Evening journal., 1918-03-30
BRITISH jealousy
DDN'T CAUSE WAR
LiCh-ovSky Eliminates Ger.
man Fleet and TraLe as
the Reasons
SAYS AGREEMENT
MAS POSSIBLE

STOCKHOLM, March 30-Further
sections OF the personal memorandum
written by Prince Lichnowsky, German
ambassador at London at the outbreak
Of the war, touch upon Anglo-German
negotiations about the erlin-German
Railway and German naval and COM
mercial Jealousy Of Great Britain. EX-
cerpts from the memorandum are being
published by he Politiken and already
have brought the prince into disfavor
In Ge man Ofilcialdom because Of his
frank statements on German diplomacy.
which he did not intend to be made
public.
Prince Lichnowsky. after describing
efforts to obtain a better understand
Ing between Germany and Enzland and
the negotiations over the Anglo-German
treaty. refers 10 the so-called Bagdad
railway treaty. This aimed In fact at a
division Of Asia Minor into spheres Of
interest. although the prince writes,
this expression was carefully avoided
In consideration OF the rights Of the
Sultan Of Turkey.
Sir Edward Grey. then British For
eign Secretary, declared repeatedly
there was no agreemnt between Eng
land and France aiming at a division
Of Asia Minor. The greatest concession
that Sir Edward made to P-lnce Lich-
nowsky personally, it is declared, was
for the continuation Of the railway line
to Bas a. By this treaty the whole OF
Mcsorotamia Up 90 Basra became a
German zone Of interest by which all
British rights and the question Of ship
ping on the Tigris were left untouched.
Tho British economic territories. the
Prince adds. included the coasts OF the
Persian Gulf and the Smyrna-Aden
Railway. the French territory was
Syria and the Russian, Armenia. Had
the treaty been concluded and publish
ed, he continues, an agreement would
have been reached with England which
would have finally ended all doubt NJ
the possibility Of Anglo-German CO.
operation.
Referring 10 the dlfncui question Of
German naval activity, Prince Llchnow-
sky says Il was never Judged correct
ly The creation n a mighty fleet nn
the other shore Of the North Sea and
the simultaneous development Of the
continents most important naval
power into a most important naval
power. ne declares, had az least to be
recocnized by Great Britain as uncom-
Portable
To maintain the necessary lead and
90 preserve the supremacy Of the seas.
which Great Britain must haze IN order
not to go down, the Prince adds. she
had 10 undertake preparations and ex-
penscs which weighed heavily on the
taxpayers. The threat against British
world position was that the German
policy permitted the possibility Of q
warlike development &c appear. This
possibility, the Prince asserts, was
obviously near during the Moroccan
crisis and the Bosnian question.
The Powers had become reconciled &
the German feet in It's definite strength
Obviously It was not welcome to Grea
B-itain and, the Prince declared con
stituted one Of the motives, but nelthel
the only nor most important motive, To-
Englands joining hands with Russia an,
France.
On account Of the German fleet alone
Prince Lichnovsk says, Great Britain
would have drawn the sword as LITTLE
as on account Of German trade. (which
10 is pretended called forth her jealous,
and finally brought about war" Prom
the beginning, Prince Lichnowsky says
he adopted the standpoint that. in spit
Of the fleet, it would be possible 20 COM
70 a friendly understanding and rap.
proachment II the Germans did not pro.
pose new votes Of credit and, above all
n the Germans did carry out an lnds
putable peace policy.
During Prince Lichnowsky's term ot
oflce Winston Churchill then FRS
Lord Of the Admiralty. raised the ques
ton Of the so-caled naval holiday
proposing it for financial reasons a!
much as on account Of the paclfs
incllnations Of his party. Mr. Churchill
wanted a pause OF one year In building
ships Ofncially the Prince adds, tn
suggestion was not supported by Secre
tary Grey. and be never spoke {,
Prince Lichnowsky about lt, although
NJ Churchill did on repeated occa
sions.
.a. In tiative OF Mr.. Churchill
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