The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-13
MORCENTHAU AND ARE AGREED ON FACTS

the American Ambassador at Con- stantinople, has told in the June number of the Worlds Work" of the German War Council at Potsdam on July 5, 1914, as he received it from Baron Wangenheim, the German Am bassador at Constantinople, agrees with the Lichnowsky story of which an abstract was given in these col umns recently, and other accounts of the preparations for war with which Germany was busy while the rest of the world was ignorant of the impending calamity.
 It is very important that the civil ized world shall fully understand the complete hollowness of the German plea of self-d defense, and the duplicity with which the Emperor after pre- pairing the mine with a time fuse, went off for a trip on his yacht, to be taken by surprise when the explosion occurred.
 Baron Wangenheim disappeared from Constantinople soon after the assassination of the Grand Duke and Duchess at Sarajevo, and after the declaration of war told Ambassador Morgenthau of the momentous con- ference which he had attended MT. Morgenthau says:
 This meeting took place at Pots dam on July 9th. The Kaiser pre- sided nearly all the ambassadors at- tended; Wangenheim came to tell of Turkey and enlighten his associaes on the situation in Constantinople. Moltke, then chief of staff was there, representing the army, and Admiral von Tirpitz spoke for the navy. The great bankers, railroad directors, and the captains of German industry all of whom were as necessary to Ger man war preparations as the army it. self, also attended.
 "Wangenheim now told me that the Kaiser solemnly put the question to each man in turn. Was he ready for war? All replied Yes except the financiers. They said that they must have two weeks to sell their for eign securities and to make loans. At that time few people had looked up- on the Sarajevo tragedy as something that was likely to cause war. This conference took all precautions that no such suspicion should be aroused. It decided to give the bankers time to readjust their finances for the coming war, and then the several members went quietly back to their work or started on vacations. The Kaiser went to Norway on his yacht, von Bethmann-Hollweg left for | rest and Wangenheim returned to l Constantinople.
 "In telling me about this confer | ence, Wagenheim, of course, admit ted that Germany had precipitated the war. I think that he was rather proud of the whole performance; proud that Germany had gone about | the matter in so methodical and far seeing a way; especially proud that he himself had been invited to par ticipate in so momentous a gathering. The several blue, red, and yellow books which coded Europe the few months following the outbreak and the hundreds of documents which were issued by German propaganda attempting to establish Germany's | innocence never made any impress sion on me. For my conclusions as | to the responsibility are not based on suspicious or belief or the study of circumstantial data. I do not have to reason or argue about the | matter. I know. The conspiracy that has caused this greatest of hu- man tragedies was matched by the Kaiser and his imperial crew at this Potsdam conference of July 5, 1914. One of the chief participants, ushed with his triumph at the apparent success of the plot, told me the de- tails with his own mouth. When ever I hear people arguing about the responsibility for this war or read the clumsy and lying excuses put forth by Germany, I simply recall the burly figure of Wangenheim as he appeared that August afternoon, putting away |, at a huge black cigar, and giving me his account of this historic meeting. Why waste any time discussing the matter after that?
 ''This Imperial Conference took place July 5thi the Serbian ultimatum was sent on July 22nd. This is just
 about the two weeks interval which the f1nanciers had demanded to com
 plete their plans. All the great stock exchanges of the world show that the , | German pankefS prOHlaD1y used this interval. Their records disclose that stocks were being sold in large quau-
 titles and that prices declined rapidly
 At that time the markets were some
 what puzzled at this movement; Wan | genheim's explanation clears up any } doubts that may still remain. Ger.
 many was changing her securities nte l cash for war purposes. If any ont I wishes to verify Wangenheim, [ wouI!
 suggest that he examine the quota
 tions of the New York stock marke for these two historic weeks. Ht V will find that there were astonishin;
 sIumps in quotations, especially or the stocks that had an internationa s market. Between July 9th and Jul u 22nd, Union Pacific dropped iron 155 1-2 to 127 1-2. Baltimore {
 Ohio from 91 1-2 to S1, United State :, Steel from e1 to 50 1-2, Canada, . Pacific from 194 to 1855 1-2 and North Il ern Pacific from Al S-S to 1o8."
 Dr. Afuhlon's Revelations. h Dr. Wilhelm Muhlon, at the out < break of the war director of tn