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Goods on Him
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(By Leased Wire to New Mexican
Copenhagen, Aug. Republication
of Emperor Williams telegram Il
President Wilson in the memoirs o.
ex-Ambassador Gerard and the lame
and belated attempt at explanation
made by the ~semi-official Nord Deut
sche Allgemeine Zeitung calls forth
criticism in the German press 7o1
what Is termed the German emperOrs
irresponsible conduct of the foreign
affairs OF the empire.
The various Berlin newspapers
comment on the system which per
mits a sovereign to pass upon such a
proposal from a neutral power and to
draft an important state document
without consultation with a foreign
minister OF. even without the neces-
sary records being made,
The incertitude of the semd-official
organ, which a only say that "pos'
sibly'' the emperor may have drafted
some such memorandum occasions
general discomfort.
The German press also sharply criti-
cises the action of the censor. who
prevented publication of any refer
ence to the Gerard disclosures for
nearly a week after the entente and
neutral newspapers had printed full
particulars and the inability Of the
new German. foreign secretary, DR..
Won Kuehlmann. in his first official
action, to produce a firmer or more
convincing refutation or explanation.
The Berlin newspapers intimate that
the question of ministerial responsible
ity or non-responsibility for Emperor
Williams autographed document will
be raised in the Reichstag, the situa-
ton in general lines resembling that
arising from the famous interview with
the emperor printed in the London
Daily Telegraph several years ago,
which likewise appeared without the
chancellor, foreign secretary or other
representative official having any deli
mite idea Of its contents.
The Hamburger Fremdenblat criti-
cises the delay in appearance Of the
semi-oficial statement which the news
paper says was neither adroit nor
forcful, betrays the embarrassment of
the writer and adopts a tone OF dis
couraged defiance. =
The F~remdenblat is inclined to ques-
ton the veracity of the assertion
made by the Nord Deutsche Allgeime
Zeitung. that the document was not
a telegram, saying that IL Ambassador
Gerard really characterized mere notes
1otted down to assist his memory as
a formal telegram from the emperor
it would undoubtedly be incorrect, but
adding that the semi-official newspaper
does not question that his ideas were
the emperor's.
The F~remdenblat continues that the
explanation of the Nord Deutsche ALI
gemeihe Zeitung is not calculated to
raise German prestige and admontshes
Foreign Secretary Won Kuehlmann
when next he IS confronted by reve-
lations from the other side to deny
them boldly and stoutly.
Count Won Reventlow, writing in the
Tages Zeitung, shifts the blame for
the emperor's irresponsible action
from his majesty to DIR. Won Bethmann
Hollweg, the former imperial chancel-
lor, who, the writer says, should have
been present. The count attacks the
ex-chancellor for failing to warn the
emperor about the insidious PERSONAL
ity of the ambassador"
I'm all the press comment the Ger
man emperor and the government Of
ficials get most of the hard knocks.
The substance Of Mr.. Gerard's state
ments is largely ignored.