The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-04-02
Assassination Of Arclduke At
3 Sarejevo was Instigated by
Germans and Hungarians
and not by Servians
DEpRAVITY OF GERMANS
COMING To LIGHT AT LAST
The Spark that Started the
orA Confagration Was
Iouehed OFF by Military Party
or the Prussian Government
After Careful Preparation.

sGreel: for.nee chairman OF the com
snaitfee On public information, made
pubic here tonight "a summary e1
the secret correspondence of Count
sCzernin, late foreign minister OF
Austria Hungary which was turned
over TO Edgar Sisson at Prague by
ahe cnstodian officials of the Behe-
naian government on January "a. last
aaesof the most sensational parts OF
4 The disclosures was that there was
German Magyar conspiracy against
3 the Areaduke Francis Ferdinand, heil
s apparent TO the throne Of austria
6 who was assassinated at Sarajevo on
Jnne 81, 1919, because he was con-
sidered rival OF the then Emperor
Wfl1iam
Ri. Creel said Mr.. Sisson accepted
Ihe privilege Of Using the correspond
ence N behalf of the United States
sgoEernment Ira anslators and a pho
siographer in the service Of the COM
if1ee aon public Information were
SET at work TO translate the dccu-
neats for general publication in this
country as the final public cpntri5u-
{ on OF the committee, according to
Crees lie declared one copycwas to
be turned over 20, Secretary Lansing
usesof the peace conference COM
uaissfon Investigating responsibility
Tor the outbreak of the war, while
another was TO be sent to the COM
nlittee at Washington for release to
The press He added that Mr. Lam
Sings copy undoubtedly was in his
nands and that the copy for the
press probably was on its way to this
scenntry.
IN i response to Mr.. Sisson ON the
scope of the letter Capt. Emmanuel
vcska. u. S. A., head of the. Prague
bureau Of the committee on public
information, said:
From the documents and letters
Z it WI be shown that Francis Ferdi-
nand was working on building up, a
strong Austria which would eventual
I ly eniaucipate itself from Influences
oyRerlsn. This was blocking Berlin's
plans for expansion toward the east
and the Berain government came to
an understanding with the Budapest
sgope-nnent to Offset the plans OF
Francis Ferdinand
sErcn one of the letters it is EVIL
dent that the German emperor's son,
Eisef frederick, was selected to study
the Magyar language and = make
friends Of the Magyar nobility.
~ Although no positive proof was
found from rhe documents on hand
as to the conspiracy to kill Archduke
Francis Ferdinand, it is sufficiently
evident that there was no conspiracy
IN Serbia for that purpose. The arch
duke was rather a friend Of Serbia IN
hatred OF the Magyars, as he Knew
ef the conspiracy between the Ber-
lin and the Budapest governments.
is shown from the letters that
when Aehrenthal tAcstro-Hungarian
foreign nlinister) annexed Bosnia in
1869, and Serbia protested through
Russia and was supported by Eng
land, Count Czernin had an audience
with Francis FERDINAND. The latter
was against war. with Serbia, as the
powers would say halt after Ser
bia was oyerridden and nothing
would be gained in such war. but
Count Hoetzendorf. the chief Of stah.
was strongly for war. The Austro-
Hungarian general staff was strong
~ under the influence OF the German
general staff.
1T is also shown:
~ That strong centralized Aus
t.ia under Frances Ferdinand was too
strong q barrier against German eS-
pansion toward the Far East. Francis
Ferdinand started TO centralize his
power first with the creation Of a
ministry Of the imperial court, of
which the intention vas to Offset
Magyar power.
.. That there was a strong oppo-
sition against the direct, secret and
common electoral right for Austria
and Hungary.
.:3- That there was q fusion Of all
aris.ocrats and landlords in Austria
and Hungary for the support Of the
emperor against peoples rights and
social democrats. Feudalism and des-
potisrn was supposed to return under
Francis Ferdinand. The emperor and
the aristocrats. with other landlords,
wanted to rule. In Hungary, Count
Tisza and a certain Mr.. kristoffy
were the secret supporters of Francis
Ferdinand through Count CZernin.
Other Hungarian aristocratS, accord
ing 10 documents. were pro-Gern1an
and called rebels by Francis Fer
dinand.
Again, Francis Ferdinand was 4
danger TO. the German emperor and
his aspirations. Emperor William
feared and hated the Siavs, but lik-
ed the Magyars. He said that Fran
cis Ferdinand was TOO rabid toward
;the a1agyars and tried 10 influence
him.
"a way via German Austria and
Hungary to t':c Far East was natur-
al, as. the MaSyars had aspirations
for BOSNIA and Herzegovina. The
Magyars with 4 reGanmBG3AtifO1b
Magyars with 4 German prince as
their king (Eitel Frederick would
have been the best allies Of William
II. And the pro-German and pro-
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