The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-10-14

policy must be conducted by himself
alone.
1t was with heavy heart that ac-
Quiesced in the departure of this ener-
getic, strong-willed man, who had car
ried out my plans with genius and who
was indefatigable as a co-worker. Tir-
pitz may always rest assured of my i'm
perial gratitude. If only this source
of strength might stand soon again by
the side of the unfortunate German
Fatherland in its misery and distress,
Tirpitz can do and dares to do what
many other do not dare. The saying
of the poet most certainly applies to
Admiral Won TirpitZ: THE greatest
blessing to the children of earth is,
after all, personality"
The criticisms, which the admiral
felt constrained to make of me, in his
book-which is well worth reading
cannot change, in the slightest, my
opinion of him.
assassination of my friend, the Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand, gave up going
to Kiel for the regatta week and went
back home, since l intended to go to
Vienna for his funeral But / was ask
ed from there to give up this plan.
Later l heard that one of the reasons
for this was consideration for my per
sonal safety; to this l naturally would
have paid no attention.
Greatly worried on account of the
turn which matters might now take,
decided to give up my intended Jour
ney to Norway and remain at home.
The imperial chancellor and the for
eign office held a view contrary to mine
and wished me to undertake the jour
ney as they considered that it would
have a quieting effect on all Europe.
For long time | argued againg going
away from my country at time when
the future was SO unsettled, but I'M
perial Chancellor Won Bethmann told
me, in short and concise terms, that If
l were now to give up my travel plans,
which were already widely known, this
would make the situation appear more
serious than it had been up to that mo-
ment and possibly lead to the outbreak
of war for which / might be held re-
sponsible; that the whole world was
merely waiting to be put out of SUI
spense by the news that l, in spite of
the situation, had quietly gone on my
trip.
Thereupon l consulted the chief of
the general staff, and, when he also
proved to be calm and unworried re-
garding the state of affairs and him
self asked for a summer leave of abb
sence to go to Carlsbad, | decided,
though with heavy heart, upon my
departure.
The much-discussed so-called Pots
dam Crown council of July in reality
never took place. 1t is an invention of
malevolent persons. Naturally, before
my departure, / received, as was my
custom, some of the ministers indivi6-
ually, in order to hear from them re-
| ports concerning their departments.
Neither was there any council of min
listers and there was no talk about war
preparations at a single one of the con-
| ferences.
| Ny fleet was cruising in the Nor
wegian fjords, as usual, while l was
on my summer vacation trip. During
my stay at Balholm l received only
meagre news from the foreign office
and was obliged to rely principally on
the Norwegian newspapers, from
which l got the impression that the
situation was growing worse. | tele-
graphed repeatedly to the chancellor
and the foreign office that l consid-
cred it advisable to return home, but
was asked each time not to interrupt
J my journey.
When l learned that the English
| fleet had not dispersed after the re-
view at Spithead, but had remained
concentrated, / telegraphed again to
Berlin that l considered my return
necessary. My opinion was not shared
| there.
| But, when, after that, l learned from
the Norwegian newspapers-not from
| Berlin-about the Austrian ultimatum
to Serbia, and, Immediately thereafter,
about the Serbian note to Austria, !
started without further ado upon my
return journey and commanded the
| fleet to repair to Wilhelmshaven Up
on my departure learned from a Nor
wegian source that it was said that a
part of the English fleet had left Sc
cretly for Norway in order to capture
me (though peace still reignedD. 1t
is significant that Sir Edward Gosch-
en-, the English ambassador, was in
formed on July 26 at the foreign office
that my return journey, undertaken on
my own initiative, was to be regretted,
since agitating rumors might be
caused by it.
Says War Was Not Foreseen.
Upon my arrival at Potsdam | found
the chancellor and the foreign office
in conflict with the chief of the gen
eral staff, since General Won Moltke
was of the opinion that war was sure
to break out, whereas the other two
stuck firmly to their view that things
would not get to such bad pass, that
there would be some way of avoiding
war, provided l did not order mobiliza-
ton. This dispute kept up steadily
SERIOUS BLADDER TROUBLE
Gould not stand nor sit and was
forced to cry out from intense pain"
writes Henry Williams, Tarkio. Mon
tana. The doctors said l had inflam-
af nd