We will not waste words in considering the flippant form here used in a
discussion of an unspeakably bloody and world-historic conflict. But
this expression in very pregnant form makes Russia appear in the light
in which the London powers-that-be desire to show the empire of the Czar
to the British people, viz., in the role of the noble-hearted protector
of persecuted innocence, while Germany, supporting and egging on
Austria-Hungary, is shown as morally responsible for the war.

Cites English Documents.

This, also, is the chain of thought in the speech of the British Prime
Minister in the House of Commons on Aug. 4. Translations of this speech
have been spread by the British Government in neutral countries in
hundreds of thousands of copies under the title: "The Power Responsible
for War Is Germany."

Now, we claim that the British "White Paper" itself furnishes
irrefutable proof that not Germany, which up to the last moment offered
the hand of mediation, but Russia is responsible for the war, and that
the Foreign Office at London was fully cognizant of this fact.

Furthermore, the "White Paper" shows that England's claim that she
entered this war solely as a protector of the small nations is a fable.

The documents reproduced in the "White Paper" do not begin until July
20, and only a few introductory dispatches before the 24th are given.
The first of the very important reports of the British Ambassador at St.
Petersburg, Sir George Buchanan, to the Secretary of State, Grey, is
dated on that day; on the same day the note addressed by Austria-Hungary