The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-29
ENGLAND WENT
TO WAR ON A
MERE PRETEXT'
Declares German Chancellor in Formal
Statement Made Early in Septem-
Der and Just Made Public.

New York, Sept. 2s. DR.. Won Beth
mann Hollweg, the German chancellor
early in September made formal state
lnent to the associated press The ex
ietence of the statement was known bu
IL failed to reach America by either mai
or cable, and its text has become avail
able through copy of the North Ger.
man Gazette, just received here. The
Ichancellor's statement follows:
General Headquarters, Sept. 2.
81 do not know what is thought Of
this war in America. ! assume there
have been published in America the tele-
Igrams exchanged between the German
emperor the emperor of Russia and the
king OF England, containing the history
OF the events that proceeded the out
break OF the war and which bears ire
futable testimony of how the emperor
until the last moment strove hard to
preserve the peace
These efforts had to be futile, as
Russia under all circumstances had re-
solved upon war, and as England, which
for decades had encouraged the anti
German nationalism in Russia and
France did not avail herself of the
splendid opportunity offered her to
prove her often emphasized love of peace,
otherwise the war between Germany and
France and England could have been
ayerted.
when once the archives are opened
the world will learn how often Germany
extended to England her friendly hand,
but England did not desire the friend
ship OF Germany. Jealous of the de-
yelopment OF Germany and feeling that
by German efficiency and Germany in
dustry she has been surpassed in some
fields she had the desire to crush Ger
many by brute force, as she In former
times subdhcd Spain, Holland and
France. She believed the moment had
arrived and therefore the entry of Ger
man troops into Belgium gave her a well
come pretext TO take part in the war.
Germany. however, was forced to en-
ter Belgium because she had to forestall
the planned French advance and Belgium
only awaited this advance TO join France.
That only pretext was involved as far
as England is concerned is proven by the
fact that already on the afternoon of
August 2, that is, prior to the violation |
oil Belgium neutrality by Germany, Sir |
Edward Gray assured the French ambas-
sador Internationally of the help of Eng
land in case the German feet attacked |
the French coast.
moral scruple, however, the English |
policy does not know. And thus the |
English people who always posed as the |
of freedom and right has al /
lied itself with Russia, the representa- |
tive of the most terrible barbarism,
country that knows no spiritual or re.
gious freedom, that tramples upon the
freedom of peoples as well as of individ-
ials. Already England is beginning to
'ecognize that she has made mistake
n her calculations, and that Germany
will master her enemies. She is there
ore trying by the pettiest means to in
ure Germany as much as possible in her
and colonies, by instigating
Japan, regardless of the consequences to
he cultural community OF the white
ace, TO a pillsginq expedition against
ilaow-Cheu and leading the negroes in
africa to fight against the Germans in
be colonies.
Having strangled the news service OF
Germany to the waole world and having
pened the campaign against us with
alsehood. England viii tell your coun-
rymen that the German troops burned
own Belgian villages and cities, but
ill pass over in silence the fact that
elgian girls gouged out the eyes of de-
snseless wounded, Officials of Belgian