Show DECLARES SINKING OF LUSITANIA JUSTIFIABLE t i L I DERNBURG GIVES II I GERMANYS GERMANY'S VIEW i All International Relations Have Been Broken Down He Asserts TREATIES OUT OF DATE I Says World Has Chance to toI I Start Again From Rock- Rock bottom Basis Cleveland May Ia 8 S. Dr Bernard Dernburg Dernburg Dern- Dern burg former colonial secretary of Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many who arrived hero here today from New York holds the sinking of the Lu- Lu Itania to be Justifiable because tho the Lu- Lu carried contraband of war and b because she was classified as an auxiliary aux- aux illary cruiser at the tho disposal of oC the British a admiralty Warnings given by bythe bythe the he German at Washington I to together to- to gether with the note of oC Ie February to I 18 from rom Berlin declaring the existence of or orwar war zones relieve Germany German from responsibility rc- rc for tor the lo loss 1058 s of 01 lives of Americans ho he said Dr Dornburg also characterized the tho blowing up of oC tho the American tank liner t. t carrying a cargo of ot oil from France to En England land as Justifiable All International relations including the he of oC colonial possessions and anel nd of ot overseas commerce have been broken down b by the world war according accord accord- InS InS' ng to Dr Dernburg's speech here to- to night Ight Ho said In part port World Status Stat nil Changed Chanced All Al treaties between the thc belligerent nations have havo ceased censed to exist A number number numer num- num ber er of or other treaties not directly between between be- be tween nations at al war have hae proven Unsatisfactory un- un satisfactory especially especial h has s the status of f China been completely changed Tho The rules ules of oC warfare are so says sas each ench of the thc ic contending factions most grossly violated by the other T The Tho e Geneva convention convention con- con has failed in a number of or In- In stances tancos to protect tho the Red Hed Cross Never Nover has hns the world orId had such a n alance lance chance to start a again aln to erect international onal relations from a rock bottom ba- ba cis s. s It stands to reason that l if the themo time mo for peace nc negotiations comes come the they will ill last ver very lon long Urging that peace must bo be based basell upon pon broad simple principles that would recommend themselves to all nil the world orld h he sU suggested as such pies les tho the following First First The Tho recognition of 01 the truth huth that hat strong nations showing gr great at vitality vl- vl allty and large Increase are entitled to o enough h soil Boll air and water to maintain main main- thin aln and advance their growing I atlon lation Tho lack of such proper adjustment adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- ment of or the conditions of ot the European powers lowers during the last fifty years cars has been one of oC the primary causes for unrest un- un ret rest in Europe and one of 01 the principal dan dangers angers ers to the peace of or tho the world Colonial Necessary of oC Second Since Second Since no readjustment this ils kind can take place in Europe itself on account of oC national lines It ItIs Ita Itis I Is a necessary to seek seck the solution first b by y the tho apportioning of oC all uncivilized parts arts of or the globe lobe that I Is b by a re readjustment read read- d- d of oC colonial possessions then theny b by y tho the creation of or spheres of Influence influence and nd noninterference with nations who whore are re willing wining to take and concede such spheres further b by an nn open door and equal quil opportunity policy all over o the globe lobe and finally the neutralization of 01 all 11 the seas and narrows cables and overseas o malls mails of oC the world Dr Dernburg said such a a. a pro program ram would be greatly to the Interest of or the United States and certainly to German Ger Ger- man many The British dominion o of the sea ea he called nothing but a great wrong based ed upon a theor theory that British dominion commences at the tho three mile limit of oC ever every nation as asan I Ican can an be seen feen from the men of or war VAT hovering outside of San Sandy Hook for or months past lIe He argued that Great Britain's p policy llcy had hall undergone a revolution evolution and cited tho the attempted forcing of oC the D Dardanelles which action ac- ac lon tion ho he said was In the interest of Kuala Russin Kua Rus- sin la as an example Developing De this theme themo he said Raid Has lIas Great Britain not stood for Cor an open door policy in China and for tho the preservation reservation of the inte integrity o of the Celestial empire and yet is she not now low paying the full price to lo Japan for helping to drive the Germans out of the he far tar east enst Has she Rhe not always considered herself a trustee of or the white race and does she not now bring In n Indians and negroes FIJI Islanders and all sorts Borts of oC subject races In order that hat her sons ma may t be he spared to fight Great Britain knows the crime crimo she Is perpetrating a against the future of the white race There are thinking Englishmen Eng Eng- Ishmen experienced in colonial affairs who vho shudder In thinking out the he consequences con- con sequences of oC the sighted short-sighted policy There will vill be a different Asia henceforth henceforth hence hence- forth and Instead of the beneficial and educational preponderance of the white T BERNARD DERNBURG 11 I LJ DR former forner colonial secretary Q of i iI I Germany and unofficial J tati e of Germany in tho United States His views are arc generally generall accepted as ns representing German opinion i it i rw d 1 raco race on the strength th of Its superior ex experience experience ex- ex and Its conquest of nature there will be a n constant menace from these people as a n consequence of a policy that Is sure to break up at nt the very first opportunity tho the British Asiatic empire It lt must therefore be stipulated In any peace pence Instrument that the use of colored troops troop In any struggle in which a white nation of oC the white race Is a belligerent must not bo be permitted Dr Dernburg argued that world trade must be free ree from preferential tariffs and cables and mans malls neutral neutral- The alternative he said would be Chinese walls around all tho the countries coun coun- tries The decision on this point he said ald would be decisive regarding the fate of Belgium He explained explain ell that if the sea he be neutralized and the English channel as well a as aM other narrows be thrown open beyond restrictions by an any nation the return of Belgium would woul 1 be considered it then not being of oC vital interest to Germany German He added that popular sentiment based upon a sacrifice sac sac sac- of 01 life lito and treasure might clamor for the retention o of Belgium by Germany German Ho Ito concluded by bv decrying tho the argument argument aru- aru ment that discussion of oC peace shows a a. nations nation's weakness and that his talk therefore Indicated that his country Is beaten He answered that In tho the first place he spoke e as ns a private citizen of oC Germany German and that In the tho second place the tho status of oC Germany in the war zones proved the fallacy of the argument |