The sun., 1918-07-30
GEN. M0NTGELAS
BACKS UP ALLIES
One of Kaiser's Commanders
Supports War Aims of
the Entente.
URGES EQUAL RIGHTS
Another Writer Attacks Won
Bethmann-Hollweg and Other
Leaders as Traitors
URGES EQUAL RIGHTS
Special Cable Despatch 10 TaE SuS,

Copyright. 1918: all rights reserred
LONDON. July PA remarkable Incl
lent of those German statesmen who
led Germany into war. telegraphs the
Amsterdam correspondent Of the Daily
Express. is contained in a petition sent
to the Reichstag by Capt. Won Berfelde.
who recently was prosecuted for spread
irg the LlchnoHsky memoirs through
out Germany. but who for some mvs-
terious reason was set free.
THE Reichstag must decide that
Germany's leaders in 1914 must be
prosecuted" he writes, "for they are
guilty of the most criminal forgery. the
I trated. They are traitors and Grim
inaIs. also demand tho immediate ar
| rest of Won Bothmann-Ho ollweg, and
| should the Reichstag refuse to take
| these wishes into consideration IT. will
be sure to incur the most damning judg-
ment for all future German genera
tions."
The text OF the petition was not pub
| lished. only excerpts. Few German
newspapers would dare to publish the
| petition in full.
A great sensation has been caused in
Berlin by an article by Gen Count Max
Won Montgelas, who commands an in
| fantry division on the western front. He
! enthusiastically supports the Entente 3
! war aims as set forth by President Will
son and Lloyd George. deridlng Hert-
| ling's continual suspicion OF the allied
statesmen and ends with a warm advo-
cacy OF a league OF nations as under
stood by the Allies
still Holds His Command.
What adds significance to the ar
| ticle Is the fact that Gen. Montgelas
| still holds his command and that he
| is known to be a friend of the Kaiser,
1t may thus be regarded as representing
the views which after the defeat is be-
| ginning to dawn at German headquar-
| ters.
! Gen. Montgelas thoroughly analyses
! President Wilson's last peace aim
speeches. which. he remarks. Lloyd
| George in the course OF his speech to
American troops In France adopted as
| the Entente peace aims. He draws the
following picture OF the future, which
is surprising over the signature of a
German General:
"A peace by the sword can only be
dictated on a battlefield covered with
corpses and ruins. but without that peace
a future Is thinkable which does Justice
to all German rights. to a hopeful devel-
opment. German ships, as before. must
bring treasures from the whole world to
German harbors.
Demands Equal Rights.
"They must also bring greetings from
German colonies to the motherland. but
Just as the Germans. Latins and Anglo
Saxons have an outlet to the sea so the
Slav must have one too. The Slav must
also have coastal territory. Therefore
our motto must be Equal rights for all,
big or small
This must be extended to the free
dom OF the seas, and Just as the Bull
garians must have an outlet to the
| AEGEAN. the Serbs must have one to the
Adriatic; Just as Rotterdam has ever
been Hollands pride Antwerp must be
the pride of a free, independent Bel
gium. whose neutrality must he guar
anteed as a matter of course by the
coming league of nations.
The Poles must be allowed to &c
freely to the seas over the Vistula the
| Rumanians over the Danube and
through the Dardanelles. the Swiss over
the Rhine and Rhone. No economic
agreement can prohibit the exchange
of German goods for overseas products
| none can deprive other nations OF goods
from central and eastern Europe.
"Only a straight road can lead out
! Of this vicious circle"