Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-10

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to prevent public opinion in Eneland
rom ont taking a stand against A,.+n,
inc 4Sa England's attitude d,'n
wa, 40 BOSNIAN annexation crtai.
svnon.tx. uDnc opinion showed ftae1f 20,
Roan;a. with the Serbian claims -
nron,"t,o recalled also the benevo1on ~
went ". OF nationalist homes tIat
Gar r1 on IN the days of Lord Byron -. aa d;
eronnds ana on these and othar
iiko1u l thought it extremely un
woujd s ,nat English public ontntnr
aeains+ support punitive expedition n
thna -. ne Archduke's murderers
wa un ie!t II my duty to enter an nrcont
whtah against the wholet nrn9ea.
W. "nicl IL l. characterized as ventnros !ece,
co"ns ua1neerous, I recommended thae
trta "n OF moderation be Owen 49,
aiot az as, ald not believe that tha onn
sa ot could be localtzed"-1that, - ~ ~
b &C.,, ~ could. not be limited tn ~ ~
"o "M austria and Serbia). wa.
p,aa: err Won Jagow answered mo THAI
,na,'9s was not prepared: thai +haae
h %vu44 De more or less of a rumn~ae
A. Ams+ .aat tne more firmly we stood b.,
az auStr!a the more surely wonld by Wy
h Sia give way. Austria was a1raaIs
o oaain1ng US for fabbiness and 0"u NY
Gouiu not finch. On the other ho W.
,'.sH sentiment was erowinp 1o "nu
uinlrlendly all the time, and Wa m ,a,,1e
s 1any take the risk. I subseonant1"..
learned that this attitude was 10y
~ aoV1ces from Count Pourta los 1esu
t uelman Ambassador in Petro1rao .ue
~ russia would not stir unf1er a ar,,
circumstances; information uhtaS S
prompted us to spur Count Rarch4n1 1
~ ~ MS course. On learning 10 ~
'1t9ae OF the German Governma 1 a.
,ooAeo Tor salvation through Enr1tsh
1neu1atlon, knowing that Sir EdIara
uey 1nnuence in Petrograd could ~
e eseu IN the cause of peace. thar"
IoIe, aValled myself of nv fr;and17
le1a61ons with the Minister to ask 49,,
G1onnoent1ally to advise moderator 4 -.
:e IN case Austria demanded go -
lslactlon from the Serbians % ~
seemed likely she would 90 IL
England Friendly in July, 1914
The English press was o,,,o4
U.s. aso, ao: ana friendly to Austria. tho
demnad being generally con-
ao udlneu: by degrees, however, more
hno iuoie voices made themselves
assao IL the sense that, however nec.
es'aiy IL might be- to take cognizance
~ 'ne ci1me' any exploitation of II
a3e pollt1cal ends was unjustifiah,a
WIZ atlon was enjoined upon Austria
no nen 'ne uitlmatum came out, all tho
eea tae, with the exception of the
Soa:' were unanimous in con.
u ae ng 1t. The whole world, outside
., beriln and Vienna, realized that it
u war; and a world war, too rho
Lnellsn Meet, which happened tn have
9eeh no!dlng a naval review, was not
The British Government labored -
a nns e. the Serbian reply conciliatorv
;n Inc Serbian answer was in keen,
lug win the British efforts" Sir "a.
waIa Grey then proposed his plan NJ
a aleulat1on upon the two points which
SERBIA had not wholly conceded
f TN LchnoWsky writes: Mr.. Cam.
oen lIor t'rance), Marquis Imperia1i
Sior italy). and were to meet. With
pr reward in the chair, and it would
nave oeen easy to work out a formula
ior me debated points, which had tn
10 with the cooperation of imDeria1
ano royal officials in the inquiries tn
oe conducted at Belgrade. By the ex.
erc1se OF good will everything conld
nave been settled in one Or two sit.
tlngs, and the mere acceptance If the
brlt1sh proposal would have relieved
tne strain and further improved orr
reiat1ons with England. seconded
tnls plan with all my energies In
vain: | was told lby Berlin) that It
would be against the dignity of Aus.
tr1a. Of course, all that was needed
was one hint from Berlin to Count
Berchtoid (the Austrian Foreign Min.
lster); he would have satisfied him.
sell with diplomatic triumph and
rested on the Serbian answer. That
nlnt was never given. On the con.
trary' pressure was brought in favor
Germany Insisted on War.
AFTER our refusal Sir Edward asked
US 10 come forward with our PROPOSAL
We insisted on war; No other answer
could l get (from Berlin) than that #
was colossal condescension on the
part OF Austria not to contemplate anv
acquisition of territory. Sir Edward
Justly pointed out that one could 70.
duce country to vassalage without
acquiring territory; that Russia wonld
see this, and regard it as a humiliation
not to be put up with. The impress.
sion grew stronger and stronger that
we were bent on war. Otherwise orr
attitude toward question in which
we were not directly concerned was
| lncomprehensible. The insistent re-
quests and well-defned declarations
OF NJ. Sasanof, the Cars positively
| humble kilograms later on, Sir Ed.
wards repeated proposals, the warn
lngs OF Marquis San Giuliano and of
Bollat1, my own pressing admonitions
were all of no avail Berlin remained
inflexfble-Serbia must be slaugh.
tered.
Then, on the 10Th, Sir Ed ward de-
c1ded upon his well-known warning.
| told him l had always reported Ito
Berlin) that we should have to reckon
with English opposition if it came to a
war with France. Time and again the
Minister said to me, If war breaks
out it will be the greatest catastrophe
the world has ever SEEM And now
events moved rapidly. Count Berch.
told at last decided to come around
having up to that point played the
role of Strong man under guidance
from Berlin. Thereupon we lin an
swer to Russia's mobilization) sent
our ulttmatum and declaration of wal
later Russia had spent whole week
in fruitless negotiation and waiting"
Germany Ruled by DueIIists.
War was declared. "Thus ended nv
mission to London" Prince Lichnow
sky says. 1T had suffered shipwreck
not on the wiles of the Briton but on
the wiles of our own policy" And OF
the German traditions that made this
policy possible, he concludes: "Were
not those right who saw that the Ger