Evening star., 1924-05-25
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Nieux, as, well as on the mountain
road of the Vosges,' and that French
aviators had tried to destroy railway
lines in Germany, and had, in particu-
lar. thrown bombs upon the city of
.."-an,berg,'
The ridiculous accusation as re-
CARDS the crossing of the German
frontiernby French troops was utter
~ malicious and false The informa-
ton regarding the aggressons as
"ribedtp French aviators was equally
false and childish. The slightest in
curry would at once have clearly
proved Its absurdity. Already on Au-
gust =, that is to say, before the dis
patch by Herr Won Bethmann- Holl-
veg OF the telegram instructing Herr
Won Schoen to deliver the declaration
OF war-the Prussian minister at Mu-
men had spontaneously informed the
imperial ministry of foreign affairs
at Berlin German documents No. 1851
that the information
According to which French avia-
tors are reported to have dropped
bombs in the neighborhood of Nurem-
berg has received no confirmation up
10 date. 1t would appear that some
unknown aeroplanes were seen, which
did not look like military machines
at all. The dropping of bombs has
not been established, and still less the
french nationality of the aviators.'
Furthermore, when Herr Won Beth
mann-Hollweg sent off this telegram,
which was to cost 100000 human
ltVes, he had already received six
protests from the government of
Luxembourg German documents Nos.
oo2, GIG, 637. 63S, 644, 64O, one from
the Swiss government German docu-
ments Nos. 6S1, >70D and two from
the French government German
documents Nos. 705, 1920, in relation
to frontier violations committed by
German troops, and these were in
contrast with the alleged irregu-
larities which Germany was throw
ing at the head of France. Those were
formal, definite and tangible viola
tlons. duly verified by facts and tes-
timonies.
One Typical Violation.
"One of the violations brought to
light by the French government was
especially typical On August >. at
800 am, tnearly thirty-six hours
before the declaration of war by Ger
many, a patrol of the 5th Prussian
Regiment of Jaeger zu Pferde'
tHorse Chasseurs) had penetrated
French territory right up to the out
skirts of Joncherey, which is more
than ten kilometers inside the from
tier Git is well known, of course,
that, in order to avoid any possible
was concerned, French troops were
kept back ten kilometers from the
frontier during the whole critical
period). The officer in command of
that German cavalry patrol, Lieut..
Meyer, shot by surprise the COM
mander of one of the French posts
with his revolver and was himself
shot down shortly after as he was
trying to get away. There is no
question here of vague or underlined
concurrence, nor again of an allega-
ton without proof. Lieut.. Meyers
body remained within the French
lines. and the French took two of his
men prisoners. Both of these, when
questioned. declared that their COM
manding officer had received from his
superior officers, definite orders to
carry out patrols into French terri
tory.
IF France had wanted war, she
had, in this fact, all the materials
for a 'casus belli, but she contented
herself with a formal protest.
THUS. France did not even declare
war on the justified ground of fla
grant violations of her frontier-Ger-
many declared it on the false ground
of alleged French incursions, the
most serious of which (in appear
ance at leas) had already been de-
MED by the Prussian minister in Ba-
varia.
The facts were too patent too
conclusive TO leave any room for
bubbles of any kind. So the Ger
mans had recourse to a subterfuge-
they claimed that the declaration of
war against France was a necessary
consequence of the declaration of
war against Russia. itself the result
of the Serbian affair. With the
latter the imperial government is
said to have had nothing to do. 1t
pretended it had become acquainted
with the Austrian ultimatum only
after 1t had been delivered. It's role
was supposedly limited to giving
advices of moderation after the
event had taken place.
Urged Violent Solutions.
''It would be easy to emphasize
upon the evidence that in the course
of the Serbian crisis the German
government knew everything, and, far
from exercising Il moderate influence,
never ceased from urging violent So
lutions (see Austrian diplomatic doc
uments l, No. 10).
THE truth is that the German gov
ernment was kept very accurately
Informed hour after hour of all the
developments of the action prepared
by Austria against Serbia. The fol-
lowing extracts of a report sent to
Munich on July 18, 1914, by the Ba-
varian charge d'affaires at Berlin
German documents, annexe ", No.
p are sufficient to prove in what
detailed and punctual manner the
Ball platz' kept the 'WilheImstrasse
informed, and on the other hand with
what keenness ans determination
Germany urged Austr.e to act:
The step which the yieuna cabinet has de
cided to take at Belgrade, and which will con
sist In the handing in of a note, will take
place on the 25th of the month. The putting
off of all action until that moment is due t(
the fact that 1t is desired to await the de
parfpre Of NM. pOincare and yiyjani from st