THEIR SECRET AIMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2543, 18 August 1915, Page 5

THEIR SECRET AIMS

; GERMANY'S WAR OF CONQUEST WHAT HER COMMERCIAL MEN DEMAND Br Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, A-ugust 16. The full,text of a sccret memorandum s by six of tlio most important indus- > trial and agricultural associations in i Germany states that the Somme district of France is vital, Because' it will give an outlet to the Atlantic j n view of Germany's future on thesea. Additional . Russian territory containing Germanborn people is necessary, because Germany must largely augment, the num- | ber of her native-born, capable of bearirig anns, and it is essential to reconstruct the East Prussia frontiers. ■ _ Tlie war indemnity demanded of Rus- ' sia must consist principally of accession of territory, and the annexation of the iron and coal districts in Franco is vital to enablo Germany to obtain necessary supplies. Sincc the outbreak of the war J Germany's monthly production' of raw • iron lias been raised to a million tons. This is an. orer-gre!jt strain, which, if disturbed, would lose Germany tile war. ' Additional ate necessary, in the event of the Allies securing sources of mineral oil: Germany has already : boen compelled to raise the pric9 of coal . in Belgium, in order to supply certain neutrals who would otherwise •be de- . pendant on England.