Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-28
GERMAN JEALOUSY
OF GREAT BRITAIN
TOLD BY A GERMAN
Prince L'chnowsky. German Am
bassador at London, Makes
Important Statement.
SHOWS UP GERMAN AIMS
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Stockholm. Sweden. March 29 Anglo
German negotiations concerning the Rer-
Iin-Bardad railway and German naval
and commercial jealousy IT Grpat Rritaln
are tn,lrhcd upon ~ further sections oi
the personal memorandum written hY
Prince Iichuowskv. German amhas adgr
at London. AT the outbreak af the war
vrernts from tho the memorandum arc
being published ~ the politikcn and
already have brought tho Prince into
d,sfavcr with German oificialdnrn. be-
cause If hl7 frank statements or German
diplomacy which he did not intend fn
be made public
Prince ficlinowsly. after describing
efforts 20 secure a better understanding
between Germany and FnRla nd, and the
negotiations over tho Anglp German trca-
". rrfeis a. the en-called naesiad Railway
Treaty This aimed. IL fact n . division
of Asia Minor into spheres ri interest,
nlthonuh the Prince writes. his expression
was carefully avnided IN consideration If
tho rights # tho Sultan nf Turkey
W. AGREEMENT. sam gPry
SIR ldu uard Grey then Httlsh foreign
secretary. declared repeatedly that there
was no agreement between ENGLAND and
France aiming at q division Of Asia
Minor Tho greatest concession Sir
Edward made 70 Prince liehnpwskY
personally. il ie declared. was fnr the
continuation IT tho railway line tn Hasra
u, this treaty the whole II hrsopo
tafma. up to Rasra. hcrsfne German
zonc ~ lntrrest. hy whirh all british
rights and the question of shipping on
the Itgria were left untourhcd hn
British economic territories, the rFinro
sdde lusiuded the coasts of the Persian
Gulf and the Sinvrna-Adcn railway,
tho French territory was syria. and the
Russian. Armenia Had the trcatY icon
concluded and published hc continues.
an agreement would have been rearhed
with England whlch would have finally
ended All doubt of the POSSIBILITY of
Anrlu.G German co-oporation
CEHwsN NsvAL NernIrf
Referring To- the difficult question Of
German naval activity. rrlne" lrhnow-
shy SAYS n Wa never Judged quit cor
fccilS The creation of mighty fleet
on the other shore Of the North Sea,
and the simultaneous development OF the
continent S most important MILITARY pow
cr into most important naval power
he declares. had at least tn he recognized
bv Great Britain as Comiortshl,
To maintain the necessary lead and TO
preserve the supremacy which Great
Britain must have IN order not to go
down, tho prince adds. she had Ia under
take preparations and expenses which
weighed heavily ON the taxpayers. The
threat against British world position WAS
that the German policy permitted the
Warlikc development Ia appear Tins
possibility. the prince asserts. was OBJ
vlousiy near the Moroccan ensis and the
Bosnian question
NOT LIKED m ENGLAND
The powers had become reconctled To
the German feet IN It's definite strength
Obviously IT was not welcome 20 Great
Britain. and, the prince declares, con-
.stituted one uf the motives but neither
the only nor most important motive. tor
England joining hands with Russia and
France
On account of the German fleet alone,
Prince IichnoWsky says, Great Britain
would have drawn the sword as little
pretended called forth her jealousy and
finally brought about war.
Discussing the question OF trade jeal-
a faulty Judgment of circumstances 1t
is a fact, he says, that Germany progress
rs a trading country, after the war of
1870 and during the following decades
threatened The interests of British trade
circles. but the growing interchange of
merchandise had allowed the desire to
mature TO preserve good relations with
Great Britain S best client and business
friend, and this gradually suppressed all
other thoughts and motives.
Prince Llchnowsky. IN order to get IN
touch with the most important business
circles, saws he accepted invitations from
the chambers OF commerce in London and
Bradford and from chambers in other
great cities, like New Castle and Liver
pool He SAYS he had a hearty reception
everywhere Business men IN Glasgow
and Edinburgh also had invited him and
he had promised to visit them
BELIEVES HE DID RIGHT
Persons who did not understand British
conditions and who did not appreciate the
value of public dinners, and others who
disli1od his success, reproachcd him with
having done harm by his speeches He,
on the contrary, believed his public APP
pearances and discussions of common
economic interests contributed consider
ably toward the Improvement of con
ditions In other circles the prince had d
most amiable reception and endorsed the
cordial good will OF the court, society
and the government
In conclusion, Prince Lichnowsky gives
his impressions of English society. King
George he describes as very amiable and
we'll meaning, with sound understanding