Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-25
GERMANS MADE
PLANS FOR WAR
IN MARCH, 1914
Bcrlins Duplicity Clearly Disclos-
ed in Correspondence Taken
From Won Papcn, of Bern
storff's Staff
READY FOR WAR JULY Is
ny Asaocrated Press to Every Evening

By Aaaoctated Press To Every Evening
Washington April - Repeated dec
Iarations of the German Emperor and
IIindcnburg and I.,idendorff that the war
was forced upon Germany and asErstlpns
from the same sources that Germany was
taken by surprise by the Russian mohiiza-
ton. attaches particular interest to certain
pancrs taken from Captain Won Papen,
late military attachc IT Washington
Among the papers which have been
published bp the British government n a
White Book appears n letter from X. van
Wild of the German whr ministry ~
Berlin. to Captain won papcn seeking IN
formation regarding the beat neaus nt
blowing M railroad trains IN the event ot
a European war The significant point ~
that thls icttcr wns written March -.
1917 about five months before the ont
break of war This letter aays
according 10 newspaper reports sever
nj railway trains were blown iip bF tPVoiu-
tionaries. during the trpublcs ~ McNlco.
In order To form AZ opinion whether ~ me
event of q turopenu war cEplnaou~ 81
this Eind would havp To- br rccknHed with,
II ,s requested. that II possibo lnl"rma-
t6n should hr obtained ~ t. how these
attacks have been carried ont ere
mines and explosive placed on lines when
,ycrc little guarded ar we're the attacks
carried out on the tram bv igniiinR a
charge uf dynamite or by the employ
mont of internal machine
CAPTAIN won Papcn replying from
Mexico. where Il Is now known that he Wa
lnduqt triollslv planting the secd oi rerman
propaganda and establishing connections
! for Germany "a il~r III he event iilat shc
/ should war upon hc ntt"d states, did
/ not regard tho operations oi the Ne1can
| revohltlonarics NJ of any particular rainf
/ For four month Inter he wrote from
| Ncxtco City
| II am convinced from personal cVdenc'
/ hat an thr recrut raeos 81 destruction -
| rsilwa& lines b1 explosion srfc hrougb'
about tx htryng dynamite under ihf
| line itself and thon gnltIug i bS ~ eject ~
current as soon rs The tram had reached thf
appointed place consider y OF p ~
.rie-tlon fh4t explosions prepared y
thts va, would have u hr rrcknncd .Ili
~ An European war Ibe8 are onlS
pos4ll,lc 81 linc- fhat arc ll-gIarflod. whict
rs IN tins county. often pass for nll"
| through revolutionary district and have
| mo- protection other than s pilot tram
| Internal machines 50 far ~ ! know have
never been employed
Another letter t. Won P4pcn from th'
manager of the Potedam branch II m
Dl-conto-G Gesrilschaft, ha- this post
scfIpt
III : We have never before seen suci
preparations fnr war is are heing nude a
present German government -focNs fei
today one per cent k.nd reVari-
hIInei
Tin letter Ne regarded h u parilcila
interest by the British eoinpIof- q "a
correspondence III view u il Dat" Jul
- lgl4. whIl, negotiations till we're =
proere-- - avoid var
That Dr Dunbl, tdsiro-tiHnRAr
| I'm ambassador - fhe uIted state
recalled At the request u las govern
ncnt. lid not appreciate until the iaa
moment tie danger in winch ne Ra~ place.
bv his own Vaccinations Tor optimism
i shown by hI> last letter 10 Fon Pape
dated - Leno< Mass september l9l,
Thng- are Ioiug -ulemdIdIT N Rn,
sia. wrote Dumba II only thc Dai
dancllc. hold out Everything ha7 endc
happily IN Washington and peopie a
ready think thcv hear tine bells q peao
ringing w have not got 70 hat iengt
vet but Il Iu.t sho1. ahat i good ei.e'
i produced BY good words and a llgf
hand