NOT WHAT IT SEEMED.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 22, 14 September 1914, Page 4

NOT WHAT IT SEEMED.

A comment, inspired from Berlin, was published in various German newspapers during the last week of July. Here are the words, which contrast peculiarly with events which rapidly followed: "Several well-known Paris newspapers have appealed to the German Emperor and the Imperial Chancellor in tones of which they have hitherto been strangers, and with an appreciation of His Majesty and the Chancellor which we have until very recently vainly sought in those journals, to exert their influence on behalf of the peace of Europe. This appeal is unnecessary. The German Emperor and the German Imperial Chancellor are always concerned for place, as is proved by the whole past of the German Empire for more than forty years. At this moment, too, they are concerned for peace, and that is all the easier to them, as Germany has nothing to gain in case of war, and has no gain in prospect. Austria-Hungary, too, is now only seeking protection against a danger threatening the existence of the Em-; pire, and aims at no territorial conquests. This French appeal for the preservation of peace is, therefore, directed to the wrong address. There is no action of German policy which has threatened peace, but if it should prove true, as is announced in various places, that Russia is mobilising part of her army, that, as things stand, would be a most serious threat to European peace. Then let all those, such as these Paris newspapers, to whom the peace, of Europe is dear,j address their wishes and their representations to Russia and her ruler, in whose hands the decision of peace or war in Europe actually lies, to the. ruler who fifteen years ago issued the noblo summons to the first Peace- Conference."