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opinion on Morocco. And the attitude Of
France. her tranquil calm. her newly made
moral unity. her resolve to Insist on her
rights to the end the fact that she has
the insolence to have no fear or war
theca have been the most constant. the
Rravcst subjects OF uneasiness and bad
humor on the part OF German public
opinion.
why then did no. Germany declare war
I'm the summer Of 1911. since public
opinion. although less unanimous and less
resolute than that Of France, was favor
able to Il? Military and financial reasons
were brought to bear In competent quarter s
reinforcing the pacific ideas Of the En-
peror and the Chancellor
But these events Of 1911 caused ~ pro-
found establishment in Germany. a
new. united. rcsolute France. decided not
to lea herself he inundated had issued
from the winding sheet in which ahe had
been sepulchred for ten years with sur
prise mingled with irritation German pub
lie opinion discovered, between December
and May. through all the press OF all the
parties which reproached the imperial
Government for It's cowa rdiCe. its incapac-
ity that the vanpuished OF 1870 had not
ceased to be warliltc. to wave its flag and
display the prestige OF It's arms In Asia
and Africa. to conquer vast territories {:
that Germany had lived on honorary hero
~
whore 1t had made during the reisn Of
William l.. moral conquests. CONFRONT, ed
now 10y the shame OF the Moroccan settle
meut. Each time that France made q
colonial conquest IL was thought. a. q
consolation for that feeling Yes. but
that does not prevent the decaden,o. tho
anarchy, the decomposition oc France at
home"
II was u deceit, public opinion was do.
ceived.
ON the basis OF these feelings OF Ger
man public opinion. wniclr regards France
az beilicose. what can be foresceu of the
future from the point OF view OF pos
sibe and rot Ear OF war
German public opinion Is divided on the
I question of the eventuality OF possible.
not far off war, in two currents
There are IN the country forces working
| for peace. but they are Inorganic and lack
| popular chiefs. They consider that war
/ would he n social III for Germany. that
/ pride of caste Prussian dominance and
/ tho manufacturers OF canon and breas.
/ plates would he the sole ber,ficiaries, that
the war would bring profit only 10
/ England
These forces are composed as follows /:
Tho great mass Of the workers.
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ANNEX l.
Report Of LIeut.-Coi. serrct. Mill
tary Attachc of the Embnssy OF
the French Republic at Berlin.
ANNEX I

TO ". Eticune Minister Of war.
r,ERlIN, March 10, 1913.
The patriotic movement which has &C.
CURED In France has caused In certain
spheres great anger.
| will certainly not pretend that the
violent article ia the Cologne gazette is
the EXPRESSION NJ he general sentiment.
II IL an explosion Of rag. OF an impuisive
Journalist and the Government immedi-
4tely dlscrt dlted IT,
but despite It's uuiriendline~s the mani
fe:tatiou Of the Cologne Gn:'n" should
not hc neglected. II has been approve ed
~ spirit, IL not in form. by several COM
paratively important u, wspapcrs and Il
appears to me to he tho expression Of the
real sentiment and a growing anger.
:. is interesting to r-tic" this because
Il throws p stronger light on the rcassn OF
the pr sent armament.
For uuito some time poopio here have
po,u declaring tnU tne military plans OF
France are cNtrao binary and unjustted
IN certain drawing room a member or
the fieiChstag. who IL by no means ~
maniac. speaking Of his three year milf
airy sNrNiC" In France. went 50 far Hs 10
iay. This Is n provocation which We
VIII not permit" Other persons. hoth
military and civilian. who arc moro mod
srsAed frequently defend the theory that
France, with her 40 400, 900 people has No
right to become sucn rival of Germany,
In brief, people here are curious and
tutH anger is not tn' result Of the srusa-
r.onal articles printed In certain French
papers which serious persons SO not take
'uio consideration This il a matter Of
:p'i". ThrHo y, ryuup are furious TO sec
that despite the enormous efforts mdor-
taken last year, and which have been con-
'nued and augmented this year, it Will
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artisans and peasants who are ptr.sr Nv
instinct.
The mobiles not engaged a. tie military
profession who are participating r %.
dustrial affairs--such as Tho great Iurf,
OF Silesla and some other very mnu,.t..I
personages' at court--cnlightcuod enough
to take account OF the disastrous po'.' II
and social conscqu, noes OF -.,t... ,,,. d.
victorious war
large number Of manufacturer. .r.r.
chants and fuauCiers of lesser import Of =.
for whom war, even in case ~ victory
would mean bankruptcy bectu." Hor
enterprises liv, on credit and ar, e.. ,..
most par: based on foreign capital
The Poles, the Inhabitants of N-le,
Lorraine. tho inhabitants or S,nl,.p,.r-
Holsteiu. conquered hut not ass.n.. 4,ed
IN silent hostility against Prusslau policy
or altogether about 100000 arn.Xed
Germans
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Shaqv Reneqvs Charge England Caused War
Commenting on Yellow Book.
Writer Says Greatest
Peril Ahead.

II rival will not fight 1t is not easy TO
attack him. and Germany will not fight
unless rnc Lion can be detached from
FIR nco and Russia yet she is sick with
the humiliation of that bullying and knows
that nothing hut riding down Tho bulNes
can restore her prestige and heal her
wounded pride.
THE Lion broods and broods. Deep
in his subconsciousness stirs the knOW,-
edge that Germany will never fight unless,
unlees-the Lion does not quite know
what. does not want to know what, but
dislnterested Observers complete the sem
teuce thus: unless Germany can be per-
suaded that the Lion Is taking "A fancy
TO Germany, is becoming bit paciflst
and will not fight.
Then Asquith and Grey with good
consciences found themselves busily per-
suading the world that the Lion was not
bound 10 help France and Russia. When
the great d ~ Of Ar1naseddon came they
persuaded the nation, persuaded the
House Of Commons, persuaded their own
Cabinet, and at last, at last. persuaded
Germany. and the Lion crouched almost
before he was ready
The devils own luck struck down the
Archdukc by the hand of an assaSs n.
Austria saw Servia in her grasp at last.
She flew az Servia. Russia flew at AusYia
Germany iicw at France. and the Lion.
with mighty roar, sprang at last and
IN a Nash had his teeth and claws IN the
rival of England and will not now let
her 20 for all the pacifsts and socialists
In the world until he is either killed or
Is back on the Waterloo pedestal again.
II am a socialist and know well that
the Lions day has gone by and that
the bravest lion gets shot in the long
run. foresee that his victory will not
be like the old victories and lead to a
century OF security. I know that it will
create a situation more dangerous than
the situation six months ago and that
only by each western nation giving up
every dream of supremacy can that sit
ustion he mastered.
"A lion within frontiers IS after all n
lion IN "a cage. The future has no use
for Gagged lions fighting 10 defend their
own chains. IN the future We must lgh,
not alone for England, but for the wei.
fare OF the world"
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Austria Charged With Primary Responsibility for War
Idea of Invasion of Belgium Said to Have
Been Long Contemplated.
PERSONALITIES IN THE YELLOW BOOK

of the French Yellow Book
,amb French Ambassador Berlin
NJ. Jonnar Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lieut. Of French Embassy
NJ French t913).
NJ attachc Of the French Embassy
NJ I,audn Minister OF Marine.
Pichon French Min of Foreign Affairs t103
NJ French Bavaria
NJ. Ambassador Vienna.
NJ. Premier
NJ de Frcnch a
NJ Paleologue Tetrograd.
NJ Martin ac
m Ambassador London
de French Charge dAnacs London.
" French Ambassador Rome.
NJ I3oppe Belgrade.
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Lion Only Awaited Opportunc
Moment to Crush Rival.
lie Declares.
Special cob,e Despatch 10 Tur 81


LoNpoN. Dec. i2.--Commen-ing on the
French yellow Book. George Bernard
Shaw. in the NcW Statesman. again
He says:
For centuries now the Lion has held
20 one idea. that none shat, be greater
than England on land and none as great
on the sea. To him IL has been nothing
WHISTLER rival to England wac better or
worse than England.
when Waterloo was won Byron said
I am damned sorry" And the humani-
tarians and libertarians looked ashsst
at the reestablshment OF tho inqulsltion
and the restoration OF an effe;e and mis-
chlevous dynasty ny English arms on the
ruins OF liberty. equality and fraternity.
Little rocked the Lion OF that. Eng
lands rival was In the dust; England was
mistress OF the sea Englaud's General
what mar;er that he was an Irishman-
was master of Europe. with its kings
whispering in his presence like frightened
schoolboys.
England right or wrong England. COM
plete with her own native corruptio
and expressions. no less than her own
native greatness and glory. had risen all
English from the conflict and held ghe bal.
ance OF power in her hand For hun
dred years no EnElishman knew wha,
IL was to turn pale at the possibility oi
an Invasion For more than two genera
lions the Lion lay and basked and smsit
no foe that with pat OF his paw he could
not dispose of
Then rival arose again. Battles
more terrible than Waterloo were tough,
against the same foe. but IL was not Eng.
land that won them. The Lion rose and
began 20 watch with che old instinct
stirred In him. He heard tho distant SOM
OF Deutschland reber Allies. Something
in him said Never thar while live.
The rival built a warshp. built an.
other and yet another. and openly chal-
lenged the Lions sovereignty OF the sea
That WAS he end From that moment 4
was only a question when 10 spring. toi
"a lion. with that one idea az heart with
that Necessity deep IN his very bowels
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To Force the small states.

AS previously stated. the situation 40
regards the small States OF our north
western frontier cannot be considered In
the same light. There 1t will be vital
matter to us and an objective which we
mus, endeavor TO reach, TO take the often
sivc with greatly superior forces In the
very rrst DAYS Iof the operations We
must for that reason concentrate great
army, followed by strong formations OF
landwehr which will compel the armies
Of the small states To follow us or at
least to remain inactive ON the theatre
Of war. ana which would crush them in
the event Of armed resistance. II these
states could he induced to organize their
system OF defence in such manner that
IL would constitute an etiicacious pro-
lection tor our flank We might abandon
the projected invasion. hut for mat II
would be necessary. particularly IN Bel
GUM to reorganize the army in order
to enable Il to offer serious guarantees
81 efficaclous resistance. II on the con-
trary her defensive organizations were
established against US an event which
would offrr evident advantages 10 our
western adversary, We could IN no manner
offer TO Belgium n guarantee OF the Sc
curiiv OF her neutrality. 4 vast field IL
therefore open 20 our diplomacy 10 work
IN this country In our interest.
The arrangements made IN this dir"c-
ton permit us 10 hope that the offensive
can be taken Immediately after IN" COM
plcte concentration ~ the army OF tho
Lower Rhine. An ultmatum delivered NJ
short notice and followed Immediately hy
the invasion viii enable us 10 justify our
action So far as he rights OF the people
arc concerned.
These are the duties OF our army which
demand superior numbers. IT IN" enemy
attacks rs or II we wish To subdue him we
will do as our brothers did one hundred
a.. rrtNnkal. VIII
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ANNEN ;.
NRssing Troops ON French Border.

TIL" documen, called Annex is 70
port from VI. de Faramoud. naval attache
of the French Embassy NJ Berlin. TO VI
Naudin, Minister OF Marine dated cBrlin,
March -, 1913.
In this report the French diplomat
also discusses the new military law before
the Reichstag. IN" main object Of which.
he says. IL 10 place the army corps nea =
the French border on a standing ns nca-
az possible TO that adopted Ia time ~
war "in order to be able even on the
day OF III. beginning OF hostllities TO at
tack us suddenly with forces greatly
sup. riov in uumbcr 10 ours. The Imp rial
Government considers 1t AN absolute no
Cessity TO win victory Immediately aft"~
the commencement Of military opera
tons"
NJ de Faramond does not believe that
the Socialists will refuse to light should
war be declared between France ard
Germany. hut explains that the Imperial
Government .s neglectng 10 effort TO
create the proper spiri, of patriotism
among tl.p Socialists. realizing that L
will bc essential TO induce them TO be-
lieve that the aggressiv" nation Is Franc.
The naval attache also quotes tho violent
article printed IN German, against France
and insists that tho opinion expressed
In these newspapers II that held by mo
immense majority Of the German people.
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In the crisis Of 1911 this secondary
nation stood UP against them and the
Emperor and the Government gave in.
Public opinion forgave neither them nor
us. II docs not cant similar occurrence
70 happen
And AZ the time when the second and
formidable part OF the programme is
about 20 become a reality. when the Ger
man military force IN on the point OF
acquiring this final superiority which,
should the occasion occur would compel
us TO accept humiliation or annlhIlation,
France refuses suddenly TO abdicate ami
exhibit rs Renan said. ITS eternal power
of renaissance and resurrection" the dis
appointment Of the Germans will easily
be understood.
The Government invoices OF course the
general situation IN Europe and speaks OF
the Slavic peril 50 far as am con-
Cerned pub!C opinion appears TO me to h,
indifferent to tho Slavic peril, but II has
accepted nevertheless with great COM
posure the enormous weight of these two
consecutive laws
On March 10 of last year. which was
the centenary of the general uprising of
Germany against US, an enormous crowd
viewed. despite "A drenchlng rain. the
military parade held before the palace in
the centre OF the Tiergaren, before the
statues Of Queen Louise and Friedrich
with flowers
These ann versaries, ,ecalling the
struggle against Franco, will he cele-
hrated all year l.: laii VIE centenary OF
the first campaign against France and
tho first entry of the Prussians into Paris
viii be celebrated
In brief. ~ pubic opinion in Germany
docs not point its finger at France as
3oc5 Tho Cologne Gd-rtte. IL ls never.
;helcss aimed ~ MS and will continue IN
the same manner for LONG time to come
II holds that for our 10000, 900 .inha BIZ
tants We occupy n place in the sun which
Is renll" too great.
II Is repeatedly asserted that the Ger
mans want peace and the Emperor more
so than any other. hut they do not mean
10y thh neutral concessions or an equa
balance of armamentS. They want to hs
feared md they arc now making the sacri
fees required. n on some later occasion
thor national pride should lie hurt thu
confidence of the country in the enormous
superiority Of rs army will cause Il u
favor an outhucYt Of national anger viii
which the moderation ~ tho imperial GOV
eminent viii 80 unable 10 cone.
II should J." noted, on The othr" hand
thIt the Government - prPlstNiug M
effort to a"I'top ;he national continent q
cc,cbrntiug VITA propt iost, vitics All tn
anniversaries OF 1914.
Ns . matter oC fact. tho only effect u
public opinion would be 20 give 10 the wa
q more or less national character. What
oycg may be the ptctcnce by which Ger
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Fears In south Germany.

Finally. the Governments and 'Hr di.
rrcting classes Of the great states 81 no
south. SaNony, Bavaria, Wuortj"mU,-e
and the Grand buchy of Baden. are 4 .
Nided between this double sentiment m
unfortunate war would compromise t.A
confederation from which th,y draw .r.,.-
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The .tgaiir Coup.

In July. 1911. the "Agad.r coup" set
forth really for the first time the Moroccan
question AS a national question. important
FOR the life and expansion Of the empire
Revelations and campaigns in the press
which followed Il have sufficiently demon
strated how the campaign had been or
gained what ndn-Germduic desires II
had given birth 20 ard what bit;erness.s il
has left behind. II the Emperor was a
subject Of discussion and the Chancellor
unpopular. ". Won Kiderlen- Waechtcr was
the mos; hated man In Germany last
winter. However. he is beginning 10 be
now simply out Of consideration, as he Is
allowing II to be understood that ne VIII
take his revenge
Thus. during tho summer Of 1911 Ger
man public opinion stood before Frerch
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tremely solid boulevard and We can de-
pend upon her TO defend energetically her
neutrality against France. protesting in
this manner our flank,
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many would Justify a general confiagra-
ton in Europe no one could prevent the
first and decisive attacks from being di-
rected against France.
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attack on German prestige all the more
serious since, IN 1911. the military SUI
premacy of Germany was inCuntested and
that French anarchy, the impotercy Of the
republic were a sort of German dogma.
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DOCUMENT NO. :
Report from VI. Jules Cannon
&mbe ssador of France at berlin
10 VI. stephen PichOn. Minister
Of Foreign Affairs. dated Hcriin
May u. 1913.

referring to the Moroccan crisis NJ
Canton points out that although the war
scare has disappeared hostllties were con-
sidered almost inevitable for "A time and
that public opipon In Germany appeared
to be greatly In favor OF a war with
France.
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Note 10 VI. stephen Pichon. Minis
ter Of Foreign AnRirs. ION pub
lie opinion In Germany. according
10 reports Of diplomatic and con-
suInr agcnts.)

lAHiS, July w, lfld,
ObscrVat, ons which our agents I'm Ger
many have been able to gather from per-
sons in u position TO enter the most d.
verse surroundings permit OF the con-
clus!on that two sentiments dominate
and rritute the minds OF Germans:
l. That the treaty OF November 4. 1911,
for Germany, was an aifront,
. FranCe--the new Franco--unsus-
pected up TO the summer OF l9ll--is belli-
cosr, II wants war.
Deputies of all the parties Of the Reich
nag, from the Conservatives to the So
clalists. representing all the different re-
gions of Germany, university professors 81
Berlin. Halle. Jena and Marburg, students,
teachers, commercial and bank clerks,
bankers, artisans. merchants. manufacture
ers, lawyers, editors of Socialist and DEM
ocratc newspapers, Jewish writer's. MEM
bers of the workers syndcatcs, pastors.
stall keepers of the Brnndenburgh Mar
ket. Pomeraniau junkcrs and Stettin shoe
makers celebrating the h05th ami, ersary
Of their association, owners OF chatcaux
! officials. priests and big agrculturists OF
! Westphalia are unanimous on these points
without notable distinctions according tC
| their surroundings and their parties. Here
| Is n synthcsls Of all these opinions.
/ The treaty OF November I Is diplo
/ matte defeat, proof Of the incapacity o'
/ German diplomacy and of The unreudtes,
! ~ the Government, 80 often denounced
| proof that the future OF the empire is not
| assured without new Bismarck; a ma
tonal humiliation. European slight, al
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DOCUMENT 4

Document No 4 is a despatch from NJ
Alliee. the French Minister in Bavaria
Ia NJ piChon. the Foreign Minister. dated
July 10. 1918, in which he said that wal
was regarded as the solution OF politica
and economic difficulties, which will onl,
hccom. worse"
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SUMMARY OF 'LIVRE JAUNE,
LAST OFFICIAL WAR PAPER

probably he impossible TO put France out
of the running
This attempt to put us ont of the run
ming Is evidently exactly what IN being
done by Germany. because We do not wish
and cannot be on her side. This cannot
be too often repeated and the forth
coming law which public opinion In
France regards as spontaneous outburst
Is merely the fatal and expected conse-
ouence Of the law OF June. 1912.
This latter law in creating two new
army corps purposely left great units and
regiments incomplete, in accordance with
the German custom II was evident that
II would not be long before these va
cauc!es would he filed.
Footnote-The problem which in
before MS to-day would therefore have
been brought up a few years later
ana In more threatening manner
s.n view OF the fact that the decrease
OF our contingents Is constantly re-
ducns the total OF our standing army
In time Of peace.
Ire crisis In the Balkans furnished an
admirable occasion occurring Just at .he
right time TO permit the exploitation OF
the centenary Of the wars OF liberation.
ard To obtain more readily new sacri-
fees in TIE memory OF those granted IN
those days against us
In order 70 Indicate clearly the genesis
OF this military programme | take the
liberty TO recall what my predecessor. Col.
Telle, wrot- one year ago at the time OF
III" appearance OF the law Of 1912:
We are discovering every day how
deep and ondurahe are the feelings OF
wounded pride and OF hatred OF us pro-
vok"d by the events of last year.
TIE ;reaty Of November I. .9ll. il a
complete disbursement
The resentment felt in all parts of the
country Is The same All the ierma"s
Including even the Socialists. resent that
We took from them their part OF Morocco.
1t seemed one or two years ago ths;
the Germans had started of 20 conquer
the svorld They consider themselves
strong enough to prevent any one from
daring to begin tho war against them.
Unlimited possibilities were offered 20
German industry, German commerce, Ger
man expansion
These ideas and these ambitions have
iof course not disappeared to-day. The
Germans still need markets and sock
economic and colonial expansion. They
hold that they are entitled TO these he.
cause they arc growing every day and
because the future is theirs. They CON
slider us, with our 10000 900 Inhabitants,
as a secondary nation.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-17
81 PusoaEs Awqy

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Fox left
Tuesday morning for Houston, San An
tonic and New Orleans to attend the
Mardi Gras. They will be away about
two weeks.
Mrs. W. c. Davis and her three
daughters, Misses jamie, Margaret and
Blanche, left today for New York.
Mrs. Davis will place the girls in
school in New York city for the COM
ing term.
Mrs. L. D. Stark and son, of S25
Mundy avenue left on Sunday evening
for Carlsbad, N. NJ, for a visit with
Mrs. Stark's sister, Mrs. J. Farber.
x
Misses Virginia and Agnes Stewart,
who are attending school in Switzer-
land, will return to America during
the summer. Miss Virginia will re-
turn to Ell PasO while Miss Agnes will
probably remain in New York and
enter the Bennett school in New YORK
at the opening Of the fall term.
James Patterson left this morning
for a ranch at Lordsburg, n. NJ