The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-22

Finally 1t Is the Bavarian minls- ter in Berlin who. two weeks before the declaration of war, reveals on July IS, Germany's diabolical plan IT all It's details: This document dem onstrates how an ambition can bring about the death of millions of men:
 The step upOh which the cabi-
 net Of Vienna has decided at Bel
 grade and which will consist of
 the sending of a note will be
 taken on the 18th inst.
 The postponment of this action
 to that date is explained by the
 wish 10 await the departure Of
 Mni. Poincnire and Niviani from
 St. Petersburg, in order to make
 it more difficult for the powers
 of the entente to agree upon a
 counter proposal.
 Until then pacific sentiments
 will be simulated nt Vienna and
 10 thIs end the minister of wnr
 and the chief of the general stnff
 will both be given leave of ab-
 sence at the snme time.
 An efficacious action has. on
 the other hand, been exercised on
 the newspapers and on the stock
 exchange.
 It Is recognized in Berlin thnt
 the Austro-Hungarinn govern
 ment hns acted sIxiIIfuiIy. The
 only complaint made is thnt
 Count Tiza who was probably nt
 first opposed to strong methods
 hns partly disclosed the plan In
 his speech to the chamber.
 And after summarizing the terms of the ultimatum to be sent to Ser bia. the Bavarian Minister adds:
 For the acceptance of these
 demands n delay of AS hours will
 he granted.
 It ia clear that Serbia cannot
 accept these demands whi- -S' are
 incompatible with her dignity ns , n sovereign state. The cOnse-
 quence win therefore he war. In
 Berlin they are altogether of
 opinion that Austria should take
 advantage of the favorable mo-
 ment even if there is danger of
 u1terior complications.
 They believe that Austrin's
 hour of destiny has struck and
 in consequence to the question
 presented by the Austro-HunEn-
 rian government they replied
 without hesitntion that they
 agreed upon my action which
 the latter may decide upon, even
 if war with Russia Is to result.
 Bismarck, on like occasion, had forged the telegram from Ems child's play compared to this. Fur thermore 1t is not the end, and for the carrying out of the plan we shall see reproduced the same trickery which marked its preparation. France, to avoid any incident, has withdrawn its frontier forces ten many on August 1, and 2, before any declaration of war. takes advantage of this to violate French and Belgian territory as she had already violated the territory of Luxemburg. To jus tify her action she accuses French aviators of having thrown bombs on the railroad near Nuremberg. On April 3. 1916. the municipal author ities of that city. in accord with the district military authorities, will de- clare that all reports published on this subject are "manifestly false" and three years later Count Brock dorff Rantzau. confessing the lie In turn, will merely express the regret that Germany, in declaring war upon France. should have unwittingly made use of information which 1t had not had time to verify
 Armies in Contact
 The armies are In contact. I have shown France patient and without fault, Germany, eager for the fray prepared to herald the dawn of blood All Germany on August 2 1914. Is up and ready for the work of death. The Imperial hancellor-mediocre though he be-has risen without effort to the level of German tradition to lay down the principle necessity" and in to assert: We were obliged to disregard tho justified protests of Belgium and Luxem- burg"
 The Reichstag's answer? A unan- mous vote Of approval! Liebknecht will repent only later is at one with Reventlow. The entire social demokratie suddenly discovers on this national occasion hat 1t has pan-German soul. Nor ioes it take pains to verify reports" Light heartediy 1t breaks the pledge which it's envoy Muller had brought 10 the French socialists on July 31: t wipes away the kiss of Judas which in Brussel on the same day Haase had given to Jaures.
 Psychological unanimity, the ole nents of which have analvzed, transforms itself into unanimous ac- ton. All. conservatives and liberals alike. hope for quick solution: France crushed in three weeks: mach Paris" realized bv the viola