The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-09
Won Bethmann-Ho -Hollweg Says
Teutonic Empire Cannot
Longer Assume Responsible
ity for Wars Continuation.
NO PROPOSALS TO BE
ISSUED FROM BERLIN
Would Be Folly to Attempt to
End Conflict in Present State
of Affairs, Is Assertion of
Statesman.
10y Evening Herald Leased wiroi

lltIllNt lAttt " 10y WHITES " f7tAt
i Vile III our enemies make peace
proposals compatible with Germany =.
dignity ana safety. then We shall al
ways be ready to di..uss them, said
the imperial chancellor, Won 'o'h-
. mana -Holw,g bon addressing the
i ReiChstag today.
The chancellor made 10 clear that
la mis- opiIion b would bc folly for
4 German tu propose peace "as long as
n i'm the countries OF our enemies the
guilt ANA ignorance Of statesmcu are
cltupgled with confusion oi public
4 opinion
Conscious of her military successes.
the chancellor said Germany declines
rcsponsbillt, Tor a further continue
lion of the war. Germany. he dcclar-
ed. could not bee charged with the pur-
pose OF nghtug 20 make further con-
quests.
The war caa bee determined olly by
peace which viii give the gertrude
that war WI not return, the chan
ccllur declared we AN agree ahou.
that" lie asserted Gcrmany's food
supplies were sufficient and that 'her
immtn.c stores OF copper were hde-
quato Tor many years
The address was made In rcsponao
TO socialstic Interpolation. els the
imperial ,huntellor ready to give in-
formation as TO The conditions under
which h, would Doe willins 90 enter
into peace urgutiatluns'
When Dr. Won Bethmuuu HollWcr
rose tu reply go The Interpolation
pt,s,rtcd ps pr Srheidemauu. social
Ist lender ilv1cc feil over she whole
house. uu. was soon hroHcn hy mau.-
frsuuous of approval. several time.
th, deputies Interrupted him with
cheers.
Dr Won Betnmann-HoIwcg began
rs sayIag that boo the cuuutrirt Ji Nai
v.h Germany there mad been much
dia,u.-ipa ot the sucluliei iuicrpeUa-
ton. and that the Hsuwlrdsc 'hd'
peace was Co bc ga .uescd In ih'
Kuiehstag had been % source oi sails
faction to these countries. This Wu'
incomprchensiblc. in View cot the sue
r,Sscs won by the cumpaigu for Scr
bin which opened the road to Ger
muuys Turkish allies and thrratcnc'
the most vulnerable points oi the irlt
Ish empire Although this situation
would explain desire for peace oi
the part at Germauys enc uiCs, hc de
cIarcd. none OF them had made over
lures
Il was true. the chancellor couliu
Iod. that there were some persons D.
The countries ut war with icrmhn'
who took a scrylblo position. hut the!
were In the minority ana their voices
like those of certain members OF m
English house of lords, were unheaTd
Tho pretext that the war was bc'nl
Magcd for the protection of small ma
tons. he said, had lo.t its persuas'N
power n view ut recent events 81
Greece.
small countries are in % scriou
plight since England has been hghi
inp for them.' he remarked.
lie discussed tho principle of ma
tionality NJ applied by GermaoN's en-
cmics lie asked whether the Briu-
colonial secretary knew that ot IA
9UO. 600 inhabitants of Als1cc NOR
than So per cent spoke German as th
mother tongue. he asloi whether f'
land belonged Go Russia by right G.
nationality. whether this principle lo'
us power and value if applied tp 10
dla cor Egypt GcrmanN cucm.c
blinded AT the beginning of the WI
D., false ~tories. excited 10 hatred, WEI
nov able. after military and dipl'
matte defeats, to cling only to th" id'
of Gtrmauy's aunlhilafiol.
Referring to the discussion whcth'
Germany s. enemies would hc able
bring greatly superior iorcos ntu Oh
ncld the chancellor mentioned u
fact that France already hus called
Tn, pulor- the clHss ut lAl5. hrinptr
INTO the war the youths under %
usual military age.
The chancellor referred to ~
Charge that members oft the crew "t
Gcrman submarine had been sh