Introduction xxxiii. 



One of our greatest dangers, yet one that is little known 

 in England, is the projected ship canal, already begun, 

 to connect the North Sea rivers with the Danube, and 

 thereby facilitating the free transfer of light cruisers, 

 destroyers and submarines across Europe to the Black 

 Sea and Dardanelles. Issuing from behind the protection 

 of the Dardanelles they could dominate absolutely the 

 whole Eastern Mediterranean. These waters would there- 

 by be rendered most dangerous to British ships, so that, 

 with Turkey, Bulgaria and Rumania remaining in the 

 power of Germany, our position in the Eastern Mediter- 

 ranean would be in constant peril. 



Germany is fighting for the domination of the world 

 and supremacy on sea and land. She says to us : " You 

 are no longer any use as fighters. You are a decadent 

 race. We see you are afraid of Germany from your 

 constant appeal to us to reduce armaments. You are a 

 mere nation of shopkeepers. Get out and get Under." 

 That is her watchword. "Get out of your Empire and 

 get under Us." 



Our reply is : " You are a race of arrogant and brutal 

 bullies ; we have in this war proved to you that we are the 

 better fighters. We are not going to get out of our 

 Empire at your bidding. We are going to stick it, and 

 we are now engaged in showing our people what will 

 happen if they don't stick it, until America comes in with 

 all her force." 



German " Agents " are now busily engaged all over the 

 world designing to bring about a peace by negotiation. 

 Such a peace under present circumstances ivould be a 

 "German victory. If peace were made leaving Germany in 

 possession or control of the territory she now occupies 

 either in the West or in the Near East, she would have won 

 the war and obtained a position from which she could most 

 certainly break up our Empire in the near future, 

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