The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-26
KAISER BARES
AMAZING STORY,
DENYING GUILT
Germany Made War Only
When Forced to 1t, He
Declares.
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100000. SO that there were 3,547, 900
men on cur side, and 5,379, 900 men
on the side of the allies.
At sea, there were fleets of 1884,
900 tonnage for the allies. as against
1,268,000 tonnage for the Central
powers. The peace strength of the
fighting forces in France amounted
to 2 per cent of the population; in
Germany TO LII per cent, and in
. Austria Hungary to "a per cent.
France enrolled 10 to 80 per cent of
her conscripts, Germany until 1919
only so to SIS per cent; France gave
. 24.20 marks yearly per head of
population for, military require
ments, Germany only 1888 marks.
These figures should prove suffi-
GENTLY tina There can be no Just ac-
, cusation of militarism on the cart of
Germany.
Passed by Opportunities
: The German government, more
over, never allowed itself to be mis-
led into taking advantage of oppor-
tunities, offering the most favorable
prospects, Of making war against
France or Russia-Deiither in 1898,
when France had, 20 accept at the
hands of England the humiliation of
FaShoda, nor in 1892 1902, when
England. during the Doer war, must
have left France to shift for herself,
nor in 1905, during the first Morocco
crisis, when Russia was bleeding in
the far east and in the throes of
revolution.
She did not take advantage of
the Bosnian crisis in 1909l909,
when Russia yet had not recovered,
and the Balkan states yet had not
grown strong, and France yet had
not thought of dancing attendance
on her Russian ally to meet the
claims of Serbia; nor of the second
Morocco crisis of 1911, nor of the
Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913, when
the military position was very much
more favorable for the Central pow
ers than in 1914.
Germany consistently conducted
a policy of peace according to plan.
h No Ambition Through War
4 German policy, correSpondingly
harbored no ambitions attainable by
WAR alone That it was otherwise
with the allies today il, proved by
publication of secret pre-war reso-
buttons, secret agreements, and pri-
Vate correspondence of the states
men involved in the World war; and,
not least, by the manner in which
the so-called peace treaties" we're
concluded.
Above all, the publication of GER
tain papers fro mthe Russian ar
chiveS has given documentary EVIL
dence of the aggressive and imper-
ia1istic character Of theaims of the
allies. Through them we know the
fact that, as early as 1913, negotia-
tons were afoot at st. Petersburg
between Russian and French states
men anent the dividing of the skin
of the German bear. You will seek
in vain for documents which testify
to Germany's war aims in the same
manner.
Germany never formed any alli-
ance bearing the stamp of an often
Sive policy. Bismarck'S carefully
d1ld bl1OuStlb-Oub ObCAil vi
alliance aimed, as historical research
reveals more and more, at the main
tenance of peace. My reign pro-
crossed along the lines laid down.
Sought Five-POwer Alliance
II the agreement arrived at be-
tween the car and myself at Bjorko
in 1905 had become a reality, the
dual alliance between France and
Russia and the triple alliance of
Germany. Austria-Hungary and
Italy would have been cemented into
one continental alliance. which, as
the foundation of true league of
nations, would have meant a sure
pledge of enduring peace.
The allies, however, at this time
succeeded in forging round the Cen
trail powers an iron ring of military
and naval conventions, which were
defensive alliances only on paper.
Germany. on the other hand, was
not bound by a military convention,
even with her one reliable ally,
Austria Hungary.
The German government to the
last followed the same principles of
peace in the crisis of July, 1914. All
our efforts-among which 1 may
mention my proposal of Halt in
Belgrade" my personal appeal to
the car and the king of England,
as well as my warning representa-
lions to the emperor of Austria
were made vain by the general
mobilization of Russia. which, on
the evening of July 80, put Ill divi-
SionS in the field.
Russia Forced Hand
Austria only ordered her general
mobilization eighteen hours after
Russia, and in Germany, at almost
the same hour, about nineteen hours
after the Russian mobilization, the
state of imminent war danger
not yet, therefore, the complete
mobilization-firSt was ordered in
consequence of the announcement of
the Russian mobilization.
Since through the military treaty
between France and Russia, World
war. after the Russian general mob
ilization, became inevitable, every
thing else followed automatically.
The decision for war irretrievably
had been taken by the Entente.
In Versailles Tire accusation was
made that Germany had for decades
Systematically been preparing the
World war and had seized the op-
portunity in 1914 to loose her thun-
derboltS
Great Lie of Versailles
With great satisfaction today
can establish the fact that this
assertion is losing more and more
of its supporters. The documents
which have been published mean