The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-15

ne rlRht VINO OWNED that
the German people was
dominated by the spirit of Trcit-
schkc aud of Bernardi-which
gloriiics war as an end in itself,
and does not loathe il as an evil ~
This is not an extract from the
writings of citizen of any of the
countries that are fighting Ger
many. II is "A sentence taken from
"My London Mission, by Prince
Jhchnowsky. former German am
basSador to England-copieS Of
which are being distributed
throughout this country by the
American Association for Intcrna
tional Cancellation, whose slogan
is Peace Through Victory.
This document is undoubtedly
destined to be one of the most re-
markable and important state pa
pers that the war has produced. II
is remarkable, because II is frank
statement by a citizen of hypo-
critical country; il is important,
because il constitutes sclf-indict.
mcnt of Germany
Prince Lichnowsky, of course,
now occupies the position of a
discrcditcd diplomat iE Ger
many, and there are some that say
that the old man is not "quite
right IN his head. Others assert
that his revelations were prompted
by piquc and AN exaggerated ego
But the fact remains that Prince
Lichnowsky's memorandum is
supported by state papers from
other sources, as well as proceed
ing from an intimate knowledge
of British men and affairs, such
as ~ other German possesses
Among the corroborating docu
ments is that of our own Ambas
sador Morgcnthau, who thus
writes in THE World 5 Work - OF
the notorious Potsdam conference
held seventeen days before tn,
Serbian ultimaium To Austria;
"Wangcnhcim (thc German am
bassador to Constantinoplc) now
Told me that the kaiser solcmnll
put the question TO each man in
turn: Was he ready for wari Al
replied Yes except the hnanciers
They said they must have tive
weeks to sell their foreign securl
ties aud 10 make loans.
Here are a few other counts il
Germans Indictment of Ger
many:
1--WE encouraged Count Bcrch
told To attack Serbia, although NJ
German interest was involved, an,
the danger of world war mus
have been known to us.
did not the occurrences in Ia
bern and the parliamentary discus
sion of the matttr show to foreigl
countries the value we place on tn
rights and liberties of the citizen
if questions of military powc
stand in the wayl'
The canard that Germany ha
consistently spread abroad, to th
effect that Great Britain startc
the war for commercial purposes
is thus nailed by Lichnowsky:
II always pointed out that, i
any war between European pow
ers, England, as "A commerci'
state, would suffer cnorm0usl,
and that Il would therefore max
any effort TO prevent such war
Near the end of his mcmoral
dunn, the Prince makes this PR
phccy, which is even nearer tr
today than II was two years az,
when il was written;
"'In Asia. the Russians and Il
Japanese will extend their frol
tiers. The world will bclou
10 the Anglo-SaXons, the Russian
and the Japanese, and the Germa
will be left alone with Austria an
Hungary. His dominion will |
that of thought and trade, not Tia
of the bureauerat aud the soldie
He made his appearance too lat
and his last chance of making I
what he has missed, of founding
world colonial empire, has be,
DESTROYED bv the world war. ~