The whole German-speaking race must be put together and bound together.

Germany must expand over the seas, in colonial empire, and by tariffs of her own making.

This meant that the Germans must have dominion on sea as well as land.

Alliances must first be cemented with Austria and her neighboring states.

Italy must be dragged into a triple alliance; and the small Balkan States must be tied up with Austria, that through an alliance with Turkey, Germany might reach not only the Mediterranean but the waters of the Pacific.
This must happen before the great try-out for the mastery of the seas.
Now, the central point in the study of Germany under the present Kaiser is the naval programme for over-seas conquest, which was originated entirely by the present Kaiser.