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was in fact the evil genius of Vienna. to thic Aus This is the most thorough and closely Germany was privy reasoned analysis we have yet seen of the trian ultimatum to Serbia and to Aus- events which led up to the great war, and, tria's rupture with Serbia, fully knowing, because it is the most thorough and closely as the German White Paper admits, that reasoned, is constitutes also the most these measures would involve the danger Germany, rejected powerful indictment of Germany and ber of war with Russia. subordinate ally. That this indictment Sir Edward Grey's proposal of a confer should have been drawn up by a Germanence between the four"disinterested" lerids additional and dramatic force to it Powers, including herself. Germany left His name is not revealed, and in the cir unanswered all the various suggestions cumstances could obviously not be reveal from other Powers that she should suggest ed without exposing the author to all the some alternative form of mediation be rigours of German frightfulness." Nor, tween Russia and Austria in the place of we need hardly say, is the book published the conference proposal she had rejected. in Germany, It has been brought out by Germany abstained from discussing or a well-known firm of Swiss publishers at answering the further suggestions for Lausanne, and its genuineness is vouched song conciliatory formula which eman for by Dr. Anton Suter, an equally well ated in turn from Sir Edward Grey and known Swiss citizen of considerable from M. Sazenoff. Germany, in spite of wealth and advanced Socialist views all enquiries; declined to state what Aas- whose position in Switzerland, though tria really wanted, and confined herself less conspicuous, recalls that which the invariably to stating what Austria did milionaire Herr Singer occupied for a not want. Germany made a bid for Bri- long time as one of the leaders of the tigh neutrality which was in itself a con- Social-Democratic party in Germany. fession of warlike purpose at a time when The structure of the book is admirable. the three Entente Powers were still To show where lies the full responsibility strenuously working for peace, for the final catastrophe, the author many interrupted the conversations which starts by reviewing broadly the policy of had begun between Russia and Austris in the Great Powers during the last decade Petrograd by her ultimatum to Russia and the spirit with which it was in each and to France, and thereby rendered war Germany in her ultimatum case animated. He draws a striking con inevitable. trast between, on the one side, the splen- to Russia demanded also the demobiliza- did aerial progress which Germany tion of the Russian forces on the Aus- could rightly boast, the extraordinary triaa frontier, although Austria hal development of her commerce and indus already mobilised the whole of her own Germany, instead of merely which she ultimately challenged to war, carrying out a couator-mobilization of the series of diplomatic successes which her own fordes, declared war without any she achieved without actually drawing-justification against Russia and then the sword, and-or the other hand the against France. Germany subsequently growing worship of force, the fierce cult attempted to justify these celarations of by such hollow fictions as her encircle had begun hostilities, whereas, on the ment" by aggressive rivals and the contrary, the first warlike acts were com denial to her of her "place in the sun. mitted by Germany. As if any Power had ever secured in a shorter time so large a "place in the sun'

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All these points are elaborated and drivan homie with irresistible cogency, and none of the German arguments does our as the peaceful enterprise of her own people had secured for Germany in the author refute and shatter so completely forty years which followed the Franco- as the plea that Russia precipitated the As if Germany, who had catastrophe by the mobilization of her:

By what right, he asks, did Ger fortified her own predominance on the Arniy, Prussian War! Continent by the conclusion of formal many, whose interests in the questions. treaties of alliance with Austria-Hun-then at issue between Russia and Austria- gary and Italy, could reasonably resent Hungary, were professedly subordinate to the much more loose understandings by those of her ally, take it upon herself to which the three Entente Powers had com- demand the demobilization of the Russian posed their former differences and, as the Army, when Austria-Hungary herself, German Chancellor had himself been fai against whom the Russian mobilization such demand, but on the eintrary was still ed the peace of Europe! on one occasion to admit. had strengthen was directed, never ventured to make any Where else was the will to war pro- engaged in conversations with Petrograd claimed to be essential to national great and actually did not break off relations. ness? Where else did the military loaders with Russia until a week later of the nation clains the right to enforce incident that led up to Germany's de upon its statesmen the duty of "taking olaration of war against Russia is scTU- action whenever the military situation tinized day by day and almost hour by should happen to be particularly favourlour, and our author gums up his judg able "Who wanted, war, except Gor many? Did Russia want war? Did France want war? Did England want war Nowhere does he find a shred of evidence that in any one of these three countries the mind of either Government or people was set upon war. Had ever

To the many proofs that this war had any Power given such gernine and fre been deliberatly planned and every detail quent proof of its passionate desire to thought out for at least a year before th avert the dangers of war as Grat Bri-actual outbreak our author adds a char tain did when she sought, not once bat acteristic indication which is quite new In the summer of 1913 the Belgian time after time, at fague Conferences dots. and by direct negotiation with Germany, Royalties paid an official visit to Liége. to promete a general reduction of urma The German Emperor sent a special envay" BEER.ments and more especially a reduction of naval armaments? What, on the other hand, was the attitude of Germany? Every overture made to her was rejected by the rulers of Germany with more or legs open scory, and rejatsented to her people as tire product of more British hy pocrisy or of British fear. Jn Germany alone were armaments regarded as the Navy Bills breath of a nation's life alternated in increasingly swift succes-

"""B" and "C" Companies will parado sion with Army Bills, which culminated in 1018 in the raising of the German peace his book the grave words J'accuse! with on the Cricket Ground on Thursday, the effectives at one stroke from 20,000 which Emile Zola opened his eloquent 29th inst, at 5.15 p.m., for Battalion Drill, 800,000 men and the imposition of an ex appeal to the conscience of the French Happy Valley. Dress, drill order, shirt traordinary war lax of £50,000,000. This people during the height of the Dreyfus But Zola already had ar was a warning and a challenge to the controversy. world of which no Power had less exense that time with him many of the best ele than Great Britain for disregarding the micuta in France, whilst in Germany the significance, when Germany had only a whole nation is still under the spell of One can therefore few months previously demanded from the will to war." her a pledge of absolute neutrality what scarcely venture to hope that this appeal ever might happen on the Continent, will succeed vet awhile in reaching the Great Britsin had offered Germany the conscience of the author's fellow-country most explicit assurance that she will men through the dense clouds of poison

The undermentioned N. C. O's, and mon neither make nor join in any unprovoked gas in which it has been systematically. attack upon Germany. Aggression upon enveloped for years past by the rulers and who were absent without leave from parade But the on Monday, the 26th inst, will parade at the Germany is not the subject and forma reteachers of modern Germany.

day, we believe, will nevertheless come Cricket Ground at 5.30 p.m. on Friday, the part of any treaty, understanding, or combination to which Great Britain is a when the German people will be grateful 20th inst party, nor will she become a party to say that one man at least was found amongst thing that hae such an object." But this them to act up to the fine mot'o inscribed was not what Germany wanted. What on the title-page of this remarkable she did want, 28 our author clearly puts volume it, was "to secure for herself the road to. the beremony of the Continent by isolat ing England, in order to climb later on from that coign of vantage to the perman-

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to greet them and convey to them the as- surane of his constant friendship. That envoy was no mere ordinary courtier, but the future conqueror of Liége, General von Emmich, whose troopa started the German orgy of atrocities on the very day they crossed the Belgian frontier, barely two days after the German Minister in Brussels had given the Belgian Govern dent the most friendly assurances as to the intentions of ite mighty neighbour.

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Paris is aghart at the intement that the crisis leading up to the war, when he an Army order is about to be issued for made her last bids for British neutrality. bidding the wearing of ben-de by French

Equally incisive is the author's analysis soldiers. This order it ja sail, is due to Fri, July 30-1 & 2 of "B" Ca. of the diplomatic correspondence and the smart appeara es presented by Sat.,

311 C other official documents, which have been smooth-faced Mr. Atking" when com- Sun, Aug. 1-1&2, "A"

2-3&4, published since the outbreak of war by the pared with the French Poilus "-- | Mon, y various belligerent States. They are all beloved in French liter-tura and journal. Toes, 1 by this time no doubt more or less fami- lisa Foilu has been an ho oureble Wed, liar to our readers, But the case against, nickname in the French servico since the Germany has newer, we think, been put days of the Grande Armen, where the so lucidly, ror the facts marchalled with belief ran that special during might be more convincing logic. Our author tearspected of heavilyeded soldiers. in the frst place to shreds tice pretence Balzoo, in "Te Vedicin de Camp^pe." that Germany's influence was ever exerted speaks of a regiment in which only forty Co. B Section/3. in favour of the preservation of peace, saldiers could be found hairy enrich Specially effective in the use. He makes f

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Striking featuves marked a recruiting unon her ally there is not a word or as hint that any such pressure was ever at march of the ith Royal Sects in Edin templed. On the contrary, by ita omis burgh recently It was preceded by 12 Blous the Red Book zfords very strong little girls, whose fathers or brothers are evidence that Germany refrained not only with the colours, carrying banners bear From supporting but even from conveying ing such inscriptions as My brother is to her ally some of the suggestions which out. Is yours! "

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