STARTING THE WAR.
AMBASSADOR'S REVELATIONS. THE KAISER'S CONGRESS. A FORTNIGHT TO PREPARE. (Received 0.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 29. Mr Henry Morgenthau (former United States Ambassador to Turkey) writes to the June issue of the American "World's Work," saying that Baron Wangenheim (German Ambassador to Turkey) in 1015 told him that the Kaiser had summoned him to Berlin for an Imperial Conference which was held at Potsdam on July 5. The Kaiser presided, and nearly all the Ambassadors, as well as Field Marshal yon Moltke and Grand Admiral yon Tirpitz. bankers and captains of industry were present. The Kaiser asked each if be was ready for war, and all answered "Yes" except the financiers, who said that they must have two weeks to sell foreign securities and make loans. Mr Morgenthau points out that the Serbian ultimatum from Austria was sent on July 22—about two weeks after the conference—and adds that the records of the Stock Exchanges the world over show that German financiers used the interval profitably.— (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 128, 30 May 1918, Page 5
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