Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-27

! Rernstorff said he had formed no opinion
Yet upon the subject and wanted to be
fully Informed before even contempla ting
taking up the censorship question with the
state department at Washington.
DUM-DUM BULLETS.
The attention of the ambassador was
called to the published statements
emanating from Belgian sources that
German soldiers had been using dunn
dun or expanding bullets
81 RETAINED from discussing the So
called crueltles upon my arrival yes
terday," he said. "for the reason that
did not care to be an instrument of any
! i'l-fecl!ng Since. however, tho Belgian
government has seen fit to have publish
/ cd additional accusation I cannot HELM
saying that official reports from I.iege to
/ Berlin Informed us that the citizens there
had fired AT the German troops from
windows and had shot at doctors and
nurses wearing Red Cross arm bands
and under the Red Cross flag. Further
moro the citizens mutlated wounded
: German soldiers"
, 10000 GERMANS.
Count Won Bcrnstorff said he believed
I -
and eight Austrian army corps along the
! Nistu.a river, Germanys first line of de-
/ fens" against Russia There are about
10000 men in these corps The ambas-
sador said he wished to reitorate for
the benefit of the people of the United
States that Germany was not to blame
for going to war.
AS a matter of fact" he said. "the
German government told Austria to 90
as easy as she could with Servia and
that in the meanwhile Germany would
try to see what she could do toward
quleting Russia. While these peace re-
gotiations We're in progress Russia mob
lized her army. What right has Rus
STA to stand up for Servia? The reason
she has done SO is that she seeks the de-
struction of Austria. Every man in
Germany feels the same as | do about
this matter. The attitude Of the social
lists proves this and the truth is bound
to come out in time. The reason the
English went to such lengths to cut the
cables between America and Germany
vas that they didn't want the truth to
be known"
Count Bornstorff made a plea for fair
lH'N HI tHlS country LOT MS latHcrltnl, a
prediction that Germany would hight to
tn" end and prophecy that Japan's on
try INTO the hostlllties would mean her
ultimate supremacy in the Pacitc. This
NJ said was JRpau's motive for joining tn"
'onlllct IN" omhassador arrived on thu
h"Iland-Am'l1ca line steamer Noordam.
lie SAID that h" expected to remain in
Ne" York for day or two before going
TO washington to resume his duties there.
Germany has been attacked and there
fore, has no responsibility for III" war,
count Won HcrnSt"rt SAID. 'Io the last
man IN IN" empire, We viii delond our
country RMS war has no other object
hut tn" destruction of the German ana
Austrian empires ana We believe we shall
i've ahle to prove 10 all the world that this
cannot be accomplished.
Ihe German people ar" as ono man Tor
the war 1t Is neither tn" Emperors war
nor n war of the officers. as many have
charged. 1t Is a war of the German peo-
pie. ! am old enough to remember 1870
and the enthusiasm, that stirred our coun-
try then. In this war the enthusiasm is
10 tunes as great as it was then.
Ine women and children and the old
men have overwhelmingly gone into the
helds TO gather the crops-glad to CIV"
what holp they can to their country. And
We have wonderful crons this year Every
man woman ana child old enough TO
Know what war means has volunteered to
no some service AS an lI'ustratioh' there
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English and French sources
"The calling of the Japanese into n
European quarrel shows one thing above
all else II is that England docs nor
feel very safe. The Japanese will doubt
less take KIauchau-sheer .yeipht of
assures that But bv the end
of the war japan viii have the suprcm-
striven for during many years. Japan