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Show 'I RUSSIA BLAMED j FOR WAR CLOUDS 3 Secret Documents Found by tl J the Germans Are Make III g j Public. rfl 3 Berlin, Aug. 24, by wireless to Say- vllle, N Y The Norddeutsche All- f gemeine Zeltung has published rur- , ilier extracts from secret documents , found by the Germans on taking pos- 1 .' session of Brussels. The latest in- r stallment deals with the period of the Balkan wars. The Overseas news agency in a summary given out for publication, says: I "Concerning Russia's policy, the i Belgian minister to Berlin, (Baron Beyens) in a letter written on Octo- ber 24, 1912, repeats statements made j by Julius Cambon, tnen French am- , bassador at Berlin, vriting as fol- ' lows " 'The French ambassador, who apparently ap-parently has special reasons for speaking as he does, told me repeatedly repeat-edly that the greatest danger to the maintenance of European peace was the lack of discipline and the personal per-sonal conduct of Russian diplomatists In foreign countries. They are all ardent pan-Slavists and they have-largely have-largely to carry the burden of responsibility respon-sibility for present events. They will, without doubt, secretly instigate Rua- . slan intervention in the Balkan con- ' "The same ambassador wrote on i t April 4, 1913: 1 " 'The arrogance and contempt with which the Serbians receive the complaints com-plaints of the Vienna government can i ' be understood only by reason of the ' support they hope to 'find in Peters-', Peters-', burg. The Serbian charge d'affaires here said recently that his government govern-ment would not have maintained Its attitude of the last six months with regard to Austrian representations it ! it had not been encouraged to do so by the Russian minister, M. Hartwig, j a diplomatist of Iswolsky's school.' . : ; "Concerning France, the Belgian :' minister at Paris (Baron Guillaume), ! wrote on February 14, TJ13: j1 " 'M Poincare was collaborator and ') Instigator of M, Millerand's militar- I istic policy.' " j 'i "On February 21, 1911, he wrote: In the troubled times which Europe now experiences, the greatest danger Is caused by M. Poincare's presence his rule the militaristic and slightly SSn?n,SU? i"St,ncts of the Fren nation awokp " thi'J1!? inrluence has been visible in this change of mind.' ,. France Chauvinistic, tinne thl An6l-German negotia te ZV ?e.6Un by Viscount Hal-fcSunt Hal-fcSunt n. ?Iga,n minIster at London ?2 91?; What is t0 be th basis rnn understanding on this discus-Thl discus-Thl y el,minating the improbable theories, one probably must find It in the spheres of political and economic interests. Let us hope that it will not be at the expense of a third suite that Is too feeble for resistance.' This shows that the Belgian minister was then of the opinion that France and England were capable of reaching an understanding with another nation by violating small countries. "Concerning the role being played by Russian diplomacy In the Balkan states and the resentment which it nspired in France, the Belgian minister min-ister at Paris wrote on March 8, '"The governments of Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece, encouraged by the attitude of the Russian diplomatic representatives to the Balkan states, no longer conceal the close relations between their governments and the Russian cabinet. Russia was the only one to be informed of their alliance al-liance and they did not begin the war until Russia agreed. The French ambassador, am-bassador, in a communicative mood, confided to me that it was difficult to denend unnn thn hrim-m k ,, reliable, politicians who govern the policy of the empire allied with France, because they play a double game, even with France M Cambon complained particularly about the Influence In-fluence exerted by M. Iswosky. (Russian (Rus-sian ambassador to France) who desires de-sires personal revenge on Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary and takes pains to Interfere whenever Austria-Hungary seems about to win.' "The anti-German spirit was so rampant in France that even Foreign Minister Pichon was alarmed. The Belgian minister to France wrote on April 17, 1912: "'Public feeling In France' Is constantly con-stantly becoming more chauvinistic, Measures have been taken to check this current which has been encouraged encour-aged by the government since 'he Agadir affair and the formation of the Polncare-MIllerand-Delcasse ministry min-istry ' " DO |
