Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26
KAISER THROUGH
HIS CHANCELLOR
MAKES STATEMENT.
Says EnglandPs Jealousy Of
German Achievement Was
Cause of War
BRITISH POLICY
KNOWS NO SCRUPLES"
As a DepiCter Of Horrors
Chancellor Belongs on
Yellow IOUrnsl

New York, Sept. 2b.-The full text
of the signed statement given by I'M
peral Chancellor Won Bethmann.tioll.
veg Of Germany to the Berlin repre-.
scntatives of the American press has
been received by the United Press from
Karl H. Won Wiegand, its representa-
tive at the kaiser capital. 1t was is
sued under date of September and is
as follows:
81 don T know what is thought in
America of tnis war But | assume that
since it began the exchange of tele-
grams between His Majesty the Emper-
or and the czar of Russia and the king
of England has been made public This
proves irrefutably that our emperor
strOve until the very last moment to
maintain peace His efforts were des-
tined to remain futile because Russia
was determined to have war at all haz-
ards, while England, which for a whole
decade has been fOmentng enmity in
Russia and France against the German
national. spirit, now found a splendid
opportunity to prove its oft-asserted
desire for peace but preferred to let
tlis go by
Feared German Industry.
Otherwise the war of our country
with France and England could have
been avoided.
Once the official archives are
opened the world will learn how often
Germany put forth a hand Of friend
ship toward England. But England
wanted none of Germany's 5 friendship.
Jealous of the development of Ger.
many and feeling that the English were
being surpassed by German efficiency
and German industry in many fields.
England lOnged to overthrow Germany
by saeer force of arms, Just as Of yOre
it ground down Spain, Holland and
France
" Accordingly England thought the
proper moment had come, and theret
fore made the German advance into
Belgium a welcome preteXt for taking
part in the war
But Germany was driven to this
advance into Belgium because we had
to anticipate the planned French ad.
vance into the same country, for which
the Belgians were waiting, to make
common cause with France.
Belgium Only a Pretext.
"That tais was only a pIeteXt by
England is proved by the fact that Sir
Edward Grey (the British foreign min
ister), as early as the afternoon Of
August 2-that is, before Germany s
violation of Belgian neutralitv-uncon-
ditionaliy promised the help Of England
to the French ambassador at the court
Of St. James, in the case of lombard
ment of the French coast by the Ger
man navy
But British policy knows no moral
scruples. And thus the English gov
ernment, which has always posed as a
champion of liberty and justice, has
allied itself with Russia, the spokesman
of the worst desTbtsm, a country that
knows no intellectual nor religious free
I dom and which treads underfoot the
liberties of whole peoples as well as OF
| individuals
Already England must begin to see
that she has made miscalculation
since Germany is winning the mastery
/ over ner foe.
Stirs Up Negoes.
Therefore, England now tries tC
injure Germany by the most petty
means, striking at our commerce and
our colonies, while, regardless Of the
/ inevitable consequences for the com
mon civilization of our white race, she
has provoked Japan to predatory raid
upon our colony at Kiao Chau and has
led the negroes of Africa to battle
against the Germans in our colonies
there.
"After destroying all of Germany I
means Of communication across the seas
England went further and opened al
all-round campaign of lies. Thus, yol
Americans are told that German troop
nave burned down Belgian villages anC
cities but you are not told that Belgian
women gouged out the eyes of our help
less wounded lying on the battlefields
"The officials of Belgian cities in
vited Officers of our army to eat will
them and then shot them dead acrOs
the table.
"Contrary to all laws of humanity
the whole civil population of Belgium
was called to arms and Belgian civil
ians, after their first friendly reception
of our troops, shot them down from