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!" "TfTKww rirwf n 'f(?w1PJWf)p,w The Commoner SEPTEMBER, 1914 25 J?W'J5,sWVr,TT"M'"e having crossed the frontier tli.it morning, Belgian neutrality had been violated. Herr Von Jagow again went into the reasons why the imperial government had been obliged to take this step, namely, that they had to advance into France by the quickest and easiest way, so as to be able to get well ahead with their operations and endeavor to strike some decisive blow as early as possible. "It was a matter of life or death forthem, as, if they had gone by the more southern route they could not have hoped, in view of the paucity of the roads and the strength of the fortresses, to have got through without formidable opposition, en tailing" great loss of time. "This loss of time would mean time gained by the Russians for the bringing up of their troops to the German frontier. Rapidity of action was the great German asset, while that of Russia' was the inexhaustible supply of troops. "I pointed out to Herr Von Jagow that the fait accompli of the viola tion of the Belgian frontier rendered, as he would readily upderstand, the situation exceedingly grave and I asked him whether there was still not time to draw back and' avoid pos sible consequences, which both he antl I would deplore. "He replied that for reasons he bad given me it was now impossible for him to. draw back." The British ambassador went to the German foreign office again the same afternoon and informed the secretary of state that unless the im perial government could give assur ances by 12 o'clock that night that they would proceed no further with the violation of the Belgian frontier and stop their advance, he had been instructed to demand his passports and to Inform the imperial govern ment that his majesty's government would nave'td take all steps in its power to uphold neutral Belgium and the observance of the treaty to which Germany was as much a party as Great Britain. "Herr Von. Jagow," says' the re ptirt, "replied that to his great re gret he could give no other answer than that which he had given me earlier in the day, namely, that the Safety of the empire rendered it ab solutely necessary that imperial troops should advance through Bel gium. "I gave his excellency a written summary of your telegram and. pointing out that you had mentioned ' 12 o'clock as the time when his ma jesty's government would expect an answer, asked him whether, in view of the terrible consequences which would necessarily ensue, it was not possible even at the last moment that their answer should be reconsidered. He replied that if the time given were even 24 hours or more, his answer must be the same. "I said that in that case I should have to demand my passports. "The interview took place about 7 o'clock. In a short conversation which ensued, Herr Von Jagow expressed his poignant re'gTet at the crumbling of his entire policy and that of the imperial chancellor, which had been to make friends with Great Britain, and then, through ureat Britain, to get cloBer to France. "I said that this sudden end to my work in Berlin was to me also a mat ter of deep regret und disappoint ment, but that he must understand that under the circumstances and In view of arranLements, his majesty s government could not have acted otherwise than it had done." "The ambassador tnen went to see the imperial chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, and he found him very excited. "The chancellor," says the report, ?'began to harangue, which lasted about twenty minutes. Ho said the step taken by Great Britain was ter rible to a degree. Just for a word, 'neutrality,' which in a time had been so often disregarded, just for a scrap of pa.:er, Great Britain "was going to make war on a kindred nation, who desired nothing better than to be friends with her. All past efforts in that direction had been rendered useless by this last terrible step, and the policy to which, as I knew, he had devoted himself since his ac cession to Office, was tumbled down like a house of cards. "What we hai done was unthink able. It was lil striking a man from behind while he was lighting for his life against two assailants. He hold The an- from tho Ottoman empire. nouncement follows. "A cablegram to the Turkish am bassador from tho Ottoman minister of foreign affairs states that by im perial irado tho Ottoman govern ment has abrogated as from tho first of October next, tho conventions known as the capitulations restrict ing tho sovereignty of Turkey in re- "an exceedingly excited and unruly nob assembled beforo tho embassy and tho police were overpowered. We took no notice of this until the crash of glass and the landing of cobblc- j'stones in tho drawing room where wo were all sitting, warned us that the situation was getting unpleas ant." Tim ninlifloa'nilnr inlnnltntirwl in tlin fnrnlPn oMIpo nml iinllnn wnrn uonl ' latiOJIH With certain pOWCrfl. and cleared tho street. No more di-l "" privileges and Immunities ac rect unpleasantness occurred. Herr cessory to theso conventions or Ibbu Von Jagow called and expressed his ng therefrom arc equally repealed, regrets. He said the behavior of his, Having thtiH fr ed itsolf from what countrymen mado him feel more , was an intole-ablo obstacle to all pro ashamed than he could say. He had , gross in tho empire, tho imperial decided that the news of the declara- government has adopted as the basis Hnn nf wnr nhnnl1 nnf tw iiiilill.linri Of Its relations Witll tllC OtllCr pOWCrB Great Britain responsible for all the until the following morning, and for j the general principle- of internation terrible events that might happen. that reason had oiuy sent a small i law." "I protested strongly against this I force of police to protect the em- As early as 105C the sovereigns of statement, a:.d said that in the same ! ssy. onBiaiiunowio Kniiuuu nm.iB. u way '.s he and Her.-Von Jagow wish- "The next day tho emperor sent an extra territorial privileges called aid wun a message, :n wnicii tne em-, capuuiuuuns uum mo nii mut peror expressed regret for the occur- they were divided Into chapters. Tho rences, and also rcqu'esicd the am- . Vonetinns were the first granted the bassador to tell the king of England i ""M of trial by judges appoimeu ir that he would at once divest himself of his British titles. With respect to this message the ambassador says: ed me to understand that for stra tegical reasons it was a matter of life and death for Germany to advance through Belgium and violate the lat ter's neutrality, so I would wish him to understand that it was, so to speak, a matter of life or death for the honor of Great Britain that she should keep her solemn engagement to do her utmost to defend Belgium's neutrality if attacked. A solemn compact simply had to be kept, or what confidence could any one have in engagements given by Great Brit ain in the future? "The Chancellor said: 'But at what price will that compact have been kept? Hafl the' British govern ment thought of that?' "I hinted to his excellency as plainly as I could that fear of conse quences could hardly be regarded as an excuse for breaking a solemn en gagement. But his excellency was so excited, so evidently overcome by the news, of our action so little dis posed to hear reason that I refrained from adding fuel to the flame I.y further argument, "As I was leaving, he said that the blow of Great Britain joining Ger many's enemies was all the greater because almost up to the last moment he and his government had been working with us supporting our ef forts to maintain peace between Aus tria and Russia. "I said that this was part of -the tragedy which1 saw two nations fall apart just at a moment when the re lations between them were more friendly and cordial than they had been for years. Unfortunately, not withstanding our efforts to maintain peace between Austria and Russia, war has spread and brought us face to face with a situation which entail ed our separation from our late fel low workers. He would readily un derstand that no one regretted this more than I." The British ambassador declares he handed a telegraphic report of the conversation to the telegraph office in Berlin for transmission, but that it never reached the British foreign office. That evening Herr Zimmerman, under secretary of state, called on Sir William Goschen and asked whether the call for his passports was equivalent to a declaration of war. The ambassador replied that there had been cases where diplomatic re lations had been broken off in which war had not ensued, but his instruc tionBshowed that if a reply was not received by 12 o'clock Great Britain would take such steps as her engage ments required. Herr Zimmerman said that it was, in fact, a declaration of war, as Ger many could not give the assurances required. Soon afterward a fly sheet was issued by the Berliner Tageblatt, stating that Great Britain had de clared war against Germany. .'Immediately," aays the report, Venice and permanently residing in Constantinople. Immediately after tho young Turks gained control of the government tho "Tho message lost none of its ac-' Ppwcra were so untied b erbity by the manner of Its delivery." , ""'"bul.uh u. . y ; " " "" i,i.i The Ambassador speaks highly of repiy was umavo, " ' "Vfv f llini. U1U IIUW lUol'ilU Dliuum juov...., the courtesy received at the hands o Herr Von Jagow and the ministers of tho foreign office. The minister sent him a letter couched in tho most ( friendly terms. On the morning of, his departure the ambassador and . the members of his staff were smug gled in taxicabs through streets pa trolled by strong forces of police, nnd every arrangement was made for their comfort. They suffered no mo lestation, says the Ambassador, "such as that meted out by the crowd to my Russian and French colleagues." A colonel of the giiards accompanied the train to the Dutch frontier, and was exceedingly kind in his efforts to prevent tho iY CATARRH WAS RELIEVED OVER NIGHT I Will Gladly Tell You How, Free HEALS DAY AND NIGHT great crowds which , it is a new way. It is something abm. thronged tho platforms of every sta- I l"1,0' different. No lotions, sprays or ,.,u. J ,! 0rnlinfl,i frn, n "'clcly smelling salves or creams. No aionnzcr, or any tion where the train stopped from In suiting the British representatives. The reference to the American am bassador ends the report. 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