HOW THE KAISER, WEEKS AHEAD;
FIXED DATE FOR WAR TO BEGIN,
NOW REVEALED BY MORGENTHAU
Hostilities Decided on at Conference in Berlin in July, 1914, Among Kmperor and His Leading Statesmen,
Soldiers and Financiers-1 fitter Asked for Two Weeks to Arrange Loans and Then Raided Markets of
World - Facts Told by German Envoy at Constantinople After Conflict Began.
In May, Even, Ruler Of Austria Said Conflict Was Inevitable
Ever Since He Came to Throne Says Our Ambassador to Turkey, Weltmacht Dream Has Obsessed the
Kaiser, Who Has Stirred and Fostered Trouble Wherever He Has Found It, Making Germany the Pirate
of Nations - Attack on United States One of His Schemes to Get Indemnity Widen It Is Declared He
Set at $50,000,000,000 Prince Henry's Visit Part of Plan.
By Henry Horganthau
Former American Ambassador to
Turkey.
This war was no accident. Neith
er did it come about through the
temporay breakdown or European
diplomacy. It was carefully planev
and deliberately executed in cold
blood. The spirit and motive be
hind it were the spirit and motives
that brought about the war between
Prussia and Denmark, the war be
tween Prussia and Austria and the
war between Prussia and France.
It was undertaken in the further
ance of a definite programme ot
Prussian imperialism.
Since my return from France,
where I visited the front and had
many frank conferences with French
statesmen and Generals, and with
British commanders as well, it has
been more and more impressed on
me that every American who has
had opportunities to peep behind
the scenes and see for himself how
this terrible tragedy was staged
owes it to his fellow countrymen to
give them all the information in his
possession which will enable them
to visualize the menace that has
been hanging over the great Repub
lic and still hangs over it because
■of the Prussian mania for world
power. The premeditation is now
proved and any American who with
holds evidence becomes an aecesory
NOW ON
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T O M O R R O W
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after the fact to Germany’s crime.
Whenever the question of peace
is raised, the Kaiser solemnly asserts
that he did not will this war, but
that, with tho help of the good Ger
man God, he will see it through to
the end. He did will this war, and
he brought it about when it suited
his purposes and his preparations,
the Serbian incident was more than
an excuse. It was an opportunity.
On Aug. IS, 1914, as American
Ambassador at Constantinople, 1
called on the Marquis of Pallavicini,
the Austrian-Hungarian Ambassador
to congratulate him on the Emper
or's eighty-fourth birthday. After
exchanging the usual diplomatic
compliments suitable to such an
occasion, he spoke of the condition
of the Emperor’s health and his
great physical and mental activity
in spite of the strain to which he
was subjected. The conversation
then turned to the war, which was
in its third week, and His Excellency
told me that when he visited the
Emperor in May His Imperial Majes
ty had said war was inevitable be
cause of conditions in the Balkans.
The Austrian Crown Prince was
| murdered at Sarajevo on June 28;
yet weeks before that the Austrian
Emperor had confined to bis Am
bassador to Turkey that war was
inevitable.
Conference Decided on
War; financiers began
Operations
A still more remarkable confer
mation came to me from Baron
Wangenheim, the German Ambassa
dor at Constantinople. In an out
burst of enthusiasm after tlia arrival
of the Goebcn and the Breslau in
the Dardanelles, he having directed
their movements by wireless while
they were endeavoring to escape
from the British fleet, the German
Ambassador informed me further
that a conference had been held in
Berlin in the early part of July at
which the date of the war was fixed.
This conferonce was presided over
by the Kaiser; the Baron Wangen
heim was present to report on the
conditions in Turkey, Moltke, the
Chief of staff, was there and so was
Grand Admiral von Tirpitz. With
them were the leaders of German
finance, the directors of the rail
roads and the captains of industry
whose aid was essential to the kai
ser in putting his vast military
machine into operation. Each was
asked if he was ready for war. All
replied in the affirmative except the
financiers who insisted that they
must have two weeks in which to |
sell foreign securities and arrange
their loans.
At the time this conference was]
held, nobody outside the inner circle j
of the Berlin and Vienna Govern-j
ments dreamed of war as a result.
of the Sarajevo assassinations. ]
They took good care that no sus- j
picion should be aroused. The Kai- j
ser went straightway to Norway on j
his yacht. The Chancellor left, j
Berlin for a rest.
The diplomatic corps had no in
timation of the impending calamity,
and the British Ambassador went
away, leaving the embassy to the j
Charge d’Affaires. The same drug
was used in Vienna, and even wheu
the blow fell the Russian Ambassa
dor was absent from his post on
vacation.
As the British White book shows
it was not until July 20th that Sir
Edward Grey, the British Secretary
of State for foreign affairs, asked the
German Ambassador in Hondon
whether he. had apy news of
what was going on in Vienna
in regad to Serbia. Many
days before the British Foreign Sec
retary had asked this question, war
had been formally declared upon in
Berlin and Vienna and everything
was being made ready to raise the
curtain upon the most ghastly drama
of history.
riarkets Of World Raided
From the date of this conference '
he German financiers were busy
I with their part while the army mark
j ed time. All the great stock ex
I changes experienced an acute finan
cial depression as German owned
stocks were quietly pushed into the
market.
In New York as I found after
ward. there were astonishing slumps
in quotations. Between July 10th,
and July 25th, which was two days
before the ultimatum was sent ot
Serbia, Union Pacific dropped from
154% to 12514. Baltimore and
Ohio went from 9014 to 7814, and
United States Steel slumped with the
railroads stocks.
No adeqate explanation was offer
ed, and in the absence of anything
better there were bitter complaints
against the Simmons-Underwood
tariff as the source of all economic
evil. The tariff had as little to do
with it as the Federal Reserve Act,
which was not as yet enacted into
law. There was financial depression
and a general decline in market quo
tations because the German finan
ciers were carrying out their part
of the Kaiser's war plans.
“"it was not alone to me that Baron
Wlangenhelm told the story of this
Berlin conference. Only recently
the Marquis Garroni, the Italian Am
bassador at Constantinople, an
nounced that Baron Wangenheim
said the same thing to him, Italy at
that time being amember of the
Triple Alliance. My diary shows
that the conversation with the Ger
man Ambassador took place on the
26th of August, 1914. This was
about six weeks after the fateful
council in Berlin in which the Kaiser
gave civilization over to fire and
sword, and all the details of the
meeting were still fresh in Baron
| Wangenheim’s mind.
The decision for war which the
Austrian Emperor had confided to
his Ambassador to Turkey in May,
and which the Kaiser fully revealed
to his lieutenants in July, was the
culmination of plane that had been
underway for twenty-five years.
Just as Bismarck had plotted and
contrived to uinte the German states
by war and to create an Empire
dominated by Prussia, so the Kaiser
had brooded over his own dream of
making Germany tho master state
of the world.
Throrughout all his policies for
a quarter of a century runs this
Weltmackt motiif, like the motif of
a Wagnerian opera. Everything
that was done or left undone had
its inspiration in this single purpose.
Year in and year out, the Kaiser
brooded over this ambition, in which
he was the central figure of a stu
pendous moving picture, directing
and controlling the destinies of the
world.
When he came to the throne he
found a mighty military machine
already constructed for his use. It
was not enough. It was oeeessary
to create a mighty industrial, fieann
ial and transportation machine as
well, and to create a navy that
could mobilize this power for use
anywhere on the globe..
The Kiel canal' was a war mea
sure. Government regulation and
stimulation of agriculture was a
war measure. The German railroad
systems wero developed with eye
single to moving vast armies to the
East and to the west. Everything
that could contribute to the winning
of a war was encouraged by the
government. Krupps was made
almost a national institution under
the personal patronage of the Kai
r, who, by tho way. was one of
stockholders.
Just as the army was in charge
of military exports, so German
finance, German industry, German
agriculture and German administra
tion were ail turned over to experts.
It was a nation of experts with
boundless ambition and infinite ar-1
rogance, but with the narrow vision
of experts.
To create this new war machine
tlie Kaiser made Germany a great
materialistic empire. He found a
lisciplined and docile people, and
lie proceeded to mould them to his
new scheme of world domination.
Everything that was characteristic
of the4 old Germany—the Germany
of "48—was eventually smoothered
and stifled.
The old idealism, the old phil
osphy the old religion the old free
dom and passion for education all
disappered. The state the church,
the schools, the universities, art,
•literature and music were shaped
to the Kaiser’s will as the army, the
navy, the finances, industries and
agriculture were shaped.
The Kaiser became the head of
the new Prussian system erected
upon the foundations of the system
that Fredrick, the Great, had created
out of his genius, and war remained
as ever the chief industry of Prussia!
(To be concluded tomorrow.!
LETTER FROM
MRS. PHIL ERNST
Seattle, Wash.
Jan. 8, 1918.
Mrs. John Monahan,
My Dear Friend
Better late than never, is my
motto. I have not forgotten my
promise by any means. The time
has passed so quickly, that I can
hardly realize I have been here so
long. After Phil and I arrived in
Seattle, we stayed at my sister's
home for about six weeks, and all
that timo we were trying to iocato
a place for ourselves. We finally
located a fine residence on Stevens
street. We moved into it just two
weeks before Christmas. It is a
lovely place and we both like it
very well. Seattle is some city and
still growing. You cannot imagine
the activity and amount of business
going on out here. Crowds of
people are upon the streets at all
hours of the day. Many of the
business-men said that Christmas
week was the banner one, in the
history of Seattle. The weather has
I been ideal since we arrived, with
) the exception of a little rain, which
fell before Christmas, and even at
that, we had sunshine sandwiched
in between. The buds are all com
ing out on the fruit trees. I run
across Nome people every time I go
down town.
How ar° you and the rest of my
friends in Nome getting along? How
is the Igloo? I sincerely hope you
are doing well this winter. It seems
like most everybody here in the
hotel and rooming business are get
ting rich.
W.e had a rather rough trip com-)
mg out. I was awfully sick mosti
of the time. I must have lost about
ten pounds during the trip, for)
which I om not sorry. I am going)
to close for this time. Give the best
regards of Phil and myself, to our
friends in Nome. Joe and family
are enjoying the very best of health,
they have a splendid residence in
West Seattle. With the very best
of wishes,
I remain your sincere friend,
Mrs. Phil Ernst.
1802 Stevens St.,
Seattle, Wash.
To whom it may concern:
Tho undersigned, received the I
above letterr, and handed it into the j
Industrial Worker office for pub-1
lication, for the benefit of the many!
friends of Mrs. and Mr. Ernst.
Mrs. John Monahan,
Prop.
Pioneer Igloo Hotel.
Good, clean, comfortable bed-, by
the day, week or month, at the,
Dunham Building;, next door City
Hall. (West)
Mrs. Markham, Prop. j •
First-class Cnalakleet dog sal- '
nion for sale at 12 cents a pound. ,
See Duffy O'Conner. ,
WE CAN DO IT.
Peoples Laundry wash everything |*
except the Baby.
W. J. WILLIAM SON, Prop
$1,000,000,600 TO
BE GAMBLED AWAY
The Eagles "Frontier Committee”
met in conference yesterday afternoon.
We tried to glean what went on, there
at. The conferee’s were ail tight as
the clam, nevertheless, we selected our
sporting editor, and told him to cover
the beat. He returned in rather an
excited condition, he informed us that
over $1,000,000,000 will be gambled
away in the Eeagle Hall on the even
ing of the 9th. He said the Commit
tee’s generosity will exceed their good
looks that night, (we'll admit that a
couple of them will have to go some
to do that.) The committee have de
cided to generously donate $1,000 in
"Kagle" paper hills, to each and every
person who enters the Hall on the
aforesaid night. The money can he
used to gamble with at any of the
various games. The luckiest winner
of the evening, will receive the highest
number of thrift stmnps, and so on.
The reporter nosed around and tried
to learn what else would be doing
there, that evening. All the answer he
could get was, just wait and read the
Ad. (we surely will.)
The full limit of outside second
class mail arrived yesterday after
noon, as well as the usual amount
of local first class.
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