New Britain herald., 1917-08-13
Semi-0mcial Newspaper Denies
 Kaiser's Message Ever Existed MEMORANDUM POSSIBLE
and Disloyal Attitude of Great Britain Emphasized But It Was Too Late for Intervention, Statement Declares.

Berlin, via Amsterdam, Aug. 13.- The semi-o official Nordeutsch Allge- meine Zeitung denies the existence of the telegram allegd by James w. Gerard, the former American am bassador at Berlin, to have been sent by Emperor William to President Wilson in August, 1914, when the em- peror is quoted as having asserted that Belgium's neutrality had to be violated by Germany on strategical grounds" The alleged telegram. which has reached Berlin by way of Switzerland, has the emperor saying that King George sent him word through the emperor's brother, Prince Henry, that Great Britain would re- main neutral If war broke out on the continent involving Germany and France and Austria and Russia. The Nordutsch says:
 we are in a position to declare that no such telegram from the en- peror exists. It is true that MT. Gerard was given an audience on August 10 in order to give him an opportunity of placing President Will sons offer of mediation before the emperor. The presidents personal message to the emperor read as fol- lows:
 I feel it to be my right and my
 duty, in accordance with Article
 III of the convention, to declare
 to you in a spirit of truest friend
 ship that I would welcome any
 opportunity to act in the interest
 of European peace whether now
 or at any time that might be bet
 CT fitted, to render you and all
 concerned services which would
 give me satisfaction and joy.
 Too Late For Mediation.
 This proposal was made at the time when the armies of both sides had already crossed the frontier and when it seemed out of the question to call a halt to events. The emperor could, therefore. only have his thanks conveyed to President Wilson for his offer and thereby remark that while the present moment was too early for mediation by the neutral powers tho presidents friendly proposal might later be returned to.
 The emperor then conversed for some time further with MT. Gerard and explained to him the events that led up to the outbreak of the war. The emperor particularly pointed out the ambiguous and disloyal attitude of Great Britain, which had destroyed all hope of a peaceful agreement.
 Mr.. Gerard's statements in his memoirs appear to be reproduction of this conversation. If the press in enemy countries sees revelations in them, that only shows that they are ignorant of the German white book which set forth the same events.
 Possibly during the conversation the emperor wrote a memorandum for the ambassador so that he might not announce anything to Washington that would be incorrect. In that case it to assist MT. Gerard's memory, but 1t would not be communication from the emperor to President Wilson,"
 The Cologne Gazette says there is no apparent reason to doubt the genuineness of the emperor's telegram as published by MT. Gerard. It says it cannot show it's contents serve as fresh proof of Germany's guilt as it only gives new evidence of the cunning and ambiguous policy followed by Great Britain in the days prior to the outbreak of the war.
 The paper further sees in the Gerard revelations another move in plan to exploit the Stockholm conference in favor of the Entente in putting the question for the responsibility of the outbreak of the war and forcing the socialists into the position of accused parties.