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


war. Mr.. O'Figgins was asked by the
! Committee ON Public Information to
prepare this article for the Division
of Syndicate Features both on account
OF his official position on the commit
tee and his popularity as writer of
plays. magazine articles and short
Rtnries He has summed up and pre-
scented the evidence convincingly.)
sa 1t has come at last. After protesting
4 Innocence and brazenly denying guilt
for nearly four years, Germany has
admitted her crime against civiiza-
tiqn
a. She has done it through her former
ambassador in England. Prince Lich-
nowsky. lie has been corroborated by
g. former director of the great krupp
Eun factory, a DIR. Muhlon. And the
truth of their testimony has been sub
stantially admitted by the man who
was Germanys foreign minister when
Prince Lichnowsky was German am
hassador in London-~namely, Herr
Yea Jagow.
The documents i'll the case have
been obtained by the State Depart
nent at Washington and translated
and convincing.
After setting forth all the damning
evidence against Germany, Prince
. Lichnowsky sums it up;
> First. We encouraged Count
Berchtold (the Austrian foreign min
ister1 to attack Serbia, although no
German interest was involved and the
danger of a world war must have been
known to us. Whether or not we
knew the text of the Austrian ulti-
u1atum to Serbia makes no difference
whatever.
Second. We rejected Great Brit
aims plan of mediation in the days
gbetween the 23d and 3oth Of july,
r1914. We did this after Mr.. Sasanof
tthe Russian foreign minster) had
alphabetically declared he could not
tolerate an attack on Serbia after
Serbia, upon pressure from Russia and
England. had accepted nearly the
whole OF the ultimatum, all but two
points, in themselves not hard to ad-
iuet; and even after Count Berchtold
fthe Austrian foreign n1inster) was
ready to be satisfied with the Serbian
answer.
Third On the 3Oth Of July, with
Count Berchtold willing to listen to
reason, before Austria was touched, on
the mere mobilization of Russia, We
sent our uitimatum to Russia and on
the 31st of July We declared war on
Russia, although the Car had pledged
his word that as long as negotiations
We're going on not one man would be
sent on the march. We thus DELHI
erately destroyed every chance Of a
peaceful settlement.
- 'It is no wonder that in the pres
ence of these indisputable facts the
.01A civ ~ 10 Of
many lays the entire blame for the
world at our door. Is it not nat
ural that our foes declare they will not
rest until they have destroyed a system
which is a perpetual menace to Its
reighbors? Must they not otherwise
fear that in a few years they will again
be compelled to take up arms and see
their provinces overrun, their cities
and villages laid waste ~
DIR. Nuhlons Evidence.
Or. Muhlon, of the board of Krupp's
directors, does not make a summing
tip, He merely gives evidence that in
the middle of July, 1914, he had a
business conversation with Il director
of tho Deutsche Bank in Berlin, who
advised him that the bank would not
assist Krupps in certain largo trans |
actions in Bulgaria and Turkey be-
cause the political situation had "be- |
come very lnenaning'' and the
Deusehe bank would have to wait |
before entering into any further en-
easements abroad. This director of |
the Deutsche bank was DR.. Helfferich |
since vice chancellor of Germany. He
explained: THE Austrians have just
been with the Kaiser. In a week S
time Vienna will send very severe
ultimatum to Serbia, with a very
short interval for al answer. A
whole series of definite satisfactions
will be demanded at once; otherwise
Austria Hungary will declare war on
Serbia
This is the ultimatum about which
The German authorities have insisted
they were not consulted.
DR.. Muhlon continues: "Dr. Helf-
,erich added that the Kaiser had ex-
pressed his decided approval of this
procedure OH the part of Austria Hun
gary. He had said that he regarded
4 conflict with Serbia an internal affair
between these two countries, In which
ae would permit no other state to in
.erfere. If Russia mobilized, he would
mobilize also. But in his case mobili
sation meant Immediate war.
This uncanny communication, DIR.
Muhlon says, converted my fears OF
4 world war, which were already
strong into absolute certainty He
consulted with Herr Krupp Won Bob
ZEN himself in Berlin. And Krupp
confirmed the news. He said that
he Kaiser had told him (Krupp) that
lie would declare war Immediately II
Russia modified, and that this time
people would see that he did not turn
about. The Kaisers repeated insist
snce that this time nobody would be
able to accuse him Of indecision had,
ae said. been almost comic in its
effect"
Cn the day when the Austrian ulti-
0Aatum to Serbia was delivered the
Kaiser was on a yachting trip II, the