WAR WITH AMERICA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 747, 20 February 1915, Page 5

WAR WITH AMERICA.

DOES GERMANY WISH IT?

POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES,

London, Wednesday,

Mr Sidney Low, the well-known historian and jrurnalist, writing in the Daily Chronk'le, aßks: Does Germany want war with the United States? He argues that it would make a convenient shock-absorber, or, at least, might obtain easier terms for the vanquished. "We may conjecture," he adds, "that Germany might not object to giving America a locus standi in future negotiations. From, the Potsdam and Berlin standpoint it may be desirable that the United States should come in as an enemy rather than not at all. The BernstorffDernburg crusade to gain the American friendship has failed, but still something might be done through American enmity.

if America were incited to war. the German military and naval position cannot be worse than it is, and Germany would be able to save her face by saying that, having waged a victorious war against the Allies, she oniy gave way when the tremendous weight of the great Republic was thrown into the srale. Furthermore, it would be to the interests of Germany to have the United States as plenipotentary when peacft is discussed. From the Allies, Ger many knows that she can have no hope of indulgence; but America, not having any motive to harden her heart, would come to the conference in a detached frame of mind."