The trade of Germany and
the United States has increased from 7.6 to 38 billion marks. If these
figures show nothing else, they show on which side the American sympathy
will be. This war, provoked by Russia because of an outrageous desire
for revenge, supported by England and France, has no other motive than
envy of Germany's position in economic life, and of her people, who are
fighting for a place in the sun. "Right or wrong, Germany must not
grow." That is the turning point of a policy which the French Republic
drilled into the Muscovites. Let us consider the adversaries of Germany.
Russia, the classic land of power and terrible exploitation of the
people for the benefit of a degenerated aristocracy. France, a type of a
nation in which there is not even enough enterprise to increase the
productiveness of the country. England, which has so long felt its glory
vanishing and in the meantime has remained far behind its younger rival
in financial and economic equipment. One can easily imagine the feelings
of these peoples when they observe the rapid and successful growth of
Germany, and wonders if these same feelings will not one day be directed
against the youthful North American giant. In this war it shall be
decided which is the stronger--the organized inertia of the tired and
envious, or the unfolding of power in the service of a strong and
sacrificing life.
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