Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-14
ENEMY PLANNED WAR
AT POTSDAM MEETING
while Al We're Noe PRESENT ~ Ofirn
Nlcputrd. D~fsion Was Made ~
Ilexin Conflict.
DOCUMENTS ARE REVEALED
fSaxiiah Historian Gives Inside far'S
saralc,o shooting Not stage
Managed ~ IrIic,ci.

accepted huilrH 81 INV nhPP'H"s' w
the momenious days Just prior to tho
war, n liz understood are shattered IN
q book haa.d on official documents
ana personal notes ~ diplomats and
officials. 10 b. issued tomorrow, Tho
book charaotcriEes ~ fallary the
belief that the assassination ~ Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand at Harnievo
was u stage managed affair" but II
~ asserted from knowledge gained
from official documents that II tho
assassination had not occurred tho
war certainly would have been
started very soon.
The famous potpdRm conference of
July q, 1914, according to the book.
was not what has been generally ac-
cep,-d The meeting took place hut
II was not formal conference aH has
been declared repeatedly. u In nH'
serted that many persons who we're
supposed to have been there wer" not
prrs-nt. Emperor william and mcni-
bers of the ucrmsn imperial STAFF
were present. however. aud nj this
conference Germany definiisly de-
cided for war
Officials Aid writing.
The book Was written by Professor
Charles W. g. oman. president of the
Royal Historical society and pro
fessor of history at oxford university,
A, j. Baifour, tho British foreign sec
retAry. and Earl Curson, government
loader In the house of lords. are un-
deratood TO have taken an active IN
terest In its compilation.
"On~ Of tho damninG revelations"
~ Professor oman calls them, 10 his
statement that from "a close study OF
Munich newspapers he has estab-
lished that the ultiniatuN from
tho Vienna government to Tho Ser
bian government was deliberately
timed when President Poincars aud
Premier viviani Of France were at
sea after their departure from Petro.
grad, IN order TO make II difficult for
tho entente To reach an understand
Ing Professor Oman gives what he
calls n complete analysis OF thess
revelations.
A series Of hitherto unpublished
communications between Sir Edward
Grey. British foreign secretary In
1914. and Prince t.ichnowsky. Der.
man Ambassador IN London at sh.
outbreak OF the war. goes 10 prove,
Professor oman says. that the Brit-
ish foreign office believed Llchnow-
shy was absolutely honest. The book
says;
tAchsowshy Betrayed.
They smphasiss tho persona,
ANXIETY Of Lichnovsky and show that
ne was actually and literally be-
traysd by his govern msnt--in othey
words that he was the unwilling tool
~ ska hsl.ar
On July 80, isil Prince Lirhnow-
sky wrote privately ~ follows TO sk
ndward ORGY
~ begin 10 hose tina, II once more
has bssn possible owing to Anglo
oerman collaboration 10 save tho
peace Of Europe"
ON July 20. sir W. E. ooschen,
British ambassador IN Berlin. wrots
70 Dir Edward ORGY saying
The chancellor told me last night
that he was pressing tho button with
. view 10 forming n moderatinG In
flusnce on Vienna"
Information contained In tho booh
shows that the opposite was taking
place and that Chancsllor Won neth-
mann HsliwsG was doins everything
possible to get the German machine
going.
sosvmaiisaic Mystery.
The book refers to q journalistic
mystery--the publication by tho
Westminster Gazette ON August I,
1914, of q dispatch dated In Berlin
giving the text Of a purported tele.
arAm addressed ON July 30 by Won
Bstkman -Iioilweg to the Gsrman
ambassador In Vienna. saying!
1--WE must refuse to he drawn into
q world conflasr alton through
Aus,ria. Hungary not respectful our
advice
Professor Oman says ,ha, tho
Newspaper never revealed the source
OF the dispatch and u was never In.
ciuded In the uerman white book or
In any official publication. yet the
document WINS dragged out two and
one-half years later by Chancellor
Mirhhelis and cited ne proof that
Germany was holding back until
Russia mobiiised. which mobilization
Germany Hiver a. tho cause OF the
war.
The hook goes into detail Of the
fatrfui night during which tho order
OF Emperor Nicholas counterman nd Ing
the RUSSIAN nohilisa tion was ignored
hy the VuHslnn war minister and tho
rhicf pf staff The evidence estab.
fishes that the Russian mobilization
was caused by war threats made by
Coun, Pour,ales the German am
ba srndor IN petroerad, that the Rus
sian minister knew all about n and
went ahead with their plans and that
when tho war came Emperor
Nicholas realised that they were
right and he was wrong