23-576: (Redirected from White Book ) White book may refer to: The German White Book claiming the causes of the 1914 war White paper , a type of official government publication The C Programming Language , by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie White Book of Rhydderch , manuscript of Welsh folklore White Book of Sarnen , a Swiss collection of medieval manuscripts White Book – German Occupation of Poland , an Extract of Note Addressed to The Allied and Neutral Powers White Book (CD standard) ,
46-544: A continental war. On 25 July, he implored the German government to accept an offer of British mediation in the Austro-Serbian dispute. On 27 July, he followed with a cable arguing that Germany could not win a continental war. This cable was not shown to Kaiser Wilhelm II . A cable on 28 July relayed an offer from King George V to hold a conference of European ambassadors to avoid general war. A final cable on 29 July to
69-823: A hereditary member of the upper house of the Prussian Diet for the Free Conservative Party , Lichnowsky played a part in domestic politics, adopting in general a moderate attitude and deprecating partisan legislation. Though a Roman Catholic , he avoided identifying himself with the clerical party in Germany. Entering the diplomatic service, Lichnowsky was appointed an attaché at the London embassy in 1885 and later served as legation secretary at Bucharest . He became German Ambassador to Austria-Hungary in 1902, replacing Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg , but
92-536: A pretext for waging a war of annihilation against us. ... Our dilemma over keeping faith with the old and honourable Emperor has been exploited to create a situation which gives England the excuse she has been seeking to annihilate us with a spurious appearance of justice on the pretext that she is helping France and maintaining the well-known Balance of Power in Europe, i.e. playing off all European States for her own benefit against us." In contrast, Lichnowsky outlined how
115-700: A rare privilege in the circumstances. His privately printed pamphlet , My Mission to London 1912–1914 , circulated in German upper-class circles in 1916, accused his government of failing to support him in efforts to avert World War I ; its 1917 publication in the United States led to his expulsion from the Prussian House of Lords . In 1918, the renamed "Lichnowsky Memorandum" was published in The Disclosures from Germany (New York: American Association for International Conciliation , 1918). It
138-519: A report on a conversation with Lord Haldane , British secretary of state for war. In it, Haldane had made clear that Britain could go to war if Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia and Germany attacked France. The report was said to have infuriated Kaiser Wilhelm II . During the July Crisis of 1914, Lichnowsky was the only German diplomat who raised objections to Germany's efforts to provoke an Austro-Serbian war, arguing that Britain would intervene in
161-678: A standard for video compact discs. The Little White Book a short collection of creeds by Ben Klassen , founder of the Creativity sect White Booklet , alternative spelling list of the Dutch language The White Book , a 2016 Korean novel See also [ edit ] White paper (disambiguation) Barebook Black Book (disambiguation) Blue book (disambiguation) Green Book (disambiguation) Orange Book (disambiguation) Pink Book (disambiguation) Plum Book Yellow Book (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
184-608: Is a return to the days of the Holy Roman Empire and the mistakes of the Hohenstaufens and Habsburgs," he wrote. The Kaiser had commented on 31 July 1914 about an encircling British diplomacy during the crisis: "For I no longer have any doubt that England, Russia and France have agreed among themselves, knowing that our treaty obligations compel us to support Austria-Hungary, to use the Austro-Serb conflict as
207-549: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The German White Book The German White Book ( German : Das Deutsche Weißbuch ) was a series of propaganda publications by the WWI German government. The full title of the 1914 version was " The German White Book about the outbreak of the German-Russian-French war " and documents German claims on
230-664: The First World War . He was the sixth Prince and eighth Count Lichnowsky . He succeeded his father in 1901. His father was Carl, Prince Lichnowsky (1819–1901), fifth Prince and seventh Count Lichnowsky, a general of cavalry, and his mother was Marie, Princess of Croy (1837–1915). He was the head of an old noble Bohemian family, possessing estates at Kuchelna , then in Austrian Silesia, and Grätz in Moravia (present Hradec nad Moravicí , Czech Republic). As
253-603: The Versailles Peace Treaty in 1919. In his column in the 11 May 1918 issue of Illustrated London News , G. K. Chesterton would note: The latter refers to the harsh terms the Germans imposed on Russia in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in early March 1918. Chesterton was reminding his readers that, were Germany to win the war in the west, it would impose equally harsh terms on Belgium and France, in line with
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#1732768662507276-538: The Yellow Book of France. The 1914 book comprised two sections: and an Appendix with communications between Prince Lichnowsky and Sir Edward Grey . In a report for the parliamentary investigative committee on the question of Germany's guilt in triggering World War I , Hermann Kantorowicz examined the White Book and reported that about 75 percent of the documents presented in it were falsified, with
299-516: The Anglo-Saxons, Russians and Japanese." The German role, he wrote, "will be that of thought and commerce, not that of the bureaucrat and soldier. (Germany) made its appearance too late, and its last chance of making good the past, that of founding a Colonial Empire, was annihilated by the world war." The pamphlet heavily influenced the minds of the French and British politicians who promulgated
322-667: The British foreign minister Sir Edward Grey had helped, with two treaties, on dividing the Portuguese Empire and establishing the Berlin–Baghdad railway , and had supported Germany's policy in the resolution of the Balkan Wars in 1912 and 1913 that excluded Russia. Britain had held back from declaring war until 4 August, after Belgium had been invaded, yet in a telegram sent to him from Berlin on 1 August: "... England
345-496: The German Foreign Office stated simply "if war breaks out it will be the greatest catastrophe the world has ever seen." These warnings went unheeded, and by the time the final cable reached Berlin, Austrian troops were already bombarding Belgrade . On Britain's declaration of war on 4 August 1914, Lichnowsky returned to Germany. So highly was he thought of, a British military guard of honour saluted his departure –
368-594: The causes of the war. An authorized English translation appeared in 1914. The book contained extracts of diplomatic material intended to portray the war's cause as defensive on the part of Germany. A second White Book, " The conduct of the Belgian People's War in violation of international law " was published on 10 May 1915 in response to the Bryce committee report into German atrocities in Belgium , though it
391-465: The goal of denying Germany's responsibility for the outbreak of World War I. Karl Max, Prince Lichnowsky Karl Max, Prince Lichnowsky (8 March 1860 – 27 February 1928) was a German diplomat who served as ambassador to Britain during the July Crisis and who was the author of a 1916 pamphlet that deplored German diplomacy in mid-1914 which, he argued, contributed heavily to the outbreak of
414-552: The name Lichnowsky with practically every important diplomatic post that became vacant, and even with the Imperial chancellorship. No official appointment was forthcoming, however, beyond the designation of privy councilor (German: Wirklicher Geheimrat ) in 1911. In 1912, Lichnowsky was appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom, in which post he served until the outbreak of war in 1914. Soon after his appointment, he filed
437-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title White book . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_book&oldid=1226769337 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
460-408: Was already in preparation eight months earlier. This book featured manipulated testimony intended to show that German actions were the result of Belgian guerilla warfare. It was not found convincing by most outside readers though it found a second life with revisionists after the war. Other combatants in the war published similar books: The Blue Book of Britain, The Orange Book of Russia, and
483-542: Was already mentioned as an opponent..." Lichnowsky summed up his view on blame for the outbreak of war, and the failure of diplomacy, in three main points: "In view of the above, undeniable, facts, it is no wonder that the whole of the civilised world outside Germany places the entire responsibility for the world war upon our shoulders." At the pamphlet's end, he forecasts that the Central Powers were doomed to lose World War I, and says: "The world will belong to
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#1732768662507506-814: Was also published in the Danish journal Politiken in March 1918, from which a British copy was published by Cassell & Co., later in 1918, with a preface by Professor Gilbert Murray . The pamphlet mainly covers the period 1912–1914, and occasionally back to 1900. Lichnowsky deplored the German alliance with Austria-Hungary (though he owned land in Austria and had served as a diplomat in Vienna), feeling that it inevitably pulled German diplomacy into Balkan crises and tensions with Russia, without any compensating benefits to Germany with its new industries, trade and colonies. "This
529-636: Was forced into retirement in 1904, accused of too much independence from the Foreign Office after several conflicts with Friedrich von Holstein , head of the Office's political division. In 1904, he married Countess Mechtilde von Arco-Zinneberg (1879–1958). He spent eight years in retirement, as his memoirs relate, "on my farm and in my garden, on horseback and in the fields, but reading industriously and publishing occasional political articles." For several years, newspaper rumour in Germany had connected
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