Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-12-04

era. of course q needs the sanction
u oar respective heads AZ Lord Hat
aanc ms pointed out +, does compn-
{ cate matters 90 some extent THE HH-
RAMS concern Austria most. 70 my way
81 lMnklns g a quite within reason to
ieeca this point sas ! write I recall
yyidly bow grave they had aii be-
come They knew what this neant
war ln the g3lizaps) ON an main
po.nta.' said ilideriea- Waachtcr. I'VE
are agreed AS Indicated by mis- impo-
rial majesty. the primary reason Of
our meeting q 90 come 20 a tacit un-
Outstanding 80 regard to technical de-
tails This we have done. 1t is unf3r-
tunate. however. that fhis possible
phase, the Balkan point has not been
gone into before. suggest that We
adjourn 70 inform our respective gov
crnmcnts Of this point II necessary
we win meet again on Wednesday"
Destroying the Evidence.
This second meeting, by the way.
was not necessary, all the govern
men,s represented agreeing with Aus
tria
As Kidcrlen- Waechter sat down
Haldane audlbly concurred. the 9TH
ers merely nodding. Apparently the
conference was at an end. But what
had they accomplished? From the
general tenor of their conversation it
was obvious that they all agreed. But
what were the terms Of their bargain?
Presently | was to know.
DBamberger" said Kiderlen- Waoch-
ter addressing me by the name had
taken. gather up any pieces Of paper
on the table and consign them to the
IRE"
/ replied. yes, sir" Then turning
to the others he continued:
Gentlemen. select the memoranda
you wish to keep The rest is going
to be destroyed Immediately"
While they ran over their papers.
saving the necessary scraps, / stood
back from the table. 1t was character
istic Of the men that Winston Churchill
should have taken the most volumi-
nous notes. while Heeringen had not
put down a line. | then gathered up
every scrap of paper left on the table /
-blotters. little note pads, foolscap
used or unused. Everything was to go 1
into the FIRE
/ went about this slowly ana DELHI /
erately. taking care TO glance al every /
thing before carried it over to the
CRATE I wanted to make sure that
nothing OF value WAS destroyed Here
md there came a good chance to read
some OF The contents Piece by piece
from the memoranda the different me,
had made, always being careful not to
confuse individual notes. thus learn
ng one by one their train of thought
he thing began 60 piece itself together
,or me.
There were extensive notes on army
md navy matters. Churchill. for in
stance. had carefully noted the fun
strength that Austria and Germany
ould muster in case OF war Kiderlen-
Naechter had recorded the fun
.trength OF England and Austria as
given by Churchill and Moritz. So had
,oritz taken down German and Eng
ish statistics. obviously it was a tri-
angular alliance. each noting to what
'Ntent dependence could be placed up
N the other. Then there were data
N the French and Russian armies and
lavies. The significance of that was
pparent What puzzles me however,
we're numerous statistics on Holland
nd Belgium.
100000 Germans Ready for Action. I
Not until Bliderlen- waechter and
'hurchin, sluatting down by the FIRE ]
lace and poking the burning papers !
sith old-fashioned irons. not until
hem when there began a conversation j
nd other pairs conversed on certain ,
oints al around the room. did gain
Hear idea OF just what had happened. {
What they said. the vital scraps Of their ,
as they drifted to me
FhIie l moved TO and from the table ]
nd fireplace. shah now present as /
lose 70 the words OF the men Involved ,
: | am able.
Heeriugen. who had drawn Haldane ]
side. said: 1--WE are ready at any
Ime with s,5oo.oOo men without any !
urther straining Of cur reserves. Ac- :
ordins to our latest agreement. Aus /
ria win support us with 100000 more /
hen. The financial aspect OF this is ]
Z course, out OF my hands" &
Haldaue nlunhied something thatl !