Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-21

ENGLISH READY
FOR PRESENT war
Germans Cite Instances to
Prove Great Britain Plan
ned Hostilities.

Berlin, Sept 21.-Ncbody In Ger.
many Is willing to admit the sincert'
ty Of Great Britain in basing its dec
laration Of war on Germany's viola.
! ton Of the territory Of Belgium and
Gutenberg, and much alleged evil
dence is produced in newspapers and
magazines to prove that Great Bri-
tain already has made up Its mind to
Join France and Russia previous to
Germany's advance on Belgium terri
tory.
Evidence Of Negotiations.
In the highest circles Of the Ger
man government, 1t is asserted that
the foreign office has evidence that
Great Britain was negotiating with
Russia several months before the
war broke out, to furnish ships for a
descent Of Russian troops on the
coast Of Pomerania, which lies on the
Baltic sea to the north OF Berlin. but
1t appears that nothing came Of these
negotiations.
Evidence from Paper.
Another curious and timely piece Of
evidence is presented In the shape of
an item purporting to be from the
Paris Gil Bias Of February 25. 1913.
That paper on this date is said to
have published the following:
British Ammunition Brought.
"a newspaper of Eastern France
has revealed a highly interesting
piece of news. In military circles
there It is related that large stocks of
weeks been brought into Maubeuge,
near the northeastern frontier of
France, on the railway line from
Paris to Cologne. The city Of Mau-
beuge Is Of great military importance.
1t is designated in the French general
staff's plan of campaign as the con-
centration point for the allied troops
which will be commanded in case of
war by the English field marshal,
Sir John French, under General Joffre
as commander-in -in-chief."
Agreement is Charged.
That Sir Edward Grey, the British
foreign secretary. had substantially
agreed to give France military sup
port in the event of war with Ger
many also is regarded in German cir
cles as proved by the notes of the
French and British foreign ministers,
which were read in the British par
Lament and In the French embassy
about the middle Of August.
Neutral Ships Held Up.
Dispatches announcing that Great
Britain had held up neutral Neither
lands ships and taken from them
1O4 AosA ISSC4NCSs c1uO LudI ~ also udQ
taken German mails from neutral
ships. have caused much bitter COM
ment In Germany. In respect to the
arrest and detention Of the 400 Ger
man reserves who were on their way
home from New York on the Dutch
liner Noordam, 1t is asserted here that
Great Britain's act is fragrant vio-
lation of the declaration of London
to which Great Britain Is a party.
Contrary to Convention.
In regard to seizure of German
mails 1t Is also contended that this
was contrary to The Hague conven-
ton of 1907 which declares that the
mails of belligerent states carried on
neutral vessels are inviolable.
Detained German Ships.
Still another grievance is that on
August 1, three days before Great
Britain's declaration Of war, the Brit
ish authorities at Port Said detained
the German steamer Dufflinger and
removed parts Of it's machinery so
that 1t could not proceed; in some
cases, too, the wireless apparatus of
German ships was removed and sent
ashore. All this occurred, German
officials point out, contrary to the
neutral character of the Suez canal
stipulated in treaties, and on which
Great Britain largely based its action
in the Panama canal negotiations with
the United States.