South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-01
See Menace i'm Germany.

The yellow book is much more inn
pOrtant than the books given out
0y other governments. The official
extract reads:
1T was first in the spring of 1913
hat We noted this colossal and eX-
pansive military effort which alone
can explain the desire to expose the
German hegemOny upon the powers
of the triple entente. When France
responded TO this menace by the
drafting of the law of three years
service in the army, this measure Of
defense was denounced i'm official cir
,les in Berlin as a 'proVocation which
should not Dee tolerated
In April of 1913. a secret and Off
,ial German report defined The OBJ
iect and the Means of the National
Policy as follows. Convince the peO-
pie of the necessity OF an offensive
war against France. prepare upris-
ings in Russia and i'm nOtrh Africa;
provide for an ease of hOstilities, the
immediate absorption OF Belgium and
Holland.
These are the ideas extolled i'm this
report: such is the program that.
shortly after. we say the Germans
endeavor To put into operation.
we declare that Emperor William,
who up TO that time, had posed as a
champion of peace admitted in the
course of a conversation with the
King of Belgium that he had finally
come to share the ideas of his mill
tary advisers. He had placed him
self among the partisans of a war
which he thought would not be long
delayed and the overpowering sue
cess seemed To him certain
NiiitaFists Gain Favor.
Public opinion, in its turn, per
mitted itself 10 be won over by the
passions of the military party and
came to consider the affair of Agadir
As "a defeat for Germany. lit re
garded the existence of "A strong
France as q danger To Germany, and
the breaking out OF "a European war
as the only remedy for all difficult
ties and all uncertainties.
These beiicOse dispositions con-
stituted a permanent danger for the
peace of Europe"
From q perusal of the six other
chapters of the yellow book, which
are devoted to the diplomatic negOtia-
tions carried ON in the month of July
there is 90 Doe deducted and support
ed by evidence, the following inn
press iOns.
That the combination between Aus
tria and Germany had decided upon
war and that ON four successive Oc-
casions this combination endeavOred
Co precipitate war by violent proceed
ings. the purpose of which was TO
prevent or 10 insure the failure of all
Efforts at Cancellation.
Ultimatum To SCrVia.
The first of these proceedings was
the Austrian ultimatum 10 Servia
Gully 24) which was the origin of this
conflict. In spite Of the fact that the
Belgrade government offered for the
prosecution of the assaSSins of the
Austrian arChduke. every facility
compatible with its dignity, the cab
met OF Vienna summoned the govern
ment at Belgrade not only to disavow
all completely with the crime of
Saraievo. but Furthermore, 90 permit
foreign functiOnaries 10 seek the au-
thOrs OF this crime on SerVian terri
tory. SerNia was given a stated num-
Der Of days 10 accept integrally these
draconian conditions. I'm spite of the
fact that NJ. Won JagOw. the German
minister Of foreign affairs. claimed to
be i'm ignorance of the contents of this
note (Which was nevertheless known
10 the president of the Bavarian coUn-
CID Germany Immediately. and with
out restriction. united herself with
the ally. The German minister came
20 the Quay D'Orsay (the French Of
fee in Paris and endeavOred 20 carry
through a proposal which he repre-
scented as being peaceful. but which
was i'm reality threatening. He de
clared that the conflict should remain