The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-23
Dr. Dcrnburg Gets in Deeper.

from Germany. We gladly grant space
for what Or. DEnNBuRa has to say in
reply to THE suns remarks
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Rec
ognizing ms | do the spirit of fairness In
dealing with the newly published Belgian
papers will you let me say that I did not
at all overlook that sentence in the 1905
document that English troops are only TO
he landed in case OF a German attack
| mention Il where refer TO the fact that
IN 1906 II had only been a concerted
action The main point is that In the
1912 document there Is no such quallfca-
ton any more. 1t says that even against
the protest OF tho Belgian Government.
which General JuNGsLuTH promptly made,
troops would be landed. and not only in
case OF a German invasion. but under all
circumstances.
The aggressive character Of English
policy Is further fully evidenced by the
quite uncalled for declaration that even
In England they have everything ready
and all IL prepared.' This reminds one
involuntar1ly Of General lie BoHur, who
saw IN 1870 that tho troops were ready
10 the last button tdrchipreD.
! mcnting on the Belgian position, says that
Belgian neutrality had been most hurtful
10 that country itself. since Il could not
| even make arrangements with other ma
lions for its defence OF course tfle Times
did not know then that these documents
existed. but the interesting thing Ia that
the Times says the generally accepted
| doctrine was that neutral country can
| not make any arrangements for It's de-
| fence with other countries. A breach OF
neutrality in the case OF Belgium is shown
| by the repeated use OF the term allies or
allied forces. meaning Belgium. France
and England
~, seems 10 me that the criticism fails.
which know you have certainly made in
good faith. DR.. DERNBuRo.
| NEW York. December 81"
! II Is plea SAINT to know that Or. DERN-
BURG recognizes the spirit OF fairness
and the tone of good faith in The Sun S
comments upon his astounding exhibit
of Sunday last. We shall adhere 10
that spirit and preserve that tone. We
even wish that we could do something
TO extricate this accomplished and
plausible spokesman of the Kaiser; but
how shall we proceed?
DIR. DEBNBURd's Interpretation OF the
conversations in 1905 between the Bel
gian General DUcARME and the British
military attache, Lieutenant-Colonel
BARNARplsToN, was this:
"They 1.-THE so-called secret papersl show
that these conversations were also held
with Belgium; that the plans had beer
OF loo'ooo men py way OF three frehct
~. IH. ou''",,N N,.' 90, anu nou'oen'
stdered a landing nv vav of .he ScheId,
thus violating also the Dutch neutrality.
"Tha documents. giving ALI the details n,
translated and showing that RelpIan rail
way cars were to be sent to The named
French norris in order TO TRANSPORT tn,
British troops into Belgium. are datec
from 1906"
Let rs NIT the case simply and fairly
These "secret papers" have been wldel,
advertised as affording evidence of :
long concluded Mot and purpose on III,
mart OF France or England. or botl
! tOupthp 10 violate BplyiuIQ' = uputralit (,
in order 70 roach and attack Germanv
Be,pIum beinr a marty n the Mot. Thi
has frequently been a,lered Inv Ger
marr,s s,oLesmon !, iustiec.tior y
corn,orv.s oc+,a, y,o,otion y, pe,c,,,r,
neutral territory in order 10 reach th,
Erorcb frontier opd attacl, Er,nce
nn,.-, ,,.,, oh,o,,,.o,. o,,i,, l., ~,
Dvpxp,rpc,s romorks Introducing III
"sacret" documents IN eiva INV idaa n
theIr s,yn,6cance d,fferent from th,
inst stated He so,d.
- , o,,,,
.n,, ,hora n,.s ,,ratr,ah,. WOO, ,sa,
E cerno,y d,d not march fbro,,oh Relate,
; her enemies tcourd. This proot. as no,
beirg produced, Is Of the strongest char
: octer"
Vet the "secret" memorandum Of 1901
os TIE SrN nointed ont st Sunday
conclusiyelv shows in one sentence /,
which DIR. DrRNBuRG failed 10 refer Il
any intelligible manner. that the oil,
. pose Of the military understanding he
tween Belgium and England was not |.
wall, over Relrlum,s neutrality for th
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