LA GRANDE EVENUsG OBSERVER.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1917.
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AMBASSADOR GERARD.
We have read Ambassador Gerard's two articles in The
Oregonian, and we congratulate that newspaper on its
enterprise in getting the articles.
The most interesting revelation in the copyrighted ar
ticles so far published is the autograph note of the Kaiser
ito President Wilson, giving the Kaiser's own version of
the events leading up to the war and ft confession that
Belgium was invaded for strategical reasons. Thus in the
Kaiser's own words we have confirmation of what the
world has known for some time that the theory of .the
violation of Belgium neutrality was that might makes
right and that the king can do no wrong.
But in addition .to receiving revelations as to the char
acter of the Kaiser we receive revelations as to the char
acter of our American Ambassador. Nowhere in Am
bassador Gerard's1 story do we receive any intimation
that America was doing anything toward preventing the
great war, nowhere do we receive any suggestion that Am
bassador. Gerard made any effort to persuade German
..jnilitarism not to involve the world in war, nowhere do avc
hear of any plea to" save the innocents, France and Bel
gium. "The only thing we do hear is an offer of mediation
after the great conflagration had started. On .the con
trary we do hear in Ambassador Gerard's own words:
"The Kaiser talked rather despondently about the war.
I TRIED TO CHEER HIM UP SAYING THE GERMAN
TROOP WOULD SOON ENTER PARIS, but he an
swered: 'The English change the whole situation; an ob
stinate nation, they will keep up the war. . It cannot end
soon'," .
What a picture! The Ambassador of a great demo
cratic nation trying to cheer up the world's greatest auto
crat. Cheering him up by holding out the false hope that
his troops would soon enter Paris, encouraging him in
his dream of wicked conquest; as the boys would say
"kidding" him along.
The whole episode indicates to us that the war might
have been avoided. Supposing that a strong man like Root
had been Ambassador to Germany. Sunnosinsr that David
Lloyd George had been Premier of England. The Kaiser '
omit up nis wnoie war upon the theory that the United
States and England would not interfere. He relied upon
the promise of the King of England that Great Britain
was not looking for war. If England had told him de
cisively in the early stages of the war that all its power
would go torsave Belgium and France, and if the United
States had made an appeal in behalf of civilization to
avert the world war, if might have been avoided. The.-
fact that it came shows that Great Britain's diplomacy
failed. And from all appearances the United States had
no one with any brains at the post of Ambassador in Ber
lin.
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The Kaiser's letter to President Wilson is a public doc
ument. No ex-Ambassador should be allowed to sell such
a document to the American people to his own profit or
that of any syndicate of newspapers.
O
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Inclusive.
This from J. E. House, in the Topeka Capital, is as well
done as if Henry Watterson had written it for the Louis
ville Courier-Journal: The German ruling classes have
the instincts of the barbarian, the venom of the rattle
snake and the easy conscience of the devil-fish. Atchi
son Globe.
Supporting' the
Government
This is a time for every citizen to support the
United States Government and many arc doing so
at considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves.
We have joined the Federal Reserve Banking Sys
tem established by the Government to give greater
financial stability and strength 10 the member banks
and protection to their depositors.
You can give your support to this great Govern
ment enterprise and also obtain its protection for
your money by becoming one of our depositors.
Member
Federal Reserve
System
La Grande National Bank
Spending Not Investing.
Congress may not appropriate any funds for the recla
mations of arid lands in the west. The cost of one new
battleship would make fertile many hundred thousand
acres of now non-productive land. These lands would an
nually produce more than enough products to repay the
cost of constructing the irrigation systems. They would
raise enough food to maintain a mighty army. And after
the war such expenditure would still be of practical value
in the period of reconstruction that must follow. And
finally the users of this water, the land owners, would re
pay the entire cost plus interest to the government. Yet
money invested is not money "spent", and congress is
busy "spending" money. Malheur Enterprise.
KAISER SUPPRESSED CABLE MESSAGE OF AUG
UST 10, 1914, IS REPORTED.
(The followino- is tllf tfvt nf flif siirvnvneonrl nnKIn mace
age from the Kaiser to the President, written in the Palace
"!.- -..1 nt Trt-..l A i. in -in-, i -r i 1 -i i -.
vjaiuim ai UL'iiill OH .a.UgUSt J.U, V. IX, Was pUDHSlieCl
for the first time in The Oregonian Sunday.)
FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES PERSONALLY: 10-VIII-14.
1. H. R. II. Prince ITenrv was rpepivnrl Kv liia MninoKr
King George V in London, who, empowered him to trans-
nut lo me veroauy mat jungiand would remain neutral if
war broke out on the Continent involving ftnvmnnir o,i
France, Austria and Russia. " This message was " tele
graphed to me by my brother from London after his con
versation with H. M. the King, and repeated verbally on
the twenty-ninth of July. .
2. My Ambassador in .London transmitted a message
from Sir E. Grey to Berlin saying that only in case France
was likely to be 'Crushed'Eiiglahd would interfere.
3. On the thirtieth my,Ambassador in London reported
that Sir Edward Grey in course of a "private" conversa
tion told him that if thf fWlflint rfin.ninn,1 nnaKvaA
tween Russia not' Serbia and Austria, England would
not move, but if Ave "mixed" in the fray she would take
Ollick decisions and nravf measures- i if T loff ,r ollir
Austria in the lurch to fight alone England would not
touch me.
4. This communication' heino- ittrpdlv nnmiW f tW
King s message .to me, I telegraphed to H. M. on the twen-
i,y-iuiiui vv uuniexn, tnaniting mm tor kind messages
thi ouch mv brother and bee-mnn- him tn nso nil hio
to keep I ranee and Russia his allies from making any
waniKc preparations calculated to disturb my work of
im-uuiuuil. riLSUinir mat 1 Was in fmistnnr uramrair nnt nn
with II. M. the Czar. In the evening the King kindly an-
sL-u;(i max ne naa ordered ins government to use every
possible influence with his alii
... AlVJll V(ilVlli
any provocative military measures. At the same time II.
M. asked me if I would transmit to Vienna the British
proposal that Austria was to take Belgrade and a few
other Serbian towns and a strip of country as a "main
nusc" to make sure that the Serbian promises on paper
should be fulfilled in reality. This proposal was in the
same moment telegraphed to me from Vienna for London,
quite in conjunction with the British proposal; besides, I
had telegraphed to n. M. .the Czar the same as an idea of
nunc before I received the two communications from Vi
enna and London, as both were of the same opinion.
5. I immediately transmitted the telegrams vice versa
to Vienna and London. I felt that I was able to tide the
question over and was happy at the peaceful outlook.
0. While I was preparing a note to II. M.' the Czar the
next morning to inform him that Vienna, London and
Berlin were agreed about the treatment of affairs, I re
ceived the telephones from II. E. the Chancellor that in
the night before the Czar had given the order to mobilize
the whole of the Russian army, which was, of course, also
meant against Germany; whereas, up till then the south
ern armies had been mobilized against Austria.
7. In a telctrnun from London mv AmKnccailAii i-r,
formed me he understood the British "government would
guarantee neutrality of France and wished to know
whether Germany would refrain from attack. I tele
graphed to II. M. the King personally that mobilization
being already carried out could not be stopped, but if II.
M. could guarantee with his armed forces the neutrality of
France I would refrain from attacking her, leave her alone
and employ my troops elsewhere. II. M. answered that he
thought my offer was based on a misunderstanding; and
as far as I can make out, Sir E. Grey never took my offer
into serious consideration. He never answered it. In
stead he declared England had to defend Belgian neu
trality, which had to be violated by Germany on strategi
cal grounds, news having been received that France was
already preparing to enter Belgium, and the King of Bel
gians having refused my petition for a free passage under
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guarantee of his country's freedom." I am most grateful
for the President's message.
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