World's War Predicted.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxii, Issue 6458, 30 December 1904, Page 4

World's War Predicted.

GREAT COMBCNE AGAINST ENGLAND.

Captain August Nieraann, of the German army, in a book entitled " Dor Weltkrieg " (The Word War), which ha has just com j plated, freely predicts that Russia, Frauct-, and Gfirniony will engage in a war with England, the result of which will be a fresh apportionment of the earth. 11 Although the responsibility oi: a world war is great," says Capfcnin Nietnann in his book, " and although the idea of peace of nations is vory pleasant, valuable acqui sitions are won only by the expenditure of blood and iron. "Iftho Germau people intends to participate in Iho ttruggie for the dominion of tho avoiW, ifc rnusfc accustom itself to the idea of the coming war. In the course of long years England ha=i grown great ihro'ioh the dissensions of continental Powers. For centuries past England has reaped advantages from every war, most of which were instigated by hersoX " It required tho genius of Bismarck to awaken tho German Rtnpire to a sease of its power. Shall Germany be content to be dependent on England for light, air, and for daily bread, or ha 3 she retained some of the power which won her victories? " Will tho tbree Powers which stood together after Japan's victory over China to thwart England's plaus—-will Germany, France, and Russia remain longer idle, or will they coinbino for their mutual benefit ? '•I f-ee in spirit the armies and navies of Germany, Kussia, and France advancing against the common enemy—England - which like an octopus encircles the world with its tentacles. '• My dreams of Germany bring clearly before me the war and the victory of three great nationsT-Germnuy, France and Kussia—over England, and the fresh apportionment of the possession of the earth as a final result of this mighty struggle. " Defeated in bloody battles on land and sea, securely encompassed on every side, rapacious England will at last be ground to dust, and the universal dominion of thu world will be redistributed on a just basis."