. Wright, Miss Edith Merry.
Miss Faustine Dennis. Miss Ethel
Champion. Miss Lindsey and Mrs. ).
Porter.
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President In Guest List
For. Bay State Function

Washington is noted for It's impor-
tant state societies. and the entertain
ment planned by the Massachusetts,
Society for the evening Of Wednesday.
May 81, at 8 o'clock and to be held in
the bathrooms At the New Willard, will
number more .dignitaries than almost
any state society reception ever held
in Washington. Because President
Harding's lineage includes the landing
at Weymouth, Mass, in 1884. he ba.
been invited to attend and will likely
be president.
Other guests Of honor on this oc-
casfon Will include the Vice President.
the Speaker Of the House. the Secre-
tary OF War. Mr.. Weeks; Mr.. Justice
Louis Dembitz Brandeis. Mr.. Charming
II. Cox, Governor of Massachusetts:
the Massachusetts congressional dele,
cation: Mr. Eliot Wadsworth. assist
ant secretary OF the Treasury; Mr.,
Charles Sumner Hamlin. member OF
w. POWELL president Of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation; Mr.. Herbert put
nam, Librarian of Congress: Mr..
Thomas c. Marvin. chairman Of the
tariff Commission: Col. C.. R. Forbes.
directorsof the Veterans Bureau. and
Or: Frank w. Ballou, superintendent OF
public. schools.
The Marine Band will be in attend
ance and special and unique decora-
tions, emblematic of Massachusetts
wifi adorn tho ballroom, some Of, them
coming from =. Massachusetts,. The
state flower will be featured, combined
with, an electrical, display Current
membership cards admit TO this: event
and all Bay State folk located ingWash.
ington and vicinity are cordially in.
vited to attend.
For the. friends of the society who
wish to attend special. guest ticket
has been prepared and same can. be
obtained from members in the govern.
ment departments. or bys applying di.
rect. to the Secretary-Treasurer. 43z
Manor place northwest. \.
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Miss Lacey to Attend
Weddings in New York

Miss Louise Lacey went to New
York yesterday to attend the mar
riage of her cousin. Miss Ida Louise
Fleitmann. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Medioott Fleitmann, to Mr..
John Van Schick Bloodgood. which
will take place Tuesday In st. Thomas
Church. While away Miss Lacey will
also attend the wedding of Miss
Rosanna Duncan Fiske. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry Fiske.
to Mr.. Lloyd Bowen Sanderson, jr.. !of
New York, a cousin of Miss Lacey,
which will take place Saturday. April
%. at Christ Church, Cambridge,
Mass.
Miss Anna Hamlin will be brides
maid at the Sanderson-Fiske we'd
ding.
Evening star., 1922-04-16

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Powell an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter Elizabeth Frances to Mr..
Wayne L. Leer OF Indiana
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Pre-Nuptial Shower
Given Miss Thompson

A surprise miscellaneous show er
was given. last week for Miss Gene
We've Mcdowell Thompson. whose
engagement has been announced to
Mr.. Billy Matthews Flournoy, at the
home of her mother, Mrs. w. H.
Thompson, in Clarendon, Va. A pro-
gram of music was given by Miss
Matilde Mattinsly. Miss Thompson
and Mr.. Flournoy, who gave a num-
ber of vocal numbers. and Miss
Thompson also played several violin
solos. The guests included Miss Hell
inc Mooney. Miss Dotty Hastings.
Miss Betty Vance. Miss Vivian Davis.
Miss Ethel Mason, Miss Maybelle Hill
ton. Miss Doris Forney, Miss Ruth
Reardon, Miss Mary Hume. Mr.. Jack
Flournoy. Mr. Harry Mason. Mr.. Jack
Davis. Mr.. Thomas Mattingly. Mr..
Charles Vance, DIR. A. H. Taylor. Mr.
William Devine. Mr.. Ernest Gormley.
Mr.. Douglas Maryine. Mr.. Richard
Moore. all of this city. and DR.. and
Mrs. H. A.. Mcdowell Of New York.
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Mr.. and Mrs. David Kahn.
Leave for Trip South

Mr. and Mrs. David Kahn of 1898
18th street northwest left yesterday
for an extended trip through South
Carolina ana Georgia. They will first
visit the family OF Mrs. Kahn's
brother. Mr.. Simon Iseman of Man
ming, S. c., where tomorrow evening
they will celebrate their golden we'd
ding anniversary near the little town
OF Marion. where they were married
half a century ago. Later on they
will visit Mr.. kahn's sister. Mrs.
Henry Gaggstatter Of Albany. Ga.
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Mrs. Charles Mathews
Ends Visit IN South

Mrs Charles G. Mathews will re-
turn today from several weeks abb
sence in the south. Mrs. Mathews
was the guest Of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward P.
Porcher. at Cocoa. Fla. and motOred
from there to Mobile, where she
visited her brother and sister-in- law.
Mr.. and Mrs. IS. III. Peck. Mr. and
Mrs Peck and Mrs. Mathews motored
to Louisville, KY, where they spent
a few days with Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Seelbach. and were joined there by
Maj. and Mrs. David st. Pierre Gail
lard, the latter formerly Miss Mona
RfOdgett
Evening star., 1922-04-16
'Women's Legion Unit
j. To Give BENEFIT PARTY

The Alexander K. Anderson Unit
Of the American women's Legion will
have q. benefit card party at the
Washinstoa Club on Saturday. April
20, at 2:3o pm, In aid of sthe units
work among ths disabled men. in
walter. Reed. the 5Americanization
schools and the Other patriotic edu-
which the unit Is constantly engaged.
The, American .Women's Legion
units have prepared to remember all
the hospital wards under their care
on Easter Flowers and Easter cheer
will 20 wherever. there is q sick ex-
service man, and with them the loving
friendsflip which has so closely knit
these women toSthe men who did their
bit.
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Tsco-Piece Suits
In the 1'4ciU Tertiles
$50. 50 ].
T,oslUs-Tsss F St.

Tailored Suits with stelf-strap-
pings. Wrist-length Flare Box
Coat Suits. Suits with finger-tip
length coats. Suits with loose Jenny
sleeves. Suits with embroidering
or braiding. -.
Other Two-piece Tailored Suits,
In Twill fabrics, $49.50 to $158.50.
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Mrs. L. Victor Seydel
Gives Easter Breakfast

Mrs. l. Victor Seydel OF Grand
Rapids. Mich. state regent. D. A. r.,
will give an Easter breakfast today
at the Powhatan to a number Of the
officers of that society. The guests
will include Mrs. Louis A. Cornelius
and Miss Marion Cornelius, Mrs. Ed
mund w. Booth. Mrs. Edward Pink
ham, Mrs. George p. Dunton. Mrs.
c. c. Fo;lmer, Mrs. Mary Ella Konkle,
Mrs. James H. Campbell, Mrs. C. c..
Ward, Mrs. H. r. Sylvester. Miss
Jane VOORHEES, and Miss Eleanor