Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-14
WRITES BOOK
BLAMING WAR
UPON ENGLISH
Ex-kaiser Gives Self
Clean Bill Of Health
Far Back as 1884.
Says He Tried for 30
Years to Keep Peace
for Whole of Europe.

The Hague, March 13.-(By
The Associated Press).-I
the book he has written for
private distribution in an at
tempt to show that Great
Britain was responsible for the
world war, former Emperor
William, Of Germany, through
out always speaks Of himself
in the third person. 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 machi-
nations of Great Britain,
France, and Russia.
AS long ago as 1905, the former
kaiser says he tried to found league
Of nations.
Although no full copy of the book
il vet available and both the former
emperor's entourge and the Dutch and
German governments are worried be-
tracts of it, sufficient of the contents
Of the volume have leaked out to in
dicate the general trend of the entire
volume through the work of cores
pondent Of the Rotterdam Maasbode.
Back to 1884.
The correspondent says the book be-
gins with notes as far back as 1884
(William succeeded his father as king
and emperor in 1889.
In some places says the Mas
BODIES correspondent, ''the document is
very interesting. especially notes of
August 1S 1891, where he treats of
the visit of William to Gar Alexander
III at Narvik, when the czar said he
hated the French republic and wanted
to restore monarchy to France. But
already, says the kaiser. a
Russian French military agreement
had been negotiated saying that in
the event of the mobilization Of any
member of the triple alliance (Drei |
bund) mobilization of French and
mediately and these armies thrown in |
to action at once
Under the date of April IS, 1898. the |
former emperor wrote: |
IAN English proposal for an alliance |
Of Germany against Russia is declined /
in order not to endanger the worlds /
peace.
Proposal Not Answered.
AT the same time, Delcasse (then |
French minister of foreign affairs) |
proposed to the German ambassador in |
Paris q German-French agreement in !
order to prevent the Portuguese col |
onies falling under British influence.
This proposal was not answered"
The former emperor also claims that
he drafted a project for league of
nations under date of March "a, 1905.
"A proposal says the book, was
made by the former kaiser to the
czar and to Witte (then Russian
of nations consisting of the triple
alliance and the French and Russian
alliance, with the understanding also
that other groups or separate coun-
tries might become members of the
league. The proposal was accepted by
the car and Witte. There was no
question as to the presidential power
over this league"
Regarding the mission to Germany
in February 1912 of Viscount Haldane,
then British lord high chancellor, the
book says:
Deals With Mobilization.
German efforts to conclude neu-
trality with England failed in consc-
quence of the absurd demand for a ces-
sation of the development of the Ger
man fleet through the curtailment of
building of new ships
The former emperor in the book deals c
with the mobilization of 1914. He says !,
this began as early as April of that I
year with 'the mobilization of the =
English banks in order to get large i
stocks of gold" :
Then the kaiser continues: !
June: Beginning of preparations for a
mobilization in England"
June 10: Russia: Troops called to 1
arms in April and May under the pre- q
tense that they were to serve in man o
puvers and being kept under arms for
an outbreak of war" I
July 20: All the Belgian reserve !
officers have been called to arms"
Refusal of Arbitration.
Regarding the refusal OF the sug-
.estion by Russia to submit the Serb
an incident to the Hague court Of ;
the former emperor saws: h,
The proposal of the car was not a,
approved. Russia wanted in this way NJ
o gain time to prepare for war. h.
''On August 4, Sir Edward Grey 1.-THE IN
5rltish foreign secretary demands of w
Germany that Germany halt her Of y;
ensive march of troops in Belgium or N
therwise England will protect Bel be
ium. This was the English declaration W
t war" W