The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 17, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
KAISEK'S MESSAGE SHOWS
HIS PART IN WAR MAKlMi
Telegram Made Public by State .Department
Proves Again Intention
to Invade Belgium as "Strategical
Necessity"? Germany Must
Stand by Austria, It Says
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Washington, Aug. 13.?The German
emperor's telegram to President Wilson
given to Ambassador Gerard in
the emperor's own handwriting, was
made Dublic officially by the state de
partment today for the first time. It
follows:
"Berlin, via Copenhagen.
"Dated August 14, 1914.
"Received August 15, 7:30 p. m. j
"Secretary of State, Washington. j
"August 14, 3 p. m. .
"The following was communicated
personally to me by the emperor in
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"writing:
"'Private and confidential.
"'For the president personally.
M<1. The royal highness, Prince
Henry, was received by his majesty.
King George V. in London, who empowered
him to transmit to me verbally
that England would remain neutral
if war broke out on the -continent
involving Germany and France, Austria
and Russia. This message was
telegraphed to me by my brother rrorn
London after his conversation with
his majesty the king and repeated verbally
on July 29.
" 2..My ambassador in Lonfioa
transmitted a message from Sir Ba-wxrd
Orev to Berlin saying tiat on?r
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In case France was likely to be crushed
England would interfere.
<" *5. On the 30th my ambassador in
London reported that Sir Edward Grey
in the course of a private (sic) conversation
told him that If the conflict
remained localized between RussiaHot
Serria?and Austria, England
would not mWe but if we mixed in tcs
fray, she would take quick decisions
and grave maneuvers; in other words
If I left my ally Austria in the larch
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t? fight alone, England would not
teach z?e.
Wanted Free Hand
*' '4. This communication being directly
counter to the king's message
te me, I telegraphed to his majesty
on the 29th or 30th thanking him for
kind message through my brotner ana
begging him to use all his power to
keep Franc and Russia, his allies
from making any warlike preparations 1
calculated to dishirb my work on
jaed&tion, stating that l was in con- j
atant communication with his majesty
tie czsS^ltf1- the evening the king
kindly answered that he had ordered
kis -government to use every possiare j
Influence with his allies to repudiate :
taking any provocative measures. At j
t&e same'time his majesty asked me
should transmit to Vienna the
British proposal that Austria was to
take Belgrade and a rew ouier otsr- j
Tiaa towns and a strip of tne country j
&8 a' mainmise (sic) to make aur*
that the Serrian promises on paper j
#hou!d be fulfilled In reality. This
proposal was in the same moment
telegraphed to me from Vienna for'
IfOBdoa quite in conjunction with tha
British proposal; besides I bad tele*
r&Dhed to his majesty, the czar, th?
wtahe aa an idea of mine before I re*
eived the two communications from
Yienna and London. As both were of,
me same poinion, immediately trans-:
nitted the telegrams vice versa to!
Vienna and London. I felt that I was
able to tide the question over and
irag happy at the peaceful outlook.
Russia of Course j
4 f5. "While I was preparing a note
to his majesty, the czar, the next
morning to inform him that Vienna,
l-ondon and Berlin were agreed aboul j
the treatment of affairs, I received the j
telephone message from his excel
lency, the chancellor, that in the night
"before the czar had given the order to j
mobilize the whole of the Russian
Army,Vhich was of course also meant!
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again Germany, weneasup tin men j
the Southern armies had ben mo,
- fcHized anr Austria.
M '6. In a telegram from London my
ambassador informed me he unaer-j
stood ,the Biritish government would j
guarantee neutrality of France and|
-wished to know whether Germany;
t
wxmld refrain from attack. . I tele- J
graphed .to his majesty, the king, personally
that mobilization ebing al-j
ready carried out could not be stopped, |
l>ot if his majesty could guarantee j
with his armed forces tbe neutrality,
of France, I would refrain from at-!
tacking her, leave her alone and em- j
ploy my forces elsewhere. His ma-1
jesty answered that he thought' my of-1
-fer was based on a misunderstanding;
and as far as I can make out Sir Edward
Grey never took my offer into
serious consideration. ne never auawered
it. Instead he declared England
had to defend Belgian neurtallty,
vrhich had to be violated by Germany
on strategical grounds, newg^ paving
.. / been received that France was already
preparing to enter Belgium and the
King of Belgium having refused my
petition for passage under guaraatee
1
of his country's freedom. I am grate-!
fui fur the president's message.
"4 Wilhelm.''
"Gerard.''
The department gave our tiie mes
sage as it was received d>* came. i:m
j language differs only slightly from
| the original autograph text through
j the emperor's spelling has been corj
rected in several nstancs. In the:
j paragraph numbered three "grave maj
neuvers" is grave measures" in the
j original; in paragraph four where "to
repudiate taking any provocative military
measure" occurs the original
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read, "to refrain from taking" etc.;
' and in paragraph six the emperor
wrote, "employ my troops elsewhere,"
instead of "my forces."
TO STABT TRAINING
HALiF MLLJL1U* SUU^
Thirty Per Cent Will Be Called Into
Serrice on September 5, With Remaining
Sections Coming in at
Short laterals Thereafter,
Won TlnnQi-imonf K nnnnnnAc
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Washington, Aug. 13.?The entire
687,000 men comprising the first lncre
ment of the army draft forces wlii
be under training early in October
Under orders issued today the first 30
per cent of the quota of eacn district
.ill begin entrainment for cantonments
September 5; the next 30 per
cent. Seotember 15. and another 2a
per cent, will be mobilized as soon after
that date as possible.
The plan to assemble the new forces
in three increments distributes the
task of furnishing supplies and equipment
through September. It will also
prevent serious shortages tn any
camp and will girt the new officers
from the training camps time to
iammarize inemseives wita their daties
gradually before responsibility
for & great body of mem falls one
thear * i
The order issued today means that
about 12,QW men will reach, each of
the 16 cantonments soon after September
5. They will first be examined
physically by army doctors and
finally acepted or rejected. This will
take some time and the men will have
to be furnished with temporary quar
tei s. ana rauonea wmie awaiting examination.
If the full quota were assembly
at one time, great confusion
would result. . ..
To Take ?a Recruits
Presumably the first increment will
have been organized into skeleton
companies, battalions or regiment*
before the second arrives. The newcomers
can <be nnirWv *hanrhArt v.tt a
going concern in that case, and the
third lot can ue taken into the war
machinery with even less disturbance.,
In farming communities local boards
will arrange the lists of those to 1Uj
the first increment * with local crop '
conditions in mind. Harvesting is In
progress in many sections. Drafted ;
men enara.e#*d in thai wnrt !
w^ w? ? w?> v? nuv vutw I
wise would go with the flrst third of!
the district quota will be passfc ovej \
to tie second or third as may ve nee- j
essary.
Reviewing the question of discharge!
for dependent relatives. Prorosi!
Marshal General Crowder issued a
supplemental ruling today holding
that persons should not be discharged
because of dependents resident abroad>
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x iic ltujwl oi cue law permitting a
person to be discharged provided he
has a person falling within any of the.
classes of dependents dependent upon
him was to prevent such dependents
becoming charges upon the American
people," the ruling says. "A. dependent.,
residing abroad could not become a
charge."
THqt ?
uujcctuis to war
are not to be excused entirely from
serving the country was made clear
In another ruling by tue provost mar- j
shal, holding that such persons should j
be sent to the mobilization camps
along with the others drafted, to be I
assigned later to noncombatant
branches of the service.
Few Clerks Exempt j
Only in rare cases are railway mail j
clerks to be exempted. The postotflce
department announced today that published
reports of blanket exemption
for this class of postal employees were
based on a misinterpretation of the te
ya* uueut oraer covering postal ex-1
emption. Only scheme clerks, cnietj
clerks and assistant chief clerks of
the railway service will ne given exemptions
and most of them are above
military age.
The postoffice department announced
also that it would certify exemptions
for postoffice inspectors, tout not
for postmasters. Postmasters of the
| first, second and third classes, how
ever, are exempted specifically under
the law.
j It developed today that the navy deI
partment, misunderstanding: the war
! department ruling as to voluntary en*
listment of registered men, had instructed
its recruiting officers to accept
registrants into the navy even
jif they had beeen called before their
local selection boards for examination.
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The mistake quickly was corrected, j
I recruiting stations being told by tne |
; telegraph that no man called for ex - (
| amination under the draft ia"?v cou'.?
! be accepted into any branch of the
j military or naval service as a volun
I :
I tary recruit.
| Plans to provide publicity facilities
| at camps of the National Army anl
i the National Guard are to be left en|
tirely to the discretion of the cam;*
j commanders, who will be authorizes
j to "permit newspaper correspondent?
j to establish offices within the "camp j
! limits and aintain private telej
graph or )h< ne lines there, ir
| deemed at o " So such privilege,
however, v?. ; granted until t?r:
; camps actuallv are established.
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NOT TO BE EXEMTED
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? Fourth Class Postmasters Subject to:
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urart
The State. j
Washington, Aug. 33.?It secamu
known here to-day that fourth cl&Srf j
| postmasters will not be exempt from
j the army draft law. The first assist- !
I ant postmatser general notified Sena- j
! tor Hardwick of Georgia to tnis effect,
| and al^o informed him but while the ,
positions of the postmasters who go i
' to the front wHl be -kept open for |
them, they are not exempt because i
| they are government officials.
P. H. McGowaa.
CROWDER TIGHTENS RULES
FOR ARMY DRAFT
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ahjt a?v?e of Exemption Claims ytill j
j Result hi the Withdrawal af Prfv- j
fle^e
By John Mch. Stuart
j Washington, Aug. 13.?It became In- ,
| creasingly evident today that the
government is influenced by only ona ;
consideration In applying the selec
tire service law. That consideration
| is raising an army.
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I nwe are svme oi cue nev?l rulings;
that come from Provost Marshal General
and the secretary of war:
1?Conscientious objector* will b<;;
drafted and assigned to duty which
, the president will class as noncombat-1
ant.
] 2?If abuses of exemption privileges'
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| continue all exemption privileges
1 will be withdrawn.
3?The first increment of the new [
army will move practically as sche- i
duled on September 5. There may Da"
a delay of a few days but no serious
delays through -shortages of clothing
. and equipment. All thes? increments
| will be in camp by October 1.
j 4?Persons whose dependents are
abroad will not be permitted to claim j
| exemption on their behalf because j
such dependents cannot become a bardnt
to the United tSates. j
5?Drafted men will not be permit! -,
ed to enlist in the navy after they have '
been called, as erroneously announced^,
some days ago by the nary depart- '
ment. .
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General Crowder's ruling on the ,
conscientious objectors means that (
ui^uiLF^i o 1/1 -OCViO atfu lUUlViUUAlS WHW |
claim .that their beliefs do not permit ^ ]
them to engage in war or killing, will (
nevertheless be compelled to render <
srvice to the nation exempted on
no other grounds. ,
Assigned 3
They will- be drafted, credited to the, 4
quotas of their states and cities, sent <
to the cantonments, and assigned to ,
the huge body of men who in modern <
warfare never enter actual combat.' j
These are the medical units, sanitary 1 i
troops, transportation units, engineer-j
ing units, workers ir< the mecbnnical;,
departments of aero squadrons and ((
scores of other activities in which con- j,
'scientious objectors will never be call- ^
ed upon themsei'-'es to engage in the
violence of actual combat.
The president within a day or two!
will issue regulations defining th? ^
noncombatant corps to which the con-'
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scientious objectors will be assigned, j {
This will reach the class of men J (
who already are planning to attaor | .
the constitutionality of *he law. A? i'
a "selective service" law, the name byj
which it is officially known and aboutj
which it is constructed, it will pro-'
vide service of all sorts.
It is believed that many of the conscientious
objectors will be assigned;:
! to the work behind the lines, in muni!
tions and other supph factories should
| the government be compelled to take
i over and operate such plants
j Secretary Baker declared today th|t
the movement of the new troops to
their cantonments will go forward as
scehduled. He denied that there will
| be any shortage of clothing or equipi
Tnent.
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GERMAN AGENT CAUGHT
IN CHARLESTON HARBOR
Charleston Amercan.
Carleston government officials made
a ten-strike yesterday when thev
took from an inbound foreign steamer
an agent of the German government,
a member of the kaiser's army, mak1
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j lDg WflHl lt> UC11C?CU L\J KT\s WiW Uivwv ^
; important catch in tie south, if no-tI
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nine of the war by America.
Because of the great importance of
the case and necessary secrecy surrounding
it, the man was immediately
placed in confinement, strictest or?
ders issued that no one be allowed tc
see him on any misson except author*
ized government officials, and even h*a
name and the many names appearing
on a series of passports were unobtainable.
Government officials refuser]
positively to make any statement
whatsoever, even refusing to admit
an arrest had been made. From other
sources, however, some detail was ob
The arrest was made on caole ad.
vices from United States government
officials In Europe, who learned of the
German agent too late to stop the
steamer on which he was traveling
from a Spanish port. Hit had enlisted
as a member of, the crew and was
working as a coal trimmer, although
advices stated he would iierre in aome
i?OTvay?{tv
He Is a member of the German army.
was born/in 1894 and served with
cHstinction for some tlm<? in the seventh
battalion of Pioneers. Since the
outbreak of the European war he has
been in America, Holland, Switzerland,
England, France and Spain on missions
for the government an was reported
to be on an important mission
when he was arrested here. He at
Srst denied his ability to speak anything
but Swiss and exhibited a
Swiss passport. When confronted
with evidence he admitted being a
German and immediately began speak
iTi?r ? Tithe mnat fluent Fntrlifih. He also
speaks French and Sparish and had
in his possession bogu3 passports,
svhich it iji said, would carry him into
svery country with which Germany V
it war. He appeared to be remarkably
intelligent and of the upper classes.
A Deserter
The voune man endeavored to explain
his presence by saying he was
\ deserter from the German army alter
having fought in the battle at Verdun.
He said that he deserted, len
for his houc at Uoein and irom tuer.2
managed to get across the frontier
t n Pal
llilU nunanu. IlC ?> ao an^vtu A4M
land, lie saL, and managed to convince
the authorities he was a native
of Switzerland. From the Swiss consul
he said he obtained a passport into
Sp^'.n and there embarked for
America.
Pending advices from Washington
the young man wil be held in Charleston.
XOTOR SUPPLY CO. TO BUILD
COBSER SIXTH AND INDIANA
Wichita, Texas, Times.
W. S. Langford, of the Motor Supply
Co., is to erect a brick building 100x.
150 feet, at the corner of Sixth and In
diana. This will be an exclusive jrora
agency, handling cars, parts and accessories.
Mr. Langford will also install
in the building an up to date service
station. Work is to commence
immediately, and some of the bricfc
and steel is already on the ground. Mr.
Langford says that he believes there
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will be no better garige and rupply
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you pay for somei
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muddy road
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j General Office!
pPL ffc* Branches i
, house in North Te*as.
Besides this house, which will be the
' headquarters, .Mr. Langford will build
branch houses in Burkburnett and
Eiectra, both houses being up to date
' iu every particular, and both being ex
: elusive Ford agencies.
The complete Ford system will be
1 installed both at the headquarters
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utile ctiiu ai inc uiauv^i uuuovo. .wi,
only n the products sold, but in the j
t method of handling and selling them.
> the auditing, and the general arrange
ments of the business.
Prom Experience.
Observer?I notice you got up ana i
gave that lady your seat in the street >
car the other day.
Observer?Since cnildhood l have
respected a -woman with a strap in her
hand.?Punch Bowl.
i
Teacher?"If a farmer sold 1,470 j
bushels of wheat at $1.17 a bushel,
what would he get?"
Boy?"An automobile."?Wall Street
Joirsai.
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"Jones, I like that pr;
ways being ready to tali
phone calls from you.
"If there is anything
in the course of a-busy
office boy or girl call n
and then ask me to wa
minutes, as the case ma
known telephone caller
me.
"I believe it is the
man who is calling to
soon as his party answe
"We should never t
ing friends or business 1
tating anyone we call,
j "It is not only more
business practice, to ho
party answers, but I bel:
SAVES TIME."
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