INJURED INNOCENCE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2779, 25 May 1916, Page 5

INJURED INNOCENCE

. GERMAN CHANCELLOR ON WAR CAUSES By Teloir&Dh—Press Association—Copyiigh t Amsterdam, May 23. The German Imperial Chancellor (HerrTon Bethmann-Hollweg) in an interview with Mr. Carl Wiegand, of the New York "World," replying to Sir Edward Grey's interview, lecalls the Anglo-French statements that Britain and France would dictate the terms of peace, and expresses aurpriso regarding tne question of destroying ' Germany. Sir Edward Grey, said the. Chancellor, still seeks to distinguish between Prussia and the rest of Germany, and this despite tho heroic unity of an entire people defending their homes. He affirms that Britain, and not Germany, prosecuted a policy of militarism for twenty years,- and instances Egypt, Fashoda, the Boer War, and Algeciras, where, according to Sir Edward Grey's admission, she promised "France assistance in the event of war, and both General Staffs began to come to an agreement. ■ The Chancellor adds: "Germany averted war in the Bosnian crisis, and Britain showed displeasure to Petrograd at Germany's aotion. Sir Edward Grey declared he believed that British public opinion would have approved a war by Britain on Russia's side. Germany was about to settle the Agadir differences with France when Mr. Llcyd George's speeches caused danger of war."