Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-14

: Washington, Aug. 1.-THE Gery
emperor's telegram to President
Wilson, given to Ambassador Gerard
in the eihperor's own handwriting was
public officially by the state ,deIl
Monday for the first time. I'll
follows:
"Berlin, via Copenhagen, August IL,
1914.
.Received August Is. 1880 P. NJ.
secretary Of State, Washington,
August IA, 8 r. m.
1.-THE following was communicated
personally to me by h emperor In
writing:
":For the president personally.
Interview with King.
Zone. The royal highnesg, Prince
Henry was received by his majesty
King George v. in London, who en-
powered him to transmit to me YER
bally that England would remain neu-
trail II war broke out on the continent
involving Germany and France. Aus
,tria and Russia This message was
l~telegraphed to me by my brother from
London after his conversation with his
majesty the king. and repeated verbal
ly on the twenty-ninth Of July.
80 Grey's Message.
% 1.-TWO. My ambassador in London
Transmitted a message from Sir Ed
ward Grey to Berlin saying that only
In ase France was Hkely.to be crushed
England would interfere.
~" Three. On the thirtieth n am
bassador-in London reported that Sir
Edward Grey in the course Of a pri-
vate (Sic) conversation, told him that
tween Russia-not Servta-and Aus
tria, England would not, move, but II
we mixed in the fray she would take
quick decisions and grave maneuvers;
In other words, IL I left my ally AUS
tria in the lurch to fight alone, Eng
land would not touch me.
Kaiser's Suggestion
"'Four. This communication being
directly counter to the kings message
to me I t~elegraphed his majesty on
the 'twenty-ninth or thirtieth, thanking
him for the kind message through my
Ebrother and begging him to use all his
powar to keep France and Russia, his
allies. from making any warlike pre-
parations calculated to disturb my
work on mediation, stating that I was
In constant communication with his
majesty, the czar. In the evening the
king kindly answered that he had ord
cred his government to use every pos
stble influence with his allies to repu-
date taking any provocative military
measures. AT the same time, his ma
jesty asked NO. I should transmit to
Vienna the British proposal that AUS
ttia raj TO take Belgrade and q few
other Servtan towns and strip OF coun-
try 70 a main mise (Sie) to make sure
that the S0rvian promises on paper
should be fulilled in reality. This pro-
lposal was in the same moment tele-
graphed from Vienna for London,
Il aasgkA d. - r-fkhH&L> n.lklzS-
proposal; besides, ! had t~elegraphed 10
his majesty the . q the Am as an
idea of mine before l received the two
Recommendations from Vienna and Lon
dom As both were Of tho same opfnE
ion, II immediately transmitted the
kilograms vice versa to Vienna and
Eondon. Felt that I was able to tidS
1.-THE question over and was happy q
the peaceful outlook.
Russia M6biIizes.
z Five. While I wa preparing Z
mote TO his majesty the car, the mex
xnorning to inform him that Vienna
1.-THE treatment OF affairs, I received TIN
telephone message from his exceIlenc,
1.-THE chancellor that In the night befors
the car had given the order TO mobi
HE the whole Of the Russian army
which of purse also meant agains
GerInany; whereas, up till then tn,
eorthern armies had been mobilixei
( ssix n q telegram from Londo,
a. atnbassado informed me he I'm
derskood the British aoyernmen
would guarantee neutrality OF franc,
and wished TO know whether German
Iwould refrain from attack. I sfeis
IEgr&phed 70 his majesty the king nsr
f~IeonalIy that mobilization being aIrsad,