New Britain herald., 1915-08-26
||RMAN |SAYS GREY
Reply to Bethnlann- QindiCateS Britain

GICdL br1Ca1n IS U0LSr- contlnue to fight until Ger ndons her ambition of su-
 as made in a statement is-
 ht by Sir Edward Grey, in
 ne speech last week of Dr. Rann-Hollweg, the German
 hancellor, in the Reichstag.
 Bethmann-Hollweg had de-
 bis speech that the press of bad ignored the publication pf Belgian diplomatic repre-
 in the capitals of England,
 d Germany, found by the
 lthorities in Brussels.
 ard Grey's statement is a
 refutal of the German
 ith regard to the alleged
 ritain to violate Belgium s
 The British foreign min
 IS specifically that Ger
 ted the war and caused it
 the proposal of a confer
 a would have settled the
 pblem.
 lot this refusal that decided Fticipation in the present
 r Edward Grey points out |ement, but it signed death bf hundreds of thousands
 been killed in this war.
 e one candid soul in Ger
 Austria- Hungary" asks the
 esTnan, "who, looking back
 Hast year, does not regret
 soposaI for that conference
 cepted ?"
 lard formally declares that Ein will not discuss the free
 seas while there exists un-
 Ind insecurity against war Bt German methods of war fhe full text of his statement
 E. Grey's Statement.
 lgian record of a conversa-
 The British military attache
 ported to the foreign office
 as the records show, to the
 at the time. We saw the
 the first time when Ger
 ished. the Belgian record.
 vention or agreement exist n the British and Belgian
 ts Why does the German
 ignore entirely that in T told the Belgian minister l ly that we desired in the elgium, as in the cases of 'ral countries, that their Should be respected and as
 was not violated by any Certainly would not send any selves. s the true story? On July he German chancellor tried s by the promise of future dependence to become a ke violation. of Belgian neu- |Germany. [tions for an Anglo-German in 1912 were brought to a flich it was made clear that | have no success unless we fomise of absolute neutrality many remained free under e to take part in a European hn and shall be explained Ing the account of the nego- taken from the records of h office. Nor did I say any, |idiculously untrue as: eff rest of Germany, we would Into the war with the object ing Russia Lr would have been avoided terence had been agreed to. bn the fimsiest pretext shut against it. I would wreck the point of form. I ex- yself ready to acquiesce in ,d of mediation Germany yest. If mine was not &C., or mediation, I said I was 0me to the operation of any hat Germany thought pos 'nly Germany would press
 in the interest of peace. lay perhaps the world will really passed between Ger Austria respecting the ulti- Serbia and it's consequences. ints outstanding could have ed honorably and fairly by 'ence in a week. Germany now that we would take the tight and honorable part herself recognized we had le Balkan conference, work IT the diplomatic victory of .roup, but solely for a fair ready to take sides against pt to exploit the conference I'd at a disadvantage to Ger Austria.
 fusa1 by Germany to accept sal of the conference to de- lestion whether there should IT war in Europe signed the rant of many hundreds of who have been killed in this ust it be forgotten that the of Russia proposed to the mperor that the Austro-S Ser lte should be settled by the bunal. Is there one candid or a-Iungary tck upon the past year, who 'egret that neither the Brit .e Russian proposal was ac- s the German program now? wants to control the destiny CT nations. Germany alone free to break international would crush whenever she fuse all mediation and go to