The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-31
GERMANY TO
REVEAL ALL
WAR PLANS

BERLIN, July 31.-Germany is
preparing today to place all her "war
cards" on the table before the allies
have the opportunity to reveal her
policies under the imperial regime.
This was evident in the comment
of the press as well as the avtivity
of the special committee of the
national assembly, which is prepar-
ing to create a state tribunal to con-
slider the causes of prolonging the
war.
Germany's plans for annexation in
Belgium. as they stood in July, 1918,
are published by the Acht-Uhr
Abendblatt, showing IL was the IN
tention to make Belgium vassaL
economically.
DR.. Karl Helferich, former vice
chancellor, said today the annexation
lists were endeavoring to show their
plans were harmless, while this dis
closure demonstrated their intention
10 swallow Belgium's railroad, Gus
toms and other property.
aBuriaI' Is Charged.
Finance Minister Erzberger accused
DR.. George Michaelis, former chancel-
lor. of "burying' Germany through
his failure to make a straightforward
reply to Britain's peace suggestions
IN 1917.
Documents were introduced in the
National Assembly yesterday showing
that Field Marshal Hindenburg and
General Ludendorff were ambitious
for annexation in Belgium.
Delegate Riesser declared that in
July, 1917, Erzberger favored a plan
by which the Briey coal district was
sal hak
possibly he discussed such plan, but
that he did not necessarily favor
actual annexation
The government has emerged the
victor in its first clash with the Pan
Germans, but il is expected the fight
win be renewed when the white book
Is published with evidence Of the
wars causes.
Wanted No Premature Peace.
A Spaniard was Michaelis' inter
mediary in the peace negotiations of
1917, asserted Theodor Wolf, writing
in the TagebIatt today. According to
Wolff, a papal representative came to
Berlin in June, 1917, and gathered a
favorable impression Of the peace
prospects, but Michaelis sent one sort
OF a reply to Madrid and another to
the pope.
The Pan-Germans," Wolff said,
wished neither a premature peace
through Madrid nor a Hungarian
peace through Rome. They wished
FIRST to see England on her knees.
They wished above all to acquire the
Belgian industries, the Briey mines,
and the Flanders coast"
Mgr. PacelH, papal nuncio to Nun
ich, who is credited with bearing the
speaee feeler" note from the Vatican
to the German government in August,
1917, today became an active party
TO the political feud between Finance
Minister Matthias TrZberger and for
mer Chancellor Count Won Michaelis
when he issued a statement through
the Wolff Bureau denying that he
had communicated the text of the
note to DR.. Erzberger.
Headed Clerical Party.
: At that time DR.. Erzberger was
head of the Centrist electrically party
in the Reichstag, and was at the
head Of q strong faction that was
working for peace negotiations.
Mgr. Pacelli's statement was in
reply to an article by Count Won
Nichaelis in the Taeglische Rundshau
charging that DR.. Erzberger knew
the contents Of the Vatican note be-
fore the Government. The count was
chancellor at the time this note was
sent to Berlin, accompanied, ii is al
legged, by a peace feeler" dispatch