Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-12
GEAR LONG READY
TO ATTACK KAISER
Alleged Text of Secret Order
Issued Four Years Ago
Published at Berlin.
DETAILS OF THE SCHEME

Berlin, Nov. ll.(ABy Wiresless to
Sayville. THE assertion OF Chan
cellor Won Bethmann- Holweg in his
address to the Reichstag main COM
mittee that as long ago as 1912 Rus
STA had made plans for war on Ger
many was supplemented today by
the semi-official Nordeutsehe Al
germein Zeitung, which published
what is given as the text of the Rus
sian governments general order to
which the chancellor referred. In
his address DR.. Won Bethmann-H Hell
veg said at the time the war began
there was still valid an order from
the highest place" that proclamation
Of war against Germany.
Text Of the Order.
The text OF the order as given by
the newspaper follows:
"Secret-Chief OF Staff OF the Warsaw
Military District:
"Quartermaster-generaps section,
mobilization department. -
September so, 1912.
Number 2.4s0.
urgent. To the commander OF the
Sixth army corps: Modifying all
former orders, | communicate the
following order of the chief COM
mander:
1T is ordered from the highest
place that a proclamation OF mob
ilization, at the same time is proc!a-
nation OF war against Germany.
"The German army, In full readi-
ness for war, can complete the oc-
cupation OF strategic points in the
district of the Mazorian lakes, on the
thirteenth day OF mobilization. The
German vanguard corps may cross
the frontier on the tenth day.
"The armed forces of Russia will
be divided into several armies,
previously assigned for simultaneous
operations against Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary. The armies assigned
for operations against Germany will
be combined into one group under
command Of the chief commander Of
the group OF armies before the Ger
man front. The second army, to
which the Sixth corps belongs, will
. be incorporated in group Of armies
on the northwest front. The staff Of
the chief commander OF the Second
army will have quarters in Warsaw
until the seventh day OF mobilization
and later on at Volkovisk.
"The general task OF mobilization
on the northwest front, after the COM
I pletion Of mobilization, will be to
march against the armed forces Of
Germany, with the object Of carry
ing the war into its territory. The
tack Of the second army will be the
masking OF mobilization and OF the
general concentration Of armies. In
any event the army must maintain
control ef the Bialystok- Grodno dis
| trict For this purpose the second
army will concentrate on the front
I OF Sopockini Lomza.p
Order ID Secret.
I Dtailed orders are given, the news
paper continues in regard to the dis
position Of troops, transports, etc,
and finally the high political inn
portance of the orders given are
strict secret, as follows:
THE contents OF this order are
strict secret OF state"
"The order IL said to have been
signed by Lieutenant General Kliou-
Jew, Major-General Postovski and
Senior Adjutant- Colonel Daler.
I The Nord Deutsche Allgemetine
tZcitung says this order was not can
scelled and consequently was valid
rwhen the war began. It adds that
Judging by the colse cooperation OF
1.-THE Russian and French general
sstaffs the order also must have been
known to the French government and
Through il to the British government,
sinasmuch - In the last few years
sbeforc the war relations had been
sbuilt up between the French and Brit
fish stats, as was shown by frequent
trips Of General French to France.