TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-04-26
Or. coNYBEARE SAYS
RUSSIA CAUSED WAR
Fsmous Oxford Scholar Declares Read
ing Of Diplomatic Exchanges
Proves That.
cermany Really Attaeked.
Has Acted on the Defensive Against
Cars Aegressions and as Vie
tim OF Grey's Policies.

tim Of Grey's Policies
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Throughous England, particular,
among scholars and men OF affairs, th'
conviction that the course Of Greai
Britain. guided and inspired by Sir Ed
ward Grey, has been different in motiv.
and purpose from that pure altruism 80
loudly proclaimed by the foreign mini
ter last August, has been growins
rapidly. The following letter is one oi
many pieces Of documentary evidences
Ltl'at might be produced. Its Importance
lies not only In the clarity and explicit.
ness OF its statement, but in the per
sonaiity OF the author. DR.. i. O. Cony-
beare is famous Oxford scholar. a
member Of many learned sccietics,
author Of numerous works on Armenian
texts and theological subjects. His
sympathies were early in the war
enthusiastically anti-German. That
they have undergone a great change is
evident from the letter. The letter was
addressed 70 friend in America and il
published in the current Vital Issue OF
New York. The letter is in part as
follows:
Many thanks for your last letter.
viii come 20 that presently, for your
own attitude and the treatment OF
Poles in Prussia and much else we have
written TO each other about are thing
On the fringe OF the vital questions I
want to treat OF in this letter. ! feel
that I owe il to you TO write this, for
know that you will understand my
feelings. In August and September AMI
October felt SO sure that England had
all right on her side and Germany all
wrong that / hardly troubled TO read
the diplomatic documents given in the
English, German, French and Russian
books. At the beginning OF October
my attention was first drawn TO the
einpcror's correspondence with the
car, and realized then that he had
made sincere effort Tor peace in the
days July 2s-sl, AMI YOU perhaps sew
my acknowledgment of the same in the
New York Nation. am not the man
TO zee clearly point in favor Of the
enemy and TO conceal il.
Next ] got NJ. p Prices Diplomatic
History OF che War;, which gives all
the diplomatic dispatches and CORE.
lates them with one smother and with
contemporary events SO far rs these
were ascertainsble from Reuters tele.
grams, newspaper correspondents
abroad. etc. The points that are driven
into NE by perusai Of IL and Of all tho
documents are those:
Franz Ferdinands Austria.
First. That in tie days 1928 July
Berlin made a great mistake in not
obliging Franz Josef TO withdraw, or
rather moderate, his note TO servia.
quite realize what testy, obstinate,
authoritaire and somewhat senile old
gentleman your foreign office had to
deal with in him, and / know how mis-.
taken our press is IN supposing that he
acts. On this occasion he took the bit
in his teeth, probably aided by that
arch oppressor the Magyar TisEa. On
the other hand, recognize the provoca.
ton under which Austria was. The
grand duke was a sensible
fellow, whose ambition, believe, was to
conciliate the small siav nations OF
Austria Hungary. Just because he was a
contruetive statesman the arehduke
was murdered, for his accession to the
throne would have been tho deathkncll |
of pan.slav ambitions in Australia
gary. 40
Sir Edwards Secret.
Second. Sir Edward Grey had be
hind our backs mortgaged our fleet, our
only serious arm, to France uncondi-
tIonally. believe only Asquith and |
two or three other members Of the
sabinet were in this secret The public
knew in a vague way Of the triple en-
Iente, but no one suspected that Grey's
diplomacy had left us no choice OF our
Idarrels and that we were by IL as
much dashed 10 Russia's chariot wheels
Is France.
Third. In spite Of the affinity OF
language aud religion to Rus.
'ian. do not believe Petrograd cared
or seryia, save as lever with which
o disinterate Austria. Bulgaria Is as
lose to Russia in these ways, yet was
ynically sacrificed by Russia after the
var with Turkey.
Fourth. - When the crisis began on
July "a. Sasonoff and Cambon at once
et to work to drag Grey by his heels
nto complete solidarity with Russia
md France in the coming conflict. Had
irey only followed The advice Of Bocha.
an, our ambassador in Russia We
you'd not have gone in, for the latter
old sasonoff straight out that Eng
and's interests in sersia were nil, and
war on behalf Of that country would
ever he sanct;<,,1A nv Ry;tfsh r,,hifc