The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-25

| plans TO take possession Of tho Belgian
! ports. tho railways and 10 establish mil
| itaTy and commercial dominion over that
/ country.
| Il never unfoidcG such German war
/: aims to Mr.. Gerard. In the course OF
! my several conversations With him. az
also IN our discussion las; January. /
, invariably referred I" my Rcichstas
speeches. In which / stated tina. Ger
many would cNa"i Ir'sit!v" guarantees
that belgian territory and politics
would m"; In III" fula-c Ice exploited
- Ti"naCiME factor against us. dId
not max" N.>,HIrmcnl ~ To ;hc nature
Of ,hcsc Euarantcrs.
In III" progress =: our conversation
| Mr.. Gerard suggested thII The r"ali28-
! ,i"n "f ttr-rr"rhlnE aspirations in Bel
, GUM would give kiEE Albert merely 4
shaE authority and asked whrthcr II
would not be better for -, r,nany to
f0rE" such plan" AID instead Of them
"nd"nr"r /" acquire bi"Ec. which sir
; Eer1rd thought p""Sh!r ut achievement
! "I'"riiap. this suggestion was NaIt
. intended In provoke rcply from me-. II
so. tho a;t"mrt fnl,ci IN ali my dis
I cu.siors w:th tn" Ambassador on tn,
subject | referred :" my puhii" utt"r
anr"s. III whic!! emphasized shat | was
, "nd"aHofInE - rr"CCr" peace that
: would T"rmi; MS !" like IN cordial and
r":F'borly relations with Belgium.
! mir, i"rar,!, r.rmury woul! s"rm
! ais" ." Eav' served him faulty when
; hr wrote d";'r wrat VAS said ahou.
! Russia. II" dealt but sup"rtictally with
. G"rmanr's eastern war aims. observing
. that the United States interest il hits
direction was very limited ard that
Germany undoubtedly would hav" free
hand there For Humana and Serbia
h" also revealed very slender sympathy
MIR. Gerard did no. Obtain out ~ mouth
any Of Inc statements concerning lh"*r
countries which he attributes :" M"
"Wh"n diplomats undertake. TO exploit
:hc'r official CAREER for journalistic pIr-
l'oG"S They are v"ry APT to b. m'$rd
int" pItiinG into mouths Of foreign
statesmen utI"TlnCCS which either -.
thu rrrlIi";! Of an nmpl" ina Srmati"n
"r are based ur faulty memory. Discus
sion q? political opinions Is bound 20 be
3 lranslnry and ficrting.
"Yuu Americans nrr inprtuous poo
lie. You d. not Seem tu permit even
your diplomats I" observe the traui-
'iunal *ilcuc,s nor hav" y"u The patIcmsr
To ;thd" the poit-moricm publication nj
their memoirs. Sir Edward ti"scfrn
tCnrIn"r British anbn s&ador 10 Germany
and .tuStriiJ ~ Jules tambun tfurn.cr
p French entasSador Ia Germany. tho
United Sta.cS and SpaIu) probably could
excel Mr.. Gerard In revelations Of IN
'crtainlnE diplomatic history and COS.
sip Count yun Errn$turii former nm-
baSsador In tho United States. too. |
Imagine might *tnrtlc us with a diary
81 h. Washington experiences.
"ln Europe. h"wcv"r, II was seen thh:
publications. ci such matters were best
postponed h. c0DImnn consent 10 a later
period when Judgments arc both calm
and more nlrtur". Mr.. Gerard, however,
may hold tls,. special license. conferred
by shirt sleeve diplomacy. MS you call
il. and shall no; dispute his prcroEA-
lives. Eut he must not CIV" his mag
lnation til" free rein
Grcard'B Reply to DR.. EonweG.
, And this was my answer published in
the New York Times for September :,
1917:
DIR. IIollwcE apparently did not have
the exact copy az my articles. for II
j." hn, read hem he would have seen
clearly that said III" pcac" terms dc
:rri bed were thu German peac" terms
and not thu opinions of IN" Chancellor.
ir"ctur licll"". said he hrmaoll wa-
subject To tho raj" of the military par.y
OF ,;r-fni::. rnd could not follow ha
own desires.
In IA, second place, Doctor iTol!:.eE
admits hat n" German government in
ended III. "Xact Euuruu;rcs from EIl'
gum and make the admission htias"!!
after tn. interview IN which lie So
sharply critIcizrs me
"'Thrdly. / ask !! those terms Us
cl,ed are not the German prnce ;cr'i'"
, then what are tho German pcmcc terms
Doctor Hollwcs gIvcs nothing di:-
.cecnt from these. and go II might be
assumed that they are tho German
terms. after all. consider Il n matter
Of great rrSret that the German gov
crrm,nl rut Doctor llollw"E ont Of "!-
f,.,, and foot that personally he ~