El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-27
SAYS GERMANY
DESERVES LOSS
Bernstorff Frankly Admits
Empire Had a Beat
ing Coming.

ance Austria-Hungary was cap
able OF extending.

able OF extending.
But there was always the political
thesis OF Won Holstein which overes-
tirlated Russia's power. and there was
besides IN many influential quarters
an inclination toward the czaristic
government Under these circum--
stances what came had to come.
Qualifying all the work that
had bfen done BY way Of APP
preaching ENGLAND came the Ger
man emperor's telegram TO
kruger.
In that Telegram, / have always
seen the foundation OF the world
war.
Our unnecessary interference In
favor Of the Beers created English
animosity which could never be over
come
True there were subsequent op-
portunities for us 10 offset the uu-
happy results Of the Kruger tele-
gram-the wen known Chamberlain
speech, the 4angtse argument, lord
Haldane's visit to Berllu-Dut even
had We taken full advantage Of these
opportunities it stin would have been.
thanks 10 our own blunderss hostlle
England that confronted US
An Unfortunate Time.
The Kruger telegram was par
ticularly unfortunate in that It came
at a time when We no longer had any
freedom Of choice as between England
and Russia. The Franco Russian
treaty had meantime been consum-
mated After the Yangtse treaty Lon
don realized that Germany would not
fight with England against Russia
This realization marked the final de-
Termination Of England's policy
toward Germany.
The unfavorable sentiment in Eng
land increased against as on account
Of the Bagdad railroad and our naval
policy At the 18th hour We tried 10
reach an understanding with Eng
land on both these questions What
could have been successfully accom-
plished IN earlier years was then i'm
possible because Of the change in the
political complexion Of al Europe.
@The basis Of 0ur world policy
WIS much too weak Our oriental
policy was ever suspended in mid
air. Neither we nor TIE weak
Turks were capable % defending
IL. Yet we persisted in it-l poll
icy that nj the same time dlSunif-
ed us from both England and
Russia
Almost anybody might have safely
predicted that a German policy based
on a Berlin-Constantl nople-Ba glad
railway and on the building OF
strong navy must lead TO inevitable
conflict with England In fact, am
unable TO name a single German dip
lomat who served in England, before
or after me. who did not predict q
war unless an agreement were reached
on these two points.
EnEInn6's Defensive.
The encircling policy Of king Ed
wards began when ] was counselor
OF the German embassy IN London Al
that time Z was OF the opinion that
king Edwards policy was defensive
y n
learned England's weakness IN the
Boer war He shared the prejudice
prevailing in England that we were
aiming at world mastery and his de-
termination was 20 protect the British
empire against US.
The extent Of the harm we did 10
by our attitude at The
Hague peace conference is no longer
a secret TO anybody
During my official tenure In the
United States ! reached an under
standing FOR an arbitration treaty
with The American government no
less than three separate times. All
three treaties were rejected by Ber-
lin. Thereafter / had to remain silent
under the reproachful charge that
America had been able to conclude
satisfactory arbitration treaties with
every nation in the world except Ger
many
An Unfortunate Choice.
Delicate and careful handling Of
political problems would have enabled
alliance ana entente 70 oppose one
another peacefully for many years 70
come. Unhappily, the leadership OF
lermany's foreign policy came into
he hands OF that diplomat least fitted
Tor the post. herr Won Kiderleu. whose
attitude toward the English speaking
world was wholly unsympathelic and
hat Of a total tranger-believing as
le did that he could achieve any end
BY brutal procedure In his policies
Re produced the effect Of a bull IN a
shina shop. And this was the stu
lti0n when the AEadir affair created
! tension which only. superman like
Bismarck could have relieved. An
lther cornerstone was thus added 70
1ngland's policy OF aggression toward I
is "-Copyright, 1913. by king Yea I
ures Syndicate. Inc.
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