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Show 'GElllf MAY FIGHT U. S.; SAYS EXPERT J Reuben Clark Declares Teuton Victory Will Menace America CANAL BASE IS PRIZE Desire for Naval Station Will Cause Violation of Monroe Doctrine If Germany s succe sful in the present Luropean war des re for ter r torj W the western he n sphere vill probably cause her to attempt a 10 lation of tho Munroe doctr ne and Ger many and the Tin ted States w 11 be involved n war On the other hand if the allies are victor ous the Euro pean map will bo far fron a penna nent one and there n ust be a new balance of power It would not sur pr se me in that event to see Europe divided along rac al 1 nes Slavonic aga nst non Slavonic It is poss ble a v ctorj for the all es may mean an al liance between Lngland and Ger many These pred etions were made last n ght by J Ee ben tlarl former so hcitor of the United States depart ment of state now spec al counsel of the Un ted States for the American British cla n s arbitration comm ss on, at a meeting in the Twentieth ward chapel. The meeting was held under the ausp ces ot the 'ioung Men s Mutual Impro ement assoc at on, of which Mr Clark who is a nat ve Utahn was formerly a men ber The meeting house was crowded w th mem bers of the ward and personal friends of Mr Clark from all parts of the city At the close of the meeting the speaker was the recip em of congratulations from at least 200 persons who crowded the rostrum to shake hands Germany Coets West Germanv has always had an eye on South America, and the West Ind ei "When peace comes after this conflict European peopleB will natural v look toward America to ob tain na al ba-es near the Panama canal, not to lolate the neutrality of the canal but to have headquar ters for fleets and a retreat when bested at sea A German victory may make that countrj so arrogant it will not respect the Monroe doc trine as it has in the past The two countries may be at war within fifty years On the other hand should the al lies win, England will be Germany a best friend when the treaties are s gnd England will wish a. strong buffer between herself and the Sla vonic nations to the east and will probably ins st upon preserving at least part of Prussia s unity There will probably to a shearing of Oer many Msace Lorraine will go to Fance Prussian and Austrian Poland to Russia and that a greater Servla will be formed by the addition of Bosnia Croetia and S avonla. Slavs May Unite Assuming the allies will be vlcto rlous Napoleon s prediction will be fulrUled and the new balance of pow er will be comprised on one hand of Slavs and on the other of non Slavs There will probably be an alliance between France England Germany Italy Austria, and part of Hungary and opposing this a coalition between Russia the newly created Slavic na tions Servla, Montenegro Bulgaria and Slavonic Hungary and Bohem a. The present war Is the harvest from the seeds sown during the Franco Prussian war and wars even further back and this war will sow seeds which ill grow into future confi cts The causes for the vvar will be divided Into race commerce politics and self preservation |