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1 " " y 8 'K THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 30, 1919. Kaiser's Personal Guilt Established by . ') ; ; , for World War Is Firmly ose of Sec ret Docu m ents Exp c 41 $1 n 4' iv 1 4, Trial of Former German . Ruler for Atrocities Is to Be Demanded By Allies !Iine Hundred Documents Comprise Amazing Indict ment of German Government Revealed by Dep uty Kautsky and Professor Schuecking, States , men Who Seek Salvation of New Germany. '(Continued From Face One.) ic facsimiles of the documents in the kaiser's own handwriting, had been sent out of Germany and the pub lication could not be suppressed1. Proof Beyond Doubt. . These documents prove beyond doubt that the kaiser did "egg on" Austria to attack Serbia; that he began inciting Austria to act two days after the assassination of the Austrian crown prince at Sarajevo on June 30, 1914, 30 days before the war began. - But the evidence shows that the kaiser: did not expect a general European war, still less a world war, would ensue. vNov or never" wrote the kaiser on the margin of a note sent from Vienna by Tschirschky, the German ambassador, reporting expressions from "serious people" that "there must some day be a thorough reck oning with the Serbs." This was two days after the assassination at Sarajevo. "I seize every occasion ... to seriously warn against any hasty steps," writes the ambassador. '"Who authorized him to do this? This is very stupid. It is ho busi ness of his," annotates the kaiser in his own handwriting. "Step on the Rabble." "Asses," comments the . kaiser, when Count von Berchtold, the Austrian foreign minister protests that his government did not desire any Serbian territory for itself. ! "Austria." insists the kaiser, "must take the Sanjak, or else Serbia will come down to the Adriatic. Austria must become preponderant in the Balkans or there will be no peace." It must be understood that in making these notes the emperor did so for the guidance of the ministers to whom the documents were re turned. "Bravo! We no longer thought the neoole in Vienna capable of this," comments Emperor William.. when, his ambassador at .Belgrade s they were made in the "su emc' war lord's" own handwriting f the exciting ( days immediately eceding the war, they are more iportant and startling as historic cuments and legal evidence as to e state of mind of the German )vernmetit than any official papers testimony ' hitherto published. All the. notes in the handwriting : the kai.er have been photograph ! and the photographic copies have en forv:.rded to L'uiversal Serv- The pr lent Germr.it government cided, .;pon receiving Socialist .puty K iutsky's ftport. with the planator nqte by Prof. Schuck j and General Count Monteglas, withhold the publication of the jcumcnM in Germany, temporarily least. Some of tlie most influ tial Gennan statesmen felt that, though it was not their duty to otect tl:e kaiser, who is likely Dn to be put on trial before a for ;n tribunal for his war guiltiness, . was nevertheless t'leir duty as rmans not to f;:r.:is!i evidence ainst h.'ni. ' .iut berjTC this ' r'ecision was iched. copies of till - compilation Deputy Kautsky. containing 45, ) words" and incluui;3 photograph- (gWtlb urn Electric Safe Gift IT PLCftSE? CAM SECURED Yea Pt j of To You "daw II want Is jour nam cal iddreti to I ran tend you a free trial - ntment. f want vou iuit t try tbii treatment that'i all luat . ylt. 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' : ' ane! . ,., , , ;,. , "iftOmet.. .State- . net and describes the -event in that city fol lowing the presentation of the. Aus- man uunnaium. nc auun; . inc proud Slavs! How hollow the whole so-called Serbian great power turns out to Be. All Slav states are like that. Just step firmly on the rab ble feet!" . The republican government began its investigation into the secret archives shortly after the kaiser's abdication and flight. "It entrusted the work to: Karl Kautsky, a socialist leader and author of international note, and Prof. Walther Schucking, leading German authority on international law, who participated in many im portant Hague conventions and was a member of the first German peace delegation at Versailles. Ascertain the Facts. They were instructed to ascertain the facts no matter where the fault might lie. A summary of the documents com piled by the socialist deputy, Kaut sky, follows: "On June 30, 1914, two days after the assassination of the Austrian archduke at Sarajevo, the German ambassador at Vienna, Tschirschky, addressed to his government at Ber lin the following note, which the kaiser read and annotated in his own hand: ' "I have repeatedly heard the view expressed here, even among serious people, that there must some day be a thorough reckoning with the Serbs." ' - Herethe kaiser wrote on the mar g n: "Now or never!" Tschirschky's note continues: "It is urged that a series of de mands ought to be first presented to the Serbs, and that if these are not accepted energetic action ought to be taken. I seize every such occa sion in order quietly but very firmly and seriously to warn against any hasty steps." To this the kais er itt his own handwriting added the following an-, notation: f "Who authorized him to do this? This is very stupid! It is no busi ness of his; it's purely Austria's af fair to consider what she ought to do.. If afterwards things go wrong we will be told Germany was un willingl Tschirschky will please WBo Is Who in Expose Wilhelm Hohenzollern, formei kaiser. Dr. Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, former imperial chan cellor. ' . Dr. Gottlieb von Jagow, formei foreign minister. Dr. Alfred Zimmermann, for mer under secretary of state. Gen. Erich von Falkenhayn, former chief of staff. , Baron von Dem Bussche, for mer tyider secretary of 6tate. Baron von Lyncker, chief of the kaiser's military cabinet Admiral von Capelle, former minister of marine. Herr von Tschirschky, former German ambassador in Vienna. In Vienna: Francis Joseph, the. late em peror of Austria. Count von Berchtold, formei Austro-Hungarian foreign minis ter. Count .Hoyos, Berchtold's chief of cabinet. ' Count Szoegyeny, former Aus trian ambassador to Germany. Count Tisza, former premier of Hungary (since assassinated). 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On July 2, in view of the Austrian rumor from Semlin to the effect that 12 assassins planned, to murder him if he came to Vienna, the kaiser abandoned his plan to attend the archduke's funeral. Count von Berchtold (Austro Hungarian foreign minister) in con versation with Ambassador Tschir schky suggested that the rumor might serve to "open the eyes of Berlin to the danger that threatens from Belgrade' The German ambassador con curred i this view and expressed the opinion that only energetic ac tion against Serbia eould promote the end in view, and hinted that concrete proposals from Austria might elicit a positive response from Berlin. Berchtold thereupon decided to transmit his Balkan memorandum to Berlin, together with the emperor's (the late Francis Joseph) letter to the kaiser expressing regret at the latter's inability to come to Vienna. On July 4 the funeral of the rch duke took place. Count Hoyos, chief of Count von Berchtold's cab inet, went to Berlin carrying Francis Joseph's letter, in which ,the Aus trian emperor declared that the Pan-Slav menace to Germany and Austria could be averted only, by the complete elimination of Serbia as a factor in the Balkans. Hoyos also carried the ifnal draft of Berchtold's Balkan memorandum, in which the Austrian foreign min ister pointed out that it was drawn prior .to the Sarajevo murder, "which, however, served merely to confirm the Urgent necessity of the monarchy tearing asunder the net of enemies seeking to throw them selves upon it." On July S, Count Hoyos had' luncheon with the kaiser in Berlin. The kaiser read the Austrian em peror's letter and Berchtold's mem orandum. He remarked to-Hoyos that he had expected strong action by Austria against Serbia, but that the (Austrian) emperor's letter im plied possibly serious European complications, and ' that he, the kaiser, must first consult the chan cellor. , Take Action at Once. After the luncheon the kaiser au thorized the ambassador to inform Emperot Francis Joseph tnat Vi enna might "also in this event" reckon upon the fullest support on the part of Germany. yny action against Serbia, the Kaiser added," ought (to be taken without delay. Russia, he said, would certainly be hostile, but he had years ago expected this possi bility, and if it should come to war between Austria and Russia', Ger many would loyally take her stand beside the dual monarchy. The kaiser then conferred with Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. im perial chancellor. Dr.- Alfred Zim merman ,then under-secretary of state in the foreign office; General von Falkenhayn, the war minister, and Von Lyncker, the chief of the military cabinet. , On the morning of July 6 the khiser conferred at Potsdam with Admiral von Capelle and Captain Zenker, for the navy, and-representatives of the war ministry and the general staff. According 'to the written infor mation of Baron von Deru Bussche, under-secretary of state in the for eign office, all eventualities were taken into consideration at that con ference, and "preparatory measures for war orders in this sense were accordingly issued. That afternoon, in Berlin, the Aus trian ambassador and Count Hoyos conferred 'with Bethmann-Hollweg and Zimmerman. The chancellor expressed the opinion that imme diate action against Serbia would be best from the international point of view. The moment was thought more favorable than a later date, and it was agreed that neither Italy nor Roumania should be informed beforehand of the, projected action. Must Forestall Enemies. It was following this conference that tne kaiser left Potsdam for Kief for a cruise with the battle fleet. On July 7, Berchtold explained to4 a joint council of ministers in Vienna the urgent necessity of re ducing ' Serbia to impotency. He announced that "soundings' in Ber lin had yielded satisfactory assur ances, and that the kaiser and the German imperial chancellor had "with every emphasis pledged Ger many's unconditional support to the dual monarchy in the event of war like complications' with Serbia." Wra with Serbia, Count von Berchtold added, "might involve war with Russia, but that the dual mon archy must face this risk in order to forestall its enemies. The Vienna ministerial council decided upon concrete demands to form an ultimatum whicli was to be addressed to Serbia and formulated in such a way as to render accept ance impossible. Tschirschky Reports., Tschirschky thereupon reported to Berlin: ' ; "Berchtold intimated that if his emperor (Francis Joseph) assented to the presentation, to begin with, of the demands of Serbia, he would advise him to formulate these de mands in such a way that accept ance would seem out of the ques tion." On July 10, Tschirschky reported to Berlin that Emperor Francis Joseph was grateful for Kaiser Wil helm's assurances, and that he, the Austrian ruler,, quite "concurred in "your view." The' German ambassador at Vien na further informed' his government that Berchtold contemplated fixing a 48-hour limit to the ultimatum, in order that Belgrade (the Serb ian government) would be unabli to consult Petrograd. The kaiser, who received thii while on his cruise, marked it in a sense that showed he expected the : foreshadowed adion to bring" forth an "immediate solution" and that ' he also expected the presentation of "quite unambiguous demands to Serbia." i Kaiser's Annotation. The concluding sentence of Tsch irschky's note, which was to the ef- . feet that the Austrian' foreign of fice was trying to discover a really acceptable formula, the kaiser an notated this: "The Sanjak is to be evacuated !"? Then there will be rown (room?) at once 1 It is imperative that Aus tria should get this back in order to prevent a union between Serbia and Montenegro and Serbian access to , the sea." The kaiser ridiculed as "childish" the announcement that the (Aus trian) war minister and the chief of the ' general staff were leaving Vienna the next day for a . short time in order to disarm public , anxiety. 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