The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-01

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her capacity to defend herself. Great
Britain would have had such interest in
the result that she could not have stood
by and seen II done.
Won Bethmann Makes Proposition.
DIR. Won Bethmann-Hollweg proposed
as a formula that neither England nor
Germany should enter into any com.
bination against the other.
Haldane asked what good was an
agreement If Germany was going to
increase her battleships and force Eng
land to do the same England. he said.
certainly would have to lay down two
keels to Germany's one.
The next day, the question was dis.
cussed at lunch with Emperor William.
Admiral Tirpitz minister Of the navy
and DR.. Won Bethmann-Hol veg.
Haldane made the point that an
agreement would be bones without flesh
II Germany went on with her new fleet.
The emperor was visibly disturbed al
the suggestion that there could be no
political agreement worth having unless
there was an agreement about German
ship building Admiral Won Tirpitz said
IL was hard for Germany TO make any
admission about Great Britain's two
power standard. Haldane said the init.
atlve was with Germany. The converse.
ton resulted In the dropping Of one bat.
tleship from Germany's program.
Count Won Reventlow in his book as.
serted that three ships were dropped.
Attempt ~ Agreement.
The next day. the conversation be.
tween the chancellor and Haldane re.
suited in provisional approval Of Hal.
danes formula for the entente. with the
addition OF three important articles.
These were:
First II either side became entan.
sled in a war in which II could not be
said TO be the aggressor the other
would observe benevolent neutrality and
try to localize the conflict
Second: The neutrality should not ap.
ply where there were no reconcilable
existing contracts. The contracting
powers were 10 do all In their power TO
prevent differences between them and
other powers.
The chancellor offered England an ex.
ceptional portion in the railway be.
tween Bagdad and Besarabla.
Haldane asked for the controlling nor.
ton. Germany was to recognize Eng.
lands political interests in the Persian
gulf and southern Persia and to help
England get from Turkey a concession
for an extension OF the railway from
Basar to Koweit. Germany asked Ger.
tain territorial changes in Africa.
Germany Controlling Turkey.
The article says the proposed settle.
ment was on the whole favorable 10
England, except that Turkey was drift.
ing into the position OF a dependency Of
Germany. Or. Won Bethmann Hollweg
would have yielded on the naval diff.
Guilty for the sake Of an agreement In
the near east. but Admiral .ou Tlrpitz
had his way for the sake Of few ships
which have been OF no value TO Germa.
ny in the war.
The article in the Guardian concludes:
"Haldane tried by every means consist.
ent with Great Britains interests and
honorable obligations to strengthen the
hands OF the moderates IN Germany.
while his enemies strengthened the
hands OF the extremists and supplied
them with arguments that England.
despite her fair professions. was the
real enemy Considering the political
q.
inevitable. but those who tried to make
headway against the current have no
reason 20 regret their endeavor."