Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-03


a great war by all sort of machina-
tiouS."
And then look a, Greece. There
the entente has occupied the ports
railroads. cable and postal stations and
Who'll. districts OF the country. ali
against the law OF nations. There the
entente has simply taken what IL
needed. and hy blockade and hunger
has forced tho Greeks to surrender
those things which the entente was
unable 10 take.
What about tho rcproach that.Gcr-
many in the decisive week Of July
IinliI declined the British proposal OF
"A conference. and .hus made war nm
avoidabio?"
To this Or. Iiammann rcpIicd:
Tho proposal for n conference was
made July 20 hv Grey. The meaning
Of II was that tho delegates OF Eng
land. France. Russia and Italy should
meet with Germany IL conference
GREY FINALLY AGREES
TO GERMAN PROPOSAL
Later Grey agreed to tho German
proposal that direct understanding be-
tween Vienna aud 81. rc.s .sburg would
result in quicker and better action
Thus Grey on July as iSlegraphed t.
Goshen British amha ssador At Rerlin1:
Eui a. long as there ia a prospect Of
a direct exchange OF views between
Austria and Russia I should suspend
every other suggestion. as entire,-
aDrc" that j, is tho most preferable
method Of an
- can only advise every ono To read
IN" English blue book. If he wants
I" he Informed about these matters
but 10 my mind il seems 10 10 alto
e"th"r wrong 10 look for tho real
causes ~ m" war in tho events during
IN" last weeks Of July, 1915 Then.
perhaps, tho last impulse for war was
given. but the real cause must be found
"a considerable time before
since rho Anglo French treaty Of
1871 complete literature had sprung
w IN France. in which openly and
loudly the conquest Of Alsacc- Lorraine
was discussed and everything said in
order Z" suggest u the French the idea
~ ''crnanys ,infcriority. The entente
not" points out that at tho last pcace
conference Germany treated tho propo-
siti"n 10 disarm with distrust hut
Germany knew then pertinently that
N" proposition was mainly directed
against her existence. Russia after
the economic regulation that followed
tho war with Japan. had worked with
increasing Zeal for the preparedness
Of her army. when Germany en-
ploycd the surplus Of her youth for
military service. France. in order to
surpass rs. introduced three years
service thus sapping her capital OF
N-l national forces. Six months be-
< &c the beginning OF the war the
French military specialists published
openly discussions regarding the rea-
sons for billions and billions of French
money streaming into Russia and the
conditions under which France had
loaned this money. France had asked
IN return for her loans the construc-
ton Of strategical railroads in Russia
In this literature IL was cXpla lined
with all the circumstances, that not
Warsaw. but Grodno and kovno would
be tho base for Russian depIoyment,
because from there the Prussian army
corps in konigsburg and .Allenstein
could most quickly he rolled up. and
thus the road 10 Berlin could he opened.
In August. 1914. the attempt was
made at least Ia make things go this
way. And to-day they want to per-
suadc the nations Of the world that
Germany prepared herself not for pro-
lection against ar aggressive coalition,
but in order TO annihilate France.
The same people who promised TO
Russia the conquest and possession of
Constantinople dare to assert that Ger
many has aggressive intentions. OF
course. the conquest OF Constantinople
which was announced by Trepoff 1.-THE
Russian Premier1 in the Duma, is
passed in silence in the entente note
just as they, in a discussion OF diplo-
matte events in July, 1914 elegantly
slide over tho decisive event-that
hrusaue Intervention in all attempts
at mediation by the Russian mobiliza-