New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1918, Page 8

CONVIETS HAISER s Series of Letters Show- W0 Gaused Great War 28—A that Prince bert of jmperor Associated Prei notable revelations made by ambas- of been givea to It promises to William has 3 al t German outbreak the lon at the I Mu rupp director letter sations hlon, for- Albert's gives textual- many conver with the ex projec and also s from hiperor on his war the former The let- prince as gned friend, R ex- number of letter erm rs are My Dear [Your H yusin n ruler to the prince ddressed to the Cousin,” and are 's devoted William, I. the ve Prince the and at on irer, itions between d the prince cover intimacy dur which as a frequent guest nperor at Berlin and Kiel emperor’s summer palace nd Corfu. of of Talks. The prince’s letter is addr ['o His Majesty William IL™ It the former German ruler throughout as “Sire.” It the ex-emperor their conver- in which the emperor ex- his ideas for Germany's fu- nd then gives the successive hich he yielded to the mili- & ining the purposes of Albert writes: ak with serenity effort to enlighten path which would maintain nations within the limi ustice and dignity and would r peace the interests of Franc termany. I speak with firmn oul in revolt against the spectacle of he plot of force to annihilate la nd honor, all the beauties of civiliza jon and all the conquests of man ver brute, Warned Him of E ‘It was open to you to become the reatest figure of all time if you had lirocted your power to repairiag the justice welghing on Europe nd iven vyour high authority to the deals of right, justice and peace to which mankind is now eagerly turn- “But, rutal W rehy Recalls Their to jations, ressed his let- of only you upon rror, maintained the military mon- which could >d on efvi- ia6tead, customs of a until Germany, »n world power bas you URRAN'S PRE- INVENTORY SALE EVERY DAY GREAT REDUGTIONS Men's heavy fleeced lined under Shirts 34 to 44 and small sizes. Draw- ers each only $1.00. Worth double. Men’s heavy $2.08 Sweaters, in dark red only, mch $1.50. Men’s heavy Oxford grey $3.98 Sweaters, ea. $2.50. Men mix cuc‘ ate heavy Heather $8.00 Sweaters, w) 00. wool heavy Sv mt"ri Navy Blue, and black, each $5.00. Men’s Negligee Shirts it culfs, neat patterns ] izes Hl/ to 17 regu- .50. Today each $1.19. | | { { | aavantages of i | Monaco addr 1 to former | the | has dragged you down in its sc ideas and blind folly.” Recalling to the ex-emperor coaversations, the prince says: “I was deeply impressed with the talk T had with you when we inaug- urated the Observatory of Ledenbera. When [ condemned the militarizing of a people as stunting individual de- velopment described to me the | such a form of nation-| outside its purely mili- because, as you said, it from the heaviness of | tion in their you 2l education tary objects, relieved men their bearing. “This was your co. ipal end of a system the appli- | which is terrifying the »day in the path af your ar- | mies row marks of this ed- i uc which betray your profound er ception of the of Although you said to day it was not your right to action which would have | world peace. Yet you told me on the vacht meteor on June 28, 1914, in learning of the ination of Avch- duke Ferdinand, ‘Now I must do ev- erything over : me one conserv ag Says He Willed War. “History will recogn manifestations of your truth of your responsibili liberate war. In an int with you the same yacht on the merning the same day 1 noted | certain points disclosing your real purposes when I said to you that I the majority of the French | supported the idea of a rapproache- ment with Germany, you answered e with unusual emphasis, ‘Yes, but we must hurry or else it will be too late and other arrangements will be necessary to establish the position of ations of Europe. Here are the Anglo-Saxons un- tanding their true interests and trying to group themselves in joint protection against the vellow races. Even this year President Wilson and England have used diplomatic Jan- guage. They understand also that there is nothing to do with Germany than to accept her as she is.’ " in these conscience the y for a de- view I had two on of believed after 17 | § | marine congress you referred me to | wa After thus quoting rerbatim the 's language, Prince Albert You afterward talked at length to convince me you had no bad senti- ment toward France or anyone, and rou remarked to me that you might ‘e fallen upon Russla when she was ruined by her war with Japan, and upon France when 800,000 rench soldiers were in hospitals. When I answered vou that France's pacific intentions were shown by the tendency o reduce her military forces. you had nothing more t osay. He Hinted at War. The Prince then relates a sensa- | tional conversation in which the Em- peror pointing to a British squadron visiting Kiel, foresaw the coming war. ‘The transformation of your men- | tallty became evident to me in June, {1914, when upon the deck of the | Tiohenzollern at Kiel you said to me with frritation as you saw the English | squadron come to salute you: ‘If { they oblige me to make war the world will see what it has never known before.’ i | ‘“Your mind seemed touched with a | last gleam of foresight as those fero- cious views took form. Perhaps you still wished to resist the monstrous obsession of those demanding war, for you added: ‘Upon those ships where | English officers are about to laugh and dance with our young women they seem very far from dreaming of making war.""” Prince Albert then relates numer- ous conversations when the Russian Emperor proposed an international court at The Hague. “You disclosed to me one day your real thoughts upon this noble movement in remark- ing to me with a smile that you were happy to participate in the Czar's conferences, but did so by appointing as your delegates the most vigorous German generals.” Prince Albert's letter continues: |1 recall also that when I asked your support for the first international | Admiral von Tirpitz, for whom the soul of the sailor will never have any respect.” The Prince gives a conversation with the German Crown Prince as showing his attitude toward The Hague tribunal. ‘Talking with the | Crown Prince at his Kreuth residence in Bavaria I complimented you on offering to settle the Casablanca affair before The Hague tribunal. “The heir to the imperial throne answered that the chancellor had made a mistake in accepting that ar- rangement, ‘because,’ said the Crown Prince, ‘the French are right in that affair, but a powerful state should never avoid war even when it is in| the wrong, under penalty of losing its prestige.’ In another | | | talk with Emperor William the Prince says the Emperor remarked that he held the Russian Czar in his hands. In this connection Prince Albert writes: “In the Czar’s crimes, for which Germany must bear responsi- bility there is one which humanity for all times. Nicholas IT. s incapable of lying or betraying his allies. He wished to perform his duties Not agreeing with your wishes, although you told me you held him in your hands, Nicholas, eluded vour suggestions, but was assassinated | by vour Bolshevik accomplices with- your | the principles of popular | falls to both of us alike to will revolt | | A 2 out intervening to save him. § | EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY DECEMBER 2 8, 191 SELF GOVT. IS K. NG'S THEME H[J[jHES I]EN[]UN[}ES 'WILSON’S, UNION OF NATIONS English Monarch Delivers Address in Which He Drinks Toast to Prosperity of American Chief Respond: SAYE, —In his speech a Wilson ght King WHAT KING G Dec. banquet EORGE London, 28 t the state to President at Buckingham Palace last 1 George said:— {mh your Near! your lite 2 is an historic visit marks an y 150 y have republic began its independent and now for the first time, a dent of the United States is in England. We welcome you whence camn your where stand the homes of those frc whom sprang Washington and Lm~‘ celn. We welcome you for yourself, | one who ight Imn and dignity in the discharge of his high duties we have watched with admira- | tion. We see in you the happy union ! the gifts of a scholar with ihose of statesma You came from a !l 1dious, academic guiet into the full m of an arduous public life and deliverances have combined ith of view and grasp of world problems with the mastery of a lofty diction recallin that of your ovators of the and of our own. “You come official head and spokesman of mizhty common- wealth bound to us by the clos: I[ts people speak the tongue of Si peare and Milton On yours as yours is also ours letters in both countries in maintaining its gRlories. “To you not les moment and historic epoch. passed since | our gue to the country ancestors and of P as the e literature is and men of have joined incomparable than us belong the memories of onr national heroes from King Alfred down to the da of Philip Sidney and Drake, of Raleigh and Blake and Hampden and the days when the political life of the English stock in America was just beginning. You share with us the traditions of free self-government as old as the magna char “We recognize the deeper significance ideals which our people cherish. First among those ideals you value and we value, freedom and peace. Privileged as we have been to be the exponents and the examples in national life of self-govern- laws, it now see how applied be- of still common bond in the ment based upon equal these principles can be { vond our own borders for the good of the world. “It is love of liberty, Tespect for law, good faith and the sacred rights of humanity that brought you to the 0ld World to help in saving it from the dangers that were threatening around and that arraigned those sol- dier citizens of yours, whose gallantry we have admired, sido by side with ours in the war. % “You have now ceme to help in building up new states amid the ruins of those that the war has shattered and in laying the solid foundations of » settlement that may stand firm be- | cause it will rest upon the consent of the emancipated nationalities. You have eloguently expressed the hope of the American people as it is our hope that some plan may be devised to at- tain the end you have done so much to promote by which the risk of fu- ture wars may, if possible, be averted, relieving the nations of the intolerable burden which fear of war has laid upon them. “The British nation wishes ail s cess to the deliberations on which you and we and the great frec nations al- lied with us are now to enter moved by disinterested good will and a sense of duty commensurate with the power which we hold solemn trust. he American and British peoples | have been brothers in arms and their arms have been crowned with tory. We thank with all our hearts your | valiant soldiers and sailors for their | id part in that victory as we the American people for tl | noble response to the call of civili: tion and humanity. May the brotherly spirit inspire and guide our united effort to securg for the world he blessings of an ordered freedom as a | se en thank j and an enduring peace. “In asking you to join with me in drinking the health of the President, I wish to say with what pleasure we welcome Mrs. Wilson to this. country, “T drink to the health of the Presi- dent of the United States and Mrs. Wilson and to the happiness and pros- perity of the great American nation.” | warm, | ing the People— WHAT PRESIDENT WILSON Replying to the king's e banquet, President Wilson said AID. address at “I am deeply complimented by the igracious words which you have ut- tered. The welcome which you have given me and Mrs. Wilson has been so so natural, that we so evidently from the heart, have been more than pleased. We have it, and 1 interpret that welcome as embodying been touched by believe that I correctly not only your own generous spirit toward us personally, but also as ex- pressing for yourself and the great na- tion over which you preside that for ime feeling for the United States. vou and I, s my people, the people of For embody the spirit of two great nations I have I possess it as I express the the and whatever strength and whatever authority, only so long and so far spirit and purpose of American people, influence that the American of world is measured by their sympathy with the aspirations everywhere, Every people have over the affairs the of free men “America does love freedom, and I believe that she loves freedom el fishly. But if she does not, she will not and cannot help the influence to which she justly aspires. “I have had the privilege, of the own government and with the spokes- men of the governments of France and of Italy, and I am glad to say that 1 have the same conceptions that they have of the significance and scope of the duty on which we have met. “We have used g@reat words us have used the great words ‘Right’ and ‘Justice,’ and now we are to prove whether or not we understand these words and how they are to be applied to the particular settlements which must conclude this war. “And we must not only understand them, but we must have the courage to act upon our understanding. “Yel, after T have uttered the word ‘courage,’ it comes into my mind that it would take more courage to resist the great moral tide now running in the world than to yleld it, than to obey it. sir, conferring with leaders of your all of “Theroc is a great tide running in the | men. The hearts of men beaten so singularly in unison before. Men have never before been so conscious of their brothe hood. Men have never before realized how little difference there was be- tween right and justice in one latitude, and in another, under one sovereignty and under another. “And will be our believe, ‘sir, not only to apply the judgment of the world to the | settlements which we shall but also to organize the hearts of have never it hizh privilege, 1 moral particular attempt, moral force to st the justice to which great nations lik our own have devoted themselves, the predominant and controlling force of the world. “There is something inspiring knowing that this is the errand we have come on. Nothing I this would have justified me important tasks which the other side of the -nothing but the consciousness nothing else compares with th and importance. ‘“Therefore, it is the more delightful to find vself in the commpany of a hody of men united in ideal and pur- pose and to feel that I am privileged unite my thoughts with yours in carrying forward these standards which we are so proud to hold so high and to defend. “May I not, sir, with a feeling of profound sinecerity and friendship and sympathy, propose vour health and the health of the queen and the pros- perity of Great Britain?” in thait than in leav- fall upon me upon that in dignity to RVICE NOTES. Lieut. William J. ‘W U. is recovering from a serious attack of | Pneumonia at the hospital in Nor- folk, Va. His brother, lnsign Charl Walsh, is spending a holiday furlough here. Ensign Henry Flanigan has re- | turned to the naval station at New | Orleans and is waiting for an assign- | ment to the transport service. William F. Kopf will continue his training at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., until he completes his course of training and receives his | commission. He is on the reserve list of the Cincinnati National league baseball team. Lieut. George Middlemas has re- turned to Camp Merritt, J. He will probably be sent to Indiana to be mustered out of the army. Sergt. John H. Flannery is with the 303d Ambulance Company which is on its way to Berlin. Capt. Curtis Sheldon German heimet to the sh, has sent New Britain Should not be “desed” for colds—apply the “outside™ \CRS VAPORUBSN. NEW PRICES - 30c, 60¢, $1.20 National Bank, where he was merly employed as a bookkeper with the army of occupation Germany. for- He in CHILDRE ACQUIR Sarah and ington yesterday tr: buildings on Cor avenue to the Children’s Aid association of which Rev. J. E. Klingberg is superintend- cnt. The house is a small old-fash- ioned one, containing seven room has been used to house children since the outhreak of the epidemic of influ- enza. At the preseat time there are 135 children in the various homes ot the institution. SOCIATION VALUABLE PROPERTY Miles others sferred of Farm- land and FEW The APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. New Britain office of the Uait- ed States employment gervice has had only 12 applications from returned men from the service asking for their old positions. All who wish to be taken back to Where they were -em- ployed before entering the service may be accommodated by applying at the office. — Ilustrated songs together splendid picture program Lyceum, Sunday night. It's treat.—advt with a at the a real I temporarily— ' of the world to preserve | | those settlements, ! of mankind and to make the right and | > | CABLE SEIZURES Company’s Aftorney Calls Govt Contention Absurd New York, Hughes, in t il rously rnment for taki the Commercial Cable compan) the Commercial Pacific Cable cor pany at a time when the country was not en d in actual hostilities with Germany, and declared the contention of the government that they were seized for the defense and securily of the nation was *a monstrous absurd- ‘“an affront to the Dec. federal « denouncer over the cables of Hughes app Mackay, president of 1 motion of the dismiss complaints in injunc- tion proceedings intended restr Albert . Burleson, postmaster gen- eral, and Newcomb Carlton, director of the government merged cable tems, from further control of the | proper The government. in filiag an answer to the complaints on be- half of Mr. Carlton, court had no jurisdiction, as ti bles were seized under a proclan 1ed by President Wilson, and dated November 2, in accordance with a joint resolution® of congress, passcd July 15, empowering him in the eveat of a war emergenc, telegraph, telephone and cable of the country. Mr. Carlton Made Codefendant. The first complaint filed by Mr. Hughes and Willlam W. Cook, as counsel for Mr. Mackay, named Mr. Burleson as the defendant, found he could not be subpoena, because he was not within the jurisdiction of the court. When Mr. Bur ppainted Mr. Carlt { Who is the president of the Western ! Union Telegraph company, director of the merged cable systems, an tional complaint was filed, him as a codefend )5 The government's motion miss before Judge government w ward F. geaeral, ared for Clarea the com governme two to - i 8YS- to seis th lin erved with a addi- to dis- Learned represented McClellen, special and Harold Harper, United States attoraey. Mr. Harper said that neither Mr. Burleson nor the director of the merged cables can be made a defend- ant in the case inasmuch as they act- ed under authority of the presiden and the president being the chief ex- ecutive of the United States, the gov ernment itself is the real and, a part to an action, out equity. “Mr. Carlton dec d Mr. Harper | command of the pe { The postmaster general has | nothing except at the command of the president. The president has | done nothing except at the command of the congress of the United States.” He referred to a quotation in | Mackay’'s bill of compaint, which was | taken from the president’s address to | the joint sesslon of congress follow- | ing the signing of the armistice, and in which Mr. Wilson said: ‘“The war thus comes to an end”. Mr. Harper declared, notwithstanding the presi- | dent's declaration in his address, the war is not at an end and was not at | an end when the cables were seized by Mr. Burleson on November 16, five days after the armistice went into ef- fect. Government Cannot Be Sued. Mr. McClellen said that the govern- | ment only can be sued when it con- sents to be sued, and that the gov- ernment had not consented to parti- cipate in the action. He declared Mr. Mackay's plaint “intimates that the mental operations of the President were not as he states them, for in his procla- mation it was distinctly stated” the seizure of the cables “was for the national security and defence. The only first hand evidence as to the operation of the president's mind could be obtained by having the pres- ident take the witness stand himself. Should Mme do =0 he would he subject to eross-examination. Imagine the spectacle of the head of the nation being subjected to cross-examination at . hand of my able opponent,” id Mr. McClellen. Mr. McCellen declared the pre den*’s proclamation on the cable seiz | ufe must be taken as final, that the | gdfernment is in possession of the | cables, and that if anybody is wrong- fully in possession of them it is the government. He declared that even if the court were to grant an injunc- tion it would be futile,.as the gov. ernment simply will replace Mr. F leson and Mr. Carlton with others He contended the government took the cables as a war measure and that the resolution of congress empowering the president to ze the cables pledges the good faith of the govern- ment to recompense the owners for the property taken Timitation as Well At the outset of his a Hughes declared he did congress authorized the o the cables “dur nical state of war.” “That resolution authorized the president to scize the cables only in case of impending danger to the na- tional security, duc to the actual con- duct of the war,” he continued. “That | was a limitation as well as a nt of po Tt defined the emergency in | which alone that power was to be ex- | ercised, and it did not, on a reasonable construction of the authority, em- power the president to seize the cables | at any time during the existence of a | mere state of war as affecting relations between peoples of countries. T} finding of that danger to the national security was a condition to the pr dent's exercise of awthority, and that finding within the meaning of the res- olution, its fair intent, was not to be Haad e by Ed- attorney agsistant the case is with- done nothing’ “except at the tinaster gener has | com- asa Grant. | sument, Mr. | not believe president to a merc tech- naming | Mr. Mackay's complaint came up | defendant inasmuch as it cannot be made | Mr. | GLOBE E CLOTHNG HOUSE] intelli- | of Enlire Stock of Men’s and Boys othing YOU WILL BE AMPLY | | | but it was | | | | | | | | | | done | permitted by a | national securit { be actually thre ““The thing to which dressed, took p 1918, and 4 ace to the t was no basis for ment that ther the national “The questior war had ended, restoration of a Tt is not a quest had to a of The contemplated, come war. president this very existed, I think achieved in the sults of the war determined duri Rec Mr. ent congress the terr manded th the occup: allied art terials a Germs was impor Hughes t when Mr. sur; fleet, by th war whi tever in be ident in the action not within his 1 by the constit mander and cl navy, but as t powers confer nt Ve cmpowerec cral directly to at were autho Now, nt the s is above of congress he without any authority under st oxtraord neral t president ated power challer proprie of wit he has fransgre power.” Mr. Hughes leson toolk telephor ter August under t mation, ne did bles until the He conten declar that it was not fighting, served by an arbitrary executive fiat, but a find- ao seizure,’ ing wpon facts, a zure, time there da and stituted the condition upon which the authorized rtant Hs Mr. attached to ti W inquiry said that n to Nover THIS SALE . TWICE A YEAR WE . | OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS Scha le ju ion in w de sit v could ate d hich is t the lace on was ional any e was ecur asonab’ any da re security 1 is not whet in the mity between hether termination as inger which alo to power, that what r sense of probably ng our Wilson’s Wol hen Wilson wil id annou ted, I wi render of the ition of mies, the na the he Ge surre ples: reduced e to tta not as tl the ite of him el of e deic upon had t solntion postma nt D it 18t perfc rized American « ion that th tiz the p as the « he 1t to he act which inary th to a unde o co actil h respect t ction, or limits ssed th Ic bes \ he t he president not take ox middle of No of the c: ven n neces: the the cables, an he continued resolution November sense which c the f 1 lifetime 5 come Lrmy the 1g for an able to take nent, hich the cmed to he only ad- 16, no men- There le judg- to is nget her the of a peoples. the war ong ne con- exercise no longer may Dbe re- 1 not be rds. nced to to an id, de e rich German man cities nder sness of to yy the ¢ 2 ched to nt act- defined 10 com and c by con- owe coulc ste n pleas: 1c S, It o 1t le- e the wt a de ever o whether of that althougl h and procla- 1o ca- vember. for | wrn be said the mber 11 we were ac- government was | d there | After ffner & Marx Clothes -§ the victory safe as home in a suddenly of w any ar, the cabl curity is an Mr. of the zure of they were nat on in an djacent heir zure, ributed to rifices. Were T ¢ say the property session id did S Was ne nd defeas affront sei he they ‘re tak and all it “How is that besides t a continuous profitable it re busines: has been e millions profits which Mr. Hughes bunal which »ensation bles is not an Mr. Burle bod ITe nor Mr. C: methad of companies, and company would ohjection t thiag the gov the war, he by the offic t th the cation vid At highly they for said rlton operat id, of to court for j the close of Hand anaounced matter under ted t him befor: Mr, Ma next W bt ton ted songs iendid picture um, Sunday advt private village, taken from us. strous absurdity to s s to the Hughes said necessary raking ire not only ““What not the amount important owing business. government. inflow s money are said has the impar on is a neither had tion cven not such nment ke advisement, counsel Fri as in court during the weither was present. ™ night # REPAID BY ATTENDING | This Store Is the Home of '} Hart, when we were jus citizen in his property was| It is a mon-} the seizure off ary for the se{] of the country. It intelligence. there was no need, our the cables becausef the field battlefield, nor; of operation. could not bef military sac-| id. the Profits. taking title say they are to use the cd- is it they are) have before?) of our bus to. hey profit: here? 7. serves otit There 1y of mone despite the competitive. coming in as seizing. felt that thef decide oa the use of the c ial one, becauss' member of the Mr. Burleson changed tho! the cabla had the made any Every wanted befo: It he to of if the & changes was complied with the two companfes. ir profits and send claims to conduct compensation, argument Judge ¢ would take thae and sug- submit brief to ay: Mr. Burleson tog program a the a real