Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-10
DRESDEN AND LEIPZIG
ALSO HAVE TROUBLE
London Believes Chances of Ending
War Are Now More
Remote.
ANSWERS TEUToN CLAIMS
Press Comments on Won Bethmann-
Hollweg's Utterances as .Color-
less''-Essence in Omissions,
Says One Paper.

BERN, Switzerland. Via Paris.
December Io.-Peace manifesto
tons have occurred not only at
Berlin. but at Dresden and Leip-
zig, according to the German cor
respondent of the Tagwacht.
The correspondent adds that
the conviction prevails among the
masses in Germany that. only a
revolutionary outbreak would
force the government to make
peace.
"A Zurich Switzerland dis
patch states that violent demon
strations in favor OF peace have
taken place in Berlin. The police
were obliged to charge the
crowds. The windows of stores
and cafes were smashed during
the rioting. Soldiers in the crowd
took all active part in the dis
turbances.
British View of Speech.
LONDON, December Io.-The
speech Of the German chancellor.
i DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg, be-
fore the reichstag yesterday is
commented .on extensively by
the London newspapers this aft
ernoon. The chancelior's. utter
ances are described editorially as
"colorless and perfunctory,. and
as an attempt to present a PIC
ture OF Germany wa9ing purely
defensive war against enemies
which would encircle and starve
her. All OF the newspapers char
acterize as fallacious the chan
cellor's argument in regard to the
analogy between British proceed
ings in Greece and the German
invasion of Belgium.
Peace Believed Remote.
The Evening Standard says DR.. Won
Bethmann- Hollweg's speech dispcses Of
the idea that Germany intends to ask for
peace This newspaper considers the
prospect of peace as perhaps more re-
mote at this moment than at any other
period since the outbreak of the war. 1t
contends that any assumption that Ger
many's zeal is weakening will merely lead
to an unpleasant surprise in the spring,
at which time Germany hopes to surpass
her previous achievements.
The object of the reichstag debate. the
Standard continues, is to stimulate a na-
tional spirit which will make these
achievements possible.
The Pail Mall Gazette thinks the es-
sence of the German chancellors speech
lies in its omissions. 1t continues:
while Germany. according to the
chancellor, mas beaten everybody. and her
calculations show no flaw and no uncer-
tain factors neither the burden nor the
inconvenience Of the conflict seem to
diminish.
Treatment of Neutrals.'
Commenting on the clumsy attempt
to charge the allies with violence
against neutral powers. and to con-
trast their claims on behalf of Belgium
with their current behavior toward
Greece" the Pail Mall Gazette remarks:
1.-The chancellor omits from the COM
parison details which would somewhat
compromise the argument-such as the
fact that the Greek government invited
the allied armies onto its soil and
then made preparations for delivering a
treacherous attack il circumstances
should seem to make that profitable
= The parallel is an admirable meas
ure of the intellectual contempt enter
tanned by the German hierarchy for the
pseudo representative Institutions Be.
fore which it condescends to air its om-
impotence and infallibilty"
Actions Different, Is Claim.
The Westminster Gazette says:
IF Germany had gone into Belgium
on the invitation of the Belgian gov.
eminent to bring assistance to a neigh
bor, say France or Holland. which had
been attacked by another power, say
ourselves and had found itself in DIM
culties through sudden change OF
policy on the part of the Belgian king,
the analogy might have been arguable.
Whatever may happen in Greece. the
history and nature OF the two transac-
tions have not the slightest resemblance.
.The chancellor must be aware that
our attempts to reconstitute the Bal
kan blow in the face Of the German
peril, by mutual concessions between
different states, were perfectly. open
and aboveboard, however ineffective
they proved against the superior in
ducements which Germany was in
position to offer to certain Of those
states. II, when the reckoning comes.
Germany is in a position to show an
equally. clean. sheet in dealing with
Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece and Rumania.