Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-28

ble. It was like striking a man from behind while he was fighting for his life against two assailants. He held Great Britain responsible for all the terrible events that might happen.
 T protested strongly against this statement and said that in the samo way as he and Herr Won Jagow wish ed me to understand that for strat- egical reasons it was q matter of life or death to Germany to advance through Belgium and violate the latter's neu- trality. so I would wish him to under stand that it was, so to speak, a matter of life or death for the honor of Great Britain that she should keep her soi- defend Belgium's neutrality if attack ed- A solemn compact simply had to be kept. or what confidence could any one have in engagements given by Great Britain in the future.
 The chancellor said: But at what price will that compact have been kept? Has the British government though of that?'
 Chancellor Excited.
 T hinted to his exceIlency as plainly as I could that fear of consequences could hardly be regarded as an excuse for breaking a solemn engagement. But his excellency was SO excited, so evidently overcome by the news of our action, so little disposed to hear req son, that I refrained from adding fuel to the flame by further argument
 "As was leaving, he said that the blow of Great Britain joining Ger mans enemies was all the greater be- cause almost up to the last moment he and his government had been work ing with us and supporting our efforts to maintain peace between Austria and Russia
 T said that this was part of the tragedy which saw two nations fall ~a,-Ns s.~-& Ak-- Al lationS between them were more friendly and cordial than they had been for years. Unfortunately, not withstanding our efforts to maintain peace between Austria and Russia, war had spread and brought US face to face with a situation which entailed our separation from our late fellow workers. He would readily understand that no one regretted this more than T."
 Photographic Report Held Up.
 The British ambassador declares he handed a telegraphic report of the con versation to the telegraph office ii Berlin for transmission, but that it never reached the British foreign of- flee.
 That evening Herr Zimmerman, un- der secretary of state, called on Sir William Goschen and asked whether the call for his passports was eQuiva- lent to a declaration of war. The am bassador replied that there had been cases where diplomatic relations had been broken off in which war had not ensued, but his instructions showed that if a reply was not received by i2 o'clock Great Britain would take such steps as her engagements required. Herr Zimmerman said that it was Tn fact a declaration of war, as Germany could not give the assurances request ed. Soon afterwards a hysheet was is crra hryf ff,. nVaaraT.la&N that Great Britain had declared war against Germany.
 UnruIy Mob at Embassy.
 Immediately" says the report, -an exceedingly excited and unruly mob assembled before the embassy and the police were overpowered. We took no notice of this until the crash of glass and the landing of cobblestones in the drawing room where we were all sitting warned us that the situation was getting unpleasant"
 The ambassador telegraphed to the foreign office and police were sent and cleared the street. No more direct Jasow called and expressed his re- grets. He said that the behavior of his countrymen made him feel moro ashamed than he could say He had decided that the news of the declara- tion of war should not be published until the following morning. and for that reason sent only a small force Of police to protect the embassy.
 Message from Emperor.
 The next day the emperor sent an aide with a message in which the em- peror expressed regret for the occur renceS and also relested the ambassa- dor to tell the king of England that he would at once divest himself of his British titles
 With respect to this message. the ambassador says: The message lost none of it's acerbity by the manner of its delivery"
 The ambassador speaks very highly of the courtesy received at the hands of Herr Won Jagow and the officio1s of the foreign office. The minister sent a letter couched in the most friendly terms. On the morning of his depar- of his staff were smuggled into ta,d- strong forces of police and every ar engagement was made for their comfort. They suffered no molestation, says the ambassador, such as that meted out by the crowd to my Russian and French colleagues" A colonel of the guards accompanied the train to the Dutch frontier and was exceedingly kird in his efforts to prevent the great crowds which thronged the platforms of every station where the train stop ped from insulting the British repre- sentatives.
 The reference to the American am- baSsador ends the report