Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
UNITY PREVA|LSAT
RE|CHSTAG SESSION
German Legislators Vote New
War Credit of ST $50, ooo, 900.
Adjourn Until March 2.
CHANCELLOR WARNS
OF GREATER SACRIFICES
Minister Declares Belgium Is
Guilty of Surrendering Men,
trality.
by the Associated Press.

Reichstag was held today and was
marked by the unanimity Of feeling
that prevailed among the members
In regard to prosecuting the war to
the end \ new war credit of $780,
100000 marks ($1, 10000 600 was voted
with but one dissenting vote, that of
Herr Liebllnecht, Socialist. and no.
table speeches were made by the i'm
perial chancellor, DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, and Johannes Kaempf, the
speaker After the credit was voted
the Reichstag adjourned until
March 3
Almost all the members were pres
emit when the body was called to or
der and at least a tenth of them
wore the gray field uniform. The
benches allotted TO members of the
Dundesrath and all the galleries were
crowded On the seat of DR.. Ludwig
Frank. the Social Democrat, who fell
as a volunteer in his first fight, a large
laurel wreath reposed.
Speaker Kaempf, in the course of
his opening speech. announced that
sixty-nine members of the Reichstag
were performing active service. Over
1000, 000. 900 men, he said, had offered
their services as volunteers. but only
a small part of this number thus
far had been called to the colors.
During Herr Kaempf's speech the
stormy enthusiasm of the first days
of the war was. changed into a Jess
noisy but more deep and serious feel
ing. The enthusiasm was greater
when the speaker mentioned the tri-
umph of the cruiser Emden and Ger |
many's submarines.
German Successes Eulogized.
When Dr. Yon Bethmann- HollWeg,
the imperial chancellor. appeared he
spoke seriously and slowly. reading
his prepared speech with careful en-
phasis. He eulogized the German
military successes. said that much
remained TO be done. but that Ger
many would persist to her last breath
in this war which was forced upon
the German nation,
One of the most important parts Of
DR.. Won Bethmann- Hollweg's address
was his declaration of Belgium's guilt
in surrendering her neutrality, of
which written proof, he said, had
since come to light. These were not
ut Germanys disposal on August 4,
he declared, although well known to
British statesmen. This declaration
caused prolonged applause.
speech was devoted to an indictment
of British policy as being morally re-
sponsible for the war, although Rus
STA was directly responsible, the chan
cellor said, by driving through a gen
eral mobilization. Long continued
applause followed the close of his
speech.
Hugo Haase, the Socialist leader.
ON behalf of his party, stated that the
a.rIf ctfe fy1C1 70 FIJI n IA
standpoint of their declaration of
August S. He criticised the press
censorship as unnecessarily severe.
DIR. Liebknecht Only Dissenter.
DR.. Peter SPAIN; leader OF the Cen
ter party, spoke in behalf Of all mod |
crate parties in favor of the war
credit, which was then enthusiastical-
" passed with only the one dissent |
ing voice of DR.. Liebknecht.
In the course of his exposition of
the progress of the war, the speaker
said:
Japan joined our enemies from a
desire to seize as booty the monument
to German culture in the Far East, i
On the other hand we have found an
ally in Turkey, as all the Moslem peo- !
pie wish to throw off the English |
yoke and SKATER the foundations OF
Englands colonial power. Under the
banner of our army and our fleet we
will continoe."
DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollw said in
part
1.-THE emperor is absent with the
army but he has charged me To /
transmit his best wishes and cordial
greetings to the German House Of
Representatives with whom he knows
he is united until death, in stress OF
danger, in common concert for the |
veal of the fatllerland
"Our first thoughts go to the en- |
peror and the army and navy, VINO |
are fighting for the honor and great
moss of the empire Full of pride and |
with unsuitable confidence we look |
on them and our Austro- Hungarian !
comrades in arms, who are nrIn!y
united to US, to fight and 10 VAN
great battles with brilliant bravery; |
Our latest ally, in the war torceu |
upon us. is the Ottoman empire which |
we'll knows that If the German enl-
pire were destroyed it, too, would
lose it's national right TO arrange ats
own destiny. AS our enemies nave
formed a powerful coalition against
us they will. / hope, find that the
arm of our brave allies reaches the
weak spots in their world positlonS'
The imperial chancellor said that
since the Reiehstag had expressed the
firm resolution of the whole people 10
undertake the war great deeds had
been accomplished and the incom-
parable gallantry of the German !
troops had carried the war into the
enemy's country.
Not at End of Sacrifices.
..There we will stand firm de- |
clared the chancellor, ''and can re-
lard the future with every confidence.
Rut the enemy's resistance is not |
broken. We are not yet at the end |
Of our sacrifices. The nation will con-
tinue to support these sacrifices with |
the same heroism as heretofore, for
we must and will fight to a success |
full end our defensive war Tor right
and freedom. We will then remember |
how our defenseless compatriots in
hostile countries were maltreated, in !
a manner which is a disgrace to
civilization. The world must learn
that none can hurt hair on the head
Of German subject with impunity. |
at is evident to us who is re-
sponsible for this greatest of all wars. |
The apparent responsibility falls on
those in Russia who ordered and eX-
ecuted the mobilization of the Rus |
sian army; the real responsibility |
falls on the British government. The |
cabinet at London could have made |
war impossible il it had declared at !
81. Petersburg that England would |
not allow a continental war to de- !
Velop from the Austro-S ervian con- |
fliet.
"Such a declaration would have |
Obliged France energetically to re- |
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