Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 93, Number 3, 3 January 1923 — Page 7
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND,. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 1923.
PAGE SEVEN
The Mistakes of the Kaiser By RENE VIVIANI Premier of France When the War Broke Out Copyright, 1922, by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
From the moment of my arrival in Paris I got back to work and was able to learn, by analyzing details, just what had happened, what the public knew, what still remained confiden
tialin a word, I was able to grasp the situation as a whole. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under M. Bienvenu-Martin, had risen to the task with which it had been confronted, and, once again, proof had been given that the clear sense of a good Frenchman, and his high conscientiousness, were capable of facing a terrible crisis. What had happened during my absence? A better understanding of the situation may be obtained by combining ivhat we now know with the belated lisplav of documents hidden until
1919. ,This combination will allow us
to penetrate throwing betore us a
shaft of light, as it were into the unhealthy depths of certain human
consciences.
On July 25, the day of the Serbian
reply, we were unaware of the holding of the Council, or if another way of putting it is preferred the interviews of July 5. I have told
about them already, basing what
said particularly upon the terrible dispatch of the Austrian Ambassador
at Berlin. On that day. Emperor William, warned of the substance of the
ultimatum, which was to rise up be
fore the world 18 days later, and warned by the autograph letter of the Emperor of Austria of the execution of Serbia as a nation Whose elimination from Europe was necessary on that day, I say, Emperor William foresaw what the consequences would be, and said that he did. These consequences were Russian mobilization following, as was natural, upon Austrian mobilization in other words, they were war. On July 21, while keeping the German fleet concentrated, despite the announcement of the demobilization of the British fleet, the Kaiser once more expressed the same
opinion, viz: that war would result
from the ultimatum. " A Triumph for Duplicity
.Now we know this; at that time we did not. But, though we could
not perceive, as we now can, the war
like intentions that existed, we were, nevertheless, to see them appear in
the plan made at that time. After
all, they had been hidden from the world for more than 20 days, which
was in itself a triumph for duplicity
As early as July 24, the day on
which the ultimatum became known and was communicated to the Foreign Offices of the European nations, and even before the reply to it, the outlines of the plan began to appear: it. was necessary to terrify the world. The German Ambassadors called at the various Foreign Offices to which they were accredited, in order to announce that the situation was serious, softening the announcement in accoi'dance with what was demanded by public opinion in the different countries or was" suggested to them by their various characters. They even went further: "The conflict is one between Austria and Serbia," they said, "and if any other nation wishes
to mix up in it, such an intervention will have in calculable consequences." This was the menacing message which Herr von Jagow caused to be transmitted to us in France through Herr von Schoen. Let us go back for a moment. To
day we know that, on July 5, 1914, the German Emperor was so well aware that the conflict could not remain confined to Austria and Serbia that he took measures against the possible and natural preparations of ' Russia, which, he knew full well, would be rendered necessary by Austrian mobilization. He had realized, and realized clearly, what the character of the conflict was and that it was one which was bound to spread. Now, on July 24, we were politely asked to
remain silent, to wait, to observe, and we were warned that war would be declared against us if we showed intentions of taking a hand in the interests of peace. The message brought by Herr von Schoen to the French Foreign Office admits of no other interpretation. It did not take Herr van Schoen
long to realize that he. a messenger i
unaware ot the nature ot the message
which he brought, had walked into a blind alley. "How can we be expected not to get mixed up in the conflict?" was the answer given him. "And how about yourselves? Will you get mixed
up in it? Austria is your ally. Are
you not going to advise her to show
moderation? Are you going to let yourselves be dragged over the precipice by her?"
But it is necessary to talk to bt.
Petersburg," answered the German Ambassador.
And you should talk to Vienna,
since, on your own statement, the con
flict cannot be localized.' "I have, no instructions." It was really too simple. But here is a proof of the unequalled cynicism of the Germans. Herr von Schoen came four times to the French Foreign Office on the Quai d'Orsay. Why? To present for our approval a note having as its object that Germany and France, acting together, should intervene at St. Pe
tersburg and Dreach moderation to
Russia!
The underlying idea is evident; Germanv was to sav nothine at all to
Vienna, unless urged so to do by Aus
tria. And. as for us, the French, we
were to have the consolation of ad
vising moderation to St. Petersburg,
where, as will be seen, such advice
was not needed. Nor was that all!
We were to give Russia this advice
publicly, acting in combination with Germanv. who thus appeared hand in
hand with France as the guardian ot peace and of the world. The result was such an intrigue which only ex
treme naivete could have failed to per
ceive was auite easy to see: Russia
would appear deserving of reproach
from Germany and France, and, hence
the burden of responsibility would be
placed upon her. (We shall see short ly, through a dispatch from the Kais
er and one ironi nerr von ceimuauuHollweg, dated July 31, that this was indeed the plan). ' Herr von Shoen was politely shown out of the French Foreign Office. Part Played by German Ambassadors At the same time, in St. Petersburg, pressure was brought to bear upon Russia to keep her from entering into an international debate and the same threat about "incalculable consequences" was made. In London a more able German ambassador, in surroundings deemed to be less unfavorable to Germany, acted with more tact and would have done his country the service of enlightening the German government immediately
as to the intentions of the British gov
ernment, but Germany did not know enough to take advantage of this.
The part played by the German Am
bassadors, moreover, completely reveals the premeditation of the Ger man government's plan of action.
At Vienna the German Ambassador
did not allow the loosening for an instant of the chain of servitude bind
ing Austria to Germany, and fed the fire which was to devour the world, and he did this with all the more zeal
since, having earlier desired to give some advice in favor of moderation to Austria, he had been snubbed by
the German Emperor (see the pre
ceding chapter). At St. Petersburg, the task of Count Pourtales, who, unhappily for us, was of French blood
(though, fortunately, it came from many generations back, was to
frighten the Russian government
bring it to the verge of war, blind it
with the flash of the murderous light
ning. At London, Prince Lichnowsky
the German ambassador, might have
devoted to the service of his country
the fruit of many years' experience, the sympathies which he had won
even a certain measure of authority.
But all he could do was to warn a government that was deaf and make signs to Ministers of State who were blind. The German government caused to be attached to his Embassy, disguised under some sort of diplomatic title, one Herr von Kuhlmann, whose duty was to keep a watch upon Prince
Guest Night Is Observed By Virginia Asher Council
Guest Night was observed at the regular Tuesday evening luncheon meeting of the Virginia Asher Business Women's council, which was
held in the Red Men's hall, a total of
more than 200 persons having been registered for both meetings of the council on Tuesday. At the night
meeting Miss Ruth Ferguson gave special musical numbers. Games were
played and a social good time was en
joyed by all present. The feature of
the noon meeting of the council was the talk given by Mrs. L. II. Bunyan
on the subject of home missions.
MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN
CHARGED THUNDER, AID
TO SITTING BULL, DEAD
FORT W AYNE. N. D.. Jan. 3.
Charged Thunder, ex-associate of
Chiefs Gall and Sitting Bull and
member of the hostile bands of Sioux
Indians that mad.? bloody history m Dakota territory in the early days, is dead here after a long illness. Charged Thunder's most memorable exploit, ac
cording to well-informed students of Sioux history, occurred in 1867, when
he single-handed killed 15 soldiers in
attack upon Fort Reno, Mont., and ran off 30 head of government mules.
Is IS? A
Lichnowsky, and it was due to the secret reports of this man that the effect of the public notes of his chief was destroyed. Moreover, it will be
shown that Prince Henry of Prussia, having misunderstood a conversation which he had with King George, spurred on his country in the policy adopted by it at the moment of supreme crisis. As for Herr van Schoen, he had re
ceived no positive instructions, at
least up to July 31. Herr von Shoen Worried
I did not know this Ambassador,
since my occupancy of the. Ministry
oi roreign Airairs Derore the war (June 16 to August, 1914) had been
too short. Therefore, it will be a dif
ficult matter for me to pronounce a final judgment upon him, which I
should wish, temporarily at least, to be impartial. I cannot state that he
desired war. The majority of his dis
patches evinced a desire on his part to appease the German government
ana to snow it tne real situation m
peace-loving but determined France
Of course, I saw him often between
July 29 and the evening of August 3.
usually he had no definite news from his own country and came in order to obtain information, impelled by quite legitimate curiosity. Though he did
not play a very active part, one must needs pay him the compliment of admitting that, in order to assert him
self, he never played either a perfidious or bad part. Madame von
Shoen was of Belgian origin; I have always had the idea that her hus
band, though he did not desert the cause of his own country, was wor
ried by the imminent peril threaten
ing a land which he loved.
On some occasions Her von Schoen
appeared to be embarrassed by the part he had to play, so much so that, as will be shown, he refused once to
impart to me a dispatch that was an insult to France, which dispatch he branded later on in his Memoirs as "stupid." The man was courteous;
I feel convinced that at no time did he go to the full lengths demanded by his government. Berlin Thought Paris Weak True, diplomacy sometimes makes mistakes, the importance of which is shown afterwards. Herr von Beth-mann-Hollweg and Herr von Jagow doubtless thought that there was an impotent government in Paris, con-
A Playroom Screen
For my little girl who loves to cut
and paste pictures I had her big broth
er make a three-leaved wooden screen which I covered with cambric. She cuts out pictures and pastes them on
this, making scenes to suit her fancy.
On one leaf she furnishes a house, on another a family of children, or perhaps a zoo. As such a screen may be
easily madeout of scraps of lumber and the cambric can be frequently changed.
this is a satisfactory way of letting a little girl entertain herself.
(Copyright, 1923, Associated Editors)
for a few days; the British were to be deceived, likewise the world in general, as to the intentions of Austria; proclamation was to be made that no Serbian territory would be annexed, as if the hegemony of one nation had not a far more terrible political significance than that; and, in addition, warning was to be given that anyone meddling with the machinery that had been so carefully prepared ran the risk of death. Then, under the shelter of lies and blackmail, the Slavic sentiments of Russia were to be
aroused; she was to be impelled to
take defensive measures which were later to be misinterpreted; if neces
sary, some obscure police incident was to be cooked up all for the purpose of making Russia seem responsible, and, along with her, France, the ally of Russia. In addition, however, another plan had been hatched along with the previous one, viz: if, after all, France's action should be paralyzed by inertia and fear, it would mean that Russia would be left alone and the Double Entente disrupted. With that accom
plished, Russia's indifference would have been secured and it would be
the turn of isolated France in other words, war at the expense of the Entente, or disruption of the Entente and the hegemony of Germany. We shall see later on that we were indeed confronted with this perilous alterna
tive, particularly during the 31st of July. However, before this plan could succeed, a coefficient was needed and it was supplied by angered Serbia. What would happen if Serbia yielded? Would it. be possible, with the world looking on, to continue to act against her? What answer was to be given to those wishing to keep far away from the explosion yet demanding that due account be rendered? These
questions made Germany hesitate for a moment, a moment which must be. borne in mind first, because respect for truth so demands, and, secondly, because this hesitation, which was not destined to last, showed to what an extent Germany had been caught brain and body and soul and conscience, if I may so express it in the cogs of the whirling machinery. (To Be Continued)
Tape's Cold Compound" Breaks a Cold in Few Hours
fronted by a muttering crowd of
demagogues and an exasperated chauvinistic party; therefore, Berlin
reckoned upon an uprising in Pans following unon the death of Jaures.
For this reason it was thought in Berlin that everything might be obtained as a result of weakness and fear. Herr von Schoen, closer to realities, soon understood that any conditions to be imposed upon a government must depend upon the strength of its position. And so the plan was to progress
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