German Perfidy.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 151, 2 December 1914, Page 5

German Perfidy.

REVEALATIONS OF A YELLOW BOOK. * KAISER FORSAKES PEACE 'ADVOCACY. AN AMBASSADOR'S WARNING TO FRANCE. SMALL STATES MUST FOLLOW OR BE BROKEN. Received 1. 5.40 p.m. Paris, 'December I. A Yellow Book issued shows the German military party's aggressive resolve, also the formation and methodical. development throughout Germany of public opinion in favor of war. It contains in a section headed "Warnings" a striking despatch, dated November 22. 1013, wherein M. Jules Cambon, the French Ambassador in Germany, narrates a conversation of a fortnight earlier between the Kaiser and the King of the Belgian.- 1 , in Von Moltke's presence. M. Cambon describes King Albert's astonishment at finding that the Kaiser was no longer the champion of peace, and that the Kaiser now regarded war with France as inevitable. He believed in the overwhelming superiority of the German arrnv, and its certain success.

A'on Mclt-ke took the same view, ami was even kck> confident of success than the Ivaiser.

King Albert protested tliat they were travestying t'.io French Government's intention?, and were misled regarding the French nation's sentiments.

The Kaiser and Von lloltke, none the less, persisted. The Kaiser, moreover, appeared overwrought and irritable. If. Cambon added: "As the Emperor grows older, family traditions and the reactionary sentiments of the Court, and especially the impatience of the military caste, gain more and more hold on his mind. Possibly he feels some jealousy of the popularity of his son, who flatters pan-German passions, and does not find that his Empire holds a position in the world commensurate witiii its power. Perhaps France's reply to the latest increase in the army, the aim whereof is to establish 'Germanic superiority beyond question, explains some of his bitterness. Possibly the Kaiser meant to impress King Albert, and induce him to oppose no resistance in the event of a FrancoGerman conflict. Whatever his object, the revelation reflects a precarious situation, and it will be well to take into consideration this new fact, namely, that the Kaiser is familiarising himself with a train of ideas once repugnant to him.

The same section contains a secret official report, dated 19th May, 1913, from an officer of the German General Staff, justifying the increases in the irmy, and urging the accustoming of the nation to the idea of an offensive war. "There are so many matters connected with powerful armaments, entailing considerable sacrifices and a strained political situation, as to cause the drawing of the sword to be viewed with relief. Germany must prepare for war financially, without arousing mistrust. Financiers must stir up trouble in Egypt, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco,' and Russia. Risings must be prepared, especially in Egypt." He adds: "Small States liko Holland and Belgium must be constrained to follow Germany, or be broken in." Various documents prove the perfidy of German diplomacy at critical moments, and Austria's deliberate provocation of the war at Germany's instigation.

■A DAMNING DOSSIER. Received 1, 10.30 p.m. Paris, December 1. Le Temps describes the Yellow Book as a damning dossier of a crimffial nation.

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