THE FUTURE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 91, 20 April 1915, Page 6

THE FUTURE.

A GERMrtfc-ESTIMATE. The eminent German jurist, professor Anschutz, of the Berlin University, has been lecturing to large audiences on "Prohlems of the Future." His sketch of the peace which Germany will probably conclude is interesting,, especially as it has bean uescribed as most moderate.

h]r of. the there must be no annexations in Kuiope, except in so far as these can be justified by military reasons. The Baltic provinces must lemam Russian, as only 5 per cent, of the population is German. Belgium, it is true, has four million Fleming who. are Germans } hut th,e neas*sii|es of the case might be-met by ig Bcigiunia pi electorate, with a Zo|lver?in and a military convention • W 9U Germany. In the mattWpf colonies a different policy might be pursued. These colonies are for the production of raw material rather than as settlements for a white population. The peace must not only bring back all her lost colonies to Germany, but others as well. With regard to Poland, the professor is in some doubt. An autonomous or independent Poland is not much to his liking. He would allow the Russians to retain Russian Poland. One of the main considerations to be kept in view the splitting up of the anti-German ring of England, France, and Russia. With regard to Fiance.; it is clear that all she is suffering from is injured vanity, and that need not disturb German statesmen. Would it n'ot be possible to make some arrangement with Russia, asks the professor, by virtue of which she would concede her Balkan ambitions, and-divert her eyes from Constantinople? Is it not possible to induce her to turn her gaze to the Far East, where Iter interests are directly antagonistic to those of England '? Should Hussia quarrel with Great Britain, and perhaps with Japan,'Germany's place would be at her side, and her object would be the final crushing of the British world dominion. As to internal affairs, the Empire, "after its contact with the earth," will rise Antaeus-like in renewed strength and to renewed effort.