The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-29
The Amazing Memorandum Of
Prince LchnOwSky
tFoURTH SsrAILNrENT
P~-Mar Diplemaey.

The following extracts which had formerly
been Suppressed by ne Swedish E0rernnsnL
appeared In the PoEEaksa Ct StOckholm ca
: At the sane tine Csl0 the BAkaa con-
OF meeting the leading men or the Balkan States.
The most important parsonage AmcnE them was
man ana particularly pr1zad the Order Of thu
Red Eagia which he even wore At the French
embassy With his winning amiAhiity and
savoir faire he could always win sympathy.
Next 70 him greaS role vas played by
Danef the then Bulgarian prime minister. and
Count Bsrchtold's connoanL he gave the i'm
preston OF being capable and energetic man
and even the influence o. his friends At Vienna
and Budapest Al which he sometimes laughed
was attributable TO the fact that he had let him
self he drawn into the second Balkan war and
had declined Russian Intervention
M. Take Jonescu vas often In London. too
and visited me regularly. had known him since
the time when L was secretary 81 Bucharest
teTs friends. HIS aim in London vas to secure
concessions for RumAnia BY negotiations with
NJ. DanefE In this he was supported BY the
That these negotiations were stranded By the
Bulgarian opposition Is known. Count BerchtoId
and naturally We with hiu-WaS entirely
the side OF Bulgaria: otherwise ne should have
inr Ire desired safisfacfion for Ire Rprnanlans
and have bound Rumania to Us. she was By
Austria's attitude in the second Balkan war.
while afterwards she was estranged from the
'.5uieaTia's defeat in the second Balkan war
and Serhia's victory. as wen as the RumAnian
ADVANCE a
Austria. The idea OF egualiuing this ~ military
intervention in Serbia seems 70 have gained
ground RAPIDLY in Vienna This Is proved BY
that the Marquis al san Gfuliano. who described
the plan as a pevEcnlOsSisStmR adventure tan
extremely risky adventurel. saved US from a
1919. Intimate as RuSso-Ttalian relations were.
the aspiration of Vienna must have been known
in St PeterNhurN. In. any event. NJ Take
Jonescu told me that IL. SaEonoH had said in
ConstanEa that an attack On Serbia On the part
OF Austria meant war with Russia
an the spring OF 1914 one Of my secretaries
on returning from leave in Vienna. said that
herr Won IsSnlEse1sy German AMBASSADOR IN
Niennal had declared that war must soon come
But as I was always kept I'm the dark regarding
important things I considered his pezsimism
@Evsr since the peace Of Bucharest it seems
20 have been the opinion In Vienna that the re-
vision of this treaty should be undertaken in
was awaited. The statesmen in Vienna and
Bucharest could naturally count upon our sup
reuToached several times for their sickness
Berlin even Insisted on the rehabilitation Or
Anulo-eerman Relations.
when I returned 20 London Inn December
1918 after long holiday the LAman Won San
sis becoming acute Sir Edward Grey called my
attention with some umeastness to the conse-
quent unrest i'm s. Petersburg saying: have
never seen them SO excited. Berlin instructed
me 10 beg the minister To urge calm In Sc. Pc
ternburw and help solve the diifcultg Sir Edward
- lie ~sTISwsr srs - frsfsrsrs~,fr-. -,.+F
uted not tncomslderahly &c smoothing matters
over. Ny Eood relations with Sir Edward
ed In a like manner on several occasions when
I'D was a question uf carrying through something
OF which our representative there was completely
sDurinr The critical days OF July. 1914. Sir
Edward said 60 me- IL ever yoa want some
regularly hut i ever appeal for your influence
IN Vienna Eou refuse your support The good
and dependable relations I vas fortunate I'm max
af