Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1922, Page 18

~ ° _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922 8382\ Says England Alone Prevented Quick German Victory in War sign the order, as such recall would fil‘ Relic. impress my subordinates as an indi- Interes 3 cation ‘of insecurity.” ‘The Sciencg Museum, South Ken-| . Brooding and in a spirit of profound | sington, has just acquired the only| ' dejection, I rel ned at my desk |known specimen of the original Ark-| until 11 o'clock at night, when the | wright spinning jack, which has been | kaiser summoned me to the palace.|in the Swain family for-160 vears, It He had aJready gone to bed, but got has forty-eight spindies and is work- up and slipped on a dressing gown. | ed b; len fiy- % % Blackistone's, H _8t. at 1éth «-A Xmas Box -of Rosemary y hand with a five-foot B T — . 0% . He hand me a dispatch from the; wheel Arkwright, after attempting - % X King of England, in which the Iatter | petual motion, completed in 1768 & ma- | P Von_Moltke, in Memoirs, Declares Inter-|iiss S5t monihe s kiown'ic Sine' 57 spinning cotion wwess | ---C hocolates - » England which would prevent France H —and BONBON} ~ n 2 8 will mest vention Foiled Plans—London Also Iggakfi‘:é‘.’;‘“:;"mml‘.‘ hive ‘bees | 1 R T i 3 2 error or misunderstand- B T i Made of f Duped Berlin Into Delay, He Believed. | ! The King of Lubricants” Kredients Tn- o vatietisy 't i L] Given Carte Blanche. plcase every “sweet -2 Ay e B S Y Syl “The kaiser was highly itated | Ofll!aelplrcnl PoSt anywhere. £ By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 6.—"Did Eng- views. I finally succeeded in per- suading his majesty as to the im-|immediately and instructed the 16th and, turning to me, said: ‘Now you| may do as you like.” I returned home | out 0“{ Division to march into Luxembul'lf"‘ lkl E i —=60c, 80c, $1 per pound SFTHE ROSEMARY LUNCHEON- the tastiest lumcheon $ 3 land deliberately dupe Germany into | Perative need of carryin nie ETTH serves »! dalaying i sbilisation) by teatatively | CEiNinallplant ot tmobil se S0P, W, Von Moltke concludes the chapt dishes, also Afternoo: on by tentatively | prvided for the advance of strong | " PICEs SINTNMIER the, chapter | MOTOR OILS to break the ”allflu,:flrxm 3.,“ pumde $88888833888888888388888883388800088383383 >od o0 o4 E>o4 >0 oo 00 B3 ‘oe *0 (90 ioe ise TELLEI4TIITELILALLLLIIILLLLSLLL: ti2iditiidtitantiiiitiaitsainissstititins dietsrisdzasiidss ‘zm::mzzzmzzmzm:z:::x::xm:txizzzz:zzz:::xzzz:m:mzz:mzzmzzzmzzz‘z’zt!fzzzi 3444ds - R Silk Camisoles Beaded Hand Bags ~ Fiber Silk Scarfs D e e “ur Tight ick : The Iargest varisty of Imported Bags, of uew Beautiful colorings; deep wing through the narrow section be- I.Il Ce displayed in designs; brilliant ocalored fringed ends. $1.98 tween Axi-La-Chapells and the south- | vuu-'-: for the boil- :m ‘Worth $6.98. 34‘98 In Xmas Box. ... 1 f‘f,"‘,r':;wnd-ry of the province of Lim- i 224 ridbon trimmed. . s o c “In order to accomplish this with P"n { In Xmas Box...... 98¢ - Gift Hosie: the least possible loss of time it { Attractive Blouses Ty was necessary to seize Liege im- i ! mediatel — paragon BaXelite or 500 in Tailored Blouses; Peter Black, with colored tops. 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Beacon Bath Robes Jersey Silk SN R TR A ’ Sweater Sets g8 The Kiddies’ Kloth Shop 3.98 = E Indicating that she would observe | neutrality in the event that Germany § § $3838888383882838388888888383888838888328883 desisted from a naval attack on the north coast of France?’ 2 This impression is recorded by Lieut. Gen, Count von Moltke, in one of the critical chapters of his “memoirs,” now issued by his widow, the. ap- pearance of which has been keenly awalited in view of the role he played in the early days of mobllization and In the German defeat on the Marne. Ready to Negotiate. “On the day of mobilization,” says the memoirs, “a dispatch arrived from London, in which it was stated that England had obligated herselfMo as- sume the defense of the French coast against possible German naval attack. The kalser asked my opinion, where- upon I replied that I could have no scruples against guaranteeing that no such attack was contemplated, if England pledged herself to remain neutral. “It was my opinion that the war against France would be decided on land, and that we could well dispense with naval operations_If that was to be the price of Engilsh noutrality. Obviously, this dispatch represents England’s first attempt to dupe us, at least to the extent of prompting us to delay our mobilization.” Blames Russia for War. Von Moltke charges Russia with having enkindled the war, inasmuch as she well knew that Germany could not permit the destruction of her Austro-Hungarian ally. The Ger- man _ general staff, ~he asserted, had long since taken war on two fronts Into its_calculations. ~Plans ovolved by Field Marshall Von Schlfeffen, chief of the general staff, provided for the invasion of Belgium, as it was commonly agreed that a decision in open battle could not be forced without violating Belgium neutrality. “Qur_information indicated.” con- tinues Von Moltke, “that France was determined to intrench herself in 2 strong defensive position, Wwhich would force us to conduct a long and wearisome trench and position cam- palgn against a strong frontal de- fense. Von Schileffen even proposed to march the German right wing through southern Holland. but, rather than drive the Netherlands into the camp of our enemies, 1 decided to Says British Felled Plans. Admitting that there was much to c said in opposition to an invasion f Belgium. Von Moltke cites the early progress of the war in support of the German contention that France the was compelled to meet the tion. the moral setback would have heen a severe blow, as it would have depriv- ed the Germans of important rallway connections at Aix-La-Chapelle and Liege and thence on to Brussels. Von Moltke does not spare Von Bethmann-Hollweg for the chancel- lor's optimism with respect to the! eventual attitude of England as re- flected in the statement of Sir Edward Grey, then British foreign secretary, to Prince Charles Lichnowsky. the German ambassador at London, which palace on August 2. Expected Eastern War Only. _ “All seemed elated over the pros- pects of a war along the eastern front only,” says Von Moltke. * ‘Now, we have simply to mobilize our whiie army along_the eastern front’ the kaiser stated; to which I replied that such a procedure was not quite 20 could not be altered. None of those present seemed to contemplate tne eventuality that France, which was then already mobilizing, would attack If the attack on Liege failed! forces against France and the dis- patching of a weak defensive army against Russia. Any other procedure at that moment would produce disas- trous confusion in our military dis- positions. Threatened to Resign. “1 declared that if the mobilization Wnlbl.l‘nl%oulh something within me plans which had then been drafted were | (7,3 " subjected to alteration I would be|had beco forced to decline to assume further re- <ponsibility. Thereupon a reply to (irey’s meesage was drafted. in which it was stated that technical reasons made it impossible to halt the German operations along the French frontier, but that no attack on France would be undertaken provided France also re- mained inactive under directions from England.” Von Moltke does not conceal his dis- Zust with the English proposal and de- clares that he was convinced long before would never remaln neutral in the event of hostilitles between Germany and Russia, and that the moment war be- tween Germany and Russia broke out the outbreak of the war that ancn‘ it was imperative that Germany, €0 soonl ecame suspl- on as the French cious, 1mmediately France. Wanted Freach Forts. “I now demanded of the kaiser and his immediate advisers as a guarantee of French good will, temporary pos- session of the fortresses of Verdun and Toul,” continues the general. “This proposal was rejected on the ground that it indicated lack of confidence in England. The outcome of the pour- parlers plunged me in utmost despair, for I fully realized that these diplo- matic actions were working serious in- terference with our military plans and that they were likely to result in the gravest disaster to us nationally.” Recording his feelings when ordered to recall the army corps which was to occupy Luxemburg, an invasion which was to be avoided, according to Von Bethmann-Hollweg, as representing an attack on France and which might vitlate the English guarantee, Von- Moltke says: English Guarantee Denfed. “I cannot possibly describe the genti- ments that moved me when I arrived home. I broke down completely and wept tears of despalr. When an adju- tant brought in the dispatch ordering the 16th Division back from the Lux- emburg frontier I threw down my pen_and _declared that I would not war, LEWIS M.. THAYER ROWARD 5. 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