Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 93, Number 11, 12 January 1923 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY, JAN. 12, 1923.

PAGE SEVE.N

The Mistakes of the Kaiser By RENE VIVIANI Premier of France When the War Broke Out Copyright, 1922, by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.

XXVII WAR IS DECLARED But let us continue to follow in the steps of history. On August 1, in the afternoon, I countersigned the decrees of mobiliza-i tion at the very time when Germany, already under arms since the day before, was seeking to cover herself with the legal pretext that had preceded the brutal reality. Thus, France having drawn back her troops from the frontier, had waited for the supreme moment: she had not mobilized yet. in the midst of a Europe that resembled one intrenched camp. I could wait no longer. Had I waited beyond that last moment, my lesponsibility would have become criminal. After having tried every means, 1 at that unforgetable moment, summoned the French nation to arms and independence. At the same time we issued, w ith the decree of mobilization, a declaration signed by the president of the republic and by the whole cab

inet, which, posted on all the walls of

France, proclaimed France's ardent desire for peae, which was in every way reconcilable with her justified re

gard for legitimate defensive measure. And then, as I was tired of looking toward Germany, where I saw nothing

but the reflection of arms, I turned

my eyes toward England. Sir Edward Grey had maintained an honest and

impartial atlitude, refusing to jeopar

dize England's freedom of action, yet

he bad not resolved upon any definite course of action. This was also true of

the king, complying with the anguish

rd anneal of the president of the

French republic.

Nevertheless, at my request and at

that of M. Paul Cambon, the British

foreign minister promised to defend our roast and our flag, by means of the

British fleet, against ail insults.

This was not as yet actual co-operation with us the moment was yet to

come when violation of Belgian neutrality made England rise up over the waters, immovable as destiny. Germany hastened the coining of this moment, did nothing else but hasten it, since nothing can bring me to believe that, even had there been no violation of Belgian neutrality, England would have remained a passive, spectator. The protection promised against marttime brutality on the part of Germany would have been the spark, and, even had there not been that, England would have remembered 1S70, as we in 3870 bitterly remembered Sadowa, and she would not have allowed a combat

for her honor and her interest to be fought without her participation in it. ' The Declaration And now our moment , had come. History will affirm that, when the knell struck, it found us standing erect. Here is how the declaration of war was delivered to me: ' On August 3, at 6:1." p. m., an agon-

It opened. Hcrr

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fixed upon the door, von Schoen entered.

By the other door M. de Margerie

entered.

Herr von Schoen came into the room

with rapid steps: the color in his face

betrayed the intensity of his feelings.

Before occupying the seat which I indicated to him with my hand, he said to me:

"Mr. President, I have just been in

sulted I and my emperor."

He added.

"A lady has jnst insulted me, beside

my carnage.

"So you were coming here?" "Yes."

"Certainly you did not come to com-1

plain about this incident?" "Xo." "I present to you my regrets and

apologies." r Herr von Schoen bowed, and. later, j in his memories, he paid' homage to : my courtesy. I kept my eyes fixed I upon him, indicating, as it were, that ! it was his turn to speak, and I waited. ; Von Shoen Reads His Report i In contrast to w hat Herr von Schoen j has since recounted (subsequently thei importance of pointing this out w ill be ! realized) he said nothing more; he j simply read from a document which j he had taken from his pocket. Here i it is: j "The German civil and military au-! thorities have taken note of a certain , number of acts of a distinctly hostile j character committed on German territory by French military aviators.!.

Several of the latter have undoubtedly violated the neutrality of Belgian territory; one of them sought to destrov buildings in the vicinity of Wesel. oth

ers have been seen over the Eiffel region, another threw bombs on the railway near Karlsruhe and Nuremberg. "I have been commissioned to inform Your Excellency which I now have the honor of doing that, in view of these acts of aggression, the Ger

man empire consides itself in a state of war with France, owing to the acts of the latter power. "At the same time I have the honor of bringing to the knowledge of Your Excellency that the German authorities will hold French merchant vessels now in German ports, but will release them if, within forty-eight hours, they are assured of reciprocal action. "My diplomatic mission having thus come to an end, all that remains for me to do is to request Your Excellency to provide me with my passports and to take whatever measures Your Excellency may deem necessary in order to assist my return to Germany with the staff of my embassy, together with that of the Bavarian legation and the German general consulate in Paris. "Kindly accept. You- Excellency, the

expression of my highest consideration. "(Signed) SCHOEN." Naturally I listened in silence to the leading of this docum?nt. I stretched

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The sports sweater by any other iiame is just a silk knitted affair, as always. This year it is calick jacquette, as the French modiste would have it. This ie is mauve silk, trimmed with bands of yellow silk. A yellow silk sports skirt with mauve stitching down one side makes a smart skirt for wear with this coat.

ous points. I request you to protest without delay and in writing to the German government. Kindly take note, in doing this, of the following which,

in view or tne uncertainty ui com

munications between Paris and Berlin, I have sent directly to the German ambsasador: "The. French civil and military authorities of the eastern sections have just brought to our attention a number of incidents which I have asked our ambassador at Berlin to bring to the attention of the German imperial government. "One of these occurred at Delle, in the Belfort region, where, on two occasions, the French customs post was fired upon by a detachment of German

soldiers. North of Delle, two German patrols of the 5th Mounted Jaegers, crossed the frontier this morning and advanced as far as the villages of

Joncherey and Baron, more than ten kilometers from the frontier. The officer in command of the first of these blew out the brains of a French soldier. The German horsemen took away horses, which the French mayor of Suarce was about to gather together and he obliged the inhabitants of the place to lead away these horses. "The French ambassador at Berlin has been instructed to protest formally to the imperial government against these acts which are a distinct viola

tion of the frontier by German troops in arms, which is entirely unjustified in the present state of affairs. The French government can not but place the entire responsibility for these acts at the door of the imperial government. (Signed) "RENE VIVIANI." Herr von Schoen bowed low to me

from his carriage. I bowed to him. He disappeared. In his memoirs Herr von. Schoen wrote: "I returned to M. Viviani the icy calm with which he received me and with which he received the declaration of war." Of course I could not betray to the enemy the depth of my inner feelings nor give him evidence of the grief that I felt. All that he must be permitted to see was my firmness. I will add that there was one thing at least which Herr von Schoen might have envied me at that moment the tranquility of my conscience. What followed is well known. He tieparted that evening, after having sent his archives ahad some days be

fore, so sure was he of peace. He arrived undisturbed in his country,

after having been stopped by the Germans and forced to don the uniform of a colonel, so great was the respect of the German rabble at that moment even for diplomats. 'On the other hand, it will be recalled that M. Jules Cambon was accorded infamous treatment, was refused permission to depart by the route chosen by him, had to pay in gold since checks were not accepted,

for the traveling expenses of the embassy staff, and was locked up in his railway carriage, hedged in by rifles

Herr von Jagow was

certainly a gentleman; all the vulgar-

Births

D ALTON, lnd., Jan. 12. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Koons are the parents of a son. BLOOMINGPORT, lnd., Jan. 12. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Cox are the parents of a daughter, Martha Idonna.

WANTED TO SEE IT Willie Mum, do men have a style show the same as wimniea do? Teacher What a' question! Not that I know of, child. Wiry do you ask? Willie Well, papa asked mamma this noon where the ticket for his Sunday suit was.

Milton M. E. Women To Give Church Shower MILTON. Ind., Jan. 12. Women of the Methodist church will bold a kitchen and dining room shower Monday

Lafternoon from .2 to 5 o'clock and In

the- evening from 7 to 9 o'clck in the new church basement. All citizens of the community are invited to attend.

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French side of it. I also called to his attention in strong language that, two days before, on August 1, 9:30 p. in., I had had delivered to him the following note, which I had forwarded to M. Cambon for the latter to deliver to Herr von Jagow (1). He declared that he knew nothing about it. He had nothing more to say. Nor had I. I accompanied him to the outside of the ministry, as far as the courtyard, and

I stopped on the thrpshold of the front I leveled at him.

ooor, opposite the Place des Invahdes

seeing for mysef that the measures for Uty of official Germany found fit ex

assuring ms personal satety naa neen thoroughly carried out.

that noble and great man, the American ambassador, my friend, Myron T. Herrick. He informed us and his voice was wet with tears that Herr von Schoen had asked him to hoist the flag of the "United States over the German embassy. (1) The American flag, that flag whose firt stars had been

placed upon a glorious silken back-!

ground by the intertwined hands of Washington and Fafayette! Myron T.

Herrick received the German's request j with a gesture of disgust. It meant!' war. i T 1 I had telegraphed two days be-' fore to M. Paul Cambon in Berlin, ' asking him to request Mr. Gerrard, the1 American ambassador there, to take! over the protection of French interests ' in case of war. M. Cambon never re-j reived this message which was inter-! cepted by honest individuals well j known to the German government. That government, in fact, already in-j tended to ask the good offices of Mr. i Herrick, hence America could not un- j dertake protection of two divergent j sets of interests. ! I gave the order to warn M. Poin-i care, and I waited alone willingly: alone for the visit of Herr von j Schoen. which, a bit later, was an-j flounced to me. ' j Alone! Alone! for, after all, what j could I say, attempt, seek to do? For j a week we had been slipping down the j rough road and every bit of its rough-! ness had lacerated tis at every step. I We w ere compelled to sit and wait, to j wait for the. coming of the messenger; of violence and of death, and, after I him. for the coming of annihilation or victory. And no matter what might ! eventually happen we were sure of: the coming of a most frightful heca-1 tomb. I At that supremely fateful moment,; while I sat alone, face to face with France, in that office of mine darkened by Ihe setting of the sun, in the midst' cf a great city whence came no sound,! I took consolation in feeling that I stood in close contact with France, who bad so often sunk into the agony of death yet had risen, immortal. I knew that France would rise of herself, out of the depths of the centuries, sure of her innocence and of the courage of her sons, holding once again the mandate of justice conferred upon her by tberest of the nations. I was seated, with my elbows leaning

on the tawe of my office, my eyes j

Then I protested against the madness of such a contention and against its injustice. I called to his attention the fact that, far from having permitted raids of French troops on German territory, France had withdrawn her troops to a distance of ten kilometers from the frontier, and that it was Ger-

! many who had murdered our soldiers,

far from the frontier line and on the

(1) M. Rene Viviani. president of the council, minister of foreign affairs, to M. Jules Cambon, French ambassador at Berlin Paris, August 2, 1914. "Since German troops have today violated our eastern frontier at vari-

pression i its wortny representative. A few days later the kaiser, not wishing to be outdone in anything, took occasion, in his own country, surrounded by his army, to insult the British ambassador who had asked for his passport. -And to think that he had set itself up to rule the world! (To Be Continued)

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