5 AUGUST 1899, Page 14

A STORY OF VON MOLTKE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE `SPECTA,TOR.7] SIR,—Under the heading I have quoted "A, B." tells in the Spectator of July 29th a veritable "story," which I undertake to nail at once as a "fib." Von Moltke, I venture to affirm, never sent for any correspondent of any London or any English newspaper, big or little, to make any representation to him about an intended movement of the German Army during the war of 1870-71, so never uttered such a ridiculous menace as "A. B," attributes to him. I go further, and assert that the incident never occurred, and that neither Von Moltke nor any other General was guilty of the absurd conduct which "A, B." has set forth in his letter to yon.—