Show I BERNSTORFF TELLS or OF LIFE IN AMERICA He Could Have Kept U. U S. S Out of f War Jf If Let Alone Aloney by y Militarists BERLIN BERLIN r March l 32 12 By By t the e Associated Asso- Asso dated Press Count Press Count von Bernstorff former German ambassador to the United States has been trying Jils ils skill at public speaking in tn Berlin BerUn during during during dur dur- I ing the past week as a preparatory training lor for his fall faU campaign for tor a a. seat in the national assembly lIe He addressed audiences on various subjects subjects subjects sub sub- last night and entertained a largely attended meeting attended meeting at the Grunewald with a a. recital of ot his Washington experiences The he former ambassador told the au audience an- an he was confident hIs efforts to keep the United states Slates out of the thew w war r would have be been n successful ex except ex- ex except for the intervention of the Ger Ger- German German Ger- Ger I man man military crowd at the moment I eX-I I when prospects were brightest Pres Pres- I I I I when prospects were brightest Pres Pres- President President ident Wilsons failure to t secure recognition rec- rec I of his fourt fourteen en pol points he believes Was waa due to the tho fact tact that 1 Premiers Lloyd George Georges and Clemenceau Clemen- Clemen ceen were more ore dominating figures In Inthe inthe the conference I I Von Bernstorff was cross e examined I i for fully fuBy an hour after fter he had icon icon- eluded by his his' auditors m most st of whom wanted him to explain why th the president dent had hall ostensibly work d for a Just peace in the fall and winter of 1016 1916 17 and then failed failed- to negotiate one subsequently An elderly woman told the former ambassador that he was altogether I wrong In tn his optimistic estimates of ot the president n of the United States who she declared has completely duped us with his fourteen points Von Bernstorff asserted that even today tod he vas was not informed as to what military quarters quarter's in Germany German haa had inspired the American plots and I crimes not charged up to Von Boy Boy Ed Ed and others ethers 1 I In the course course of 01 his r revelations now being published Count von Bernstorff de denies les that the te leaders ders of of the the tho GE man Gt-man man propaganda anda bureau in ht j the United States had attempted to toi toj I i play pl Y off oft Japan and Mexico against j the the United States State I |