Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-27
Statement of German Side Giuen BY
High Official in Kaiser's Government


IUis unopened teftlht 'l"''' " ~
ever French commerce showed sisn'
OF reviving England promptly cut y
ito the ground again. Then IN 'h'
Napoleonic wars, England destroyed
lall other navies, Including yours, ana
took their trade, It's flne game
they play in Westmlnster--that the
live oceans belong 20 them--but some
day the rest of Europe aud you IN
America may grow AS weary OF II az
we have already"
War Business With Britain.
80 you think the underlying reas-
on for England entering the fight Il
economic?" ! inquired.
Certainly" he answered with great
iposifiveness. 'It Is strictly business
proposition with England. II II busi-
ness war, pure and simple, like all OF
England's wars"
Then you don't believe II was TO
protect the neutrality OF a weaker
country. Belgium. 10 defend her
against a. powerful aggressor. as the
English papers assert ~
20. that--that.' he said, rs, IN
your expression. simply monumental
since when have the English them
selves respected the neutrality OF
smaller nations Since their South
African ADVENTURE All other nations
In the world pot together have mol
violated the neutrality OF weaker
countries one-half as much as Eng
land has Her existing empire OF IL
100000 square miles Is evidence
enough OF that She went into the
Transvaal and orange Free state be-
cause her financiers wanted the dia-
a
Belgium as 4 matter of military neces-
sity In fight for our lives"
MAY l interiect." | asked. that
tho German Invasion of Belgium was
not particularly popular In the United
States?"
'"I know H." he answered, "and |
am sorry. II was not particularly pop
ular here, either Hut self-preserva-
ton Is the first law You know, for
instance. that mobilization means war
land why
why" asked.
Because rs like winding up
great spring that must unwind. The
reserves leave their work and put on
uniforms ana shoulder guns and take
the trains 10 the frontier one behind
the other. Then the first ones ut the
frontier cross II 10 make room for the
ones behind. TO carry the war in the
enemy's country, to hit him first Ger
many can mobilize In week, France
IN fortnight, Russia In four or six
weeks. If. after we modified. we
waited while the diplomats talked and
the other countries were using that
time to mobilize against us we could
lose our advantage and we can afford
TO lose no advantage In war at two
frontiers. with England on the sea
yet we waited five days after we
knew Russia had begun Its mobiliza-
lion before we began ours; five days
we were riskng our safety In the
hope of peace. Then when we saw
war with Russia must come We de-
handed categorically from France an
answer as TO whether she would OBJ
serve neutrality and received their an
'wer from our ambassador August
n 05 p. m. ! quote the official doc
1ment: Upon my repeated definite |
INQUIRY whether France would remain !
neutral in the event OF a Russo-Ger-
man war the prime minister declared !
France would do that which her in
.erests dictated
Frances Meaning Clear.
I'm the language OF diplomacy, and I
Frances alliance with /
Russia. that could have but one mean
ng, and SO we knew we must strike I
1ard and as quickly as possible at
GRANGE. The why in which we could /
Itrike France hafdest and quickest was
through Belgium. and hence we took
hat way II Belgium had permitted
Is free passage we would have paid
ash for every mouthful and left its
erritory intact But Belgium chose
o appeal To- the god of battles and |
must abide by the result. With Rus
la on one side and France on the
,ther and England on the oceans, what
Use could we do but strike as hard
md as quickly as we could Let his
DRY decide which was the most neees-
itous, and hence excusabe-our inva-
ion of Belgium or England's of the
But reverted TO the horror Of L
{ all--"all this for the murder of a
oval couple in Austria? Why must
Millions die for them now? They are
Ilready dead and cannot return to
ife."
Cites Allegory In United States.
Suppose, said he, that the Mex .
cans had been conducting an anti
american tdIlDdikfi dibftB 1Oul HOQti-
i'm boundary for thirty years with the
'bject of detachlng Arizona and New
Iexico from the United States and
eturning them TO Mexico. suppose this
propaganda was connected with the n
pen connivance of the Mexican gov
mment and press and with the ac-
i've assistance of Mexican army Off |,
ers. suppose then that the next
highest official In your country. man
Who corresponded to a combination OF
Ice president, secretary of state and
General in the army, were sent to the
roubled region on a political mission
o report what steps should be taken |.
o buell. this propaganda, and suppose
urther that he was there assassnated
With his wife by Mexican with
'ombs manufactured In a Mexican
'overnment arsenal and furnished him
" Mexican officials and army officers,
nd suppose. as | have said, this was [
lot an outrage but the elimination OF
hirty years Of anti American attack, Il
hen would the American people con-
ider punitive expedition against
iexico unreasonable
II rather think not. They would in
ist ON il. The arrest of six American
marines resulted in your capture OF
EZRA Cruz, did 1t not? The blowing
Ip of the Maine. BY causes yet un- /
.nown. in the taking of Cuba, Porto |,
slco and the Philippines? Yet Aus
ria did not wish to take any of Ser
ID. 1t officially agreed not TO do SO.
I wanted only cessation OF this Pam
erNian propaganda OF the bomb. III
did not insist OIL that II must abdi- L
ate. its very sovereignty in its own b
erritory"
Then why not let them fight 1t
ut?"
Russia Forced Action.
Heaven knows that we wanted to +
~ them fieht IL ottt--aoa fha ffpht (