The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-30

are badly mistaken in thinking the
European nations who have secured
concessions" in China are hated
ter liked because she has never de-
manded any. Upon the contrary, the
therefor, and the United States bet
Chinese dislike the Americans. who
they say are long on nice talk but
never do anything. Millions of Chi
but thousands of foreigners. and they
are regarded as a godsend.
Taking the war IN Europe and es-
pecially the German atrocities, as the
subject of his second lecture, the
speaker ran rapidly over the kaleidO-
fscopic phases of European diplomacy
from the Boer war to the ides of July,
1914. Although wonderfully interesting
and full of information, the details
are impossible in a resume of this
character. Emphasis was laid upon a
treaty between England and Ger
many, fully agreed upon during the
summer of 1914. and only lacking Off
cial ratification when the war came
The details of his accidental procure
ment OF a copy of this treaty during
an interview with an ex-diplOmat on a
railway train were strikingly interest
ing: as also his declaration that there
could have been no war had the treaty
been signed and Acknowledged
though one wondered how one scrap
of paper" could hamper Germany
more than another!
The inchoate treaty here referred to
was one covering the commercial di-
vision of the Asiatic Turkey between
France, Germany and Great Britain
which if carried out would have
threatened the future of the British
empire. This was to appease Ger
man greed for power in the inter
est of peace, and was hailed by both
Won Bethmann-H Olweg and thinner
mann for its liberal compromise. Per-
mission to publish the details of this
treaty was reluctantly granted to the
speaker in person by Zimmerman
while he was in Germany last year.
and he was the first to publish it, but
the Prussian military machine was al
ready in motion and the military lead
ers so stacked the cards that the war
moved on.
The opening campaign of the war
was fully and carefully planned by the
Gtll mans lHlOGEn tftA1 Htd6is lnI
plan being to move just as they did
do. to- circle. but not to pause to cap
ture Paris. but to take the French
army by the flank and rear, cut it off
fiol its base and effect its total dis
organization or capture, a la Sedan
the unexpected delay of just four days
in passing over. instead OF through,
Belgium. doubtless gave chance for
the small English contingent to add its
resistance and for the sO-called Army
of Paris to get into line. But the Ger
man army was still immensely SUI
perior and its defeat at the battle of
the Marine was absolutely due in the
last analysis, to a lack of munitions.
This miscalculation was laid at the
door of the then chief of staff. and
Won Motike lost his official head.
These facts came to Mr.. Mcclure di-
rectly from German staff officers of
rank and he fully believes them.
Referring to the alleged atrocities
in Belgium, occupied France and
Serbia, the speaker declared that the
half had not been told, nor would be
until after the close of the war when
the mass of fully authenticated facts
would be given out and reparatiOn and
if possible, the punishment of indi
vidual offenders sought He then pro-
ceeded to bring before his hearers |