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PAGE TWENIY § i HE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1926 AUSTRIAN THREAT 70 ATTACK BRITAIN IN 1908 A SECRET London Dec. 12.--The latest vol- ume of confidential Foreign office documents issued by the British Govrnment reveals that in March, 1909, Germany directly threatened Britain with war, The threat was concealed from the British people, M. Arenthal, the Austrian Foreign Minister, by his hostility to M. ls- yolsky, Russian Foreign Minister, and Arenthal's continental iotrig- ues had a good deal to do with se- curing King Edward's visit to the Czar 'at Reval in 1908, On the way thither we read that the smart appearance of the whole German North Sea fleet, lying at anchor in Kiel, gave the King food for reflection upon the recent Ger- man naval program of construction while the intricate evolutions of the torpedo flotilla excited the admira- tio of naval officers on board the Royal yacht, and served a useful object lesson in the efficiency of the German navy. The volume entitled "British Do- cumnts On the Origins of War" al- so reveals that a Turko-British war was imminent in 1906, Czar Cheered Up What happened at the Reval vis- it is already known, but we are told that some members of the Rus- sion Empror's suite commented upon the marked difference in the 'Emperor's spirit and attitude dur- ing the British King's visit to Re- val, compared with what they were on the occasion of the recent \visit to th Kaiser at Swinemunde, / where he felt anxiety all the time as to what might be unevpectedly sprung upon him, Threatened Britain In the lgiht of the information contained in these documents, it seems certain that Arenthal twice * duped Iswolsky, no doubt with all the more satisfaction because Iswol- sky was a member of the Liberal Goyernmet in. Russia, and Aren- thal was an extreme reactionary, He lied freely to the British Gov- ernment and threatened it, To the British Ambassador at Vienna in. December, 1908, he talked Ina, vague manner of the mest Reval as an - Austrian against Great Britain, Fi He attributed the revolution "&8i Constaninople and the begin) ing ¢ all the present troubles to a Foy We . Sater -- afraid," added the 4 sador, "that in governing.' here there is very marke against us and much susp prepondersting position in deciding kan affairs." i Balka! For W a At this date Austria wes prepare ing for war with Serbia, hdd. been promised German assistance ag@inst Russia. 'The exact situation w ich produced the Great War was antiei- pated. Iswollsky was told by the German Chancellor, Prince Von Bulow, that owing to the present grouping of European pwoers, Ger- many would act with Austria'in a 'perefct and close solidarity om ev- ery question. Angry Outburst Arenthal burst out in a ssion of rage at the British Am ador in Vienna, accusing England of giv ing support to Serbia. 'You people in England are incurring a great responsibility, and the Russians too. The attitude of both powers is any- thing but friendly. All I can say is that if Russia wants war she shall have it." The British Ambassador to Ber- lin wrote in March, 1909. "while oné minister of foreign affairs is saying one thing, the oth- er two or three may be holding forth in quite a different language. Last week there was a fine ex- ample of this--while Schoen, the Foreign Minister was deploring to me Arenthal's unmanageable character, and of the stiffness of the attitude of Kiderleh, the assis- tant Foreign Minister in the very next room was drafting the Nord- dmetsche communique to stiffen the people, as there had, he said, been far too much criticism in the press and elsewher with regard to Arenthal. Plan of Attack The Austrian plan was to move a large force to Serbia about March pas | 29, 1909, after the ultimatum, ERR while with & 24 hours time limit week before that action. k~ en, Germany struck at St. Pred IN The Brilsh Ambassador tele- ed on March 23, 1909: "Is- is In great 'alarm this aft f{erncon, I think some threats must have been made to him by the ery Ambassador." "His surrender to the German demand, which was peremptory, 'was so complete and sudden that I eel he has been rudely shaken, He ®t, 1 thing, cede all along the line. 4 'What really happened was that Russia. was served with an ultima- tum fronr Germany, threatening im- mediate war, as Iswolsky said aft- erwards to the British Ambassador, The German power now considered that the moment had arrived for pushing Russia to the wall, "The military preparatiqns in Gal. icia were on a scale that Was omin- ous; the immediate readiness of Germany for 'war was undoubted. Russia was alone, France even dip- lomatieally supported Russia very feebly, while, though Britain was loyal throughout in support, it was limited® to. diplomatic support. There was no time for him to con- sult Paris or London, any delay would be misconstrued, and might precipitate for a catastrophe, Russia Backed Down Russia therefore surrendered to the threat, That ready for war appears from the words of Kiderlen and from the Kaiser's comments on Jocumenis in the German Foreign Office pap- ers, After Russia and Great Britain were treated with the sudden ulti- matum on Mareh 25, Metternich, the German Ambassador, asked whether Britain would follow Rus- sia in its act of giving uncondition- al ssent to the terms that Austria wished to impose, Sir Edward Grey gave him a me- morandum showing that the British Government was not disposed to give the assurance required, wh »- upon the Ambassador remarked: "That is a vry grave decision which has imperilled peace." 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