The Washington times., 1919-11-30
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I waited arrived in Nish at 1:2e p. m
At $40 that night Berchtold received
from Ambassador Sxcegyany (at Ber-
lin) information to the effect that the
German government had declined the
"inopportuae" British proposals for q
, conference in London.
Rejects Hague PrsposaL
! The Cars suggestion, contained In
his second telegram. that the whole
matter be referred to The Hague
tribunal, was rejected by the chan
. cellor after it had been shown to the
Kaiser. This telegram was con-
cealed from the German people.
On July 80, from o'clock in the
afternoon Bethmann Hollweg became
profoundly impressed with the pros
pect that in the event Of war Eng
land and Italy might make common
cause with France and Russia.
So he began to make frantic efforts
to induce Berchtold to accept Grey's
offer Of mediation. He urged Tschir-
; schky to represent to the Vienna gov
ernment 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 penned q fur
ther memorandum to the chancellor.
charging England. France and Russia
had seized Jfe Austro-Serbian conflict
'on q pretekt to embark on q 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 being chastised by the whole
| triple entente"
Edward VII Strong In Grave.
This" the Kaiser added, lis the
! true, naked situation. initiated by Ed
| ward Wiz and completed by George w.
I Edward VII is dead. but he il still
stronger in his grave than /. who am
alive"
The Kaiser further declared in this
| memorandum:
The Vaccinations must be laid
| bare. We must inhame the Mohamme-
| dan world into 4 savage uprising. II
; we are to bleed to death, England
(at least) must lose India"
At 3 o'clock in the evening Chan
| cellor Hollweg sent 4 fresh telegram
to Vienna urging the Austrian gov
! evnment (through the German am
/ bassador) not to provoke suspicion
that we want war" by rejecting
Grey's mediatory offer.
On August 8 Chief Of Staff Moltke
sent a memorandum to the foreign
office. in which he said:
EnEland Planned to Fight.
"England's declaration OF war
] which, according to Trustworthy in
formation, was planned from the very
beginning Of the conflict, compels US
to exhaust every means that may con-
tribute to victory. The grave situa-
ton in which the fatherland finds
itself makes it our duty to resort to
every means calculated to injure the
enemy. The inscriptions policy our
adversaries are conducting against us
warrants ruthless action on our part.
| Count Moltke pointed to the insur-
rection initiated in Poland (against
Russia).
or America, Moltke said there was
"a friendly colony there and that
the American press must be infiu-
enced. He added IT might be possible
| to induce America to take naval ac-
ton. "in return for which Canada
beckons as a prize of victory"
Most important Of all, he concluded
was the necessity Of stirring up in.
surrections in Egypt, India, and the
Caucasus. 'in which Turkey would
be able 10 excite the fanaticism OF
Islam"