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Show Kautsky Revelations Clinch Kaiser's Guilt in Causing World War piltial Installment Ql Documentar) Evidence of fotsdam's Conspiracy to Use Serbia as Pretext tor Cataclysm, attar ihrt word 'Mootllutlop' and addad ibtN oommtnt; "Tho t'ltUtin'H first duty Is to keep OtXtttt nothing hill calm - always uothhiK hut c&iml a calm mobilisation i, tu bfaurr, Hi'inrtlilng new!" Petrograd (rreeolufo. Tho ChancallW fUrthOTvippfcUd to tho kuliMji- to retain mediation In PatfOTad ''which (maantng Patrofrad) in manifestly Irraaoluta." ThS Uiilner replied that ho had not oh-nerved oh-nerved any kIuuh of lrn'Hulutlon on tho part of TtiiHHlu, ami thut "there Ih tho Russian float." Ami to tiiiH Him tmporor addod: 'There are now oruljlxuc tn tiio Baltlo five uuHnian torpedo flotillas. Port Arthur Ar-thur OUrhl to he a leMHon. .My fleet has received marching oraora to Kiel ami that's where it' volnx." Tho chief or .the tiwrinan stuff sealed the final draft of tho nltlinutum to Hel-Klum Hel-Klum which was trmiHmltted to tho Chancellor Chan-cellor on July L'D and preucnlod ut Erue-aela Erue-aela Ausjuai 2. On July 96 the chancellor telegraphed to the ttelser, was utin with the fieeti a suMrastlon thut it was in view of a Wolff Atfer.ey message dealing with the Austro-Serbian conflict that the emperof hud ordered tho fleet to prepare to return. re-turn. "t'nhcurd of.' the kulner exclaimed. "An hiort-dlhl.j nuKtffHtlon mich an Ulcu never emu-red niy head. It (the order to tho fleet wub tho comtequence of the report from 1 1 1 minister at Belgrudu. reica rdintf mobilization. Thin may Involve the mo-otltiatlon mo-otltiatlon of Russia and will Involve tho mobilization f Austria. In thin event I must concentrate my forces on land and na. In the Baltic there la not a tingle ship. Raps His Chancellor. "Ad for tho rest, I am not In the habit of making in. military dispositions on the strength of Wolff telegram, but In accordant, ac-cordant, with tho general ltuaUoxu ana THIS CIVILIAN CHACEU-LAil HAS .NOT YKT QRASD IT." The, chancolJor'tr'lnuattatfu huIU the British Brit-ish navy was nut taltUuj any unusual mortHuifw contrary to the carrying out Of dispersal (after the maneuvers.) On thli tho kaUcr comment tod the British army had ' no need of taking extraordinary uieihsurca, since U was ready for war and mobtltzed. Tho chancellor urged that since Sir Edward Ed-ward Wrcy, for the moment anyway, had not prepared to Intervene In a European Euro-pean war. the kaluer might be .well ad-vtuod ad-vtuod not to give any premature orders for tl'.e return of thu fleet. The kalaei remarked: "If Ituadla mobllUee, my fleet must already al-ready be in the Hal tie tfo It's goln homo." ( On July 27, tho kaiser returned to Eer- tflKt Count Bacagyany telegraphed to Count Bervhto!d reKardlnt; a statement by Chancellor Chan-cellor von Eetl.inann-Ilollwea. Opposed to Mediation. "The secretary of state." ao the count's Caaaaage ran, "Informed me In strict eon-flden'-e very emphatically, that Airing t;.e nest few days mediation proposals on the part of England might perhapb be communicated to your excellency by the Qermaa government. In connection with erhlch the latter offered the absolute' v unqualified assurance that It did not , !don;if itself with Bwch proposals, BUT i THAT. ON THE CONTRAHY. IT WAS LKCIDKlUY Ul'HOfeEU To THEIR OON-S OON-S I LElt A l N A N L T HAT IT WOT ' LD TRANSMIT T1IEM USB ELY To CONFORM CON-FORM WITH THE ENGLISH REQUEST." RE-QUEST." In Vienna, meantime. Count von Perch -told drew up a memorandum for the (Austrian) emperor urging Immediate declaration de-claration of war on Serbia, In vIoav of Paatdtctf (Serbian premier) "skl"fulJy worded" note. IN ORDBR Tu I-OHE-ST ALL ANY ATTEMPT HY THE TRI-PLE TRI-PLE ENTENTE To SECT UK A PBACK-TOli PBACK-TOli SETTLEMENT. Co'.int Pcrchtold sent this memorandum to the Austrian emperor at Bad Is'Td. with a draft of tho HtftamoJ declaratlo:; ;Rv Specik' CMe r'ispuL'h to t'niverrial l Sorslce.) (CspjTtfht. lt?. by Universal Sor tee.) fCoprtht In Great Britain and Holland. All rights of republication reserved.) ROTTERDAM. Nov 18. Universal Service presents herewith tho second sec-ond and oonotudtng part of the most sensational expose of German secret diplomacy on record, the summary of documents unearthed and compiled tor the German government by IVputy Kautsky. though suppressed In nnanj'. Today's chapter tells of how the German foreign office, which throughout the war so stanchly deuled having had sufficient knowledge of the ultimatum to stop or modify tt, actually set tho time for its detTrtry. how the Ifatser. after Serbia had aclted down, urged Aus:r:.t to insist upon :-.er pound of fteah. On July tX Count von Berth told was received In audler.ee by Emperor 1Y.. jojeph a: IachL and the tet of the Aus-:.-Un ultiniatum was coxildentlatty for-leirded for-leirded to Berlin by Ambassador V-.vr- rhen Wr helm atrase te'.era'h ! German amtassador at Pexrograd, asking .e exact hour of lYvsMer.t to:n-fire's to:n-fire's departure from Kronstadt, July English Attack Certain. On July In reply to Yon Jagow's incuiry on behalf of the chancellor as to irhether It would be ?.-tfe to 1 ave the (Jerman battle fleet longer In ..or; hern waters, the German admiralty rerlted that .; Hr.?.i: de-.-l.irc.: w.r. .. ear fleet by the British mast bo counted jpen as a certainty. Von Jagow communicated this to Chancellor Chan-cellor on Bethmann-Hollweg: "An attack on our flet by the Br.tUh r-.ut be counted upon as i cerlalnt." Von Jagow communicated this to chancellor chan-cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg. together irtth Ms own assurances that England ins peaceable, and that the Br. r.e- ;. which was assembled for maneuvers, was dee to disperse on July -'. tbi German foreign minister then tele-aphed tele-aphed to Am ba ssa dor T sc h i.-sch k Vknna, Intimating that President Poln-care Poln-care was due to leave Kronstadt at 9 o'dock or. the evening o July ZZ. Von Jigcx added : "This would be 5:30 p. rru, central European Euro-pean time. If. therefore, the demarche at Belgrade 'presentation of the Austrian ultimatum) is to tak place at 5 o !o k tomorro w afte r noo n. ! : t -e k r. o tv-r In Petrograd while Polr.caxe Is still there." Abundantly Sharp. Between 7 and S o'clock that evening ?wir.s Szoegyeny (Auatro-Hungariai busador at Berllni communicated to Von Jagow the text of the Austrian note to Serbia. Von Jagow professed to fir,; "ibondantly sharp." On July ZZ TschlrochaT telegraphed to j Tort Jagow that, as a result of the Inior- 1 mat Ion regarding President Poincaje, the AuMtrian mmlatar at Belgrade had been Instructed to retard the presentation if the ultimatum until t! o'clock p. in. Chaneettor von Bethmann-Hollweg tele-PPt' tele-PPt' Count wadal ot the Uuhter's mite ttmt the Austrian note would be presented that afTriu'on, mnl tlmt the German government gov-ernment would begin declaring the affair none of U.s business," At - o'clock on the same afternoon Von Jagow telegraphed tele-graphed to the German minister at BtOOk holm that as Austria waa about to present note to Serbia "unknown to m we could not even presume to Influence her." On July Count Szoegyeny reported to n.s goveinment at Vienna that Von Jagow early that morning lud assured him th German government Waa, "of oouraOi quite in accord" with the tenor of tho Auatrlan note communicated to Berlin on tlu- Und. Meanwhile, Zimmerniann telegraphed to the German ambaseadori In Parte, Loudon Lou-don and Petrograd: Zimmennann's Dispatch. "We have had no Influence of any kind upon the contents of tho note and have no further opportunity or other powers pow-ers of making known our uttltudo towards It before its publication." On Jul 1'5, the kaiser, learning from, his minister at Belgrade that Scrota as about to mobilise, ordered the German f.tot prepare to return to home waters. This dispatch (from the German minln-ter minln-ter at Belgrade! described iU events at Belgrade since the presenfatton of Uio Austrian ultimatum. The kaiser summoned sum-moned up his feeling upon getting this dispatch by jotting down these words: "Bravo! we no longer thought the people peo-ple in Vienna capable of this! Ills Majesty. Maj-esty. Klntf Peter, seems to have (word net In transmission 1 It! "The proud Slavs ! I low hollow the whole so-called Serbian great power turns out to be! A" Slav states; arc like that! Just ntp firmly on the nibble's feet!" The kaUer dtmif-sed as 'feel-Ie'' the dispatch from TaeniiaChky reporting that Berchtold was trying to hoodwink Kussla by being polite. BerchtOieTa assurances that Austria did not desire Serbian terrtiory for herself or any modification of the balance of power In tho Balkans were commented upon by the kaiser in this marginal remark: . Must Retake Sanjak. "Es?:: fan.) Austria must retake the Sanjak or else Serbia will come down to the Adriatic. "Austria must become preponderant pre-ponderant in the Balkans over G o smaller smal-ler states at their expense or there'll be no peace." On July 26 Bethmann-Hollweg telegraphed tele-graphed to Uie kaiser that If Russia should Intervene against Austria, England proposed to attempt mediation and hoped for French Support In this enterprise. "I thlnh,"' the chancellor added, "that as long as Russia does not commit a hostile hos-tile act our attitude, which is directed toward localization. OOght to remain calm. "Von Moltke (chief of the general staff) returned today from Karlsbad, and he sharag tha view." The kalfer placed an exclamation point his copy of this document, he wrote: A Brilliant Performance. A brilliant performance for a time limit of forty-eight hours. This is more than could be expected a great success fo- Vienna. Herewith every ground for war disappears and (Heal (the Austrian minister to Serbia) might quietly have Stayed at Belgrade- tt would-never ha c ordered mobilization on the slrengt.1 of iS 10 o'clock the same morning tbe kalaer indited a lengthy note to L'han-cel L'han-cel or von Bethmann-HoOweg. in which he ureed that, while Serbia had ostensibly capitulated, the Serbians were "orientals and therefore "liars." Consequently, he went on. it was necessary to apply "douc-. violence" to them in order to guarantee the fulfillment of the Serbian assurances. ( Above aB, the kalaer said in his note to the chancellor, ' some "satisfaction d' honor" was due to the Austrian army, which otherwise would have mobilized three jbnea without having anything to show for it. "If your excellency shares my view, the kaiser added, "1 suggest that Austria be told that Serbia h4fl been compelled to withdraw, and we offer our congratulations congratula-tions on this result. We should further nay of course, that a state of war no longer exists, but. at the same time, a guarantee Is needed for the fulfillment of the Serbian promises. Cites Case of 1871. "This guarantee presumably can be secured se-cured by temporary occupation of a part of Serbia. Just as we in 1S71 left troops stationed In France until the millard ( Indemnity In-demnity Imposed by Prussia on b ranee nfter the Kranco-Prusslan war) was paid. "On this basis I am ready to mediate peace with Austria. Any proposals in a contrary sense or protests from other quarters 1 should unconditionally reject, all tho more so since everybody is more or less openly appealing to me for help to maintain peace." The German chancellor thereupon telegraphed tele-graphed to TscbJrsChtey (German ambassador ambas-sador at Vienna), pointing out that the Serbian reply was conciliatory and that, eat public opinion in Europe be antagonized, antago-nized, Austria ought clearly to define her aims. It was absolutely imperative, the chancellor chan-cellor added, that the odium for an eventual war should fall upon Russia. "If Russia did not acquiesce In the oc- ! pupation (by Austria) of Belgrade and other points as a guarantee," the chancellor chan-cellor continued. "European public opinion would swing definitely against her." The chancellor cautioned Tschirschky "carefully to avoid giving rise to the Impression Im-pression that we desire to restrain Austria." Aus-tria." Line of Procedure. "The point is,' continued Von Bethmann-Hollweg, "simply to find a line of procedure which will render possible the desired aim of Austria namely, to cover the vital nerve of the greater Serbia propaganda prop-aganda without at the same time provoking pro-voking a world war. and which procedure, If such a war should ultimately prove inevitable, in-evitable, will, as far as possible, improve for us the conditions under which it will have to be waged." Emperor Krancis Joseph signed the declaration of war upon Berchtold's dictation. dic-tation. But upon his return to the Ba!l-platz Ba!l-platz (seat of the Vienna foreign office), Berchtold deleted from the document signed by the emperor the references to Serbian acts of hostility. The declaration of war, thus abbreviated, abbre-viated, arrived in Nish at 1:20 p. m. At 9:40 that night Berchtold received from Ambassador Szoegyeny fat Berlin) Information Infor-mation to the effect that the German government gov-ernment had declined the "inopportune" Britieh proposals for a conference iu London. Lon-don. Herr ECautsky then recounts the now generally known exchange of telegrams between the kaiser and the czar, and also Prince Henry's letter with the report of a. promise by King George that the latter would try to keep Britain out of the conflict. On July -9 the kaiser conferred with his leading generals and chancellors at Potsdam. Pots-dam. Growing furious over the Inability ; to insure British neutrality, he penned a memorandum to the chancellor attacking attack-ing the English. ! The c-zar's suggestion, contained in his : second telegram, that the whole matter be referred to The Hague tribunal, was , rejected by the chancellor after It had j been shown to the kaiser. This telegram was concealed from the German people. On July SO. from 3 o'clock In the afternoon. after-noon. Bethmann- Holhveg became profoundly pro-foundly Impressed with the prospect that In the event of war England and Italy might make common cause with France and Russia. Wo he began to make frantic efforts to induee Berchtold to accept Grey's offer of mediation. He urged Tschirschky to represent to the Vienna government that If the latter refused to exchange views with Petrograd It would become almost impossible to impute to Russia the responsibility for the war Which was already threatened. The kaiser meanwhile penned a further memorandum to the chancellor, charging England. France and Russia had seized japon the Austro-Serbian conflict "as a pretext to embark on a war of destruction destruc-tion ugainst u; that is to say, that we must either shamefully betray our ally, thereby breaking the triple alliance, or. for our loyalty to our ally, submit to being be-ing chastised by the whole triple entente." en-tente." Strong, Although Dead. "This," the kaiser added, "is the true, naked situation, initiated by Bid ward VII and completed by George V. "Edward VU is dead, but he is still stronger in his grave than I, who am alive." Tho kaiser further declared in This memorandum: , "The machinations must be laid bare. We must inflame the Mohammedan world into a savage uprising. If -,ve are to bleed to death, England (at least?) must lose India." At 9 o'clock in the evening Chancellor Holhveg sent a fresh telegram to Vienna, urging the Austrian government (through the German ambassador) not to provoke suspicion "that we want war" by rejecting reject-ing Grey's mediatory offer. At 11:20 that same night the chancellor' canceled his 9 o'clock telegram. "As the military preparations of our neighbors, especially in the east, impose a speedy decision." de-cision." The documents of August I, 2 and 3 comprise Germany's efforts to goin Italy's support and various ultimata and declarations. declara-tions. Kautslty reproduces one of Llchnowsky'a (German ambassador in London at the outbreak of the war) messages. Tt bears an annotation by the kaiser, dated JuK 2ii, as follows: "Persia must eventually be the reward of the British for their connivance in the Austro-Serbian war." On August 5 Chief of Staff Moltke sent a memorandum to the foreign office In which he said: Compelled by England. "England's declaration of war. which, according to trustworthy information, was planned from the very beginning of the conflict, compels us to exhaust every means that may contribute to victory. The grave situation in Which the fatherland father-land finds itself makes it our duty to resort re-sort to every means calculated to injure the enemy. The unscrupulous policy our adversaries are conducting against us warrants ruthless action on our part. fount Moltke pointed to the insurrection insurrec-tion Initiated in Poland (against Rus- sia';. ' Of America, Moltke said there was a friendly German colony there, and that the American press must be well influenced. influ-enced. He added it might be possible to induce America to take naval action, "in return for which Canada beckons as a prize of victory." Moat important of all. he concluded, was the necessity o:' stirring up Insurrections in Egypt. India and the Caucasus, "in which Turkey would be able to excite the fanaticism of Islam." Lucky Boy. "you seem fond of the druggist's lit- ' tie boy." "Yes, he kin git all the pills he wants fer ottr alrguns." Kansas City Journal. |