Now  England's  declaration  of  war
has  cleared  matters  up.  Our  whole
future  will  have  an  anti-British  ten-
dency. But  we  are  fighting  against
the  English  state,  the  universal  em-
pire, not  against  British  culture  or
British  people.  Our  trade  will  never
more  be  able  to  exist  in  the  shadow
of  British  universal  commerce;  we
have  become  independent.  The  Brit-
ish universal  empire  must  be  demol-
ished if  our  policy  is  to  flourish.  It
sounds  harsh,  but  we  must  learn  it
and  stand  firm,  then  England's  ene-
mies will  become  our  friends.  Cul-
tural intercourse  with  the  British,
however,  must  be  taken  up  again
after  the  war.  In  the  same  way  we
will  look  toward  the  East.  Faithful
to  the  promise  made  to  his  grand-
father, the  Emperor  endeavored  up
to  the  last  moment  to  keep  peace
with  Russia.  The  Prussian  govern-
ment, too,  has  nearly  always  been
backed  up  by  Russia.  But  the  Ger-
mans as  a  people  were  on  the  side
of  Austria,  and  felt  Austria  to  be  our
friend  and  brother,  Russia  on  the
other  hand,  our  enemy.  The  future
of  Germany  now  depends  on  her
union  with  Austria.  The  watchword
•'Germans  against  Slavs"  is  now  done
away  with,  for  the  Slavs  of  Austria-
Hungary  are  our  allies.  It  is  now  a
case  of  antagonism  between  occident-
al and  oriental  culture.  The  war  has
drawn  this  dividing  line  very  dis-
tinctly.
