the strong navies of the Dominions, the trade and naval movements of
all the Powers on the face of the earth--that is to say, his aim is to
secure a world monopoly for England." There has never been any other
thought in the English mind. As I said in Part I. of this paper,
"British interests are first the control of all the seas of all
the world in full military and commercial control. If this be not
challenged peace is permitted; to dispute it seriously means war."

Germany is driven by necessity to dispute it seriously and to overcome
it. She cannot get out to play her part in world life, _nay, she
cannot hope to ultimately maintain herself at home_ until that battle
has been fought and won.

Arrangements with England, detentes, understandings, call them what
you will, are merely parleys before the fight. The assault must be
delivered, the fortress carried, or else Germany, and with her
Europe, must resign the mission of the white races and hand over the
government and future of the world to one chosen people.

Europe reproduces herself yearly at the present time at the rate of
about five million souls. Some three-fifths of the number are to-day
absorbed into the life of the Continent, the balance go abroad and
principally to North America, to swell the English-speaking world.
Germany controls about one-fifth of Europe's natural annual increase,
and realising that emigration to-day means only to lose her people and
build up her antagonist's strength, she has for years now striven to
keep her people within German limits, and hitherto with successful
results far in excess of any achieved by other European States. But
the limit must be reached, and that before many years are past.
Where is Germany to find the suitable region, both on a scale and
under conditions of climate, health and soil that a people of say
90,000,000 hemmed in a territory little larger than France, will find
commensurate to their needs? No European people is in such plight.

Russia has the immense and healthy world of Siberia into which to
overflow. France, far from needing outlets, increases not at all, and
during 1911 showed an excess of close on 40,000 deaths over births.
For France the day of greatness is past. A French Empire, in any other
sense than the Roman one of commercial and military exploitation of
occupied territories and subjugated peoples is gone forever.

France has no blood to give except in war. French blood will not
colonize