The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-13
ENTENTE ENV0YS IN BERLIN
 AT.START OF WAR HAD REAL E9 HARDSHIPS LEAVING COUNTRY

l I'M. le Baron: I have been : thinking over the route for my return to my country about which I you came to speak to me this ev- ening. You propose that I shall 1 travel by Vienna. I run the risk ! of finding myself detained in that town, if not by the action of the Austrian Government, at least ow- l ing to the mobilization which ! creates great difficulties similar to 1 those existing in Germany as to the movement of trains.
 Under these circumstances must ask the German Government for a promise made on their hon. or that the Austrian Government will send me to Switzerland, and that the Swiss Government will not close it's frontiers, either to me or to the persons by whom I am accompanied, as I am told that the frontier has been firmly closed to foreigners.
 1T cannot then accept the pro- posal that you have made to me,
 unless have the security which
 I ask for and unless am assured that I shall not be. detained for
 some months outside of my coun-
 try"
 JULES CAMBON.
 "In answer to this letter on the next morning, Tuesday, the 4th of August Herr von Langwerth gave me in writing an assurance that the Austrian and Swiss authorities had re- ceived communications to this effect. At the same time M. Miladowski, at <o f0 of we'll as other Frenchmen, was arrest ed in his own house while in bed. M. Miladowski,f for whom a diplomatic passport had been requested, was re- leased after four hours.
 1T was preparing to leave for Vien- ma when at 4:45 Herr von Langwerth came back to inform me that I would have to leave with the persons accom- panying me at 10 o'clock in the even ing, but that should be taken to Denmark. On this new requirement. I asked if should be confined in a fortress supposing I did not comply. Herr von Langwerth simply answered that he would return to receive my answer in half an hour. I did not wish to give the German Government. the pretext for saying that had re- fused to depart from Germany. I therefore told Herr von Langwerth when he came back that I would sub- init to the order which had been giv- en to me, but that I protested
 "I at once wrote to Herr von Jagow a letter of which the following is a copy:
 "Sir: More than once your Ex- acellency has said to me that the
 Imperial Government, in accord
 ance with the usages of interna-
 tiona1 courtesy, would facilitate
 my return to my own country,
 and would give me every means
 for getting back to it quickly.
 Yesterday, however, Baron
 von Langwerth, after refusing me
 access to Belgium and Holland,
 informed me that I should trav-
 el to Switzerland via Constance.
 During the night I was informed
 that should be sent to Austria,
 aNcountry which is taking part in
 the present war on the side of ' Germany AS I had no knowl-
 edge of the intentions of the Aus
 trian Government toward me,
 since on Austrian soil I am noth-
 ing but an ordinary private indi-
 vidual, I wrote to Baron von Langwerth that I requested the Imperial Government to give me
 a promise that the Imperial and Austrian authorities would give me all possible facilities for con- tinuing my journey and that Swift zerland would not be closed to me. Herr von Langwerth has been
 good enough to answer me in
 writing that I could be assured of an easy journey and that the Austrian authorities would do all that was necessary.
 "It is nearly o'clock, and Ba- ron von Langwerth has just an-
 nounced to me that I shall be sent to Denmark. In view of. the pres .ent situation, there is no security that I shall find ship to take me to England, and it is this consid- eration which made me reject this proposal. with the approval of Herr von Eangwerth. Tn truth, no liberty is left me, and am treated almost as a pris- oner. I am obliged to submit, having no means of obtaining that the rules of international cour- tesy should be observed toward me, but hasten to protest to your Excellency against the manner in which I am treated.
 JULES CAMBON. !. While my letter was being deliv- cred was told that the journey would not be made direct but bv the |