Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-07-29 | Page 3 | Belgian Reports Show Causes of War

BElGIAN REPORTS SHOW CAUSES OF WAR AR Br BERLIN July 29 Via 9 Via London Th The ZelI Zel- Zel tung began the publication this morn morning I j ing of oC a a. series of or documents purport purport- ing to b be secret ecret Belgian Belian diplomatic reports found in Brussels b by the Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans and describing International po political po- po events eVent from the time of ot the Moroccan ln crisis until the beginning of the present conflict The Theo purpose of their I publication Is la to prove pro that Germany maintained a peaceful attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude throughout this period The papers published this morning Include aJl alleged ged reports made to Baron de de Favereau former Bel Belgian lan foreign n minister by Count de the I 1 former Belgian minister to Great Britain Baron Daron minister to Berlin Baron at Paris and anti Count Coun charge at Berlin These reports date atc from 1905 and deal dea with European politics politic especially th the attitude of ot the triple entente towards German Germany Count de Laming and anti Baron are quoted as having reported reporter in February 1905 that British It ity to Germany was caused by Jealousy Jealousy jealOUS Jeal jeal- I OUS of or the latter nations nation's commerce and naval growth L said to I have asserted that the British feared the days of or their naval supremacy were Ver numbered A statement attributed to tel Baron Biron i L writing under date of or May 7 7 1905 was that while King Edward was v In Paris he said the confidence existing between Germany German am and France hart had disappeared and conditions condl condi- were like those twenty years earl earlier Edward Hostile Baron Greindl is said to have ha been the author of or it a letter ietter written September September September Sep Sep- 23 1905 p praising the prel- prel Drel bund bund led b by Germany German for tor ln ha having maintained European peace for tor thirty Years ears and declaring the new now dIsposition disposition disposition tion of the British fleet was unquestionably unquestionably directed against Germany The same name minister Is quoted d as havInK hav hay tog InK oss asserted In a later letter lettel that King Edward was was hostile to German Germany and that Germanys Germany's Isolation was the act ot of British policy All An the letters printed emphasized efforts said lift to ba have 0 been made b by Great Britain to form a coalition a against Germany