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Show I WILL THE WAR BE RENEWED? i1 A special correspondent t telegraphing from Berlii under date ii of August 6, becomes Boincwhal sensational by forecasting the pos- I Bibility of Germany entering the conflict, now raging on the Polish frontier, by throwing its strength on the side of Russia in lace of the requeil of the allies that German territory be opened to the transfer j of allied troops to Poland. The correspondent says: H "According to information received in circles closely B in touch with the German government, the 1itter has reason W 10 believe that the French will take the attitude thai in the Versmll.-s treaty the allies have the right to send troops I through or into Germany for the purpose of carrying out the iiTins of the treaty. A Russian defeat of Poland will I shift the Polish frontier lines, drawn and fixed by the treaty of Versailles, and therefore constitutes a violation of H that treaty In this manner the allies have a right to use H Germany as the basis of operations against the Russians to I protect and enforce the provisions of the treaty Not in I months have I seen so much concern as was today evinced I in Wilhelmstrasse about the future. Both private and press I dispatches from London are describing the mobilization of I ' the British fleet and the expectation of an Immediate deela- I ration of war on Russia. In such an event, Germany will be unable to maintain her neutrality lougert and will undoubt- I cdly become the battlefield for the struggle. For this rea- son, she must choose whether she will turn I.e the east or If to the weal There are some who doubt the authenticity of the reports of a declaration of war being imminent and who optimistically declare that Great Britain i trying 'more H grandstand stuff as a bluff against Moscow, which may H work." If dsarmament has progressed to the extent demanded by the I treaty of peace, Germany will be committing suicide to challenge 1 I the British and French to a renewal of the struggle which left the I central empires in complete collapse. With ihe struggle again H opened, the allies would be justified in Laying waste to the country H in much the same manner that Belgium and northern France were H devastated I Open defiance of the allies would be positive evidence that the I Germans are in full sympathy with the Bolsheviki and have been H secretly encouraging the red menace in the hope of profiting by the H spread of anarchy. |