222. If we do not soon acquire new territory, a frightful catastrophe is inevitable. It signifies little whether it be in Brazil, in Siberia, in Anatolia or in South Africa.... To-day, as 2,000 years ago, when the Cimbri and the Teutons beat at the gates of Rome, a cry arises ... ever louder and louder, "Give us land, give us new land!"--A. WIRTH, V.U.W., p. 227.
223. Thanks to our youthfulness and our capacity of development, thanks also to our military power, many things are possible: we can create a German nation which shall number 100,000,000 inhabitants, we can become "Europe," and dominate the seas into the bargain.--D.B.B., p. 211.
223a. This Germany of ours was once the greatest of the Sea Powers, and, God willing, so she will be again.--H. v. TREITSCHKE, P., Vol. i., p. 213.
224. "_Civis Germanicus sum--ich bin ein Deutscher!_" As the free Roman, in his character of _Civis Romanus_, formerly ruled the world, so must every continental German of to-day, and of the future, rule the world in his character of _Civis Germanicus_.--J.L. REIMER, E.P.D., p. 146.
225. _We want no world-dominion_.... It is unjust, and therefore un-German.--PROF. W. v. BLUME, D.D.M., p. 23.
225a. Germany, as the preponderant Power in a Great-German League, will with this war attain world-supremacy.--R. THEUDEN, W.M.K.B., p. 13.
226. We _want_ no hegemony, no world-dominion! Such ambitions mean everlasting war; whereas Germany sincerely desires peace, and the influence which shall enable her to establish it.--PROF. DR. R. JANNASCH, W.D.U.S., p. 22.
226a. Formerly German thought was shut up in her corner, but now the world shall have its coat cut according to German measure, and as far as our swords flash and German blood flows, the circle of the earth shall come under the tutelage of German activity.--"World-Germany," by F. PHILIPPI, quoted in H.A.H., p. 43.
227. We were contented within our boundaries. Not a single foot did we want of the countries adjoining our frontiers. PROF. U. V. WILAMOWITZ-MÖLLENDORF, R., pt. i., p. II.
227a. Before everything, however, we must see to the provision of agricultural land! _We require more soil for settlement_.... And we require unsettled land for settlement. No alien fellow-citizens!--PROF. M. v. GRUBER, D.R.S.Z., No. 30, p. 27.