THE COMICAL PROFESSORS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2579, 29 September 1915, Page 19

THE COMICAL PROFESSORS

TERRITORY GERMANY "MUST . , HAVE." VISION OF. A THUMBING INDEMNITY. The "Berner Tagwacht" publishes'the following from Berlin (says an English exchange): The Agrarians and Industrials who in June drew tip a violent profession of annexationist faith have gathered disciples among a group of professors and intellectuals who have e'aboratcd a manifesto signed by tho followingMcinickc, Professor of History, Berlin; Chicken, Professor of History, Heidelberg; Kirdorf, DirectorGeneral of Mines, Gelsenkirchen; Schumacher, Professor of Political Economy; Reichenau, Imperial Minister (?); von Schwerin, President of the Municipal Council of Frankfort; Seeberg, Professor of Theology, Berlin; Schaefer, Professor of History, Berlin. The manifesto declares t'hat Germany, notwithstanding tho might of her numerous people, 'never thought of expanding her European frontiers, and kept thp peace up to tho extreme limits of the national interest and honour. Germany peaceably pursued her t'rade on tho'.world's market by the side of other peoples, but her enemies formed tho plan of destroying her. 'i'fie Germans rose to ensure the Knlfur of Germany and Europe against barbarians in the East and against envy and covetousness of the peoples in the West.' The manifesto'says:— ir We- wish to strengthen ourselves against new enemies. AVe wish our country to become so great and strong that it will no longer oe necessary for lis leave it in order to assure our oxistonco._ That is the hope of the people which has only one fear, namely, that through weakness, an unstable peace may do agreed to, that the pen of tho diplomatist may destroy wnat our arms have won, and that an opportunity may be lost which may never recur. "We do not demand the domination of the world, but the possibility of extending our Kultur and our industrial and commercial power throughout the whole world." With regard to France the manifesto declares that she must be finished > with once and for all, by "improving"' the whole frontier from Belfoi't to the coast along tho Channel in order that Germany . may thus fortify , herself against England and obtain a better outlet to the open seas; France, it says, must be - made to pay a large indemnity. The manifesto points out that France possesses colonies out of all- proportion to her power, and that England will appropriate.these if Ger many does not take them. "As regards Belgium," the manifesto says, "we must hold her politically, militarily, and commercially in our hands. She will thus constitute an incomparable naval base against the attempts of Great Britain."

Supplant Croat Britain. The manifesto speaks of the growing Russian peri], and says that the occupied part of Russia should become a rich agricultural country where the surplus German population and the refugees who have found an asylifm in Germany >ill be settled. "Russia," it says, "is so rich in territory-that she will be able to pay'an indemnity in kind by giving lands, but lands without landlords. Peace with Russia which would not diminish Russian power and increase- German, territory would surely lead to a renewal of the war: Once the Russians aro driven' back beyond/their new frontier we shall not forget tho war which England has made on the maritime and colonial commerceof Germany. That must be a guide of. our .action. ... ~ "We must supplant the world trade of Great Britain. By her blockade of Germany, England has instructed us in the art of being a European Power, militarily and industrially independent Of others. We must immediately seek to create for ourselves apart from the Empire of the Seas a Continental com-' merclal enceinte as extensive as possible. • - "Our friends Austria-Hungary and .Turkey will .'open to us-the Balkans and Asia and thus we shall assure ourselves'or the Persian Gulf against the pretensions of Russian and Great Britain.' }Ve must also sign as speedily as: possible commercial treaties with our close political friends. Then wo shall devote, onr attention to recovering our oversea commerce. Our. old commercial and maritime' treaties must be renewed and everywhere we must obtain the samo treatment as Great Britain.,

"We Must Have Egypt." "In Africa we must reconstitute our colonial empire. Central Africa is only a huge desort which'does not offer enough'colonial wealth. Wo therefore require _ other productive lands, and herein is to be .found the importance of our alliance with Islam and the utility of our maritime outlet'. Those who want to exchange Belgium for our colonies forget that not only are colonies the foundation of all European power, but that colonies .without an opening la the sea would always be'the slaves of the good or ill-will of Englan.d • "We need liberty of the seas, which was the real cause of war between England and, Germany. To obtain it, we must have Egypt, the .connecting link between British Africa and British Asia —Egypt, which 'with Australia, makes the Indian Ocean an English sea, whick joins .up all the' British colonies with the Mother Country, which, as Bismarck said, is the neck of the British Empire. "That is where England must be shaken. The Suez Canal route will then be free, and Turkey will regain her anciont right. But Englaud also invades the universal Press; we must take this monopoly away.

"We Shall Bring Liberty." "Our best arm against English permeation is the liberty which, as leaders of Europe, wo shall bring to the wliolb ivorld. With regard to war_ indemnities, we shall demand an indemnity which as much as possible shall tover war expenditure, the repair of damage, and pensions for disabled men, widows, and orphans. We know that the question has been examined by tho Government according to the financial capacities of our enemies. From England, which has been bo niggardly in men, we can never demand enough money, because England raised tho world against us with gold. It is our duty to crush the insatiablo cupidity of this nation. , "However, we shall probably have to apply for a war indemnity to Franco in t'iie first place, if not exclusively. We ought not out of false -sentimentalism to h&sitato to impose upon France as much as possible. As mitigation she might.be offered one of tho sides of tho. Suez Canal, white wo occupy the other. Should Franco refuse that, as well as the financial obligation that we should ask her, wo should have to impose on her a polios' which would satisfy us."