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French Assert Baron Won SchOen Requested Arrange
mcnts for His Own Person" While Still
Talking Peace.

W"'cn ~ the same AS | myself nave felt
FOR some time: hostility against us is
srcwing and the Emperor has ceased TO be
partisan OF peace.
The person conversing with the Ger.
man Emperor thought up to the present
IKE everybody. that william H., whose
personal Influence had been exerc! sed N
many critical circumstances to the benefit
vi 'he maintenance OF peace. still had the
same disposition OF mind This time he
round MIN completely changed. The Ger.
man Emperor is no longer in his eyes the
champion or peace against the bellicose
tendencies OF certain German parties
william III. has come TO think thar WA,
with France Is inevitable and that IL mus,
De accepted one day or another He be-
l,eves naturally In the crushing superio rit,
OF the German army and its certain sue
cess.
Gen. Won Moltke spoke exactly in the
same terms as his sovereign He also
declared that war was necessary and
| inevitable. but he showed himself still
more certain OF success. for" said he
to the King. this time II must be done
and your Majesty cannot have an doub,
az the Irresistible enthusiasm which or
that day will carry with you the entire
German people"
The King OF the Beiglans protested tha,
, II was making mockery Of the intentions
OF the French Government TO translate
NntIn III lUbt way ana 10 allow oneself
to be misled regarding the sentiments OF
4, tho French nation by the manifestation
OF some dighty minds or console celess
intr!guers.
The Emperor and his Chief OF stan
persisted none the less In their manner
OF thinking.
In the course OF this conversation the
Emperor was, moreover. apparently OBJ
stinate and irritable. According as the
years weigh more on William IL family
| traditions, the retrogressive sentiment Of
the court and above all the Impotence
OF the military element are obtaining more
domination over his mind. Perhaps he
| feels the Jealousy OF the popularity ac-
Quired by his son, who fiatters the pas
| sions of the Pan-Germanists and does not
think that the position of the empire In
the world is equal TO Its power. Per-
haps also the reply to France 70 the
| latest Increase OF the German army, the
object OF which was to establish beyond
doubt German superiority. has had some
I thing to do with this bitterness. for what.
| ever one may say one feels that 1t can
scarcely go along thus much further.
II may be asked what is there at tn.
| bottom OF this conversation. The En-
peror and his Chief OF stan may hay,
/ had for their reason to impress the Kinl
OF the Belgians and TO induce him not L
! orer resistance In case conflict will
/ us were brought about Perhaps its OBJ
! ject was to make Belgium less hostil,
| to certain ambitions which are displayed
| here regarding the Belgian Congo. bu
this hypothesis does not appear to me I,
he In accord with the presence OF Gen
Won Moltke.
Moreover. Emperor William is les
, master OF his Impotence than is CON
monty believed. | have seen him OF
many occasions let slip the real intent o
his thought Whatever may have beei
his object In the conversation which IA
been related ~ me the confidence has non
the less a grave character. IL correspond
/ 10 the precarious nature OF the genera
situation and OF the state Of mind of
certain part OF public opinion in Franc
and Germany.
+ In conclusion would say that II is we,
to remember this new fact that the En-
| peror is famlliarizins himself with al
= order of ideas OF which he disapprovet
formerly and that, to borrow from hin
phrase which he loves to use I'VE mus
keep our powder dry JULES CAMHoN.
CHAPTER H.
Events Following Archduke's Dratf
J Chapter II. OF the Yellow Book refer
TO events beginning with the death OF IN,
Austrian Archduke on June IS. 1914, I,
the day when the Austrian ultimatur
was delivered to Servia. July %. 1874.
After his first note OF June -, an
rounc!ng the assassination at Sarajevo
! ". Dumaiue. Ambassador or France a
/ Vienna, advises NJ Rene V.viani. Presi
dent OF the Council and Ministe
! OF Foreign Affairs. that the Grim
had created strong feeling in mill
tary circles IN Austria and that 9Th
| investigation OF the origin OF tn
| crime which II !s intended 10 denlan'
from the Belgrade Government under con
! ditions intolerable for its dignity vii
furnish In the event OF n refusal. ground
for proceedings with military en-
fofcement OF the demands"
On July 8, 1914, NJ. Paleologue, Frenc
Ainba - dor at ST, petersburg. sent tn
following letter TO NJ Rene Niviani. MIN
lister OF Foreign Affairs:
| an the course OF "A conversation Will
the charge d'aff4irs of Austria Hungary
NJ Sazonoff called the attention or TIM
diplomat. in a friendly manner. TO I'M
alarming irritation which the attack
OF the Austrian press against serfi'
might produce in his country
Count Czernin having minated tina
the Austro- Hungarian Government Nigh
he compelled to seek in Servian territor,
the lrstlgators Of the Sarajevo assassina
ton. NJ sazonoff interrupted;
"'No country mere than Russia, SAT-
he, has suffered from crimes pre-
!
attempted 10 use against any country IN
means with which your newspapers ar
threatening Servia? DO not attempt IT,.
May this warning not be lost.
"PALEoLoGUE."
on July 81. 1914. VI. Bienv'nu- Martir
Minister OF Foreign Affairs, sent the 10
lowing note to the French Amha ssador
at London, St Petersburg, Vienna an
Rome
M. Julr- @-ampon has very serious res
sons 10 believe that when Austria vi
take az Belgrade the steps which 81
deems necessary as result OF the Sarf
ievo assassination, that Germany will sur
port 1t with all her authority without a
tempting 10 assume role of mediator.
"BIENvENU- MARTIN.
CHAPTER III.
Austrian Note and seryian Reply.
Chapter Ill liz devoted to the Austria