New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1915, Page 5

GERMANY REPLIESTO * GREY' STATEMENT Teutons Fightil;g to Free Europe from Brutal British Policy Berlin, Aug. 31.—The ‘“North Ger- man Gazette” publishes an oricial re- ply to the recent statement by Sir sEdward Grey, the British secretary for foreign affairs, with relation to the speech of Chancellor von Beth- mann-Hollweg at the opening of the last session of the Reichstag. The Overseas News Agency yesterday sum- marized the reply in the ‘‘Gazette” as follows: 2 “At the beginning the article al-~ ludes to the fact that Sir Edward Grey ,diplomatically ignored the valuable material contained in reports from Belgian ministers at various Euro- pean capitals prior to the war, re- cently published in Germany, but goes exhaustively into the subject of Bel- gian neutrality. The chancellor never said that Belgium sold her neutrality to England, but asserted that it had been proved by documents that Bel- glum had fostered British military 7 plans, thus herself violating her neu- trality. Not Neutral Country. “The article points out that the dis- cussion of all eventualities by British and Belgian military officers must have been reported to the British cab- inet. Documents found in Brussels, it is asserted, show canclusively that —— ‘Women as well ‘as men are made miserable by kidney and bladder trouble. Thous- ands recommend Dr. mer's Swamp-Root great kidney remedy. At druggists in fifty cent and dollar sizes. You may receive a sample size bottle by Parcel Post, also pamphlet telllng about 1t. Ad- dress Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y., and enclose ten cents, also mention the New Britain Dally Heral City Advertisement Bid For Work in Town Clerk’s Office. The committee ‘on supplies and pricting will receive bids at its meet- ing to be held September 7, 1915, at B o’clock p. m., for the furnishing of material and doing the following work: 1sf 8”x sand. Kil- the Sorting about * alphabetically, 170,000 cards price per thou- a British military attache coolly told the Belgian colleague that Great Brit . ain would land troops in Belgium without Belgium’s consent, and that Belgium never had protested against this, having decided not to resist a British violation of Belgian neutrality; but that upon the mere supposition that a German invasion was possible the Belgian government prepared complete plans for co-operation with British forces. Such a country it is declared, is nat a neutral country. “Other documents found, the reply continues, show that the British gen- eral staff received, reviewed and dis- cussed important reports of attaches stationed at Brussels. Broke Own Neutrality. “The chancellor, it is added, did not endeavor to bring ta light facts that would justify a violation of Belgian neutrality in August, 1914, and stated the reason in his Reichstag speech, declaring that German troops invaded Belgium after the latter had already broken her own neutrality.” “Besides, it is added, the excitement over the morals of a violation of a 76-years-old treaty made for entirely different purposes was ridiculous for a country which unconcernedly dis- regarded a promise solemnly given twenty-five vears ago to all Eurape, and which continuously supported French violations of the obligations accepted in 1911 regarding Morocco.” Takes Shot At England. The Overseas News Agency takes up the assertion by Dr. Bethmann-Hollweg in his Reichstag speech that Sir Edward Grey had said to the German am- bassador, as he was taking leave of him after the outbreak of the war, that it might be possible that Eng- land could be of more assistance to Germany at the war’s clase by enter- ing the conflict that if she had re- amined neutral. It notes the “Ga- zette’s” assertion that Sir Edward Grey had denied having made such remarks as the German chancellor in his Reichstag address had interpreted as meaning that Sir Edward would be able to aid Germany against Rus- sia. The text of the memorandum in which Prince Lichnowsky, the Ger- man ambassador at London, recarded the part in question of his invention with the British secretary for for- eign affairs, is reproduced from the newspaper by the Overseas News Agency as follows: “3ir Edward Grey sent word that he would like to speak to me at his home before my departure and bid me farewell; also that he had a con- fidential communication to make that posibly would be valuable in the future. T answered that in view of the turn affairs had taken it would be painful for me to meet him again, but would yield to his request, as I here von recent 2nd. Set of celluloid alphabetical guide cards, tabbed as index for about 200,000 3x5 cards giving first three “letters for each nme, average 28 cards each, 3rd. 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Gravest of His Life. “Sir Edward Grey was visibly moved as he greeted me. He said the decision he had been obliged to take was the gravest of his ntire life, and that- the deciding consideration was that participation in the war would injure England little more her influ- ence into the balance than by Tre- radining neutral, because she would be able at any time to threaten to withdraw from the conflict. “The violation of recognized inter- national treaties guaranteed by Eng- land, he said, made it impossible for her to stand aside. Also he regarded it as inexpedient to consider the sug- gestion of the imperial chancellor es- tablishing conditions for Great Brit- ain’s neutrality. From the British standpeint, such a transaction im- pressed him as improper, and he could not enter into negotiations with a power that could make such propo- sitions. 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The foreign secretary’s confidential communication to Prince Lichnowsky is thus summarized: 5 “The confidential communication was to the effect that should events not take the turn anticipated by the German military party or should Great Britain wish for other reasons to bring. the war to a speedy end, he always would be prepared, if he re- mained in office, to undertake task of mediation and be of assistance to Germany. He had not the slight- est intention to crush Germasy, and wished only to restore peace upon ac- ceptable conditions and put an end to unspeakable misery for the civilized world. “Prince Lichnowsky remarked that the role of arbiter would, be easier for Sir Edward Grey had Great Britain maintained neutrality. He answered that the participation of England would shorten the duration of the war.” The Overseas News Agency, in con- cluding its summary of the North German Gazette’s reply, says: Could Have Maintained Peace. “If Sir Edward Grey had assented to the acceptance of the proposals for a. conference he would have main- tained peace. “If Germany had quietly looked on while Russia gathered her millions of soldiers at the frontier, Germany to- day would look as East Prussia did after the Russian invasion and Sir Edward Grey himself had read the report of the British ambassador at St. Petersburg that Russian mobiliza- tion must lead to German mobiliza- tion and war. If the foreign secre- tary had told St. Petersburg that Great Britain would not enter a con- flict, war would have been avoided e s OMPEIAN _OLIVE OIL FRESH-'PURE -SWEET wurdedGold Medal 8an Franoisco Exposition) ~the highest honor on Imported Olive Oil. ’PHONE 230 the- . ditious have been good. instead of being precipitated by the prorise of support. “Germany fights not for supremacy,. as Sir Edward Grey said, but for the liberation of Europe from the brutal supremacy that England had main- tained over it by her powerful fleet and with her policy of dividing the European powers into two hostile parts, hacking at each other in the in- terest of Great Britain and permitting ihat nation to throw her weight where it best served her egotistic ambitions.” PEANUTS AS CATTLE FOOD. Recommended by British Imperial In- stitute After Experiments. London, Aug. 31.—Peanuts, locally known as monkey nuts, are recom- mended as cattle food by the Im- perial Institute, after a series of ex- periments with a view to finding a substitute for the higher priced foods. Before the war. these nuts were imported in great quantities both by Germany and France. They were crushed and pressed for oil and the residue pressed into cakes for cat- tle. But England used but a small quantity as the people, when they eat them at all, eat them raw, being ig- norant of the fact they are improved by roasting, India, China, and Africa are the great producers of peamnuts, although they are being introduced into Brit- ish tropical dependencies. KILLED IN HUSBAND’S OFFICE. New York Detective Held for Murder of Wife. New York, Aug. 31.—Mrs. Saran Leitner, 27 years old, wife of Samuel Leitner, head of a private detective agency, was shot and killed in her husband’s office in a down-town office building last night- Leitner was ar- rested and charged with her murder, Detectives reported that they found a revolver, with six empty chambers, in a room adjoining that in which the killing took place. Leitner told the police that two men came to his office door, fired five times at his wife and then escaped. He was behind his desk, he said, when he was startled by shots and the cry of his wife, “T am killed.” He then ran into the street and notified the police. Powder marks were found in all five of the wounds, indicating that the shots werc fired at close range. NO “SET” OF OYSTERS. New Haven, Aug. 31.—Observations made by oyster growers in Long Is- land Sound leads them to the opinion, | that for unaccountable reasons there | has heen no “set” on the oyster ;rounds this season. 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Washington,fi Aug- 31.—Plans for having immediately available for the nation’s service in time of war, asso- ciations or societies of engineers, bridge builders, electricians, tele- graphers and other trained experts in civil life, are being worked out at Army War College in connection with the general reorganization schems now being studied. i Secretary Garrison sald yesterday he had received numerous sugges- tions from members of these bodies that the organizations might be of use to supplement the army engineer and expert corps should the need arise. Willlam Barclay Parsons of New York and Elmer L. 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Army Officers Alleged to Have Wished Germany Success, Washington, Aug. 31.—Secretary Garrison received from Senator Chamberiain or Oregon yesterday a letter containing published accounts of a dinner held in Portland, Ore., several days ago at which two army officers from Fort Stevens were said tc have participated in a toast to the German Emperor and wished success to the German cause in the war. The letter was referred to Brigadier Gen- eral Bliss, acting chief of staff . Mr. Garrison indicated that he did not take the matter very seriously- ANOTHER MAIL STEAMER. ‘Washington, Aug. 31,—An arrange- ment was concluded yesterday be- tween the post office department and the Oceanic Steamship company for an additional sixteen knot American mail steamer between San Francis- co and Sydney, Australia, via Pago Pago, Samoa, and Honolulu. This will result in a sailing from San Francisco every three weeks. TAFT ON “PRESIDENCY.” San Francisco, Aug. 31.—‘The pres- idency, its powers, its duties and re- sponsibilities,” was the general sub- ject snnounced yesterday for a series of three lectures to be givn by Prof. ‘Wm. Howard Taft at the University of California at Berkeley, Cal. The first iecture yesterday on “The pow- ers of the presidency.” SEVENTEEN DROWNED. London, Aug. 31.—An officer and sixteen boys of the training ship Cornwall were drowned in the Thames yesterday near Purfleet, while engaged in boat practice. A tug colliGed with their boat and sank it. LINER MISSING. New Orleans, Aug. 31.—Search of Cozumel Island, off the Yucatan coast, has revealed no traces of any of the crew or passengers of the mis- sing liner Marowijne and no wreckage of the vessel, according to a wireless message received by the United Fruit Company here yesterday afternoon from its steamer Coppename, DEMOCRATS TO MEET. 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