GERMAN CROWN PRINCE'S INTERVIEW

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2357, 13 January 1915, Page 6

GERMAN CROWN PRINCE'S INTERVIEW

IRONIC COMMENT IN AMERICA. Washington December 2. I An interview with the German Crown Prince given to a correspondent of the !• United Press appears in several newspapers, in'which,the Crown Prince is made to say, "Undoubtedly this is the most, stupid, useless,. and unnecessary wax of modern times." The "New York Times," in its leading article, agrees with him. The German Crown Prince, the \ "New York Times" says, is absolutely merciless towaids his sorely-bur-dened Imperial parent. He adds immeasurably to the ponderous burden of responsibility that rests upon ths Emperor's shoulders. The "New York Times" quotes from diplomatic correspondence to show how every effort made by Sir Edward Grey to prevent the war was thwarted by the Emperor, and adds: "By restraining the provocativo procedures of Austria he might hare avoided: the greatest war in all history. Ho might have saved Germany the million of men she has lost and the hundreds of millions of dollars it has cost her. He might have saved' the great reputation of his General Staff ; which in the East and West has so grievously disappointed his'and the world's expectations. He might have spared belligerent and neutral nations the incalculable losses the war has inflicted upon them, and he might have spared himself the •dreadful charge of miscalculation and incompetence which the heir to his orown now makes against him." 1 The "Now York World" also comments on the interview in the same strain. At the beginning of the war, the "New York World" saya, Russia was the evil genius and France and England were the deluded victims of Russian duplicity. Now the Russian scapegoat has been abandoned and England is the head offender, but "nobody in • Germany' seems to inquire why, if Great Britain wanted war, Sir Edward Grey should-have. exeTted himself to the utmost to prevent wax, and should have offered to abandon Russia and France If they Tefused to agree to a peaceful settlement pf the issues raised by the Austrian ultimatum."