The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-30

THAT "my London mission wrecked not
by the pelfidy of the British, but by the perfidy
of our policy"
Lchnowsky cites many instances of his diplomatic
activities in London to show that England not only
was not antagonistic to Ge1nany's commercial ex-
pansion but that England actually cOoperated with
Germany so that she could extend her world trade.
Indictment Drawn by Lichnowsky Tells
Step by Step How Germany Forced War
This is the Indictment which Germany's am
bassador to England, himself junker and member
of the Prussian House of Lords, of the few who
the inside of all the diplomatic moves of those
Hateful days of July, 1914, draws against the German
government
GAS appears from all official publications. without
the facts being controverted by own White Book
which owing to its poverty and gaps constitutes a
grave self-accusatOn:
FIRST: We encourage Count Berchtold (the Aus
trian mniser) to attack Serbia, altho German in
terest involved, and the danger of world war
must have been known to us-whether we knew the
text of the utimatum is question of complete ndif
ference.
SECOND: In the days between July % and July
3D. 1914 when M. Sazonoff (the Russian foreign min
ister) emphatically declared that Russia could not
tolerate attack upon Serbia rejected the Brit
ish proposals of mediation, althO Serbia under Rus
sian and British PRESSURE had accepted almost the
whole ultimatum, and altho an agreement about the
two points in question could easily have been reached
and Count BerchtOld ready to satisfy him
self with the Serbian reply.
THIRD: On July 80 when Count Berchtold want
ed to give way, we, without Austria having been at
tackled, replied to Russia's mobilization by
sending ultimaum to Petersburg, and on July 81
declared the Russians althO the car had
pledged his word that long negotiations contin
ued not should march-so that we deliberately
destroyed the possibility of a peaceful settlement
This Is Why the Whole World Blames Germany
for War and Fights to Crush Prussianism
SIN view of these indsputable facts it is not
prising that the whole civilized world outside Ger
many attributes to the sole guilt for the world war
SIS it not Ineligible that enemies declare that
they will not rest until system is destroyed which
constitutes a permanent threatening of our neigh
bors!
''Must they not otherwise fear that in few years
they will again have to take up arms, and again seeI
their provinces overrn and their towns and villages
destrOyedf
'Were those people not right who declared that it
was the spirit of Treitschke and Bernhard which,
dominated the German people-the spirit which glor-
flies an aim in itself and does not abhor it asl
an evil?
'Were those people not right who said that among
us it is still the feuda knights and junkers and the
caste of warriors who rule and who fix ideals and
our values-not the civilian gentlemen?
Were they not right who said that the love of duel
ing, which inspires youth at the universities lives
on in those who guide the fortunes of the peope9"
How England Co-operated to Promote
Germanys Interests in Portuguese Africa
Lichnowsky's memorandum details how he had ne
gotiated with Sir Edward Grey in the period preced-
ing the war new treaty dividing the Portuguese
Colonies in Africa into economic political spheres oil
interest between Germany and Great Britain Tell
ing of secret treaty negotiated in this matter be-
tween Great Britain and Germany in $685. Lichnow-
sky says:
"As the Portuguese government possessed neither
the power nor the to open up adequately to
administer its extensive possessions the Portuguese
government had thought of selling these possessions
and thereby putting their finances in order
Between us and England an agreement had been
reached which defined the interests of the two parties
and which was of all the greater value because Port
GAL as is well known, is completely dependent upon
England"
This treaty, and one signed in 1899 had GER
tain features regarded Objectionable So Lchnow-
sky on his arrival as ambassador in London, was in
structed to carry negotiations for new treaty