New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
STUDY OF GREAT WAR,
Latest Panpilct Issued by the Com.
 mittCc on Public Information
Gives Startling Facts.

willcd. if not war, at least another l trial of diplomatic strength in which l the threat of war should enter as a | decisive factor" Such is the conclu- l sion to which Professor Samuel E. l Harding, of Indiana university, comes l in the third chapter of his 96-page ! pamphlet entitled The Study of the 1 Great War; just issued by the com-
 mittee on public information, and dis l trihuted free upon application to 10 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C..
 The fact that in 1918, before the l murder of the ArChduke Franz Fer l dinand on the fatefui 2Sth of June, l 1914, Austria notified Italy that she l proposed then to attack Serbia, is one 1 bit of evidence relied upon by Pro- | lessor Harding. Also a secret mili- 1 tary report of the German army which 1 fell into tile possession of the French government shows that Germany was | making extraordinary preparations in 1 1913 for an immediate war. In an 1 interview with King Albert of Belgium l in November of the same year, the German Kaiser gave the impression l that war with France was certain, and sought to win Belgium to Germany's 1 side. Various practical pae71sures look 1 ing to war were aLo taken before the l Sarajevo murders The military laws | of 1911, 1912 and 1913 greatly in l creased tho German army. The re- construction of the kiel Canal was 1 hurried to completion early in 191 A. Steps were taken to stir Up revolt in South Africa and British India. Secret l coaling orders dated June 14. 191 |, 1 two weeks before the assassinations fn 1 Ebcr at Cape Town which contem- 1 plated an immediate outbreak of war There is much evidence, too relat- ] ing to accumulation of war materials, 1 the transfer of bank balances, etc, and a circular dated June 9, 1914, is cited, ordering all owners of factories to | open the mobilization envelopes in their possession.
 Finally. the evidence is presented 1 showing that a secret conference of German and Austrian generals and of- 1 ficials was held at Potsdam, near Der 1 ltn, on July ,, 1914, and that it was 1 at this council that the actual steps leading up to the war were agreed upon.
 The following is quoted from Maxi milan Harden in Die Zukunft for August 1, 1914:
 'In the Viennese note to Serbia whose brazen arrogance has no prece- dent in history, each phrase bears wit ness that, Austria Hungary desired the war. Only the war, for which the best minds of the army were thirst ! ing, could cure the fundamental ills of the two halves of the Austrian Enl- pire, and or the monarchy. Only the refusal and not the acceptance of the l claims put forward in the note could have profited Vienna
 "The question has been asked: Where was the plan of the campaign l elaborated-in Vienna or Berlin ?' ] And some hasten to reply: Tn Vienna 1 Why do people tolerate tn" propaga- 1 ton of such dangerous fables? Why not say the thing that is (because it must bel, namely, that a complete un- derstanding in all matters existed be- l tween Berlin and Vienna?
 Other chapters of the ~+udv deal ] with the following subjects: Funda.- mental causes of the war it's historical background, the Austro-Serbian con- 1 troversv, the failure of diplomacy to avert war between Germany Austria l and Russia France, the entrance of 1 Great Britain as a result of the viola ! tion of Belgiums neutrality. the l spread of war and its character. en- 1 trance of the United States. the course l of the war from 1914 to April 3. 1918 | and the various peace proposals, ir- cluding the Brest-Litcvsl< troaty inn 1 posed by Germany and Austria upon deludcd Russia.
 Space is also given In the final chap 1 ter to brief consideration of the 1 question whether this will be the last 1 great war. The requirements are sketched both for league to enforce l peace and for world federation and 1 the triumph of the United States and the Allies over militarist and despotic Germany is regarded as giving 'the l best assurance of the esta blshmen of a league of peace and the practical | ending of war"
 The subtitle as the study describes l it is "a topical outline with extensive 1 quotations and reading references In ! each chapter the material is presented l under system atically arranged head 1 ings, and each of these is illustrated ' by one or more quotations of evidence 1 taken usually from the original sources. Frequent reading references 1 are appended to the topics, many of 1 them referring to the War Cyclope- 1 dia published by the committee on 1 public information, of which Profes- 1 sor Harding is one of the authors. Tn 1 addition. a splendid list of books and l magazine articles for more general | reading is given at the close of each ] cha ptcr.
 l Many of the quotations of evidence ! are from sources not easily accessible 1 to the general reader. The following 1 illustrate the German plans of world l dominion and reliance upon brute l force:
 God has called us to civilae the l world: we arc the missionaries of hu- man progress. ."--( (kaiscr Wilhelm H.