Evening star., 1920-01-22
.GERMANY'S VIEWS
Of us. REVEALED|N
BERNSTORFF WIRES
kilograms of Ambassador in
Washington and His For
eign Office Published.

LONDON. Thursday, January 22-
| The kilograms of Count Won Bern
| storff. the former German ambassador
at Washington. to his government
are published in Berlin. according
to the Daily Mails correspondent.
who sends a summary. 1t begins
with Won Bernstorfrs description Of
the situation caused in America by
the torpedoing Of the Sussex the am
regarded the situation as hopeless.
and adding:
"A repetition of such a bIunder
would force America into the war
against ds, which President Wilson
would greatly regret. because. in a
few months he would like to bring
about peace"
Won Bernstorf asks for "instruc-
tlons on which l can calm the United
states government. which now doubts
our bona fides."
Skepticnl of Mediation.
On June I, 1915 Won Jagow. then
foreign minister, telegraphed to the
ambassador regarding American
peace efforts. saying:
we are skeptical of the media
ton OF a statesman whose whole con-
ception so inclines to the British
standpoint and who is SO naive as
Wilson"
Won Bernstorff was. therefore. in
structed to watch President Wilson's
intentions regarding mediation. add
ing that if they coincided with the
British inclination to enter there
upon 1T will task your excellency to
prevent President Wilson from ap-
preaching us with a positive sugges-
tion of mediation"
The ambassador. on July 13. con-
cerned as to how the impending cleo
tion would affect relations. declares
that President Wilson's only thought
is his reelection" and says: Another
Lusitania would be necessary to bring
America into the war"
Money Making Sole Interest.
He adds: Peaceful money making
is the sole life interest of the Ameri-
can. Only when he believes himself
deeply wronged does he allow himself
TO be drawn into a hysterical desire
for war"
In September of the same year ruth
less submarine warfare was under
discussion and Won Bernstorff urged
postponement. The German emperor
at this stage sent the ambassador
This is not published. but the chan
cellor instructed Won Bernstorff to
hand it to the American ambassador
to Germany. Mr.. Gerard, confidentially
on the latter's arrival, saying that it
did not imply a menace about war. He
was also instructed to draw Ameri-
can attention to 1.-The increasingly
cruel methods of our enemies" The
chancellor concluded by saying thai
ruthless submarine warfare would not
be begun at present.
Wished to Encourage Peace.
Later the chancellor urged Won
Bernstorn to, encourage the Presi-
dent to issue spontaneous appeal
for peace, which, he said, would
be gladly accepted by Germany, add
ing: II the President cannot come
to this decision alone he must COM
Spain and European neutrals in COM
mon action. which could not be re-
jected by the entente and would Sc
cure President Wilson's reelection
and his historical fame"
Regarding President Wilson's man
ifesto of December 21, Herr thinner
mann (then- foreign secretary in
formed Won Bernstorff that although
Germany would reply to the PreSi-
dents invitation by suggesting an
immediate conference of the bel
that it be held in America. asserting:
Sees American Indiscretf0n.
American indiscretion and inter-
ference would make the objective of
the negotiations impossible and be
injurious to our interests. We must
create a basis for future peace
through Q1reCt contact with our Op-
pOnents if we are not to run the
danger of being deprived Of our de-
sired gain by the pressure of neu-
trails
Subsequently Won Bernstorf tele-
graphed Won Bethmann-Hollweg that
Col. House requested absolutely con-
fidential negotiations. of which only
he, President Wilson and Won Bern
storff would know anything. Abso-
lutte discretion would be secured in
the circumstances. as both President
Wilson and Col. House are pretty
clever at keeping secrets. contrary to
other Americans"
Decided to Take Risk.
Nothing came of this, and after that
Won Bethmann Hollwegs notification
of the beginning of ruthless subma-
rine warfare was received by Won
Bernstorff with it's avowed conscious
ness that it might lead to a rupture
and possibly to war with the United
States, which risk the German gov
ernment determined to take. Won
Bernstorff's despairing reply that war
would in that case, be inevitable,
drew from Berlin the instruction to
adapt your thoughts to the American
mentality
The ambassadors attempt again to
DELAY the submarine warfare and to
have Germany state her peace terms
ITO President Wilson are recorded in
the kilograms. together with the reply
that postponement was impracticable.
The Daily Mail adds supplementary
dispatches TO those published show
ing that the peace offer of October.