The Washington herald., 1918-04-22
LICHNOWSKY TELLS
OF GERMAN PERFIDY;
LIES REVEALED
CONTINUED FRoI PAGE ONE.

tiated by the prince. and on March u
the Politiken renewed publication OF
the Lichnowsky writings.
Prince Liehnowsky's Accusations.
las appears from all official publi-
cations. without the facts being con-
troverted by our own White Book,
which, owing 10 its poverty and gaps,
constitutes a grave self
II. We encouraged Count Berchtold
TO attack Serbia. although no German
interest was involved and the danger
OF a world war must have been known
to us-whether We knew the text OF
the ultimatum is a question Of COM
plete indifference.
''2 In the days between July - and
July 30. 1914. wheH VI. Sazonoff en-
phatically declared that Russia could
not tolerate an attack upon Serbia.
we rejected the British proposals OF
mediation, although Serbia. under
Russian and British pressure. had ac-
cepted almost the whole ultimatum,
and although an agrt ement about the
two points in question could easily
have been reach, d. and Count Berch-
told was even ready to satisfy himself
with the Serbian reply.
30 On July 80. when Count Berch-
told wanted to give way, we, without
Austria having been attacked. replied
to Russia's mere mobilization by send
ing an ultimatum to st. Petersburg.
and on July 81 We declared war on the
Russians. although the Gar had
pledged his word that as long as ne
gotiatiors continued not a man should
march-so that We deliberately de-
stroyed the possibility of a peaceful
settlement.
in view OF these indisputable facts
it Is not surprising that the whole CIV
ilized world outside Germany attrib-
utes to us the sole guilt for the world
war"
And what result have we to ex-
pect from the struggle of people? The
United States Of Africa will be Brit
ish, like the United States OF Amer
ica, Australia. and Oceania; and the
Latin States of Europe. as l said
years ago. will fall into the same
relationship to the United Kingdom
as the Latin sisters of America to
the United States. They will be
dominated by the Anslo-Saxon;
France. exhausted by the war will
link herself still more closely to Great
Britain. In the long run. Spain also
will not resist.
In Asia, the Russians and Japanese
will expand with their limitations
and their customs, and the South will
remain to the British.
The world will belong to the Anglo
Saxon, the Russian, and the Japanese,
and the German will remain alone
with Austria and Hungary. His
anhaFn x..in -.
thought and of trade, not that of the
bureaucrats and the soldiers. The
German appeared too late. and the
world war has DESTROYED the last
possibility of catching up the lost
ground, of founding a Colonial En-
pire"
I'VE (the Germans) had always
backed horses which it was evident
would lose"
Trade jealousies. so much talk
ed ABOUT among us, rest on faulty
judgment of circumstances"
"On August .. Q914), when 1 saw
Asquith in order to make a final
attempt, he was completely broken.
and. although quite calm, tears ran
down his face"
of course il would only have
needed a hint from Berlin to make
Count Bcrchtcid tNus riIn fotei2u
Minister in August. 1s14.) satisfy
himself. with IL dl..psnatic 3 sIcc.sI
and put up with the Serbian reply"
The impression became ever
stronger that we Germany ,desir-
ed war in all circumstances"
Thus ended my London mission.
1t was wrecked not by the perfidy
of the British. but by the perfidy of
our policy
Il had to support in London a
policy which knew to be faIla-
cious. 7 was punished for il, for II
was a sin against the Holy Ghost
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