Evening star., 1918-03-28
New Revelations of
Memorandum Relate to
Anglo Colonies

BY tile Associated Press.
Stockholm. March 81. Further
sections of the memorandum which
Prince I.ichnowsky, German ambassa-
dor at London when the war began,
wrote for the purpose of justifying his
position to personal friends, are pub
lished by the Politiken, organ of the
extreme left of the socialists. In the
preceding sections Prince Lichnowsky
described his efforts to secure better
understanding between Germany and
England after his appointment as am
bassador to England in 1912. and how
they were thwarted because of the per-
sistence of the German foreign Office in
backing up the Austrian view on east
ern questions, the following out of
which he felt would lead TO collision
with Russia and a world war.
The new portion of the memorandum
deal principally with the negotiations
over the Anglo-German colonial treaty
Prince Lichnowsky remarks at the out,
set that the good relations he had
established in London had effected a
noticeable Improvement in Germany's
relations with England. Sir Edward
Grey. the British foreign minister, de-
voted himself honestly to this rap
prochement. says the prince. and his
intentions to this end were especially
noticeable as regarded the colonial
treaty and the Bagdad railway.
Secret Agreement Signed.
In 1898. continues Prince Lich-
nowsky, Count Won Hatzfeldt-Wilden-
burg, then German minister to Great
Britain. had signed secret agreement
with the British government, dividing
the Portuguese colonies in Africa into
economic spheres of interest between
Germany and Great Britain. insuring
the invieiability and independence OF
the Portuguese kingdom and declaring
the intention of supporting Portugal
financially and economically. The
agreement, therefore, he points out, did
not clash with the old Angio-Portu-
guese treaty, dating from the sixteenth
century. Nevertheless. at the instiga-
ton of the Marquis de Several. Portu-
guese minister to Great Britain, new
Anglo-Portuguese treaty. the so-called
Windsor treaty, was signed In 1889,
set forth. The Anglo-German negotia-
tions, which began before Prince Lich-
nowsky's arrival, were intended to Sc
cure the revision and improvement OF
accommodating attitude of the British
government Prince Lichnowsky says
he was able to give the new treaty a
form conforming to German wishes and
interests.
Grey Showed 1Good Will"
"Sir Edward Grey" continues Prince
Lfchnowsky, wished to show us good
will and also in the main to further our
colonial development while Great
Britain also wished to lead the German
development of power from the North
sea and western Europe to the Atlantic
and Africa We do not grudge Ger
many her colonial development \
member of the cabinet said to me-"
Prince Lichnowsky goes on to say
that the treaty was practically in read
mess in 1913, but that new difficulties
arose to prevent its signing, and only
a year later, shortly before the out
break of the war. could I receive au-
thority to conclude the treaty, but II
was never signed
''Sir Edward Grey would only sign It
on condition that the treaty be pub
lished, together with the 1893 and 1899
treaties. England has no secret trea-
ties and it was contrary to existing
principles to keep the treaty secret Sir
Edward could therefore conclude no
treaty without publishing 1t, but the
German foreign office, where my sue
cesses in London had created increas-
ing distrust, stated that the publication
would jeopardize German interests in
the colonies. where, moreover. the Por-
tuguese would give us no more con-
cessions. The treaty, which offered us
exceptional advantages consequently
fell through This was another war
| sacrifice"