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Show The Meance of Germany Before an international peace pie can be shared bv all the nations of the world Germany will have to be tained so say two of its scholars residing in America. Mr. Bernadotto Schmitt of the Western West-ern Reserve University believes that the uncalculable ambitions of Germany constitutes the greatest obstacle to the future peace of the world. "The Krueger telegram drew the first bad blood with England. France's colonial col-onial adventures, which ended so inglorious!' in-glorious!' at Fashoda, were encouraged by Bismarch. Then came the fanfare over Morocco which led to the Algeciras Conference when Germany was repressed repress-ed by measures in which the United States played a notable part. Lastly, there was the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in October, 1003, which was finally consummated only when the Kaiser donned his '"shining armor" and gave Russia twenty-four hours to yield. No other nation has shown a similar determination de-termination to interfere on all occasions and to wield the mailed fist so persistently. persist-ently. "Here is the primary cause of bloated armaments fear of Germany. The other nations cannot forget the conduct of Bismarch, and they are determined I not to be victims as were Denmark and Austria and France. Fortunately lor us, we are not concerned in the immediate im-mediate squabble of European powers, but official Germany is decidedly hostile to us. The Berlin press delights to heap fbuse on our institutions, our people peo-ple and our policy. Nothing would give it greater pleasure than to see us involved in-volved in complications with Mexico; the dislike undoubtedly felt for us in many parts of South America is hailed as evincing the decline of our diplomacy, diploma-cy, and as portending future trjuble; in the Far East, Germany influence is constantly con-stantly used against us. The taming of Germany is the first task to be accomplished ac-complished before the reign of peace is in sight." This deliberate statement by one of her own scholarly sons, we print for what it may be worth as shoeing the intention of armed Germany. Certainly the course of events during the last half century and the stand of the present pres-ent chancellor as revealed by his recent declarations on the absurdity of arbitration, arbi-tration, would seem somewhat to justify Prof. Schmitt's frankly expressed opinions. It is generally believed in j diplomatic circles that Bethmann-Hol- i weg's main reliance in Germany in support sup-port of his menacing attitude towartl I other nations, is not the enlightened I public opinion of that country, but rather the members of the aristocratic agrarian party born and reared in the j traditions of militarism and diplomacy of the old school. These men exercise undue influence in the Reichstag by reason or an antiquated division of the seats; they are militant toward other nations, and while furnishing the bulk j of the high officials of the German gov- j ernment, they seem to be reactionary j to the core. |