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Hugo Stinnes' Part in the Armistice.
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The latter chapters of Herr Ballin's memoirs bring to light| the little-known fact that Herri Stinnes played a large part in the events which led up to the Armistice. Rallin had been in bigh favour before, the war, but at a comparatively early stage of hostilities his sun of Imperial favour had begun to set..
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For one thing, he was opposed to wholesale murder at When the Lusitania was torpedo- ed there wore a good many who thought Herr Ballin might have been at the back of that shameful action, hoping thereby to bepelit) the Hamburg Amerika Line. The idea was pardonable perhaps, but based on false reasoning, as were mast similar emanations of war paychosis. Ballin made no mention of the Lusitania smoʻg his papers. What reference there is to the wanton destruction |of cargo space shows that he was
opposed to it, and opposed alsoj to the unrestricted submarine war, not on principle, but because be knew it must fail. There was! a period in the war when hel shared the extravagant plans andį aime of the wild men, as, forļ instance, when be contributedanj article, The Wet Triangle" to the Frankfurter Zeitung, in which The declared that Germany mast
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that she could never azam bei blockade. In the absence ofj jother explanation it was taken too high hopes on the suntess of, "But Herr von Berg Jchief of ito muran that Germany must the submarines: both overlook the Kaiser's Civil Cabinet] hadi retain Belgium and the Chunnel the fact that WE are making arranged 10 be HITO tao. ports. Ballin probably uns ged enemics of the whole world, and and he went with us
In conse his mined as tɔ andezition with that so lang as we cannot ous off quence of this the conversation the ebb and flaw of Germany's the munition ships and the ships; lost the freedom so desirable in, sancesses, and it j little that carry tinher to England, the the interests of the Kaiser him.! difficult to nenopt Hert Haller-|¦ hop that the English will be on self and of the country. I found. mana's statement that he hal in their ances in July is, to say they the Kala-r again very rouch mis-, mird a naval station on the Atleast, extravagantly optimistic." informed and in the bunyant lantic Dean somewhere in North For the passons hailin began stame of mind that he was so Africa. In ang case he must have to lose his influence with the willing to display in the presencaj abandoned any annekatimist; Kaiser just at the critical period of a third person. They had so hopes at a very early stage, for when it was most needel. Here ¦ perverted things that even the he had embarked on a "peace Huldermann says that in the later but failure of the offensive, which i intrigue” (as they used to be stages of the war he seldom fat frat had provoked a great de-j called) at least early in 1915. At had the opportunity of seeing him | pression in him, bai been twisted the same time, he had abandoned and never of bolding a cantilen-¦into a victorg. the idea that Germans could be hal conversation. The Kamer"s | I informed the Kaiser of my) blockaded into deteat. The officers would not allow any great concern, and told him that blockade, he observes was a vers; private conversation to pake I did not think there were any) severe and incisive measure, but place. Ballin commenta: "They prospect for peace negotiations! it could not foro- Germany to her only tell the Kaiser cord news, with England: bu: advised himi
Ballin wrote
Fand therefore he does not see the urgently to get into touch withi I am regarded in high circles, elements of the situation as they {Wilsoni
The Kaiser! and even ry his Majesty, as andare." Of the Kaiserin be sagsagreed with my views, 5221 Anglophile, set I am the only her judgment of the war and its thought it would be necessary to German who can justip c'aim to origins was so prejudiced that on, was till the autumn, when we have been at war with England Jone oucasión when he visited the should be back in the Hindenburg for 30 years for domination in the Kaiser she came up to him with line. Then a peace offer could be realm of merchant shipping. Intraised, clenched flats, crying: mate through the Queen of j this long period I have taken one "Peace with England? Sever!" Holland, trench after another and have¦ Sbe regarded the war as an always attacked again as soon as affair of families in which the I could get the means to do so." English Court had played tezitor
He thought it was going to be to the Kaiser. alshort war, because he did not! b-lieve better terms could be cuti at the end of 12 months, than were to be had in six.
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THE U-BOAT CAMPAIGN.
Whenever I spoke freely Herr von Berg cleverly joined in, and) when the Kaiser had gone bel abserved that One must Col mak the Kaiser too pessimistic.". GERMANY'S EXHAUSTION.
"The Kaiser also remarked. On Tuesday, August 20, 1918, that this war would soon be follow- Ballin received a telephone called by another the second Punic from Herr Deters [Stinnes's
War. He spoke of an alliance general manager in Hamburg)
between England and America,
lasted
3.10
Stinpes sent word that both the Centre Party and the Socizl Democrats were in favour of the proposal that I should conduct the peace negotiations. I replied that I would not refuse, but would rather somebody else did it."
That was on Nov, 2. 1918. A
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But he saw that the ruthless asking him to meet Sinne in direcd, of course, against Japan. of the submarine might Berlin on the following Tours and developed political views endanger everything. The day, as Colonel Bauer (Luden-that merely showed how ill in- estimable persons, especially the dorff's Chief of Staff, afterwards ormed he was." leaders of the Conservative and leader of the Kapp Putsch] had
It was soon too late. The last} National Liberal parties, who still brought news that made a discus-entry shows that Ballin was de- preach ruthless submarine war,sion imperative. He declined.stined or the ultimately are falsely informed as to the true but Stinnes appeared in Hamburg filled by Erzeburger, capabilities of the U-boats; tuey on the Friday and Ballin mes him consider the starvation of England there. The conference thereby not only possible but from 10.40 am to 1.15 even fairly certain. I need not Stinner, he says, revealed to him tell your Excellency that is an with his pleasent frankness and entirely false picture of the lucidity the fact that the German
England will always resources in position.
man-power had be able to produce the means and begun to give out and that lat- the power to maintain ber comterly there had been many deser-week later he was dead. munications with the French ters-Stinnes named the figure of Channel porte." And in a letter 32,000. Ludendorff, be said, bed to German dipiornalist he made matters clear to the Crown expresses his amazement at Prisce at last, but it was neces- "those light-hearted Germans in sary that the Kaiser should be told. hizb places who spoke of the that Count Hertling taast go, that entry of America as though it nothing was being done to bring were a matter of, say, Montenegrof about peace, that von Stein [the
Baron Akerbeilm. Swedish or San Marino." He himself, Minister of War was failing however, in a memorandum them, and much else. Ballin Consul-General at Shanghai, and Kaiser if two Assessors who held an in- written in July, 1916, estimated agreed to tell the that England could have been Indendorf so desired, bat de- quiry into the accusations against overthrown if Germany bad manded that Ludendorff should Pettersson, the Customs police) had 300 submarines, and that indicate whom he desired to officer alleged to have caused thes there would have been no succeed. Stinnes answered that the death of a riceboat man, need to fear a war with America. Prince Balow had been proposed. have given their judgment, hase. Though the Admiralty staff Ballin objected that the Prince on a lengthy inquiry into the circulated a memorandum on the was mistrusted by the Socialists circumstances of the case. They the Chinese had proposed ruthless submarine cam- and also by Germany's enemies. found that paign to obtain the views of lead- Stinnes admitted this. It was failed to prove the charge, the ing men, the opinion of Ballin then proposed that the matter evidence produced being was not asked. He declined to should be further discussed with reliable and contradictors, and trim his views to the popular de-Ludendorff. He himself wool Pettersson was discharged.
The judgment was as follows: mand., bowever, and thereafter have preferred that Stinne
the undertaken lapsed somewhat into the back. should bare
This is a case of a policeman accused, their evidence does not the body, the cause of death could
Convincing proof that not have been determined. ground, though he continued to mission "because the situation on duty and executing the orders ufer
The Court finds that the post put forward his objections and seemed to demand a man of of his Superiors who is accused violence was used by the accused
mortem examination does not criticisms. even to the Kaiser. In dictatorial authority." But the of having used violence in order on the occasion in question.
The post mortem. examination, I prove that death was the result May, 1917, he w6. invited to task fell to Ballin. He went to to be obeyed and to have caused, General Headquarters. He Wilbelmshohe on September 5, as a result of such violence, the which merely consisted of an ex- [of injuries caused by violence."
Under these circumstances the. and he given an 2
interesting death of another man,
ternal-Inspection of the body aud "After the very short wartime account of his visit and the way The Court anda that the was made by a Chinese official, Cours, declares Pettersson not dinner I talked alone with the in which its object was defeated. witnesssa - against the accused who is not a medical tao, is of guilty. Kaiser for some hours and found
Dr..0. Fisőbar and Mr. Lok THE KAISER AND JAPAN.. were so often caught with con- nó value, agis convincingly prov bim, in my opinion, in a much He waited in the Adjutant's "tradictory and conflicting steed by well-known and doly. were present on behalf of the too optimistic frame of mind: He, room till the Kaiser came to take ments that, in consideration of certified physician, who also cer- Chinese Commissioner for For-
ke Ludendorff, sets altogether him for a walk.
the emphatic denial of the tiñas, that jihout a dissection o; | sign Affairs
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