The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1921-03-14
FORMER EMPEROR
DECLARES He HAD
. VISIONS OF LEAGUE
foNE THOUSAND ENLISTED
Proposal Was Made to Found
a League of Nations Con-
sisting Of the Triple Alliance
and French and Russian Al
| lance With Understanding
Others Join.

The Hague, March 14.-In the
book he has written for private dis
tribution in an attempt to show that
Great Britain was responsible for
the world war, former Emperor Will
liam of Germany throughout always
speaks of himself in the third per-
son. He paints William II as a man
who tried for 80 years to maintain
peace in Europe, but says he was
foiled by the perfidious Vaccinations
of Great Britain, France and Rus
sia.
AS long ago as 1905, the former
Kaiser says he tried to found a
League of Nations.
Although no full copy of the book
is yet available and both the former
Emperor's entourage and the Dutch
and German governments worried be-
cause of the publication of brief ex-
tracts from it, sufficient of the con-
tents of the volume have leaked out
to indicate the general trend of the
entire work. The leak was principally
due to the Berlin correspondent of
the Rotterdam Maasbode.
The correspondent says the book
begins with notes as far back as
1884 tWilliam succeeded his father
las King and Emperor in 1889.
Under date of April Is, 1898, the
former Emperor wrote:
"An English proposal for an al
lance of Germany against Russia is
declined in order not to endanger
the worlds peace.
'tAt the same time Delcasse (then
French Minister of Foreign Affairs
proposed to the German Ambassa-
dor in Paris a German-French agree
ment in order to prevent the Portu-
gese colonies falling under British
influence. This proposal was not
answered"
The former Emperor also claims
that he drafted project for a Lea
que of Nations under date of March
"A, 1905.
"a proposal" says the book, was
made by the former Kaiser to the
Gear and to Witte (then Russian for
-eign mfnister), to found a League
of Nations consisting of the triple
alliance and the French and Russian
alliance, with the understanding also
that other groups or separate coun-
tries may become members of the
league. The proposal was accepted by
the Czar and Witte. There was nc
question as to presidential power ov-
er this league"
Regarding the mission: to Ger
many in February, 1912, of viscount
HaldaT then British lord high chan.
cellof, eAe book says:
Geo man efforts to conclude neu
.trality with England failed in con.
sequence of the absurd demand for {
cessation of development of the Ger
man fleet through the curtailmen1
of the building of new Ships
The former Emperor in the book
deals with the mobilization of 1914
He says this began as early as Apri
of that year, and the mobilization Of
the English banks in order to ge
large stocks of gold.
Then the Kaiser continues:
June: Beginning of preparation!
for mobilization in England.
June 15: Russian troops called
to arms in April and May under the
pretense that they were to serve il
maneuvers and being kept under
arms for an outbreak of war.
~ "Jniy 20. All the Belgian reserv,
eoffeera ofte been called to arms"
re- inteHag the refusal of the SIS
geAcers. Russia to submit the &c
tabp baan ~ to The Hague cou l.,
AGENTS on the former Eid or
Ated financialN eco
tket, the theo sai u Inc Czaarm-
have been ssia wanted il bera,
no prepare fof
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