The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-01

lie opinion would swing definitely
against her"
The chancellor cautioned Tschirsch-
ky carefully to avoid giving rise to
the impression that we desire 10 re-
strain Austria"
The point is, continued Won
Bethmann Hollweg,s simply to find a
possible the desired aim OF Austria
namely, to sever the vital nerve of
the greater Serbian propaganda
without at the same time provoking
a world war and which procedure. ii
such war should ultimately prove
inevitable, will as far as possible. i'm
prove for us the conditions under
which it will have to be waged."
Emperor Francis Joseph signed the
declaration OF war upon Berchtcld's
dictation, But upon his return to tho
ballplatz {seal of the Vienna foreign
office) Berchtold deleted from the
document signed by the emperor the
references to Serbian acts of hostility.
PROPOSALS DECLINED.
The declaration OF war, thus abbre-
Waited arrived in Nish at 1870 r. M.
At $40 that night Berchtold received
from Ambassador Szoegyeny lat Ber-
lin) information to the effect that the
German government had declined the
''inopportune" British proposals for
a conference In London.
Kerr Kautsky then rccounts the
now generally known exchange OF
kilograms between the kaiser and the
car and also Prince Henry's letter
with the report Of a promise by King
George that the latter would try to
keep Britain out OF the conflict.
On July the kaiser conferred
with his leading generals and the
chancellor at Potsdanr. Growing
furious, over the inability to insure
British neutrality. he penned a memo
randum to the chancellor attacking
the English.
The czar's suggestion. contained In
his second telegram. that the whole
matter be referred to The Hague
Tribunal. was rejected by the cham
cellor after II had been shown to the
kaiser This telegram was concealed
from the German people.
On July 80 from o'clock in the
afternoon, Bethmann- Holweg be-
came profoundly impressed with the
prospect that in the event OF war
England and Italy might make COM
mon cause with France and Russia
So he began to make frantic Of
TO to induce Berchtold to Accept
Grey'S offer of mediation. He urged
Tschirscsky to represent to the Vienna
government that il the latter refused
to exchange views with PetroGrad Il
would become almost impossible to
impute to Russia the responsibility
for the war which was then already
threatened.
The kaiser meanwhile pcnned q
further memorandum to the chan
cellor charging England. France and
Russia had seized upon the Austro-
Serbian conflict 'as prctext to en-
bark on war OF destruction against
us; that Is to say, that we must either
shamefully betray our ally. thereby
breaking the triple alliance. or. for
our loyalty to our ally submit to be-
ing chastised by the whole triple en-
tente.'
This the kaiser added, Is the
true, naked situation, initiated by Ed
ward VII and completed by George
".
Edward VII is dead. but he il still
stronger in his grave than /, who am
alive"
The kaiser further declared in this
memorandum:
INFTuaME. INDIA.
The Vaccinations must be laSd
bare. We must infiame the Moham-
medan world into a savage upristnx.
II we are to bleed to death, England
TAT least?) must lose India
At . o'clock in the evening Chan
cellor Hollweg sent fresh telegram
to Vienna urging the Austrian gov
eminent Through the German am
bassador) not to provoke Suapjcion
that we want war by rejecting
Grey's mediatory offer.
At 1890 that same night the eha1-
ceIior cancelled his o'clock tsas-
gram AS the military preparations
4 ~ nt1I, krH .fAy lNy p
east, impose speedy deciaion.''
The documents OF August l. and
8. comprise Germany's efforts to gain
ltaly's support and various ultimate
and declarations.
Kautsky reproduced one OF Lch-
nowsky's German Ambassador in
London AT the outbreak OF the war;
messages. II bears An annexation BY
the kaiser, dated July Is ~ follows:
Persia might eventually be the re-
ward Of the British for their connfv-
ance in the Austro-Serbian war"
On August s. chief OF stan Moltke
sent memorandum to the foreign
slesAesa siEwsSxkicif he asAsr. *tsi'. esg e,
"England's declaration OF war
which, according to trustworthy in
formation was planned from tho very
beginning of tho conflict. compes u
TO exhaust every means that may con-
tribute to victory. The grave situas
ton in which the fatherland finds it.
self makes it our duty to resort tn
every means calculated to injure the
enemy. The interruptions policy OF
our adversaries are conducting
, against US warrants ruthless action on
our part"
Count Moitke pointed to the irsur-
rection initiated in Poland ta8ainct
! Russia),
OF America, Moltke Said there was
| a friendly German colony there and
that the American press must be in
fuenced.' He added II might he
possible to induce America to take
naval action lin return for which
Canada beckons-as a prize Of victory"
Most OF important of all. he con-
cludes, was the necessity of stirring
up instructions in Egypt. India and
the Caucasus In which Turkey woul
be able to excite the fanaticism OF
Islam