| Show VON lETTER LETTERY lETTERi i Y SNOWS SHOWS UP LIE HE t I. I r. r OF HUNS Germany Was Primed for forWar forWar War Long Before Declaration 1 By Associated Press Pres WASHINGTON April 25 Repeat Repeat Repeated ed ed de declarations of tho the German em emperor emperor em em- and Hindenburg and Ludendorf that the war was forced upon Germany Ger Ger- many and assertions from the same sources that Germany was waR taken by surprise by the Russian mobilization atta attaches hes particular Interest to certain papers taken tal-en from Captain von the tho lato late military at nt Washington Among the papers which have hive been published by the British government government government gov gov- In a n. white book appears a a. aletter aletter letter from R R. von van Wild of ot the German German German Ger Ger- man war ministry In Berlin to C Captain Captain Cap Cap- lp- lp tain von van Papon seeking Information regarding the best means of blowing up tip railroad trains In the event of ofa R II European war war The Tha significant point Is la that this letter was written arch arch 12 1914 about five months before the tho outbreak of ot war This letter says t J According to newspaper per reports several railway trains train were blown up IP by revolutionaries during the troubles In Mexico In order to form an opinion whether In the event of A European war explosions of this kind i TV would Quid havo navo to be reckoned with It Itis itis I is requested that If possible Information Information tion should be ho obtained as to how I these attacks have hay been carried out I Were ere mines and explosives I placed on lines linea which were little guarded or WHO were the attacks FI carried put out on the train 1 bv by Igniting a charge of 01 dynamite dyna mite or by the employment ment of Infernal infernal internal Infer inter nal machines machineR VON REPLY Captain von replying from Mexico Me where It Is now known that lie ho wan wa was was- industriously planting the seeds of oC German propaganda and establishing es establishing establishing es- es connections for foi Germany to use In the event avant that she sho should war upon upeO the United States did not regard the operations of of the Mexican i revolutionaries ev as of oC any an particular i value Four months later he wrote from M Mexico xico City MEXICAN METHODS METHOD V VALUELESS I I am convinced from personal evidence evi evl- evidence I dence that ll il-ll ill all the recent cases of I destruction of railway lines by explosion ex explosion ex- ex I were brought about b by burying burying bury bury- bUrY I ing dynamite under the line itself S and then Igniting It by an electric current as soon oon as the train has reached the appointed place I 1 consider consider con con- I sider elder it out of the question that explosions explosions explosions ex ex- prepared In this wa way would I have to be reckoned with In a European European European Euro Euro- v tar ar aI They are only possible on lines that are ill guarded which as In this country often pass for miles through rev revolutionary districts and have no protection other than a pilot train Infernal machines so far fai as I 1 1 know no have In never ever been employed I Another nother letter to Von Van from the manager of the Potsdam branch fe of the Ces ells haft has this postscript P S Ye We We have never before seen such preparations for war as are being made at present German government government government gov gov- stocks fell today 1 per cent Kind regards regards regards-R R Mimel l Tl This Is letter was regarded as of particular particular par par- titular interest by the British compilers compilers compilers com com- of the tho correspondence In view of its Us date July date July 26 26 1914 while negotiations negotiations negotiations ne ne- were still in progress to avoid war DUMB A GETS IN Evidently Dr Austro Hun garian garlan ambassador to the United l States recalled at the request of this government did not appreciate until the last moment the danger in which he was placed by his own machinations machinations machinations machina machina- for optimism characterized his last letter to Von dated at Lenox Mass 1 September 1 1915 Things are doing splendidly in Russia wrote If If only the Dardanelles hold out Es Everything E has ended happily In Washington and people already think they hear the bells boils of peace ringing We Ve have not got that length yet b but f It Just shows what a good effect Is produced by good words and a light hand |
