Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-31

made known beforehand (see England 4
White Paper No. 1897.
Mr.. sazonof Informed the French am
bassador and myself british ambassa-
doD this morning OF his conversation
with the Austrian ambassador. He went
on TO say that during the Balkan crisl.
chat is i9ll) he had made Il clear to the
Austrian government that war with Rus
STA must inevitably follow an Austrian
attack on Servia. II was clear that Aus
trlan domination OF Servia was as intol-
cradle for Russia as tho dependence OF
the Netherlands on Germany would be to
Great Britain. II was. In fact. for Rus
sia question OF life and DEATH
BY the way, here Is an interesting In
depreciation from the Russian source why
England IL fighting for Belgium.
IL Il was matter Of life and death that
Sorvla should not be punished by any
military measure for what Il had done,
then the proposal OF The Hague tribunal
was certainly farce. Two OF the mem
bors, France and England. were the
sworn allies OF Russia. and the third.
Italy, was then as uncertain a factor in
the situation as Il Is now. unable to
bulge in favor of Germany and Austria
Hungary because OF It's long coast line
being under the British and French guns
says Conference would Have Aided
Preparation for War.
That such a tribunal. which IN America
Is called packed jury" would not have
agreed in the end. and that II would only
have given TO Germany's enemies the pos
sibliity to more thoroughly prepare for
war. stood 10 reason. And that Ia why
Germany always preferred a settlement
by direct communication between Austria
and Russia. The German emperor has
repeatedly wired TO that effect. and NO
has the German chancellor. as stated In
the telegraphic dispatch of Sir NJ de
Bunsen to Sir Edward Grey from Vienna,
July %, slven in Engiand's White Paper
No. 95. from which quote;
''The French Ambassador hears from
Berlin that the German ambassador at
Vienna Is instructed 90 speak seriously
TO the Aus,ro-liunsarlan government
against acting In a manner calculated 20
provoke a European war"
But thon Il is claimed that al a certain
moment Austria Hungary did accept the
proposal of conference. As proof Is
adduced the English White Paper No ls5.
August l.
LONDON CForelsn office. August /.
iali..-Information reaches me from
most reliable source that Austrian gov
eminent have Informed German govern.
ment that. although tho situation has
been changed by the mobilization of Rus
sia, they would IN full appreciation Of the
efforts VI England or the preservation
Of peace be ready 90 consider favorablv
my proposal for mediation between Aus,
tria and Servia. The understanding OF
this acceptance would naturally be that
the Austrian military action against SER
via would continue for the present, ana
that the British government would urge
upon Russian government to stop the
mobilization OF troops directed against
Austria, In which case Austria would
naturally cancel those defensive military
counter measures IN Galiea. which have
been forosd upon Austria by Russian
mobilization"
II will be seen Ia the first place that
this news OF an acceptance OF media
ton came from no responsible source. Il
was simply 'hearsay.' II demanded fur
Their that the Austrian action should 30
on. and this was rejected BY the White
Paper No. 1s9. wherein Mr.. Sazonof said
that an attack ON seryia would lead to
war with Russia.
So maintain that Mr.. Carnegie Is com
pletely mistaken as 20 the German share
In the mediation proposals. that the
parties who should have accepted In the
first place. viz. Austria, and ia the sec
ono place. seryia. because they would
have had TO submit to tho tribunal. never
did 20.
Mr.. carnegie goes ON 10 say that Rus
aia was the last Of the powers 10 arm.