The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 10, 1919, Page 13

oe GS OF THE DUF GERMANS AND JAPS > NEGOTIATED DURING. WAR~-LUDENDORFF thru the Japanese envoy at Stockholm. — Ludendorft here shows whe acted for Germany and that he andthe chancellor both had knowledge of the im trigue. | He also contributes a phrase | that will live in the history of | diplomacy. “Whoever told you I | am prepared to sell the horse ‘Belgium’? asked Foreign Min- Kuhlmann, when an at being made to draw Britain into peace negotiations. Such cynicism, especially as Kuhimann was constantly repre Weir, YounG MAW Do The United States senate re. cently asked the depart ment if it had any knowledge of an agreement uring the war between Japan and Germany whereby Japan was to turn against the entente in alliance with Germany and Russia, The text of the alleged agreement has been circulated widely and strenuously repudiated by Jap who denied that at any time she was endeavoring to make rate agreement with Gern Ladendorff, however, state ade KNOw WHAT You WAMT SACTA ) CLAUS TO BRwE You FoR. cursrmassP THE SEATTLE STAR—-WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10, 1919. 'S You | WANTA SLED, ANO LiTTLe WAGON AN’ A DRUM = ANDI WANT A CHRISTMAS Thee ~~ AND 1 WANT A HoRN~ 1 WANT) SOME BOOTS MIO SOME CANOY | LADD one feature of the story The charge was made that Germany sented as a Liberal and enlight ened statesman with whom the | entente could treat without sus. | picion. | and Japan conducted some of | + their underground negotiations “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS” By Gen. Eric Von Lundendorff Puditehed by The Star thru special arrangement with the Moc Newspaper Ryndicate. Copyrichted, 1919, by Harper and Brothers All rights reserved. Copyrixbted in Great Hritain by Hutchinson & Company and the Londen Times in by Messrs x and Bariel; in Italy ateltt es anada and At his accession to the office of !energy. To conclude peace, which 1 equally desired, was the business of diplomacy, but to be always talking fo the public about it could do us no good so long as the enemy remaii determined to destroy us. The fore. sight of the entente in this — | i imperial chancellor (duty 14, 1917) T had informed Dr. Michaelis that Herr Hugo Stinnes was in communication % with the Japanese ambassador in | Stockholm and had told me he had _ some hope. He said he was about | to leave for Stockholm and was was exemplary. likely to see the ambassador, The “MANY POINTS imperial chancellor thereupon re) WERE EVAD! ceived Herr Stinnes. 1 took no fur Our reply } Hungary, ac like that of Austri pope's ad nts we _ ther interest in the matter. 4 The July peace resotution of the German Reic a tag moved the va to take special steps in the dir 3 Of peace. The papal peace note of stag, whict at the August 1 appeared in the midd sire of the seven members who a that month, and was addressed to/ sisted in drawing it up, our positior | | | | Tom Gets a Line on a Few Things Danny Wants. On, | WANT A CANNON AMO SOLDIERS ANO | WaT A | WANT A RocKin’ hoese A UTYe AUTO WHAT | GET IN ANO Make. GO wr MY SuRE, (T WAS Swee ’ AN’ EVERCHING sr espe ~ the heads of the various states &t/ was clearly defined. | war. The reply of the entente amounted| The note pronounced entirety in| to a refusal, otherwise it was not to favor of » peace without annexations the point. The pope's step was en er indemnities and expected us to tirely unsuccessful. It was always make considerable sacrifices, while the same old story: the German peo FRECKLES jemy to follow the sounder view nciliatio they always accept it also. The press of the | ®¥oided commit themselves to it @ntente unanimously refused it, and | Now, as ever, they pursued but or CTHERWISE KNOWN idea, to destroy Germany | @dhered to that attitude, and the gov- The pope's step ‘could not succeed ernment did the same. BN cg dla js curious now to observe the wny oe. Michaciia read his answer! i. which the pope is excluded om “pated Gh seat tram itehe ‘sheoeage | 22 negotiations at Versailles. The [at peace. Nor did the answer accord | °"**nte is not grateful to him. | with my views. But I put my objec-|__Stidenly, at the end of August, or tions aside and only made unimport ant counter proposals. I could on! Wait and see what would “these purely theoretical endeavors to make peace, notwithstanding my aversion to the perpetual peace-talk @% account of its evil influence on the conduct of the war. Looking back I regret that 1 did Mot oppose all these ideas with more BOW WK WOMEN ARE early In September, was an o} cussion with we heard th ortunity of opening the entente. The pertal chancellor and Herr von K mann, who had become secretary of state for foretxn affairs when he was! | appointed, told us it was @ secret j HOPED TO j PLACATE BRITAIN ] I had heard trom Colonel von} Haeften that reports had come thru| neutral countries, in connection with! | speech by Mr. Asquith. the former] British premier, and later statements| by Lloyd George, that England ex pected us to make a statement about Belgium. Now the chancellor told me that England had suggested the possibil! me sort of dixcuaston ot ot OF I(T My DEAR - it's 6 when we alone made the approaches I, therefore, considered the question irs. Westmoreland Tells in a, & DIVORCE’ the entente got off very cheaply. | ple honestly desired peace, but the Aw, C'MON AFRAID OF FRECKLES German public opinion received it | *Mtente refused it. In their quiet but WUITTE ~ You ? Wh the samo way as the peace resolu-| Penetrating propaganda they were ARE YA WUME ?- DIDNT ion tn July. The preas of the right continual making our public and i) KNOW FRECKLES, Vou EVER SEE declined it, that of the majority par-| Peutra the cateh é «? r : ibe was in favor of it and invited the | word * nding and i DONT Ya e7 \ WM Bore? ) , C'MON. KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES DONT BREATHE A WORD NANE WHITIE OF COURSE ITS NONE OF My BUSINESS, BUT 1 THOUGHT I'D } Mane Th NG kad Ube Semin eee tere TORCRET, BUT 1 HEAR THE DQOP IN. AND TELL YOU THE 7) prospects were brighter than before JONESES ARE GETTING JONESES ARE GOING TO BEL DIVORCED! IT's of peace more favorably than I had done hitherto | ‘The talk of peace led to various discussions with the tmperial chan cellor on the question of Belgium We laid down as our goal the eco-| nomic attachment of Belgium to the German empire, in view of the close | the Following Letter. Harrison, N. Y.—“ When my first ghiid was born I did not know about Lydia E. Pink- mi ham's Vegetable in" ih i Wy Compound and relationship that had existed before! iW had a very hard the war. The imperial government i time. 1 read in thought that this gave them some the newspaper nter into commu about the Vege- table Compound and when my second child came I took it and wag well during the whole time, and ——d childbirth so hundred times easier. Ever since then I have used it for any weakness and would not be without it for the world. I do all my work and am strong and healthy. I am nursing my baby. and I still take the Vege- table Compound ag it keeps a woman in good health, You may publish my lestimonial for the po | of other xomen, if you choose to do so.”—Mrs. ©. Westmorge.anp, Harrison, N. Y. Women who suffer from displace- ments, irregularities, inflammation, alecration, backache, headaches and nervousness should lose no time in ziving this famous root and herb rem- nication with England. 1 expected thay the secretary of state woul? make a public declaration fn this} sense in the form of a speech in the| reichstag at the end of September. | “THE HORSE | | NOT FOR SALE” On September 20, Colonel Haeften had a fairly long discussion || with him about it. But the secretary |’ of state (Kuhlmann) did not agree und remarked “Whoever told you that I am pre} pared to sell the horse ‘Belgium’? tt is for me to decide that, At pres ent the horse is not for sale at all.” In his speech on October 9 he did] not mention Belgium, but amid apy A ONLY WAPPY WHEN HE'S boisterous lause of ace-Lorra rms: “As Ic fist can hold a rifle, the integrity of | dy, Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable |‘h® German dominions, which we} pmpound, @ triai, and for special | ve received aw a glorious heritaro Wwiee write to Lydia F. Pinkham |{fo™ our f . can never become| IRdicine Co. Lynn, Mas the object of any negotiations: or| 5, Tha gle step |forward, as far as England was con erned } We heard no more of the prospects Ddd ‘namie, "Om tnainy (he ‘ipkiniitedd | eonceennsianpeeecteetgencretennioeeeatnnaa Sound nerves, a clear heed, good || -a¢y sccoived sg definite eis Brussels, Herr von der Lancken, who, digestion, strength, endurance and |) 4-0, cocrefary of State Kuhlmann. I}sought to get into touch with French ficca tke tileys ond asses do ppointed, and regretted hav-jstatesmen. He went to Switzerland, | i iG o ot eved t. It}bu © gentle 1 or nce not properly perform their functions c 7 gan s r ft hed but f gentleman from Fras Tae blood cannot be elesn and pure, Pet sbahetiie lore Up Les for these organs filter and cast out ack s iaasbiints Whialt tas ibtetivie esihiy} the waste matt impurities and hh heged yy cg Bi of agua ith ss poisonous acids that cause nervou p-|rega es | ness, rheumatic pains, backache, |an- u idness, sore muscles, swollen t mig rs ties of peace | ints, stiffness, puffiness under the |) Perr’. It jof which I received information dur | eyes and other weakening symptoms, | /!)!m to have spoken. ling 1917. Of President Wilson's so ‘WAS RELIEVED AT ONCE TRANGER” TO called. offer, which Herr Jaffe | REICHSTAG It seems | whether he would hav uniting the whole reichsta of his relations w tical parties. He opposed for power, and his brought to the foreign office from | Munich, I only heard from the papers after my resignation. \“VICE OF PARLIAMENTARISM” con¢ “1 wes aflicted with hidney end bladder ly doubtful, pills 7 trouble.” John Heath, ft, California. MPoLEY KIDNEY PILLs ions in Ger- |tude toward the reichstag itself was'|many continued to develop unsatis that of a stranger. (Michaelis, an old factorily. In the reichstag the strug trengthen, heal overworked, || bu at, had been put in power,sle for power between the parties ‘weak and diseased kidneys and bi lby the .militarists after nad the government became more ‘| der, When these organs are working | was forced out and the T acute. This vice of “parliamentar. “ , the blood is cleansed and || jority in the reichstag ium,” carried On by professional poli o support him.) lticlans and concealed under catch- tite returns, { ir totlote, veloschie yoy pos sible, health and strength come again ‘They have brought relief to thousands of men and women who thought old ) entertained some hopes of| Words of every kind, grew daily more naked and unashamed, Dr, Michaelis rts being made by the repre it with determination and of the foreign office injopposed thus very soon became the victim of ‘age was coming on before it was due, J) tx y Boldt’s French pas |hie own actions. He wore out his i try IM14 3d ave; down. ,strengtt strugele and had no SOLD EVERSWalERE town, 913 2d ave lume to work for the war, | | ONE OF TM’ WELL KHOWN WILD MEN | GO, HE'S SO WILD TLE BET HE'S | duly Crue KID Hw WILD CHATTER - ps > a wen —~ i3Q- CiDeR- IT SAID SHo ON TH’ BARREL - ALL PRINTED | eaz2er AN’ HE — IT WAS PRINTED ON BV HENRY’S NAME ~— WY AIN' You WEERD ‘BOUT ME ? LIBB'RY STABLE a, 1 NASSUR. DONT TELL A SOUL M23 MSGINIS, ITS A SECRET; BUT THE JONESES ARE GOING To BE Divorced! Feey- AND =| ke , IF WEY CALL YA WHITIE, —MY PAWS JANITA | WHAT MAKES You DAOWN ‘T' GRAYS “4 So BLACK 7 Some FOOT DALL~ wm Kin Wu, Bick Too, EF Yo WUT BORN AT MIDNIGHT, IN A DARK R00M, AN’ \ No FATHA AN' MAMAY we BLACK! | WELL THAT WILL BEL ABOUT ALL. FOR. TONIGHT~ You MAN TWNK. OF Youd BE \ fit 5 mms offs to the papal note attempted to Interfere In Germany's | Wilson had again|protected — those _—_—representatives whose close connection with affal internal affairs and to divide gov-|in t AVy was proved, who we ernment and people; this aroused | tight revolution and destroy protest in the reichstag. But even|ing discipline, The German people thus we could not muster the| were not sufficiently Informed of the trength to repudiate his action with | serious nature of these events. he righteous indignation it deserved In the navy o they were dealt The occurrences in the navy In the] with ina way that was bound to dc summer of 1917 (two serious mutinies | immense harm; in the army, too which had to be suppressed by | they were ussed, and the settle ment of the matter made a deep im pression, After a temporary rise, the war- like spirit of Germany had fallen ince duly to a disquietingly low troops) showed clearly how far the spirit of revolution had spread, The idea was to enforce peace by a naval strike, These conditions were not | ppreciated; the first warning | was unheeded. MICHAELIS WAS pepe gy mer of 1918, and in 1919, became ap. : vs EM « caieaiceale RIN me rye the government) “Gur offers to undertake the direc was not strong; ealed the tol 6 My . certainty of one that 18 conscious of U0" Of the press and of internal Dr. Michaelis did propaganda were not met in a man- {te OWN wea Oe Oe danmeroun in| Ber at all compatible with the eert- Cert Oe eee cant [Ousnese of the situation, and this in eigen tn tee contact os a the revphutionary turmoil {n d the naval mutir war, but he @id not prevent their | ussle and the naval mutiny revolutionary activity. The press,| WANTED TO CRUSH RADICALS whose evil influence could be proved, | After discussion with ¢he war min. was allowed to go on writing The velchetag displayed no under-|istry, general headquatters consid. standing of its duties in connection|ered it lmperative to create an or- ‘The spirit which was to dis-| arm the German people in the sum-| | gators of revolution, Proposals to this effect went to Berlin, where they | were discussed with the imperial an- |thorities, Again nothing could be | achieved. The representative of general ested that this headquarters now ffice should be established as part f the general staff in Berlin. Every one agreed to this, Its duty was limited to establishing facts; but its |field very soon became almost en tirely political, It was significant | that in spite of this, the government refused to take over the new depart: ment. which I considered to be the right procedure and had already ree. ommended General headquarters had thus no alternative but to as: eume another function that was no part of its duty. ‘The anomalies of our way of car rying on wartime government be- came more and more apparent and were bound to cause increasing irfi: tation, Our economic position had also be come More acute; and raw materials became scarcer, We had managed to struggle thru the food troubles, but it had been very difficult, in i” winter of In the answer of the United States, with the war, Well-known members, ganization for dealing with the Insti- 1916-17 there had been no means of beipore! in conjunction with our We had to fall carting potatoes, back on kobirabi, At that time many | people were hungry. In spring and summer supplies improved; but they had only sufficed with the aid of | Rumanian wheat and maize. Li Jearly threshing on a. consid , © We might yet tde over a period between the old harvest and the new But that meant anticipating our credit, Forage had become very searce; grazing started early and helped a good deal. The oat harvest had been bad, and the hay crop scanty. } to become worse. The coal supply seemed more cer: tain than in the winter of 1916-1 that of house coal was tolerable, ‘The stocks of oi} were uncommonly low; it was urgently necessary to in- e e the supply from Rumania, In the country they would again have dark winter nights. At the time of Dr. Michaelis’ res: ignation (at the end of October, 1917), the prospects for the future were ex. ceedingly serious, I hoped that the collapse of Russia, about whieh there could no longer be any doubt, » | War dently the forage problem was going! | liant successes in Italy, and our h ism on the western front, was 81 [enough to rouse us and to |disappointment at the absence complete success in the submarit ‘The nations of the entente e not point to similar results at time, They had had nothing failures, but they were as detern as their governments, and : rong national feeling backed up tl great men who led them so | Ously. Opposing tendencies were | pressed. the opponents of war gained gi among the . The p j leadership of the cha failure, Thus the balance of it in the various states t! were at war altered to our disadvant- ena echstas tations Wr vali pse disappointments, 4 We could not entertain such hopes in respect of our stronges and so, altho the mill was in our favor, t er would at last remove the danger. | tei