The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
PLOT TO ISOLATE GERMANY
 BROUGHT TO LIGHT
 IN BELGIUM, CLAIM
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| tain part until 1t became apparent which | side would be successful Under date of June 21 1909 the Belgian ambassador at Berlin said: The triple alliance always has been considered in | this spirit in Berlin because it was con- cluoed with a purely defensive purpose The Belgian charge d'affaires in Lon don on April 12, 1907. wrote: King Ed | wards visit made to his royal nephew | in Carthagena had as its main object to try to strengthen the bonds that unite Spain with Great Britain and to diminish | as much as possbie German influence in | Madrid "
 The minister of Belgium at Berlin con- firmed this idea, writing on April 1s, 1907:
 German Isolation Campaign The King of England's visit to the King of Spain is one maneuver in the campaign for Germanys isolation, which
 his majesty Edward VII conducts per- sonally and with equal tact and suc- cess.
 "The main weapon in the campaign of English press is thus arraigned by the Belgian minister at London, Count
 Lalaing on May "A, 1907:
 " "A certain kind of press known here | under the name of yellow press is largely responsible for the hostile feeling be- tween the two nations, but what could be expected of newspaper men like Mir | Harmsworth (now Lord Northcliffe), the | editor of the Daily Graphic. the Daily l Express, the Evening News and the 1 Weekly Dispatch. who said in an inter- view to the Matn:
 | " Yes, we detest the Germans cordially.
 They make themselves odious in the whole of Europe. I shall not admit that my paper prints the slightest thing that may hurt France. but 1 should not like
 to see anything published that might be pleasant to the Germans. This same editor In 1899 attacked
 with equal violence the Frenchmen who
 intended to boycott the Paris fair and Wrote
 The French has succeeded in con vincing John Bull that they are his
 bitter enemies England has hesitated
 Q long time between Germany and France but it always has valued the German character while it finally feels
 contempt for France. cordiaIe en- tente with her next neighbor cannot exist"
 Peaceful Intentions The Belgian ministers state in the documents found that Germany's in tentions were peaceful. The Belgian minister at Berlin on May 80, 1907. said:
 England ought to Know that a Ger
 man attack even in the very remote
 future Is actually impossible On the contrary, Germany has everything to fear since for centuries England has
 been accustomed to destroy the naval
 forces of foreign nations as soon as
 they arrived at certain important DO . sltion. After Holland, France has known this. Then 1t was the turn of Denmark, whose ships were destroyed
 without the least provocation by Ad-
 miral Nelson after having entered the Fort of Copenhagen as a friend Baron Greindl the Belgian minister
 at Berlin, crticizing under date of June 8, 19o7 the English press cam | pafgn, wrote:
 The Times leads in the calumny and l defamation It's Berlin correspondent who has every opportunity for obtain ing better information. stirs up Eng l fish hatred against the Germans by pretending that the Imperial govern
 nent has ambitious plans. whose silli- ness is manifest and by attributng to | Germany's government dark intrigues
 If which it never has had thought 1 France in the meantime was thrown
 into the English campaign, Count La
 laing. the Belgian minister at London, 1 on June IT. 1907, writing:
 "In order to prepare for the moment | against dangers that probably exist | only in her imagination or perhaps | in order to strengthen her position as
 one of the leaders of inner politics | France accepts the debt of gratitude | which will appear heavy if one day | England unveils the ambitions foi | which she intends to use the forces | which she now has assembled around I herself.
 "The Belgian minister at Berlin or l June 22. 907. wrote:
 | These measures of precautior i taken against imaginary dangers are ol a character to cause and stimulate IT
 nations the idea that Germany Is tho | aggressive power against whose enter | rrises other nations must unite. The harm would not be so very great Ii | these treaties or alliances would b' merely superfluous. but they compro | mise the cause of peace.'"