As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter..........
After uncovering the cartel's machinations of the Gentleman's Agreement for the genocide of Germans in a world war in a compact between England, France and America in 1897, I have been searching the official private correspondences of the leader of the House of Commons in Lord Randolph Churchill, being the most powerful Conservative in the United Kingdom.
There is a most interesting letter exchange between himself and Lord Salisbury which sets British policy in Lord Randolph's assessment in 1887, a decade before this heinous genocide subject appeared.
There had been intrigue in eastern Europe, in the Bulgarians had kidnapped the Russian Prince Alexander, The assessment is in the Churchill letter below, but in that letter, Lord Randolph lays out that England desires no disruption of peace or antagonism against Russia, which would open the conflict in east Asia again on the Indian and Afgahnistan frontiers.
England had two objectives in the security of Egypt and India. "If" Constantinople was seized by Russia, then there would be conflict with Russia, but Lord Churchill was quite acceptable to dealing with his own Irish intrigue, and allowing the Germans and Austrians to be the diplomatic tools of Bismark in the Europeans typically saying a great deal, but placing no military muscle behind the words.
"An anti-Russian policy, however, in which Austria took the lead supported by Germany, we could, I thought, well fall in with, and hold our own easily in the House of Commons. He said: ‘That is all very well; but what will be wanting, will be Germany’s support of Austria.
Our eyes are riveted on France.’ I said, if that was really so, of course we could not play; but that it occurred to me that it was not impossible that if Germany and Austria took the lead against Russian advance and in defence of Bulgarian independence, and we followed and joined loyally and thoroughly, I thought that would seem to entail logically action on our part, diplomatic or otherwise, against France if she tried to be nasty."
Winston Churchill. Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph on meeting the German Emperor, could have cared less in his young career for a second meeting "with an old German". There has surfaced nothing in any of this pointing to plotting against Germany from the Conservatives in the Tories.
The Tories were concerned with one people of intrigue and that was the French.
In the preceding five years, Lord Randolph was busy denouncing military intrusions into Egypt and Africa. The plot against Germany as of 1897, was not known by the Conservatives.
Lord Randolph was sympathetic to the Bakan Slavs and desired their self rule. He also noted to the Prime Minister that the British had no business taking risky action in the Bulgarian affair with Russia, as all Britain could accomplish was more than lip service.
Constantinople would be a trip wire, but it was not Germany which was even focused upon.
It was this letter though that Lord Randolph was puzzled by in the English representative was busy in the intrigue, when he should not have been.
"I have read with the utmost dismay Iddesleigh’s telegram to Lascelles instructing him to inform the Bulgarian Government that our Government approve of the reply sent by them to the Russian Note. What is the reason for this apparently isolated and certainly most risky action? I cannot make out that an opinion was ever asked for directly, which makes such instructions all the more strange.
Have we any right to express approval in so pointed and uncalled for a manner, without at the same time letting those poor Bulgarians know that beyond the merest diplomatic action we cannot go? I thought, when you told me some days ago that Lascelles was to be changed that that meant a modification of policy. I see no use in changing the agent in this case, if the policy to which objection has been taken is to be even more accentuated.
Why cannot Iddesleigh consider the propriety of trying to act at Sofia in conjunction with the Austrian, German and Italian Governments, and, if joint action is for the moment impossible, abstaining from any action at all? We shall never get joint action while Iddesleigh keeps rushing in where Bismarck fears to tread. What I would like to see aimed at would be a Second Berlin Memorandum— this time addressed, not to Turkey, but to Russia, and England joining in.
But all chance of such a document, which would imply irresistible forces, fades further and further into the distance. Our action with Austria means war with Russia. Our action with Austria and Germany means peace. But I feel sure that our present niggling, meddling, intriguing, fussy policy is gaining for us the contempt and dislike of Bismarck every day. I do pray you to consider these matters."
Winston Churchill. Lord Randolph Churchill
Prime Minister Salisbury replied he was equally dismayed with foreign policy. The focus of both leaders, revolved around Constintinople in the previous Crimean War and conflicts. The Conservatives were Russian focused and promoting diplomatic answers in both Germany and Austria.
The British Government of 1887 had absolutely no antagonism against the Germans, and little note of them beyond the work of their great statesman for peace, Prince Bismark.
This continues, but it is a study of how something so heinous appeared behind the scenes in the English, French and American circles to lead their governments to enact such reprehensible policy.
"The announcement that Great Britain would take her part in the work of preserving international peace, and that her influence would be exerted upon the side of the Central Powers— not for the sake of the old pro-Turkish policy, but in the name of the liberties of the Balkan peoples—was accepted with the utmost satisfaction in Berlin."
Winston Churchill. Lord Randolph Churchill
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