The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-28

dor li Vienna, hld hrtnf fchuked De
cause he had coun'cled moderation to-
ward Serbia But these were mere
slfaws showing the direction Of the cur.
rent
Moltke Wanted War
"lt was not until later that he heard
ol the decisive conversation Al Pots
dam on July and on the absolute
assent which all pef,oniges IN author
ny there gave 10 AuNfiaS inquiry
that he knew that General Won Mollke,
then chief Of the general staff was
pressing forward or that he was in
formed Oi the statement ln the protocol
oi the Pot'dam meeting sent IN Count
Mcnsdoril that these 'pcr,0nage' had
agreed there would be no harm II a
war with Russia were lo result
Herr Won Jagnw met his warnings
about m, probable effects oi The Pots.
dam policy upon British opinion by a'-
suring him Russia was not ready and
Germany must simply risk H. The be-
lief as 10 Russian unreadlncSs caused
Us TO stimulate Count Befchi0ld 10 the
Hfeaiett possible energy
England Repfoysd Crime
Meanwhile the attitude oi England
was absolutely pacific and the English
press protested against the political cx.
ploitation Of the Safajeyo murder. but
II Nefnly reproved the crime II al
once understood that the Unprecedented
ulllmatum which under stimulation
from Berlin Count Befrhtold had
launched al Serbia, meant war Still
Sir Edward Grey. a' he then was. did
not despair and the former German am
bA,sador bears the strongest testimony
10 the sincerity OF his unwcafying ci.
forts 10 avert this war which the Ger
mans calumniou'ly assert, he pro-
yOktd.
The prince declares that q, would
have been easy TO find an acceptable
solution for the two relatively small
point, left IN dispute between Vienna
and Belgrade and that gwen good will
everything could have been settled in
one or two sitiingS OF the body pro-
posed by Sir Edward
What Happened.
"A hint from Berlin would have
been enough to make Count Berchold
less satisfied with a diplomatic sue
cess and TO cause his acQucscence in
the Serbian reply What happened
"'This hint was not given, on the
contrary, We pressed for war Sir Ed.
ward bcsought Germany to make a pro-
posal Of her own; we insisted upon
war The Russian foreign minister
made urgent appeals and definite dec
larations and later the Russian en-
peror sent positively humble kilograms
in vain Berlin went on insisting that
Serbia must be massacTed
Germany Opens War.
"At last Count Berchiold himself
wavered He had hitherto STAYED the
strong man on instructions from Ber-
lin and he decided to change his
course Then Germany cut short all
hopes Of peace by herself declaring
war.
"Prince Lichnowsky speaks Of the
periidy Of the policy but it is not
chiefly upon sentimental or even upon
moral grounds that he condemned the
German system. II is the folly rather
than the wickedness Of German state
craft which he reprobates. 1t is quite
unnecessary, he insists, for Germany to
trouble herself about Austria. Austria
Hungary might have been turned into
a yassal OF the German empire with
out an alliance at all Germany could
always keep her in tow by cultiyatinr
good relations with Russia
,"But militarists were bent upon war
Which was essential to their own ella ,
interests"