In other words, she must go on playing the
r??le of bogieman for the United States. A word about this may not be
out of place.
Germany, that is official Germany, is rather friendly toward the
United States. Japan, the "yellow peril" is a great war dirigible
that is inflated with war scares and hysteria. This aims to keep the
United States preoccupied on their Western coastline, so they will not
have any desire to meddle with certain plans that may eventuate in
Europe within the next few years. The Japanese question is fostered
by Europe to keep America's hands full in the event of the coming
European war. It is all bluff and occasionally Japan must be rewarded
for keeping up the bluff. In this instance Germany permitted Japan to
colonize and permitted her to buy all the German ships she wanted with
the exception of those big transatlantic liners that are auxiliary
cruisers of the German navy, ships which in time of war may be
transformed at short notice into good fighting machines. Let me
emphasize with all due knowledge of the alarmist's fears that United
States need never fear the "Yellow Peril" as long as she does not
antagonize the dominant powers of Europe.
Chapter XII. "The German War Machine"
The numerical strength, disposition and efficiency of the German army
are more or less well known. The brain and all prevailing power
controlling its fighting force of four and half a million men--or
taking the Triple Alliance into consideration--the forces of which
would in the event of war be controlled from Berlin--a force in round
numbers of 9,000,000 men is, however, not known.
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