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Show Kautsky Concludes His Evidence Clinching Guilt of War-Obsessed Kaiser m - : (Special Cable 'ispatch to Pni"ersal , ! Service. J .V Copyright in t;:vat Uritain. Ad Kiti'.its ! of LepuoJivation Eveservcd, ) I (Copyright. ,y rniversal Service.) ROTTKKDAM. Holland. Ue, 6. Four days hefore she declared war on ! France. (JerniEiny sent a sealed ultimatum to her minister in Brus-1 Brus-1 sels, to be "held for release." In ; tills ultimatum she promised Belgium, if , that country remained neutral, "terri- ; torial compensation at the exnons" v I France." Three days later August 2, UM- i-'er- lilt ordered the minister to HcUium to open the ultimatum, delete this p-omise. and deliver the n.te to !!ielimo rh:it n-.n'.-.i. Th:s is one o.' a series o." additional .amazinii reeiations t on t a i r ed la ids con-cludim; con-cludim; ch.apter of the di.-.-'osurt-s of German Ger-man secret dipiomaey mad-' in t ;e eourse of the German repuh'de's own iuvt-stia-t ion oi w,- ; resinsdMt-. The riiK ipal , conclusions of Or. K:iv Kautskv-. the So-ei;tht So-ei;tht d. put.v. assistt-i hy Professor V;iI ter Se'uM'.'kiusi an.l four.; von Monti-elas. wiio conipilt-d the :iOr,-ed.l documents for tlie Perl in fore: mi office, which, ho'vev er. have thus far heen suppressefl in to-r.-imny. also are i;:vea in this conchaihm article. A Terrible Indictment. Kautsky, in a rorrihic indi iun-n; of the kaiser and his nii'iiani claiue. calls t;:em the real pioneers of Bolshevism. Tie says the revolutionary propaganda tiiey carrier! on in Kuss'a eame haek, .ike an avemiinir hoomeraim. and, underm in:ns' the morale of tlie (lerman army ami people, dealt tae .leath blow to tlie e:n: iie. I low the kaiser ca'ie.i the I 'ian l;;'n:T a si oundre! hc.-a .e ttu' l-'mmanue! re- fused i.. ohey his peremptory .h inanu 'o i jo;n tlersra :: ;i,i.l A usr.r: ; !)rw W'iih ',-. j II wrot . "W.a;( 0 tlon ''' wl.n ; . w.p told Uusla wo' l'i :"i:;t on Ser'ua's siJe: the ka is.u- j.- del'hcra t- pro 'va stina ion In j aetin on tl'.c -7.ai-'s JeourSi to sto-j A;:s-t A;:s-t ; ia's a:'uress:on against Ida ; and. finally, how Von B-;;i tr.ann - Moil weu nmde (Continued ou Pasc 1. Column 1A KAUTSKY E!S Concludes Clinching Proof ,: That Wilhelm Planned i World War. i Tnntmii'd From Tain Cm a H'V r.Ti.'i- , .-ill ; linui htl for Kit-'.:. Kit-'.:. l,.-,ltr;, - ai.il il-M Ol.l ' ' ' 1-. 1 . i 1 . t ins ti. r,.n- promt .. ''"'ir. .,i i.llry i.,-i."-ll u.i." m tn . . li.n.i. r, . in .I,,." v. :n.l lturtlw "''"" .;,-i,i.-..i,lr Id l:...-.-.l.i r.-.vM..-l Horn ','. -n-iMi.fi : . . ; .-av,n.ff ft-;-'- i:..v-:ii r..r.- .i ri.m-ler ; hlulM b " If A iHliir, - ll'H.K.trv alla-:. f-'M-.na, ; i . .n w ; h.iull l'!iit.' " "Let Them light." J Phe rt.-ttr.u' unnofalt-it 0:1 lh..- p:ujrt: !' t'-r th-Mu'." : At 1 o'rlork lii the morning of .July -0 ,: .w.; r: ti. H-rlhi luf first leU-nram Miom in" .iir 10 tii' killer 'aLi- Ii cro-s.-d "tiii !;i t I'-r'ft i)i(!.n;ini' to N'L'tn)i:t . Tnc . i.i v .,lir.-irt.-l pl.MNiin- "at ih- Uais.-r'H r.-Miru and nf.-rr.-il to thu "it;noulj u.ir" fi(-i Tired ;t(.';iliirtl Sf.rbia. ."' Tin- .." r-;rih-r d'-no ibrd thr prf;"r.:r No ft.dch Ik- u as be In-' nui'.Jtvf -d at"l f P- - i.'ii lofi to the kaiM-r i ': bin niMti.-in-c fuliii Auf'tria. .10 llie mailer wo u L.I not KO i tun f;tr. ' 'I'll.- U;i!mt d-'-id.-d t" nait the lerHpt ,;-..' tim i7..ir'H rr-plv ' 1 1 in t !i-ri in (of the . jveniutf of July ::S, in which Ik; hurl i.iri;fl , I hi c.hi not o hurt vuiif. oil behalf oi Hcrlilii 1. ! on thlH first telegram from the czar the " iwilM-r urole tills random note: I 1. "a rrMifcMshtn of wfukriftHa and an at- 1 Ituiipt to throw the responsibility on IIU ." ;No Reason for Mobilizing. j ; The Ual.s.-r sit Id the czar had no reason for niohlll.liiK and should address himself mo Emperor I'iuthIh Joseph If ho witnted to Ui.irn the Utli-r's Intent ions, i- Mo snfi.nf st i-d that lils own and the czar's '-iclcKrainN If inmsmlltrd to Kln Genrne. f" Mftiui while thcrti hud been mnihltiiK of nn tJiidei'i'iirreiit of ant 1-war ft-ntlinoiiL Jin some of the hlKer eltles. Tlio UatHL-r vdiM-w th attention of (:haiHollor von llcthmann-HollweK to "the anll-mllitarlst 'dolliKH of til n Sozl-s In tho streetH," t: r'KozIs" wuh the contemptuous lorm itiHed In thorn das b- cicrman army ami ;n.u'v of fief rn for the Social In la. t Tho kaiser. In hLs note to the ciian-Leellor. ciian-Leellor. declared aurh things could not be ' Iclei-Hted, and If they continued he would -prorHilm a mute of sk'KO and have the ,, lenders locked up. ; The Ualaer then received a letter In ;vhich hLs "obodient brother Henry" re-poi't re-poi't od to hi 111 from Kiel his Interview with - K Iiik Ocorpc In London. . Prince Henry, in this nioNHiiiro. quoted Kinx George as Vhiivlnic Nald lOnKhind would try to keep tout of tho conflict. 'Conference at Potsdam. ' Then followed a. conference between the "Valuer, the chancellor and leading ffen--erals at TotHdam. Ow hl.s return to Rer-:Un. Rer-:Un. Hethniann-HollweR asked Sir Kdward HfoKchen (MrltUh ambassador to tiermany) to a conference. In I ho course of which "tho chancellor made a desperate bid for 'British neutrality. y The rliancellor protested to the British nnihtiswador that Germany had no de-Ikluns de-Ikluns upon French terrltor- In thirope. : Rethnmun-HollwcK's written notes on tills conference show he emphasized these 'assurances. Tliev showed, further, that tho chancellor told Grey that U' England loniuined neutral this time, "it would en-tt en-tt ble me to propose a general neutrality j proem out in the future, of which it is prenmture to discuss the details at the present moment." 1 .Meanwhile tho kaiser, at Potsdum, was rending I'rlnce Lichnowsky's i German Vinbassador in London) dispatches of July "ft, quoting Sir Edward Grey as saying the situation wus becomlnB; iuvroaslnffly ;sorlous. On "the niarsin of 0110 of these .reports tho kaiser wrote: ; "The biccest. most unheard-of piece of '.KngMsh Pharisaism 1 bae ever seen. ; With such scoundrels I shall never conclude con-clude a uavai ftf?rcement." AYas Truly Enclish. ( On l.icbnowsky's accounts of later conversations con-versations with Grey, the kaiser wrote: r"Aha! but truly English!" r His fury increased as he read that cir-.".Aunstances cir-.".Aunstances nilRht arise In which England -would be unable to stand aside. .V "They mean to attack us.'' was his written comment on this. Then he wrote the notes to the chancellor, chan-cellor, previously published, in which he uses almobf Identical language. It was on tho evening: of July 29 that the kaiser received the czar's reply to his :messce of the previous day. In his second sec-ond telegram the czar thanked the kaiser for the latter's "friendly message," which, .he said, was in a tenor quite different from that employed by the German, ambassador am-bassador at Tetroprad. ; The csar added it oujjht to be a good thing to submit the Ausiro-Serbian problem prob-lem to The Hapue conference, i (This message was suppressed in Cer-rnany.) Cer-rnany.) . ; Af : er scribbling some niarks on this ti-essujte the kaiser placed an exclamation exclama-tion niarlv after the czar's Hague suggestion. sugges-tion. The chancellor thereupon telegraphed to 'trc vJ-erman ani'oassador at J'ctio;-rad. Out of the Question. "The idea of a Hague conference is out the Question." ?. Then followed Fethmann-Hollwes's jat-trnipts jat-trnipts to induce Austria to accept Sir v ari Grey's med iatlon proposal. (Notr: 1-ioiv-sincere those attempts were Is problematical, in view of previous uoc-iiinetus uoc-iiinetus showing Herlin haid tolil Vienna lie; to consider any mediatory proposals jiMd assured the Austrian government that these pronosa were belns transmitted "nif:f!y to comply with England a rc-q.:c?t."" rc-q.:c?t."" ; On the other hand, thera .re indications t--at at t iis stage Bethmanr.-Hoaweg had f i: ; 1 - roa 1 1 r. e d that the- t ro u o 1 e could n u t T-e localized, hut that a worid eontlagra-t:'"n eontlagra-t:'"n was imminent. In "view of the pe-adviv-e from FeHm it is, however, oasy to understand why Axistria turned a Seaf ear to these sudden adjurations from )"ilhelmslrasse. July SO. 111 order to preserve appearances, appear-ances, the kaiser at 7 : 1 S p. m. decide,! to accede to .the czar's request of the, pre-, Vious day. He telegraphed lmperor Francis Fran-cis Joseph asking whether Austria would. ":"or instance." be prepared, a:'ter oecur-a-uon of Beiprade and oth.er points In Ser- ' bta. to make known her terms. I Following the Oerman chancellor's ! (seventh-hour ciYorts to get Austria to a-"- 1 cept the F.ngMs'i medation proposal, the: German militatw attache a: FetrogTad to T -csrraphed to Briin his impression that nusjsia-was inohiiir.wn; "out of fear of coming events, without aggressive intentions." inten-tions." Franz Josefs Repy. On July 31. at 1 o'clock. Kmperor Kr&n-S"is Kr&n-S"is Joseph, at Count von Fercmold's dic-t-ation. telegraphed his reply to the kaiser's kai-ser's inquiry fas to whether Austria, ar'ier 'the military occupation of Serbia. ould make her terms known. 1 The Austrian emperor in his answer ?aid th?t, h.a-inc: learn e i the czar had ordered a general molilzLitio'). Ar?ina ran h e e n compelled 10 take similar steps; that the action of the Austrian a-:v!y against Serbia could not le s;avcd: :'.-.at any attempts by means of Russian 'otcr'. ention to save Sored would hae; til roc: oops?.; unict for the dual monarchy, mon-archy, and that he had mad- up his mind in view of the assurances that the kaiser s forces would he fcpjnd arrayed in defense of AMsirla-HungarV and oT the triple all:-a"-e. Then, a joint nv.nieri.tl cour..-il at X'ienna. Conn: v-n ):-. br-,ti .,--...,1.,,- t .'a : -o ' ;.) t at h P,-'t'i T'fminn .ii'orifi-'i tn.it A-.tr.:t w-.i d. In p.""' :- A : :i:Lif)n',:, A' -s'. 1. lue ,.;!-o -w, r i I'Mr-.i; I infor'i:'--! t P. i s -: kii ror'.-iKM nun;- r-i , M. S.iunorr. t t If Old nor I'.-w.n ci.'- 1m in d :a : ''' : G'-ciuiii: v. oull JiiO'.Li,'; t.. f o i 1 o 'A : :r-J I.OO'). At o - '. '. ho ' r 1 1 ) '1 : ( . .r-A '.'.0:1 war h i dtf ; .1' L,--u t,j vt r.id. " -"r1 l- .' .'1 '1 d th . i-r..-i at. 6 o'clock in e- At J o''o-'k t'e r-'ar t elegMipheJ the !.;t.ih--r ij'-Klfg for a mutual .-su ranee mom.lzjUoii did not i.-i!fy w.ir. At :.)'') p. m. t lie kal.T?r ha d f1'1-pr.tplK-d tiie aur enjoining Llm to ord-r tii'"1 I'.'issinn army nut to clu'a'.e. thfJ German Ger-man frontier. Sealed Ultimatum. On Aukum 1 tiie G't;iij:i mlni'-er at 1 Ki-,ii..k In.itri'A'-d io oprn thfc ; seal- I i.P.;m;it'.i.n o had receh t-d from 1 Fvri,;i ij:, .Jul- 2ri, d-.-.!- t-r It at S p- and tl'-m.tiid a rrp!y by 1 p. in. tiie following day. If.- u :tfl i iihtri) ! ij to df-L-r e from t.'iis ultimatum the passage, promislnp H''-gium. H''-gium. In return for benevolent neutrality. t-r; 1 tona I conipo neat ion at the expense of Kruiuf. T.'"1 minister w as ordered to con cry tiie ImpresHioii that lie had only Ju.-;t re--( I ved t '.-.ft note. On August ?, the kaiser, through "on K k'.st . a h pedal Onv oy a t Rome, demand. de-mand. -d of the Italian king that tiie larttr "limned lately mobilize his army a ml nay." In conformity with Tieiiln'd Interpretation In-terpretation of tiie triple alliance treaty. Meanwhile Luxemburg had Leon invaded in-vaded and war had been declared on Franc... A ugust 1 Von k' I -Mat repori ed from Rome that Khig 'lctor I-hn inn ni i.d imd explained to h.lui why Italy could not Jo:u l lefin.-i ii and A ustria. A direct communication from the Italian Ital-ian monarch to the kaiver was annotated by t he latter with one word. "Scoundrel!" "Scoun-drel!" Relow the king's signature, under the caption. "The Revolutionizing of the World." Ir. Karl Kauisky, the principal compiler of the revelations, sums up his conclusions as follows; Kaulsky's Conclusions. " We, know now on what false foundations founda-tions the whole war policy of Wilhelm M and his advisers was built. Their calculations calcu-lations were as false as the political policy pol-icy of Rethmann-Hol!wpg. "Kmm the day that Belgium determined to render resistance and Kngland entered the war. Germany's fale was sealed. "Hut the kaiser and his military group trusted in their dreams of world revolutions revolu-tions and insurrection everywhere. "Roland was to be aroused, as were nil Mohammedans, and Ireland, and anarchist plots werp to be fomented in Italy. "When the United States was "not to I be bribed with offers of Canada or Mexi-1 Mexi-1 co. they resorted to dynamite plots, and 1 the general staff furthered the Bolshevist efforts In Russia. "We know that Lenine and Trotzky were not tho first to send out emissaries to revolutionize t he world. Wilhelm II and Moltke were their prcilfleesaorn. "Thoy lost in these plots not only mono", but the good name of Germany, and finally the Bolshevik revolution came as a boomerang, shaking the morale of tho army and the people and rousing revolutionary revolu-tionary activity in Germany. Kautsky's Indictment. "Thus were the mighty who inflamed the war finally defeated by their own weapons. "Misled by the statesmanship of the Hohenzollerns and the Hapsburgs. ' the German people became willing tools of their plans and were thus placed in a false position. "The great majority of the German people at the end of the war, manv even to the present day, were firmly united to the same leaders who betraved them and led with them the whole of Europe to ruin. "They were blind to their crimes and offenses and fought passionately for their Innocence. So, despite their moral Innocence, Inno-cence, they (the German people) must bear the consequences of the political guilt Oi their government and its agents and be the object of the world's bitterest hate and be treated like a race of lepers.- "The only hope for the German people to win again the trust of the peonies of the world is for a union of all democratic elements that will render impossible the restoration of the Hohenzollorns and the Hapsburgs. "Only thus will they hold down the military influence in world politics among tho victors which now has become the greatest danger to world peace and world ireeuom." |