New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-18

served to make matters worse. His
admission that England had not
brought on the war enra ged the Pan
German press. 1t was seized upon tri
| umphantly by the socialists. The So
| claliSt organ, NOrWaerts. SAYS,
Let us establish tho facts
The war was not popular in England;
it also was not popular in Russia and
France. But it has become popular.
| The whole world-right away across
| the Atlantic and the Pacfic--is united
| In hatred against us. We, however,
| have for a lmost four years been inocu-
, lated with the view that England
| laid all the mines which caused the
| War--a view which the Secretary OF
! State Non Jagow), in accordance
| with the evidence of the am bassa dor
| CPTince Lichnowsky), has now de-
| ciared to be false! 1t Is, however, by
this false view that the whole war
| policy of the German Empire has
| been drected-from the declaration
| of unrestricted submarin warfare.
which brought us war with America,
| down to those chancellor speeches
| which say that Belgium must not
again become England's area of mill
tary concentration. IF all the parties
concerned were convinced that the
belief in England's guilt is a fiction
why did they feed this belief. and why
did they pursue {, policy which was
based upon it? And the paper con-
cluded: The German people can not
be satisfied with the methods of Coy
erning exercised before and during
the war. The German people
can only endure after the war as a
T.
self
Germany's Place in the Sun.
But to the American reader, the
most important part OF Prince Lich-
nowsky's exposure is not his conclu-
sion of war. We have long believed
that. Our German sympathizers have
largely admitted it. But they have
pleaded that the Kaiser declared war
only because war was inevitable: that
Germany was denied her place in the
sun; that a conspiracy of France.
Russia, and Great Britain prevented
her from obtaining colonies and ex-
tending her trade: and that. conse-
quently, Germany had either to take
up arms or be throttled to death by
Great Britains trade cnmity Many
of us have been persuaded that these
tAGASoS are true GACuSSS, lndL the BTU
ish policy compelled Germany's appeal
to theesword, and that Britains allies
are merely pulling Britains chest
nuts out of the fire." as the German
agandists are continually charg-
Ing.
Of those procured lies. Prince Lich-
nowsky's memoirs give a very happy
disproof.
It has been pleaded that the policy
Of France and England in Morocco
was anti-German. Prince Lichnow-
sky writes: Our obscure policy in
Morocco had repeatedly caused dis
trust of our peaceful intention, or at
least had raised doubts as to whether
our intention was to keep Europe in
a state of suspense, and, on occasion,
to humiliate the French. An Austri-
an colleague, who was a long time In
Paris, said to me, The French had
begun to forget ia revanche" (their
You have regularly reminded them |
of it by trampling on their toes At
ter we had declined Delcasso's (the |
French minister's) offer to come to |
an agreement regarding Morocco and |
then solemnly declared that We had |
no political interest there, we sud |
denly discovered in Abdul Aziz a sec |
ond Kruger. To him also, as to the |
Beers, we promised the protection Of |
the mighty German Empire, and with |
the same result. Both manifestations |
concluded as they We're bound to |
conclude, with a retraction, if we |
We're not prepared to start a world |
war Our attitude furthered the !
Russian-J japanese and the Russian !,
British alliances. In the face of the (
a~..J, IL,
faded into the background. The pos !
sibility of another war between |
France and Germany had been evil |
dent and such a war could not leave |
out Russia or England, in 1870. i
Before Delcasses fall, and be- |
fore the Algeciras conference, we |
could have obtained harbors and |
bases on the west coast of Africa, but |
that was no longer possible"
In other words according to Ger |
mans ambassador, it was Germany's |
threat of war that united the Euro |
pean nations against her in Africa 1t |
was not their union that led to the |
German threat
England's Attempts At Friendship.
Nevertheless, Lichnowsky goes on |
to say, London "quieted down on the |
Moroccan affair" The Haldano mis- |
sion had gone to Berlin to come to |
an understanding with Germany. and !
that mission failed. Lichnows<v con- |
fesses, because VIC demanded q |
promise of neutrality" from Great |
Britain in the event of 81 European |
war, "instead of being satisfied with |
treaty which secured us against |
British support" He continues: |
However, Sir Edward Grey had not |
given up the idea of coming to an un-
derstanding with us. and his first at
tempts in that direction were in con-
nectfon with matters relating to trade |
and colonies 81 So After reaching |