The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-04
Mobilizing Public Opinion.

Mobilizing Public Opinion.
The Haupttelegraphena Cthe chief
SeieErxph office) in Berlin is the cen
xef Ct the entire telegraph system of
4sfmany. II is large brick hu Ajing
U the Observation-Disclosures guarded
DAY and night by sold ers The side
walks outside the building are hlrri-
J. caded Without pass no one can
ontef. Foreign correspondents I'm Ber-
an when they had kilograms to send
90 their newspapers, frequently took
Them from the foreign office to the
chief Telegraph office personally In or
aer to speed them on their way to the
outaide world. The censored spatch-
- were sealed in a fore ,Rn office en-
vsiope. With this credentiai correa-
pondents were permitted TO enter the
0utidsnE and the room where all teie-
grams are passed by the military au-
1horities
During NV two years' stay In Ber-
I'm went 70 the telegraph office sew
eral times every week Often | had
20 wait while the military censor read
my dispatches. ON q largo bulletin
board In this room ! saw. and often
FpAd. documents posted for the infor-
NATION of the telegraph. officials.
During one OF my first waiting periods
read an original document reiat ug
10 tsle SFclfts II TIT nVEfJT1-T-~ II NE
war. This was a typewritten letter
signed by the director Of the post and
telegraph. Beenuse was alss lys
watched by soldier escort could
never copy IT,. But after reading II
scores OF times I soon memorizod ev-
erything. including the periods
rms document Was rs follows.
Office Of the Imperial Post ard
Telegraph, Aug. . 1914
Anr o1IvYarlnnf
To the Chief E2legrarh office;
From today on the post and
telegraph muntCations be-
tween Germany Oh The one hand
ana!
!. England
2 FRANCE.
r Bpgsia-
= Jaran.
l,hr1<a ~ ,}3~@Gt2ua. '.a,
G. Italy.
Z. Montenegro.
S. Serbia,
9. Portugal,
cn the other hand are interrupt
- heoa"s" Germany finds her
self in state Of war
tS'gued)
Director cf the Post TELEGRAPH,
THIS notice, which was never pub
-l'shed shows that tho man who al
r-ctec the post ard telegraph eerviee
o. the imperial government knew on
she = of Angus. 1919 who C4erm&ny's
enemies would he. OF the eleven enc
1a.es OF Germany today only Ruraan'a
and the Un!te3 States were not IN
Guided. II the director OF the post
ard telegraph knew what 10 expect.
It Ia certain that tae 'iraq per al govern
inert knew. The announcement shows
that Germany expected war with nine
different nations bL. al the tine Y !
was posted on tire bulletin board Of
.he the Haupttel~sray : enarar, neither
ITALY. Japan, Eelg tura nor Portueai
had declared war italy d'1 net de
clare war Until nearly year and q
half afferward, Portugal nearly TWO
years aftsrTard ara Japan not uau!
Decembsr. 1874
This document throws A. Interest
ing light Gpon the prerarsttcnS DER 4
many reade For world war
TIE Waite, yellow, Grey ~rd Blue
Books. which a,.-cf the oeNi~ereats
published after the beginning Of he
war, dealt on!y with yha aItercrte OF
these nations q prevent tbs war.
None OF the nations has as vey pua-'
,tsneo white books 70 show how II
prepared for var. ard still ever IA
tion in Europe had been expecting and !
preparing for Eurorsau cor 6agra-
ricn Winston ChurrhlU when he was
Arst lord OF the admiralty. stated III
the BEGINNING Of tAe war that Eng
hrds feet YVES naohf.zed France
had contributed millions q f-a,-s to-
forttfy the Russian border sim POLAND .
aifhouFk Cerrna~v had made ,s. 81
the guns Belgium had what the kat-
ser called "a contemplate Title
arrny.' but the soldiers knew, how to
Aght when the invaders csrae Ger
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