Evening journal., 1918-03-19
PROVOCATIVE POLICY
OF WAR Lords HIT
Kaiser's Ambassador TO Eng.
land in 1914 Severely Ar
raigns German Attitude
ALWAYS ON THR
WRONG SIDE HE SAYS

STOCKHOLM March i9.-The foreign
policy Of Germany before the war is
criticized severely in a memorandum
written by Prince Lichnowsky, German
Ambassador at London wnen the war
began, which is published In the "PO-
litiken," organ Of the Extreme Left OF
the Socialists. The memorandum was
written In August, 1916. for the pur-
pose of explaining and iustifying 10 per
sonal friends his position, which has
been assailed.
Only a half-dozen typewritten copies
Of the document were made. One Of
these, in consequence Of the betrayal
Of the Prince by a person TO whom 10
was given, reached the German Foreign
ONCE and caused a great scandal. An
other copy was communicated 20 Ger
tain .members Of the minority Socialist
party OF Germany, but how It gOt across
the German frontier remains q mystery.
After describing the circumstances
which led TO his appointment In 1912
as Ambassador TO England, Prince Lich-
nowsky says the moment "ndou1tedly
was favorable for a new attempt 20 es-
tablish better footing with England.
lie continues:
"Our enigmatical Moroccan policy had
repeatedly shaken confidence In our
peaceful disposition. An Austrian col
league who was long in Paris said to
mea'If the French begin 90 forget their
desire for revenge for The Franco-Pius-
sian War, YOU regularly remind them
Of IL by treading heavily on their toes.
after the rejection of the attempt Of
Delcasse (then French Foreign Minis
teri to reach an agreement concerning
MAocco, and after declaring that we
had no political interests there, we sud-
denly recognized in Abd-el-Aziz (thcn
Sultan Of MoroccOl a kruger nulahcr
two. Our attitude promoted tho Russo
Japanese and Russo British rapp"Oche-
ments In tie face Of the German peril
all other conflicts fell into the back
ground. Tho possibility Of new
Frauco-Gernan war hal become eVi-
dent"
Prince Lichnowsky goes on TO say
HAT on his arrival in London he found
ar Edward NOW NiscOunD Grey lihen
British Foreign Secretary had not
given up the idea Of reaching an agree
ment with Germany. and as a beginning
had made an attempt in economic and
colonial spheres.
The aim Of the British statesmen was
not TO Isolate Germany, but TO induce
Germany TO take part in the already es-
tablished concert by removing the cause
Of friction between England and Ger
many, and 10 secure the peace Of the
world by a network Of agreements.
Describing the situation at the time OF
the Balkan war, Prince Lichnowsky
says two policies were open 20 Ger.
many; either TO act as an impartial me
diator and seek a stable settlement II
accordance with the wishes OF the Bal
kan people or TO conduct a strict Triple
49, Alliance policy. The Prince recommend
cd the former, he says, but the German
Foreign ONCE decided on the latter
thus taking a stand on the side or tn
Turkish and Magyar opprcssors OF IN
Balkan peoples.
This the Prince describes as a fata
hlunder which was all the more strik
ing since a sudden Franco-Russian as
sault, which alone could justify Iripl
Alliance policy. could have been rule'
out Of German calculations.
10 was not only unnecessary, but dan
gerous, Prince LichnOwsky declares. e
nav attention 90 Austria's wishes, sine
10 look at Eastern questions througi
Austrian spectacles could only lead to
collision with Russia and a world war
besides alternating the Balkan peoples.
"As usual, we stood on the wroni
side" he adds I'VE have always riddel
horses whose collapse could be fore
seen-Kruger. Abd-el-Aziz. Abdul Hami'
(deposed Sultan Of Turkey and VII
liam Of Wied former ruler OF Albania'