The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-20

HARRISBURG Dali TIE
protest TO be delivered to the com
mander of the invading troops but
Major Won Dyck had no lack. he
spent all day missing the advancing
Prussians. and 1t was Lieutenant vii.
helmy, charged with a similar mis-
sion, who succeeded in registering
formal protest with the commaIld-
ant OF the German troops who had
taken possession. of the railway sta
ton of the city of Luxembourg and
Lieutenant Franck, under like or
ders, who presented in person Min
lister Eychen's protest to Major von
Baerensprung, commanding the Ger
man corps of occupation.
It was Notwithstanding that Min N
lister Eyscheen received an answer
to his telegram to Herr Won Jagow
indeed he received two. one from
the German foreign minister and
the other from the chancellor OF the
German empire. The little grand
duchess had her reply from her fm-
perial cousin on August 8. All were
in the same tenor. Won Jagows mes
sage said: The imperial govern
ment guarantees Luxembourg fun
compensation for any damage done
by us. We have reliable informa-
ton, according to which French
forces are in march on Luxembourg. +"
To this, Minister Eyschen replied by
telegraph: There is not one single
French soldier on Luxembourg ter
ritory. nor any sign whatsoever or
any threatening Of Luxemboutg's
neutrality from the. French side. On
the contrary, on August first the
rails OF the railroad on French ter
ritory near Mont st. Martin-Lonkwy
were torn up"
Blamed on French.
In spite of this assurance and in
spite of the fact that hours since
German scouts had already penetrat-
ed through Luxembourg into France
and knew that no French attack upon
luxembourg had been or was being
planned, the troops occupying the
city of Luxembourg proposed to
1914, which had been printed in Col
b1enz and brought with them on
their coming to the Grand Duchy,
giving as the reason for the military
occupation of that neutral state that
France had already violated the
neutrality OF the Grand Duchy. Min
lister Eyschen obtained copy of
this document and read 1t to the
chamber of deputies OF the Grand
Duchy. It's text follows:
lowing to the failure of France
to respect the neutrality of Luxem-
hourg, her war1ike acts-esta blished
beyond any doubt-directed against
German troops from the very terri
tory of Luxembourg, have forced
his majesty under the bitter COM
pulsion of iron necessity. to order
that German troops. the Eighth Army
Corps Of the First Line. also march
was signed simply Commanding
general of the VIII army corps"
Minister Eyschen protested against
this proclamation with the utmost
vigor to the commanding officer of
the Prussian troops in occupation,
and it was the abandoned for one
which read: His majesty. moved
by unavoidable necessity and induced
to the action by the disregard of
neutrality on the part OF France.
has ordered the marching of troops
into luxembourg This second do
cuent was signed "Tlf Won Tscheppe
and Wfedenbach. CommandingsG Cen
eral of the Prussian VII army corps. -
Another Protest.
Again this. also Minister Eyschen
protested and telegraphed his pro-
test to Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg. The reply he received was
that no hostilities were directed
against the Grand Duchy and that
the local laws of the Grand Duchy
would continue to prevail. Con-
strained to accept this situation.
Minister Eyschen asked assurances
to the same effect from the German
commander and from the German
minister Both gave them.
The following day, however, after
this agreement had been reached
that Luxembourg should be free to
administer her own affairs-the
German dictation began.
The first step was to demand of
Luxembourg's minister of state. al
ready struggling with the problem
of feeding, his people the immediate
expulsion of the French minister to
Luxembourg from the soil of the
Grand Duchy. When the demand was
made, Mr.. Eyschen, pointing out that
FRANCE was not at war with the
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