The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
GERMANY VOTES MORE FUNDS
IlEICIISTAG WITH ONE DISSENT.
ING VOTE INCREASES WAR
LEVY $l,23O,OOO,OOO.
President ami Chancellor Praise
Greatness Of German Arms and
Express Confidence Of Ultimate
Success.

Berlin. Dec. 2. (via Amsterdam to
London With one dissenting vote.
that of Herr Leibknetch, Socialist the
reichstag today voted a new war
credit of $1.25O. 900, 900.
The president of the chamber in his
speech dwelt on the unity and patriot
ism of the German people and COM
mented appreciatively on the large
number of reichstag members serv =
ing at the front. OF the progress Of
the war the president said:
Japan joined our enemies from a
desire to seize rs booty the monument
to German culture In the Far East. On
the other hand. we have found an ally
in Turkey. as all the Moslem people
wish to throw off the English yoke
and shatter the foundations Of Eng
lands colonial power. Under the BAN
ner Of our army and our. fleet we will
continue"
The imperial chancellor, DR.. Won
Bethmann-Hollweg, attended the ses-
sion dressed in the service uniform Of
a general. All secretaries of state
and the Prussian ministers were pres
ent.
Many members were in uniforms
and wore Iron Crosses.
In an address to the members of the
chamber Dr.. Won Bethmann- -Hollweg
said:
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 rep
resentatives with whom he knows he
Is united until death. in stress Of dam
ger, In common concert for the veal
of the fatherland.
Our first thoughts go to the en-
peror and the army and navy, fighting
for the honor and greatness Of the
empire. Full Of pride and with un-
confidence we look on them
and our Austro-H o-Hungarian comrades
In arms, who are firmly united to us
to fight and to win great battles with
bravery.
Our latest ally in the war forced
upon us Is the Ottoman empire, which
well knows that IL The German en-
pire were destroyed 1t, too. would lose
Its national right to arrange it's own
destiny. As our enemies have formed
n powerful coalition against US they
Will. i hope. find that the arm Of
our brave allies reaches the weak
spots In their world positions"
The imperial chancellor said that
since the reichstag had expressed the
firm resolution Of the whole people
to undertake the war. great deeds
had been accomplished and the in
gallantry Of the German
troops had carried the war into the
enemy's country.
There we will stand firm" declared
the chancellor. land can regard the
future with every confidence. But
the enemys' resistance is not broken.
We are not yet at the end Of our
sacrifices.
"The nation will continue to sup
port these sacrifices with tho same
heroism as hitherto, for we must and
will fight to a successful end our de-
fensive warfare for right and for free
dom. We then will remember how
our defenselesS compatriots in hostile
countries were maltreated. in a man
ner which Is a disgrace TO civilization.
The world must learn that mono can
hurt n hair on the head Of q German
subject with impunity.
1T Is evident to us who is respOn-
sible for this greatest Of all wars. Tnc
apparent responsibility falls on those
i'm Russia who ordered and executed
the mobilization Of the Russian army;
the real responsibility falls on the
British government. The cabinet at
London could have made the war inn
possible IL it had declared at St.
Petersburg that England would not
allow q continental war to develop
from the Austro -Scrvian conflict