The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-28
Cermany's Confession
Continued From Thursday.)

! Ii all the parties concerned were
convinced that the belief in Eng
lands guilt is fiction. why did
they feed this belief, and why did
they pursue policy which was bas-
ed upon it?' And the paper con-
cluded: The German people can
not be satisfied with the methods of
governing exercised before and dur
ing the war. The German people
can only endure after the war as a
! peace-loving nation that governs it
self
/ But 10 the American reader, The
most important part of Prince Lich-
noWsky's exposure is not his conclu-
sion that Germany forced a declara-
ton of war We have long believed
that. Our German sympathizers
have largely admitted it. But they
have pleaded that the Kaiser declar-
ed war only because war was newt
able; that Germany was denied her
place in the sum- that a conspira-
/ cy of France, Russia, and Great Brit
ain prevented her from obtaining
colonies and extending her trade;
and that, consequently, Germany had
either to take up arms or be Ihrot-
/ tied TO death b. Great Britain's trade
enmity. Many of us have been per-
suaded that these excuses are true
. D,;+ ;c1,
PEELED Germany's appeal to the sword
and that Britain's allies are merely
pulling Britain's chestnuts out Of
the fire." as the German propagan-
dists are continually charging.
OF those procured lies, Prince
Lichnowsky's memoirs give very
happy disproof.
1t has been pleaded that the policy
/ of France and England in Morocco
was anti-German. Prince LichnoWs
! ky writes: Our obscure policy in
+ Morocco had repeatedly caused dis
trust of our peaceful intention, orr
least, had raised doubts as to wheth-
Z CI VIZ hilSN w not ( w tlhICN VI w IN
ther our intention was to keep Eu-
rope in a state of suspense. and, on
occasion. to humiliate the French.
/ IN Austrian colleague, who was a
/ long time in Paris, said to me, The
/ French had begun to forget Ia re
vanche" (their desire to avenge AL
eooo I OrroioaA Won have raou1ar1y
+ reminded them of it by trampling on
their toes After we had declined
4 DelcaSse's (the French miniSter's)
Cffer to come to an agreement re
garding Morocco and then solemnly
declared that we had no political in
terest there, We suddenly discovered
! in Abdul Aziz Il second Kruger. To
! him also, as to the Beers, we prom
/ ised the protection of the mighty
/ German Empire, and with the same
result. Both MANIFESTATIONS c0ncrud-.
! ed, as they were bound to conclude,
with a retraction, if we were not pre-
pared to start a world war. Our at
titude furthered the Russian-Japa-
nese and the Russian-British alli-
ances. In the face of the German
peril all other considerations faded
into the background. The possibili-
ty of another war between France
and Germany had been evident, and
such a war could not leave out Rus
sia or England. as in 1870.
Before Delcasse's fall, and before
the Algeciras conference, we could
have obtained harbors and bases on
the west coast Of Africa, but that
was no longer possible"
In other words, according to Ger
manys ambassador, it was Germany's
threat of war that united the Euro
pean nations against her in Africa.
1t was not their union that led to the
German threat
(To be Continued)