South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-30
DENY REPORT Of
GERMAN TROUBLE
Appeal For Peace by Banks
Does Not Mean People
Will Revolt.

BERLIN. July 3O.-The appeal for
peace issued by the executive com
mittee Of the social democratic party
OF Germany is eagerly pictured as a
sign Of desperation and disruption by
the English and French papers. A
large part OF the foreign press even
goes 50 far as to tell its readers that
a revolution OF the German working
classes would soon force the govern
ment OF the empire 20 make peace
under whatever conditions the allies
saw ut to dictate. Nothing IS further
from he truth.
The Ger man nation is as united and
confident as ever. The few sOcialsuc
dreamers and "inteTnauOnalists VINO
are trying TO preach peace with dis
honor are even repudiated by their
own party.
TIE firm resolution of the German
people not 10 lay down their arms
until all enemies OF the empire are
crushed finds fOrcible expression in an
interview granted 10 the International
News Service correspondent by Baron
Octavian Y. Zedlitz, one of the Oldest
German parliame ntarians and former
president OF the "Sechandlung" or
Prussian state bank. which was found
eG by Frederick the Great. The baron
is one OF the few remaining statesmen
OF the Bismarckian era and the lead
er OF the free-cOnservatiVe party or
"ReichspartOi." For years he has
been closely connected with the largest
industrial and financial institutions.
The discussions of the budget COM
mission OF the Prussian diet have
stTengthened the conviction that Ger
many is economically and financially
well able TO continue the war at least
another year" the baron said. we
Will not only keep up the struggle but
make our offensive tactics so vigorous
that there shall be no doubt of our
ultimate victory.
'Our national resources have hardly
been tapped and the entire nation de-
mands that the war shall be continued
until an honorable and lasting peace
is secured by a victory of the German
and Austrian arms. The appeal of
the executive committee of the social
democratic party has little OF no in
huence - the masses and was prin-
cipally pU blished TO bridge over diff
culties within the party. A few small
groups under the leadership OF DR..
LiebkneCht, Haase and others have
kept up the unpatriOtic agitation since
the beginning Of the war and the exc
cutive committee does not seem to
have the will power to purge the party
of these agitatOrs. That the social
lStlG anll-WdI IatCllOn possess no liliu-
ence is shown by the fact that the
leaders of the party in the reiChstag
and highly respected men like Dr.
Bernstein and Kautsky are not on
their side.
In order 10 properly judge the real
value of the sOcialistic peace mani
festo we must take into considera ton
that some of the leaders of the party
are almost hypnotiZed by certain doe
trines or atheOries- One Of these
theories is that lasting peace can only
be based on the friendship OF the ma
tions. This doctrine has repeatedly
been voiced at great length in the
reichstag and the Prussian diet by
some of the leaders of the social GEM
ocracy. but the rank and file of the
party does not believe in peace at any
price, not to speak of the great num-
Der of nOn-socialists who vote for the
socialistic candidates to express their
political discomfort
Taking everything into cOnsidera-
ton ! can emphatically say that the
German nation is firmly determined to
fight till victory is achieved, and that
this iron will 10 win has lost none OF
its strength and intensity during the
u months OF war"