Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1917-02-15
Won BERNST0RFF
SAILED FOR HOME
SPECIAL TRAIN CONVEYS FOR
MER AMBASSADOR TO NEW
YORK BOAT PIER
Makes Fair Statement, Hopes No
Americans Will Be Killed and War
Will BE Averted

Hoboken, N. j., Feb. 14.-The spe-
clal train carrying Count Won Bern
storff, formerly German ambassador
to the United States, and his suite,
from Washington, arrived at the rail-
road terminals here this morning.
The train stopped about two blocks
from the dock of the Scandinavian
American line steamship Frederik
VIII, on which they were to said for
Copenhagen this afternoon.
The count and countess surprised
the group of newspaper men, pho
tographers and moving picture oper-
ators, who were permitted to pass
the police line, by appearing en- the
rear platform of their car.
The route from the train to the
pier lay between lines of policemen
and detectives and force of $50
inspectors from the neutrality SQUAD
of the collector of the part was on
duty at the pier. A New York police
boat made its way up and down
among the ice foes in the Hudson
river in front of the Scandinavian
American dock, and two smaller po-
lice launches guarded the north ard
south sides of the pier.
The Frederik VIII will carry 400
passengers in her first and $50 In
her second-class cabins, the largest
number she ever booked. Among
them is the Baroness Zwiedinek, wife
Of Baron Erich Zwiedinek, who was
designateds charge d'affaires Of the
Austrian Embassy after the Dismissal
of Ambassador Dumba. Another pas
senger is Wolf Won Igel, who was ar
rested in connection with alleged
plots to blow up the Welland canal
and was permitted to leave the coun-
try, although under $4,000 bail on
pending indictments.
After the count and his party had
boarded the ship, Collector Malone
and his guard lined up behind q
wooden fence at the street end of the,
pier and prevented persons other,
than passengers from passing.
The Count Talks
Count Won Bernstorff does not be-
lieve that ships conveys would be
subject to attack, although he feels
a great element Of danger is attach
ed to such procedure. He feels
that many Americans have not al
ways been strictly neutral. He has
told his friends, however. that he be-
lieved sentiment in the United States
was influenced by commercial condi--
tions brought about by the war.
"You have shipped your goods to-
the allies because they had COM
mand of the SEAS" he said "If the
conditions had been reversed and the
German navy instead of the British
had that command you would have
shipped your goods to US. Naturally
any persons sympathy is where he
does business. You can't blame him
for that.
"Let us consider humanity and in
ternational law. There has been a
cry against Germany on the grounds
that we have violated the rights of
the former and the principles Of the
latter, but it is poor rule that does
not work both ways.
"Is it not violation of the rights
to starve out the non-combatant pop
women and our Ger
man babies? There is nothing hu
man in that.
The former ambassador was ask
ed whether he thought the warning
in the German note an
the new submarine policy
which was directly responsible for
the severance of diplomatic relations,
would serve to keep Americans out
If the danger zone. He replied hope 4
'ully:
Tf it only does! Then everything
will be all right. If no Americans
are killed, there will be no war.
rope that war can be averted."