The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-12-10

CHANCELLOR DECLARES PROPER
: APPROACH By ENEMIES WILL
FIND ALL GERMANS WILLING


OF Germany's enemies, he declared,
none of them had made overtures
Instead they were ciinging to the in
tentions which they had announced
publicly with naive brutality,' at
the beginning of the war
The chancellor then reviewed re-
cent utterances concerning conditions
Of peace made in countries opposed
to Germany, such as the handing
over of Alsace and Lorraine to
France, the annihilation OF "Prus-
sian militiaism,' the expulsion of the
Turks, cessiOn of the left bank of the
Rhine and the creation of a greater
Servia, including Bosnia.
1t was true, the chancellor con
tinued that there were some persons
in the countries at war with Ger
many who took sensible position
but they were in the minority. and
their voices, like those of certain
members of the English house OF
lords, were unheard.
Theories advanced by Germany s
enemies, he said, had lost heir force
People had ceased speaking of a
war of twenty years. The preteXt
that the war is being waged for the
protection of small nations had lost
its persuasive power in view of re
cent events in Greece.
Small countries are in a serious
plight since England has been fight
ing for them" he remarked
He discussed the principle of ma
tionality as applied by Germany's
enemies. He asked whether the Brit
ish colonial secretary knew that OF
the 10000 inhabitants of AlsG &c
MOI than 81 per cent spoke G,r
ma as the mother togue. He as!-
ed whether Poland belonged to Ru;
sia by right of nationality, whethe
this principle lost its power and value
if applied to India or Egypt. Ger
many's enemies, blinded at the be
ginning of the war by false stories
excited by hatred were now able, aft
er military and diplomatic defeats
to cling only to the idea of Germany's
annihilation.
For this purpose there has beer
invented the theory that Germany
could be starved On this point the
chancellor said, with particular EN-
phasis:
I'VE all agree that our food sup.
plies are sufficient, that our only i'm
portant question is distribution. The
economic unit stretching from Arras
into Mesopotamia cannot be crush.
ed"
AS to copper the chancellor de
clared Germany had immense stores
sufficient for years and years. He
spoke of Germany's success in pro
ducing substitutes for other articles
such as rubber
Referring to the discussion wheth
er Germany's enemies would be able
to bring greatly superior forces into
the field, the chancellor mentioned
the fact that France already has
called to the cOlors the class OF
1917, bringing into the war youths
under the usual military age.
The chancellor referred to the
charge that members of the crew OF
a German submarine had been shot
while defenseless by the crew of the
British patrol boat BaralOng, and
said the English press had concealed
20 q 1,
ton. AS he made these remarks
the whole house arose as an express
sion of Indignation.
Speaking of the guarantees of the
position of Germany in the future to
be included in the peace terms, DR.
Won Bethmann- -Hollweg insisted that
the longer the war is continued, with
increasing bitterness by Germany's
enemies, the greater is the need OF
such guarantees.
'We do not fight in order to sub
jugate other nations" he said. eve
fight for the protection of our life
and liberty For the German gov
ernment, the war has always beer
of defense for the German nation
and for her future
"The war can be terminated only
by a peace which will give the certi
tude that war will not return. We
all agree about that There lies anC
there always will lie the root of om
strength
DR. Scheidemann's address was re
ceived with d degree of interest sec
ond only to that aroused by the chan
cellOr's speech. He reminded the hous>
I that at the beginning Of the war the
Socialists had approved the attitude
Of the German government. A glance
at the map, he continued, would show
that Germany. conscious of hel
strength and her successes, coulC
speak Of peace without running thf
risk of being considered weak-hearteC
or dispirited.