Arizona republican., 1917-08-05


 only serve to increase bitterness or to cause internal dissension in our own land.
 The American whO travels through Germany in summertime or who spends a month having his liver tickl- ed at Homburg or Carlsbad, who has his digestion restored by Doctor Dap per. at kiSsingen, or who re-learnS the lost art of eating meat at Doctor Denglers in Baden, learns little ot the real Germany and it's rulers, and in these articles l tell something o1 the real Germany not only that my readers may understand the events of the last three years, but that they may judge of what is likely to happen in our future relations with that coun try.
 First Days of the Great War; Political and Diplomatic
 At the commencement of the great war l was for some days cut off from communication with the United States, but we soon established chain of communication, at first through Italy and later by way of Denmark. At all times cables from Washington to Berlin, or vice versa, took on tAe | d -t- After the fall of Liege, Von Jagow sent for me and asked me whether I would transmit through the American legation a proposition offering Bel gium peace and indemnity if no fur ther opposition were made to the pas sage of German troops through Bel gium As the proposition was prop osition for peace, I took the responsi i hility of forwarding it and sent the note of the German government to our minister at The Hague for trans mission to our minister in Belgium. Doctor Van Dyke, our minister at The Hague, refused to have anything to do with the transmission of this proposition and turned the German note over to the Holland minister for foreign affairs, and through this channel the proposition reached the Belgian Government.
 The state department cabled me message from the president to the emperor, which stated that the United States stood ready at any time to mediate between the warning powers and directed me to present this propo- sition direct to the emperor. An Audience With Kaiser Wilhelm I therefore asked for an audience with the emperor and received word from the chief court marshal that the Emperor would receive me at the palace in Berlin on the morning of August 10. I drove in a motor into i the courtyard of the palace and was there escorted to the door, which opened on flight of steps leading to a little garden about fifty yards square. directly on the embankment oi the River Spree, which flows past the royal palace. As l went down the steps the empress and her only daugh- ter, the Duchess of Brunswick, came up. Both stopped and shook hands with me. speaking a few words. found the emperor seated at a green iron table under a large canvas gar den umbrella. Telegraph forms were scattered on the table in front of him and basking in the gravel were two small dachshunds. 1 explained to the emperor the object of my visit and We | had d general conversation about the | war and the state of affairs. The em- l peror took some of the large tele- graph blanks and wrote out in pencil 1 his reply to the presidents offer. This | reply. of course, l cabled immediately l to the state department The docu- ment reads:
 For the President of the
 l United States Personality: 10, VIII 14 1. H. R. H. Prince Henry was re- ceived by his Majesty King Gerge Y in London, who empowered him to transmit to me verbally that England would remain neutral if war broke out l m the Continent involving Germany
 md France. Austria and Russia. This message was telegraphed to me by my I
 versation with H. M. the king. ane repeated verbally on the twenty ninth
 of July.
 2. My ambassador in London trans
 mitted a message from Sir E. Grey l 10 Berlin saying that only in case France was likely to be crushed Eng
 lond would interfere.
 3. On the thirtieth my ambassador
 n London reported that Sir Edward
 trey in course of private" con
 versation told him that if the con-
 -lict remained localized between Rus sia-not Serbia and Austria Eng
 and would not move, but if we "mix-
 ed' in the fray she would take quick
 decisions and grave measures; i e. ii IT left my ally Austria in the lurch
 70 fight alone England would not | touch me.
 4. In1S communication DelnS dl-
 rectly counter to the kings message
 to me, I telegraphed to H. M on the
 twenty ninth or thirtieth, thanking
 him for his kind messages through
 ny brother and begging him to use
 Il his power to keep France and Rus l sia--his allies-from making any war ike preparations calculated to disturb
 ny work of mediation, stating that 1 vas in constant communication witt | T M. the czar In the evening tht l Ing kindly answered that he had or | tered his government to use every ] possible influence with his allies tt
 -efrain from taking any provocative
 military measures. At the same timt
 I. NJ. asked me if I would transmit
 O Vienna the British proposal tha l Austria was to take Belgrade and
 'aw other Serbian towns and a striI 1 If country as main mise to make
 'ure that the Serbian promises on pa
 Ter should ho fulfilled in reality Thi
 'roDosal was in the same momen
 elegraphed to me from Vienna fo
 ondon, quite in conjunction with tn,
 British proposal; besides. I had tele
 yraphed to H. M. the czar the sam,
 an idea of mine. before I received
 he two communications from Vienn;
 md London, as both were of the sam
 'pinion
 !. immediately transmitted tn 1 elegrams vice versa to Vienna an,
 ondon. felt that l was able to tid
 the question over and was happy a
 he peaceful outlook.
 6. While I was preparing note t.
 I. M. the czar the next morning. t