Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-14

ing statesmen tO demand. both of the kaiser and Of our allies. that the Aus trian claims and the ultimatum to Serbia should be discussed in minute detail and definitely decide upon the precise program of our further pro ceedings. He said that. whatever point of view one took, We ought not to give ourselves into the hands of the Austrians and expose ourselves to eventualities which had not been reckOned out in advance. One ought to have connected appropriate condi- tiOns with our obligations In short:
 "Herr won Bohlen regarded the German denial of previous knowledge if there was any trace of truth in it. as an offense against the elementary principles of diplomacy; and he told me that he intended to speak in this sense to Herr Von Jagow, then foreign secretary, who was special friend of his.
 German Government Blamed
 "As a result of this conversation Herr vOn BChlen tCld me that Herr vOn JagOw stuck firmly tO his asser- tiOn that he had had nothing to do with the text of the AustrO- Hungarian ultimatum, and that Germany had nev- CT made any such demands In reply to the objection that this was incOn- ] ceivable. Herr von Jagow replied that ' he. as a diplomatist. had naturally thought of making such a demand. When. however. Herr von Jagow was occupying himself with the matter and was called in, the kaiser had SO committed himself that it was too late | for any procedure according to diDlO- matic custom. and there was nothing more to be done. The situation was such that it would have been impossi. ble to intervene with drafting prOpOs- | als. In the end. he (JagOw) had thought that non-interference would have it's advantag ages-namely the good | Petersburg and Paris with the Ger man declaration that Germany had not co-operated in the preparation Of the Vienna ultimatum."
 Too many people knew the facts the conspiracy was too big to keep and, as Herr Krupp von Bohlen said ''The government people can never keep their mouths shut" Henry Nor genthau, the American ambassador tC , Turkey, heard it in far off ConstantI nople He writes what he knows:
 "The good fortune of the German armies so excited Wangenheim Ger man ambassador at COnstantinoplel that he was sometimes led into indis cretions. and his exuberance one day caused him to tell me certain facts which, I think, will always have great historical value. He disclosed pre- cisely how and when Germany had precipitated this war
 'The German ambassador left for Berlin soon after the assassination oI the grand duke, and he now (On hi: lreturn) revealed the cause of his sud den disappearance The kaiser, he told me, had summoned him to Berlin for an imperial conference. This meef ing took place at POtsdam on July 1914 The kaiser presided; nearly al the ambassadors attended Wangen helm came to tell of Turkey and en tighten his associates on the situation in CCnstantinOple. MOltke. then chiei of staff, was there, representing the army. and Admiral Won Tirpitz spoke fer the navy. The great bankers railroad directors and the captains of German industry. all of whom wers as necessary to German war prepara tions as the army itself. also attended
 "Are We Ready For War;"
 "Wangenheim now told me that the kaiser solemnly put the question tC each man in turn. Was he ready fol war? All replied. Yes except the financiers. They said that they mus