El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-30
WAR LAID At
DOOR Of RUSS
Bernstorff Asserts Russia
Precipitated Conflict to
Avert Revolution.


Preclpltated Conflict to
Avert Revolution.
Ccoutinued Prom PAGE u
any such suspicion attached itself 70
me, / should Immediately leave wash
ington with my attaches. But Afr.
Lansing declared the state depart
ment had absolutely no reason to inn
plicate me ia the matter, and the
president himself would be sadly dis
appointed il I took any such step.
Last Link Left.
You are the only link between US
and Germany he said
And then I went back TO my en-
bassy and called Won Papen and Boy
I'd before me For the first time
discovered what they had been doing.
] was amazed On the other hand they
had spent countless tens Of thousands
OF dollars, literally flung IL away, and
had built Up a big organization Their
departure could not mean that every
thing they had planned and all the
projects then under way could BE-
stopped instantly
isro clean up the mess and
wind Up the affairs Of this Or
EaniEution ] WIS compelled TO
take charge. But IL was only for
this purpose, and as quickly rs
NNa
Every document In the cnse Is IN
the hands Of the American state
department.. lIr. Lansing knows
as well rs ] do that every eFl-
dence Of my activity IN this mut-
ter a. dated subsequent to the
exposure of my two attaches
There is no evidence that even
family points TO my having
known anything about the bad
he" haH
There can be none.
so il was that during all the time
that public opinion I'm America held
me actually responsible for every
stupid, III advised act by German SYM
pathizers. the United States govern
ment authorities knew fun wen that
I was absolutely guiltless Of any
shall prove up 10 the hilC in my book.
Tried to Move kaiser.
Colonel House came TO me and
told me OF the great desire Of the
president 20 end the war by media
ton. He wanted me to acquaint the
German emperor with his wishes.
Day after day ] sent imploring cables
70 the emperor, trying in every way
I knew how to show him that Amer
ica would remain out Of the war and
would actually force the entente 10
accept a peace without victory-lf
only we would call off the U-boats.
But Berlin would not see what 30 did
not wish 20 see, and my pleas were
eat Just about this time j became
aware OF a distinctly unfriendly at
utude on the part OF ar Lansing
Up to this time his manner toward me
has been scrupul0hsly correct-even
after the Papeu-Boy- incident.
was at loss 70 understand It at first
but finally / learned on unimpeach-
able authority that the secretary Of
state was extremely annoyed because
the president had chosen Col House
u confer with me REGARDING media
ton instead Of using llr- Lansing.
aEfhy HIS jealousy Of Col.
House should have expressed it,
self in encouraging attacks on
my personal honor 7 am stil at
n loss to understand, but more
than once While / was in WASH
inEfon toward the latter part Of
1916 newspaper correspondents
who came to me at the German
embassy unVTittlngls Informed me
that llr- Lansing was encouruE-
ing the spreading OF these base
less rumOrs.
1T did not seem 10 occur to him.
nor for that matter TO the daily news
papers which printed these charges
that BE- they were true 10 was a sorry
reflection on the administration
which continued 10 permit ne 10 re-
main in the country.
Peace without Victory.
AL Germany knows now what q
few Of US realized them-that a peace
without victory would have been
for GERMANY very great victory.
For had we only gone so far as to
postpone the resumption OF the o.
boat warfare a little more tEan a
month. the Russian revolution would
have eventuated exactly as Il did
have been forced 20 DO as llr. Wilson
wished.
aAs a matter Of fact IL was
this Russian revolution which
history. perhaps within ten
years. viii prove beyond dispute
was the actual cause Of the war.
Many versions OF the causes lead
ing to the beginning OF the war
have been told In my opinion the
facts are simple enough to be
convincing.
THE Russian rulers had certain
EnoWledges Of the impending revolu-
ton, and knew that when It came
they would be helpless. They had
known this for many years prior 70
1914. Their only chance TO postpone
the evil day came with Germany's
fatal mistake OF allowing Austria
to ride rough shod over Serbia. They
seized upon that chance instantly II
offered the one way OF escape out OF
the inevitable chaos that was fast
coming over Russia
Revolution Or n War;
The revolution could be STAYED off
II a victorious war we're waged- And
so Russia modified ana the German
rulers awakened to the enormity Of
their initial blunder-too late.
Frow my post fl washington 7
was able TO see many things more
clearly and with less bias than the
government in Berlin But 7 was un-
able 10 make the emperor realize
this"
@Is there any possibility Of his
ever returning TO the thronesr I
asked.
BernSforfff hesitnted n moment
and then sid very quietly, aNo,
an emperor does not run away
subsequently I heard this remark
repeated in many quarters Yet the
surprising fact remains that 7 met no
German who showed any Of that kind
OF contempt and resentment enc
would naturally expect among in
dividuals so completely crushed
through his fault There seems only
a feeling akin 10 pity for MIN.
Kaiser Treated Family Badly.
'The emperor" Bernstorff contin-
ued. treated his family very badly.