Excerpt from The Open Court, Vol. 31: A Monthly Magazine; February, 1917
For Americans, with no strong neighbor within 3000 miles, it is difficult to imagine the situation of Germany, not as large as Texas, alongside of Russia, three times as large as the United States. The population of Germany is 67 millions, increasing at the rate of a year that of Russia is 170 millions, increasing at the rate of 3 millions a year} Germany’s increase must soon cease for lack of land; Russia has enough land to keep up her increase for centuries. One of the staple features of German newspapers is a table showing how soon Russia will have 3 times, 4 times, 5 times, 6 times the population of Germany. A hint from Petrograd to Berlin will then be a command. Germany will be Russia’s vassal. The Russian ambassador at Berlin will occupy the same position as the British diplomatic agent in Egypt. How would Americans feel in a similar situation?
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