Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-06 | Page 14 | Secret Documents Printed in Berlin

SECRET DOCUMENTS PWEO IN III i Alleged Belgian Diplomatic Reports Given Publication Publica-tion in Newspapers. FOUND IN BRUSSELS Germans Hope to Prove Country Maintained Peace Attitude Before War. BERLIN, Aug. 5, by wireless to Tuckerton, N. J., Aug. 5. The Xord Deutsche AHegemeine Zeituug, according accord-ing to the Overseas News Agency, continues con-tinues the publication of documents purporting to be secret Belgian diplomatic dip-lomatic reports found in Brussels by the Germans, covering the period between be-tween 1905 and 1914. These documents are being made public for the purpose of showing that Germany maintained a peaceful attitude from' the time of the Moroccan crisis until the beginning of the present war. The Belgian minister at Berlin is quoted as reporting to his government on December 31, 1905: The Germau emperor 's highest ambition is to maintain peace during dur-ing the whole of his reign. Ready to Assist. The Belgian minister at London, under un-der date of January 14, 190G, as quoted, insisted that England was ready to assist France even in case of war during dur-ing the Moroccan crisis, which was then acute. Commenting on King Edward's meeting with M. Delcasse, who was a private citizen, the Belgian minister at Paris, on March 6, 190(3, wrote: It is natural that the English king wanted to give special marks of sympathy to an embassador who had shown himself so desirous of sharing England's view. The Belgian embassador at Berlin, on April o, 1906, wroto as follows: The English press did every-' every-' thing to obstruct the results of the Algeciras conference, and was more irreconcilable than the French. The papers never cease to discuss German plans of aggression ag-gression which do not exist. Another Excerpt Quoted. Another excerpt from a diplomatic document is quoted bv the Nord Deutsche Allegemei ne Zeitung, that written by the Belgian minister at London under date of March 1 1907, ''The whole force of English diplomacy ie for Germany's isolation." On March 28, 19u7, the minister at Berlin reported: French arrogance is now as it was during the worst days of the second empire. This arrogance has increased one dfgree since the negotiations between Loudon and St. Petersburg. The Belgian minister at Beriin is quoted as writing, under date ut April 8, 1907, that "France is not exM'.trd to keep her eiitrfigemnit " with regard to the Algeciras convent ion, and, further on in his report: Every time that Franco, in the course of her history has felt Ftrong enough, sho has tried to ar-rotrare ar-rotrare the hegemony of the world. This timo the entente rordiale with England gives her the nectary self-confidence.