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Trial of Former German .
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!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-
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describes the -event in that city fol
lowing the presentation of the. Aus-
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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).
Baron Konrad von Hoetzen-
dorff,
staff.-
former Austrian chief of
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be settled with the Serbs, and that
soon!"
Kaiser Stayed Away.
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'
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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.
The kaiser, added that lie agreed r,
with Frederick the Great, who was
"against ' war councils because the V
more tiitiid (in such councils) al- '
ways gets the upper hand."
On July 11, upon a query from
the kaiser, Von Jagow (foreign
minister) , advised that the usual
birthday greetings be sent to the
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