Wilson on August 10, 1914, and
in which the events before the participation of
England in the present war are set forth.

"We are, in these circumstances, in the position
TO GIVE THE ASSURANCE THAT A TELEGRAM OF THE
KAISER OF THIS NATURE DOES NOT EXIST.

"It is correct that an audience was granted to
Ambassador Gerard on August 10, 1914, in order to
give the opportunity to spread before His Majesty
the peace mediation offer of President Wilson.

"The personal message of President Wilson to the
Kaiser runs as follows: 'As official head of one
of the Powers which signed the Hague Convention, I
feel according to Article III of this Convention
it is my right and my duty to declare to you in
the spirit of the truest friendship that I would
welcome every opportunity to act in the interest
of the peace of Europe whether now or at another
more fitting time....'

"This proposition came at a time when the opposing
armies had already crossed the frontiers and when
it seemed out of the question to halt the march of
events.

"His Majesty could, therefore, only transmit to
the President his thanks for the mediation offered
and to add thereto that it was too early for the
mediation of a neutral Power, but that later the
friendly proposition of President Wilson could be
taken up again.

"His Majesty, the Emperor, then talked for some
time with the American Ambassador and set forth to
him separately the events which led to the
outbreak of the war. Particularly did the Kaiser
call attention to the equivocal and unloyal
position of England which had destroyed the hope
of a peaceful issue.

"The setting forth by Ambassador Gerard in his
memoirs seems to be a contradiction of this
conversation.

"If the press of enemy countries sees revelations
in this that only shows that they are not
acquainted with the German White Book which sets
forth these events.

"Possibly, during the interviews, the Emperor
wrote down notes for the Ambassador, in order that
the latter should not send anything incorrect to
Washington. In this case we have to do only with
certain notes to aid the memory of the Ambassador,
not with a communication of the Emperor to
President Wilson."

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