Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-31
GERMANY MAKES REPLY
To GREY'S STATEMENT
Denies That Won -HoIlwep
Said Belgium Sold Neutrality
to England.
INVASION NOT VIOLATION
berlin Declares Tcutonic Forces Did
INVASION NOT VIOLATION
berlin Declares Teutonic Forces Did
Not Enter Small Country Until She
Had Broken Her Own Neutrality.
Summary OF Document.

BERLIN. August 30 (by wireless to
Sayville).-The Nort:, German cozatto
publishes an official reply to Sir Ed
ward Grey's statement on the speecb
OF Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollwer
Mt the opening of the last session of
the Reichstag. The Overseas News
agency. summarizing the German reply
as published in the Gazette. says:
AT the beginning the article alludes
TO the fact that Sir Edward Grew din
| Dramatically ignored the valuable ma.
terial contained in reports from Relgia n
| ministers at various European canita,.
! prior to the war recently published in
Germany. hut goes cxhaustively into
the subjects. Of threats against Belgian
neutrality. The cI...ncclior never said
! that Belgium sold, her neutrality tn
England, but asserted that II had been
proved by documents that Belgium had
fostered British military plans, thus
herself violating her neutrality"
The article points out that the dis
cussion of their ncutralities bv Bel
GUM and British military officers must
, have been reported To the British din
lomatic Offices. Documents found in
Brussels. 1t is said. show conclusiveIv
that the British attache coolly told his
Belgium colleague that Great Britain
would land troops in Belgium without
beiGiums consent. and that Belgium
never had protested against this.
SUCH country. 1t is declared, Is not q
neutral country.
EXCITEMENT OVER VIOLATION
CHAHACTERIZED AS RIDICULOUS
The chancellor" II is added ..did
not endeavor to bring to light facts
that would Justify n violation of Bel.
sian neutrality in August. 1914. and
stated the reason i'm his Relchstar
speech. declaring that German troops
| invaded Belgium after the Iattcr bod
| already broken her own ncutralItv
Besides" II is added, the excite.
ment over the morales OF n violation .,
a seventy-five-y ear-old treaty mada ,o-
entirely different PURPOSES, was rid,cu.
lous for country w \ unconeerned1y
disregarded a promise. lemnlv pivon
twenty-five years ago\ I'll Europe
and which continuous, sunnort,a
French violations OF the oSls. .tions .c.
cepted In 1911, regarding Morocco"
The Overseas News Agency har,
takes up the assertion by DR. Won
Bethmann- Hollweg in his Reicbs,,r
speech that Sir Edward GREY had se;d
to the German ambassador. as be NO.
leaving London. that It might be nos
sihlc England could be OF more ,ss,st
ance to Germany at the was close bv
entering the conflict thar :. she h,a
remained neutral. Sir Edward Grey
denied having made such remarks
DENIES INTENTION TO
CRUSH GEUMA.I EMPIRE
The text of the memorandum IN
which Prince Lichnowsky. the German
ambassador at London, recorded that
part Of his interview with Sir Edward
is reproduced as follows:
Sir Edward Grey was vis.olv moved
as he greeted me. He SAID the decision
he had been Obliged to take was tho
grarest OF his entire life, and that tho
deciding consideration was that mr.
ticipation In the war would iniuro
England little more than n massive
course; moreover, that England as n
participating power would be I'm q het
ter position to throw her influence into
the balance than by remaining neutral
because she would he able It any finn.
to threaten II withdraw from the con-
flict
The violation of recognized Inter
national treaties. guaranteed by Eng
land he said. made 1t impossible for
her to stand aside"
y confidential communication then
presented to Prince Lichnowsky BY Sir
Edward is thus summarized:
The confidential communication was
10 the effect that should events not
take the turn anticipated by the Ger
man military party, or should Gre,t |
Britain wish for other reasons TO bring
tho war to II speedy end, he ALWAYS
Continued on Third Pagel
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