Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-03
GERMAN SHOWS UP
 BELGIAN MkRTYRDOM
(Continu ] From Paee Onel

werp without hindrance, thus creating in Belgium a basis for operations il the direction of the lower Rhine ana Westphalia.'
 Baron Greindl reported that th' plan was then changed in such manner that the English auxiliary army wa. not to be landed on the Belgian coas but in the adjoining French ports. This same plan of aIf English landing il order to threaten Germany was hinteC at as imminent by Lord Roberts dur ing the last Moroccan crisis. In suci circumstances, it most certainly would have been an easy thing for Belgium after the German question in 1914 (whether Belgium would permit the passage of German troops) c5 take heI . armies back to Antwerp and then lei the Germans, under protest, march through the country.
 How little such action would have violated the spirit of existing condi tions will be clear if one recalls the secret clauses of the treaties of 1881 In them certain agreements from for mer times, were maintained which re serve as well r0 England as to Ger many. the right to occupy a Belgian fortress. In 1887, great English newspaper-if I am. not mistaken. it was the Standard-still declared that employment on the part of Germany of the right of way through Belgium could not be taken as inviolation of Belgian neutrality"
 At this point the interviewer said:
 Tn addition to this the question of the principle of nationality plays a large part in the answer of the en- tente. What importance must be at tributed to this principle in the pres ent situation?"
 In his reply Director Hammann en- phasized every word. No nation" he said lis better able to understand this principle than Ger many, for no great civilized nation has suffered so much. has been forced D struggle so greatly, because of being suppressed and dismembered by neigh boring races. Equally no single great nation has less to fear from the ap- plication of this principle of national ity than the German. Germany would absolutely consent, if this principle Of nationalities were carried out in Egypt, India, Morroco, Ireland, by the cou1 try in power, not. to speak Of Russia's nationalities
 Germany has been brutally treated for centuries by her neighbors, de- spite this principle of nationalities.
 Yet in 1866, exactly fifty years ago, that is. in the Nimolsburg Peace (clos- ing the war between Prussia and Austria) a clause was inserted upon the demand of Napoleon III which left open for the southern German states. the conclusion of separate confedera- tiOn. The leading, but nayowed idea, was then to find new Rhinebund"
 Small Nations Pea.
 As to the free existence of small nations, Dr Hammann said:
 This ide. too, has found a very strange illus ton during the war. Only a few N eeks have lapsed since 8 leading English minister termed the misfortune Of the Rumanians plainly a gross blunder' By this 'blunder'. whole nation has been pushed into misery. Rumania has been dragged into great war by all sorts of differ ent machinatSns.
 How About Greece?
 And then, look at Greece. There, the entente has occupied the ports, railroads. cable and postal stations and whole districts of the country, all against the law Of nations. There, the entente has simply taken what it need ed and blockade and hunger has forced the Greeks to surrender those things which the entente was unable to take"
 Germany Asked Conference.
 What about the reproach that Ger many in the decisive week of July Q914) declined the British proposal of a conference and thus made war un- avoidable?"
 To this pr. Hammann replied:
 The proposal for d conference was made July 26 by Germany. The mean ing of it was that the delegates Of France, Italy and Great Britain should meet with Germany in conference and try to find way out of difficult situa ton. The first condition making the holding of such a conference possible depended upon the Russian cabinets declaring ifs consent. but it answered July 27, in an evasive manner, and ac- ccrding to conversations with the Austro-Hungarian ambassador in Pe trograd, after having begun under the most favorable auspices. The follow ing day Germany agreed to the British proposal that a direct understanding between Vienna and Petrograd would result in quicker and better action. Thus Germany. on July 2s, telegraphed to Goschen (British ambassador at Berlinl.
 !" But as long as there is prospect of a direct exchange Of views between Austria and Russia, should suspend every other suggestion, as I entirely agree that it is the most Honorable method of all
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