Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-01-11

the German border was crossed in
four places by Russian patrols.
Germany declared a state of war
existing with Russia, because of Rus
sian acts, on August 1, 1914, 7:10 p.
M; with France, August 8, 1914; Bel
GUM, August A, 1914.
France declared war against Ger
many On August 8, 1914; Great Brit
ain against Germany, August A, 1914;
Russia against Germany, August T.,
1914. The evidence appears to show
that it was the Russian policy to in
wade Germany without a declaration
of war and to make it's mobilization
complete under the camoufage of
peaceful negotiations.
1t will be observed that under the
Franco-Russian secret treaty Of 1892,
section /, it was provided that in case
of war Russia should employ all it's
available forces to fight Germany and
that the military and naval stats, in
the military conference above quoted,
expressly contemplated that the Ger
man Army should be obliged to at
tack France through Belgium, and
stipulated:
"The French Army could concen-
trate as rapidly as the German Army,
and that as from the twelfth day it is
in a position to take the offensive
against Germany with the help of the
British Army on it's left flank"
The Franco-Russian treaty, 1892,
provided "In case the forces of the
triple alliance or one of the powers
which are a party to it" (for example,
Austria) "should be modified, France
and Russia, at the first indication of
the event and without a previous
agreement being necessary shall
mobilize all their forces Immediately
and simultaneously and shall trans
port them as near to their frontiers
as possible" "These forces shall
begin complete action with the great
est dispatch, so that Germany will
have to fight at the same time in the
east and in the west"
Therefore when Austria partially
modified in ignorance of the terms
of this secret Franco Russian treaty
of 1892, Russia and France were un-
der a secret contract to Immediately
mobilize and attack Germany with all
their forces. This was secret decla-
ration of war on Germany as of the
date of the Austrian mobilization,
July %, 1914.
All the military authorities in
Europe knew and recognized, as a
matter of military strategy, that in
a war between Germany, Russia and
France, the German troops would be
compelled to enter France through
Belgium, as the French frontier other
wise was absolutely impregnable be-
cause of the gigantic forts and pre-
pared military defenses.
Further the military strategists
were all agreed that Germany's only
chance to win in such military
struggle was by speed and efficiency,
conquering France first, and then
meeting Russia.
Russia's Fixed Policy
The secret documents exhibited in
Entente Diplomacy and the World"
588 in number, demonstrate beyond
the shadow of a doubt that it was the
fixed policy of the Russian Govern
ment to control the Dardanelles and
expand it's power in the Balkan States
where there were millions of Slavs
in Serbia and in Austria, and that
this could only be done by means of a
general European war. These secret
documents show that it was the de-
sign of the Russian Government to do
this, and that the means of accom-
plishing this end lay through the
Slavs of Serbia and their intrigues
with the so-called "unliberated Slavs
of Austria"
Germany Forced by Allies to Declare
War
The French Government July 30)
having determined on war does not
wish Germany to mobilize yet, but to
gradually discover a situation so dam
gerous Germany shall declare was as
a military necessity.
Telegram 216 Of July 81, Izvolski