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Show KAISER TELLS OP ORIGIN OP EUROPEAN WAR Declares That Germany Is Acting Only in the Defense De-fense of Country and Its Allies. CHANCELLOR ADMITS INJUSTICE OF ACTS Says That Invasion of Luxemburg Lux-emburg and Belgium Was Violation i of Law of Nations. BERLIN Aug i- Emperor William opened the imperial parliament today wtta an Important speech from the throne, of which the text was partly as follows The world has been a witness of the indefatigable manner In which we stood In the front rank during the worries and troubles of recent years in the endeavor to spare the nations of Europe from a war between the great powers. Fnend Assassinated The greatest perils which had arisen owing to the events In the Balkans appeared to have been over come but then the assassination of my friend, the Archduke FTancis Ferdinand opened up a great abyss. My ally the Emperor Franz Josef was compelled to take up arms for the protection of his empire against he dangerous agitation existing In a nelghobrlng state. In pursuing its interests the Bus slan empire stepped in the way of Austria Hungary Not only our duty as an any called us to the side of Austria Hungary Out the great task was cast upon us at the same time with the ancient community of culture of the two empires, to protect our own positions po-sitions against the attack of un friendly forces. Kaiser's Heart Heavy It was with a heavy heart that I was compelled to mobilize my army against a neighbor with whose troops mine had fought side by side on so many fields of battle and. with sincere regret I saw the breaking of a friendship to which Germany had been so faithful The Imperial Russian government, giving way to an insatiable national ism, has stepped to the side of a state which, through a criminal act, had brought about the calamity of this war That France also placed herself on the side of our opponent was not sur piis ng to us Only too often had our efforts to bring about more friendly relations with the French republic come Into contact with the expression of old hopes and with long standing malice. The present a tuatlon arises not from temporary conflicts of Interest or diplomat c connections but is the result of ill wl 1 existing for years against the strength and prosperity of the German empire. We are rot pushed on by the desire of conquest. We are moved by the unbending desire to secure for our selves and those coming after us the place on which God has put us My government and above all my chance lor tried unt 1 the last moment mo-ment to prevent the worst happening Germans Grasp Sword In enforced self defense with clear conscience and clean hands we grasp the sword To the peoples and races of the German emp re my appeal goes forth to stand together fraternally with our all es In defense of that which "we have created in peaceful work. Fo lowing the example of our fore fathers firm and faithful earnest and chivalrous numb e before our God and ready to fight when In the face of the enemy let us confide ourselves to the everlasting Almighty ho will strengthen our defense and conduct It to a good end At the con luslon of his speech from the throne the emperor addressed tne deputies directly saying Gentlemen, you have read what I said to my people the other day from the balcony of my cast e. I repeat now that I no longer know any parties par-ties Grasps Hand With Deputies I know only Germans and In order to testify that you are firmly re solved without dlstlnc on of party to stand by my side through danger and death I call on he leaders of the different parties In h s ouse to (Continued on Page Four) KAISER DEFENDS GERMANY'S COURSE (Continued from Page One ) come forward and lay their hands In mine as a p edge Dr Bethmann Ho lweg the imperial cl ancel or in a speech sa d We knew France was ready for an lnvas on France was able to najt we were not A French aggress on into our flank on the lower Kh ne wou d have been d sastrous and we therefore were compe ed to overru e the leg t mate protests of the puem bu g and Be glan governments We shal repar the wrong we are do ng as soon as our m ary alms nave been reached Chance or Bethmann Hollweg then out ned the procedure of Germany In an endeavor to ma nta n peace Bavlng From the outbrea f of the Aus ro erv an confl ct we worked to con fine the hpstiltes to Austria and Servia. A the cab nets particularly that of Great B ltain used the same endeavor Rust a a one declared that she must have something to say as to the solut on of the confl ct and thereby ra sed the danger of Eu ropean comp cat ons Appeal to Russia As soon as the first defln te news was received regarding the Russ an m ta y preparat ons we directed a f end y but s rong comn unication to St Petersburg po nt ng out that war 1 ke measu es against Aust a Hun gary wou d find us on the s de or our a y that m tary preparat ons aga nst us woo d force us to oorre spondlng counter measures and that mob zation wou d not be far re moved from war Russ a assured us In so emn fash on of her w sh for peace and dec ared she wou d not enter into any sort of mi tary prep arat ons aga nst us In the meant me Bng and sought to med ate bet een V enna and St. Petersburg On Ju y 28 the emperor of Germany requested the emperor of Russ a by te egraph to cons der that Aust a Hunga y had the r ght and duty to protect hersp f against the g eat Se v an p ots and int gues which were underm ning her et st enee. About the same t me and prior to the rece pt of th s te egram the Rus s an emperor urgent y asked the German emperor for his a d and re quested the German emperor to coun. sel moderat on in V enna The Gert man emperor" unde took this ro e of med ator but he had scarce y set in mot on h s off ces to th s end when Russia mob 1 zed a 1 her forces against Austr a Hungan The dual mon archy itse f had on y mob zed aga nst Servia It had mob ?ed two army corps in the north far from the Russ an frontier Mobihzatibn Begins The Russian mobi i zation was de cided In princ p e before the Russ an emperor addressed h mse f to the German empe or The latter not fled the Ruts an emperor forwith that his good off ces as med ator wou d be made mo e d ff cu t by this general mobi zation aga nst Austr a Hun gary if they were not who y frus trated Neverthe ess we cont nued our med ation in V enna and exerc sed It In forms wh ch went! a most to the ext erne limit compat ble w th our re lat on as a y Dur ng th s time Russ a renewed spontaneous y its assu ancesthat it w as mak ng no m tary preparat ons against us Ju y 31 came A deel slon was to have been made in VIen na Our medlat ob a readv had been successful to the extent that Vienna under pressure f om us, galn had en ered Into direct conversations with St Pete sburg but before the dec slon could be s en n V enna t e news reached us that Russ a was mob I z ng 1 s ent re forces and aga nst us a so The Russ an go ernment wh ch knew from our repeated repre sentat ons what mobi izat on against us wou d mean announced that it was mob z ng but d 4 not S ve any explanation concern ng its act on France Takes Action Later in the afternoon a telegram arrived from the Russ an emperor to the German empe or In it the Rus s an emperor dec ared that his army would not tal e any provocat ve ac ton toward us But the Russ an mob zation on our f ont er had been In fu progress s nee the n ght of July 9 W e ve at Russ a s request mediated In V enna the Russ an forces were ra sed on our almo t open front er and France though she d d not mob ze adm ts she took some ml tary measures We had de berately abstained up to that t me for the sa e of the peace of Europe f om ca ng a sing a re serlst to the co ors Should we have wa ted patient y longer unt 1 the pow ers between w ch we are wedged In were in a posit on to choose the exposed Ge many to t Is danger wou d ha e been cr m na Therefore on Ju y 31 we demanded of Russ a the demob zat on of her t oops as t e so e measure which cou d 5 et preserve the peace of Bu rope The imper a German embas sador in St Pe ersbu g was g en the comm ss on to dec are to the Russ an go ern nent that in case of reject on of our demands we Bhou d be ob ged , to declare a state of war When the al otted t me exp red the German emperor was compel ed at 5 p n Aug st 1 to order the mob 1 izat on of our forces We were com pe ed at he same t me to make sure what at ltude France wou d assuma In the 'It ation lo our def n te ques ton whether she would reman neu t al In Gern an Russ an war she an swered that she wou d do what her Interests bade her France Breaks Peace Ne erthe ess the German emperor ga e o ders that the French front er s ou d be respected abso ute y Tl ese orders were str ct y fo owed w t out exception France wh ch mob zed at the same hour that we did to d us that she wou d maintain a zone ten ki omete s back from the German f ont er but w at took pace in re a ty was that French a a ors cast bombs upon and ca airy pa ro s en tered the Imperial lands (A sace Lor ralne) France the eby broke the peace and actual y attacked us though a state of war had not yet been pro c a med , Even prior to this time small de tachmenfs of French troops had crossed the German front er French av ators had thrown bombs on our rat ways and French troops had at tacked our frontier guards at Sch uchpass Our troops in pursu ance of their orders remained whol y on the defensive These are the act ual facts Admits Aggression We are acting in se f defense and necessity knows no law Our troops have occupied Luxemburg and per hape a ready have advanced into Bel g an territory This is against the aw of nat ons The French government has declared In Brussels that It would respect the neutra ty of Be glum as long as it was respected wi h refer ence to herse f But we knew- that France was ready for an in as on France cou d wa t we cou d not. A Frepc invasion on our f ank on the lower Rhine would have been dlsas trous So we were forced to set aside the Just f ed protests of the Luxum burg and Belgian governments The lnjust ce w ch we thereby commit ted we shall rect fy aa soon as our m ltary object is accomp shed Anyone who is menaced as we are and are f ghtlng for dear life must think only how to cut an opening to get through England s Attitude As far as Eng and s concerned the dec arat ons wh ch S r Edward Grey made yesterday In the house of com mons have cleared up the stand point of the Eng sh government. We have made a dec aration to the Eng 1 sh government that so long as Eng land remain neutral our navy w 1 not attack the northern coast of France and that we wi not v o ate the integrity and independence of Bel glum I can repeat this declaration here openly before the who e wor d and I can add that as ong as England re mains neutral we w I be ready in case of rec p oeity to undertake no hostl e ope at ons against the French merchant mar ne I repeat the em 1 peror s saying Germany goes into the batt e w th a c ear consc ence to protect the fruits of our peaceful la bor and the r ght of succession to a great task and to safeguard our fu ture The period of f fty j ears wh ch Von Moltke sa d we shou d rema n armed in order to defend our ga ns of 1S70 has not yet e apsed The great hour of tr a for our peop e has now struck but we advance to it with conf dence. Our army is in the f eld our navy is ready for battle the whole German nation Is beh nd them. After the chance lor s speech there was a pro onged demonstration of enthus asm and the re chstag thereupon passed a war cred t of $1 250 000 000 Herr Hasse a So cial Democrat dec ared that n sp te of the v ews of h s party toward war the, Soc al Democrats not alone fa ored the cred t but that they wou d fo ow the r brothers march ne to rarii wishes Th s dec arat V" newed outbn ,t of atvH The chamber hen paaMsi In a few momenta a itrla measures conce n ni tart the mone ary a ua on s Z J"8t prpr to the ad 5 re chs ag to No erabe ! aT Bethmann HoUweg ( ,a commended, the ac on o SL the house who he sai 2! spirit of un y WHatt". be the chance or added August 1914 wl ena,at etern ty one of Germanyiml She it y after the lmwAi speech in t e re jistag tlli i(t WI am Eduard Gos Im, if -embassador apnea ed n tie 1 with a communfea on to Piniri Von Jagow ion him u ' In th s commun a on dr. asked to make Immed i un question whe her ahe u a ' ances that no v ola on tl fc ' tral y wou d take p ace. Fore gn Minis er Von J joi-once joi-once that a guaran ee of " of Be gium was no possib t fort the grounds wh h It t : Germany to en e uponBdiiit der to p otect he se!agajat by a French a my Short yafe 7ocoktliM" bassador went to he f dp announced that G ea BriU II war on Ge many and req cl$. ports |