The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13

VeIOpmentS in the European conflict to draw attention yesterday to the official reports made by Jules Cambon French Ambassador at Berlin in 191 A. and WE. Goschen, the British Am bassador, of their experiences in Ger many after they received their pass ports at the beginning of the war. Ac- cording to these reports which ap- l pear, in the records of diplomatic cor Irespondence published in that year by both Governments, both Ambassadors suffered discourtesies.
 M. Cambon, who was repeatedly forced to complain to the German au- thorities, reported that not only was he virtually held a prisoner for a time under the constant guard of German soldiers displaying pistols, but that after food had been denied ] to him on long and trying journey i to the Danish frontier, he and his staff were compelled ' to pay 5000 francs before they were permitted to leave German soil. Subsequently the sum thus required was given by the German Government to the Spanish s Ambassador to be repaid to the French Ambassador.
 Ambassador Goschen reported that because an insufficient guard was pro- sI vided by the German Government, the {! British Embassy was attacked by
 mobs which smashed the windows and threw cobblestones into the draw ing room. Emperor William apolo- gized for this indignity later.
 !; Inscontrast to this treatment of the i British and French Ambassadors to Germany; it was pointed out yesterday that Baron von Schoen, the German i Ambassador to France at the begin ming of the war, was not only assisted in every way in leaving Paris, but had !; the use of the French official train, .l a luxurious equipment decorated with the French coat of arms on every car Iriage,s in which to make. the journey to Germany. This train took him direct to German soil without any change of cars.
 M.yCambon's report was forward ed to9M. Doumergue, the French Min j ister for Foreign Affairs, by M. Bapst, fthe French Minister at Copenhagen, I following the arrival of M. Cambon at that city. Here 1t is:
 "I have just been sent. to Denmark by the German government. have just arrived at Copenhagen. I am ]. ], bassW and the Russian Charge d'Af- faires atEDarmstadt with his family. The treatment which we have received is of such a nature that l have l thought it desirable to make a com plete report on it to your Excellency by telegram.
 rOn the, morning of Monday, the third of August, after I had, in ac- 1- ,dressed to Herr von Jagow a protest 1. against the acts of aggression com mitted on French territory by German troops the Secretary of State came to see me Herr von Jagow came to complain or acts of aggression which he alleged had been. committed in Germany, especially at Nuremberg and Coblenz by French aviators, who, according to his statement, had come from Belgium I answeredsL had not the slightest information as to the facts Ito which he attached so much importance and the improbability of which seemed to me obvious. On my :, part I asked him if he had read the mote which I had addressed to him with regard to the invasion of our territory by attachments of the Ger man army. As the Secretary of State said that he had noty read this note explained it's contents to him.
 "At this moment the crowds which 4 sthronged the Pariser Platz in front of the embassy, and whom we could see through the window of my study, 5, which was half open, uttered shouts against France. I asked the Secre- ! tary of State when all this would come to an end.
 :" The Government has not yet come to decision,' Her vdn Jagow answered. It is probable that Her von i Schoen will receive orders to-day to ask for his passports and then you will receive yours The Secretary of State assured me that I need not have any ! anxiety with regard to my departure, and that all the proprieties would be observed with fegard to me as well as my staff. We were not to see one another any more, and we took leave of one another after an interview which had been courteous and could not make me anticipate what was in store for me.
 Before leaving Herr von Jagow expressed to him my wish to make a ! personal call on the Chancellor, as ! that would be the last opportunity that I should have of seeing him. Herr von Jagow answered that he did not advise me to carry out this inten- tion, as this interview would serve no purpose and could not fail to be pain full
 gAt o'clock in the evening Herr von Langwerth brought me my pass ports. In the name of his Govern ment he refused to agree to the wish which had expressed to him that I should be permitted to travel by Hol- land or Belgium. He suggested to me that should go either by way of Copenhagen, although he could not assure me a free passage by sea or through Switzerland via Constance.
 .I accepted this last route, Herr von Langwerth having asked me to leave as1soon as I possibly could. It was agreed, in consideration of the neces- sity n was under of making arrange ments with the Spanish Ambassador, who was undertaking the charge of our interests, that I should leave on the next day, the 4th of August, at 10 o'clock at night.
 '.At o'clock, an hour after Herr von Langwerth had left, Herr von Lancken, formerly Councillor of the Embassy at Paris, came from the Min ister for Foreign Affairs to tell me to request the staff of my embassy to cease taking meals in the restaurants. This order was so strict that on the