El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-28
GERNlN
PLANS IN, EAST
German Prince Uncovers
More Of Kaiser's Secret
Diplomacy.

Stockholm, Sweden. March 2s.-Au-
glo-German negotiations concerning
the Berlin Bagdad railway and Ger
man naval and commercial jealousy of
Great Britain are touched upon In
further sections Of the personal mem
orandum written by prince Lichnows-
ky. German ambassador to London at
the outbreak Of the war. Excerpts
from the memorandum are being pub
ished by the Politiken and already
have brought the prince Into dist1Tor
in German officialdom because OF his
frank statement on German diplomacy
which he did not intend to be made
public.
Prince LfchnowslIy. after describing
efforts to secure a better understand
ing between Germany and England In
the negotiations over the AnglO-Ger-
man treaty. refers TO the socalled
Bagdad railway treaty. This aimed.
in fact. at a division Of Asia Minor
into spheres Of interest. although the
prince writes that this expression was
carefully avoided in consideration OF
the rights Of the Sultan Of Turkey.
Division Of Interest.
Sir Edward Grey. then British for
eign secretary. declared repeatedly
that there was no AGREEMENT between
England and France aiming at a d.
vision Of Asia Minor. The greatest
concession that Sir Edward made TO
prince LichnoWsEv personally, 10 Is
declared. was for the continue ton OF
the railway line TO Basra BY this
treaty. the whole Of Mesopotamia up
to Basra became German zone Of in
terest by which all British rights and
the question Of shipping on the Tigris
were left untourhed.
aH-sna=rrant~m ia
prince adds. included the cnasts OF the
Persian gulf and the Smyrna-Aden
railway. The French territory was
Syria. and the Russian. Armenia Had
the treaty been concluded and pub
fshed, he continued. an agreement
would have been reached with Eng
land which would have finally ended
all doubt OF the possibility OF Anglo
German cooperation
Referring to the difficult question
Of German naval activity, prince
Lichuowsky says 10 vas never judged
quite correctly. The creation OF a
mighty fleet on the shore o. the North
sea and the Simultaneous DEVELOPMENT
Of the continents most important mill
itary power into q most imnortanf ma
val power, he declares, had at least 10
be reeognized by Great Britain as un-
comfOrta bic.
Britain Had TO Build.
To maintain the necessary lead and
to preserve the supremacy OF the seas,
which Great Britain must have In or
der not to 60 down. the prince adds,
she had to undertake prepa rations and
expenses which weighed heavily on
the taxpayers The threat AGAINST
British world position was that the
German policy permitted the pnssi-
bility OF a warlize development TO ap-.
pear. This possibility. the prince as
serts, was obviously near during the
Moroccan crisis and the Bosnian
question.
The powers had become reconciled
to the German fleet IN Its definite
strength. Obviously AZ was not vel
come to Great Britain and, the prince
declares. constituted one Of the mo-
tives, but neither the only nor most
important motive. for Englaud's join
ing hands with Russia and France.
Didn't Mention German Fleet.
On account Of the German fleet
alone. prince Lichnowsky saws. Great
Britain would have drawn the sword
as little as on account Of German
trade. which & is pretended called
forth her jealousy and finally brought
about war" From the beginning,
prince Tichndwsky says, he adopted
the standpoint that in snite Of the
fleet Il would be possible to come 20
friendly understanding and approach
ment II the Germans cid not propose
new votes OF credit and, above all IF
the Germans did carry out an indLs-
putable peace policy.
The prince adds that he avoided all
mention Of the German fleet and that
never a word was uttered concerning
IL by himself and foreign secretary