The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-08
Chancellor In RetchStag
Talks on Peace Tomorrow
Socialist Leader Also to Speak, and Bethmann-H ollweg
May Reply-German Press Sneers at Efforts Of
Foreigners, Including Herr Woodrow Wilson,"
no TREAT WITH BRITAIN Only. BY ARMS
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special cable Despatch to THs son.
BERLIN. via Amsterdam. Dea THE
Berlincr Tagebiatt u the order
Of the proceedings Of the peace debate
IN tho Rsichatas on Thursday next
First. according to that newspaper. the
Imperial Chancellor. DR.. Won Bsthmann-
Hollwes. viii deliver . speech. Then
Deputy ScheiAemann. spokesman Of the
Socialist representation in the ReichstaE.
will explain the Socialist interpellation
about the peace terms. Thersvpou the
Chancellor Is expected to reply.
According to various Journals the
selection Of Herr Schsidsnann a. sps,sss-
man Of the Socialist faction " In Itself
a victory for the moderate section Of the
Socialist party.
vorraerts, the oficiai Socialist organ,
comments on the fact that the Bevltnev
Tagebiatt IL the only Journal which exc
pressed approval Of the Socialist inter-
pellation. In view Of the T~o0sStatFs
close connection with Government circles
this is regarded as significant
Vorpaerhs quotes the following from
the BsrIiner Ncuesfe Nd~chrtchtew:
"Hepp woodrow wilson,"
I'VE were always OF the opinion that
II silence IL to be preserved a. to h .
details Of our war aims h Chancellor
should do nothing more than announce
his belief In q long duration OF the war
and In the necessity Of obtainins. BY .
peace which will come At some later
date. powerful and real guarantees for
Germany.
"As for the rest. he should permit no
semi-ofhcial interludes n antiquities
or o~ccasional peace s~entimentalities
which. to use his own words. we are sup
posed to have dropped. For this reason
We felt regret when. after the splendid
pronouncement Of the Emperor at the
end Of the irst year Of war. and after
the C~hanosllor's powerful Reichstas
speech In August Of this year. the Nord-
dswtschc AIlOswsetxs Zetuso (the oflcial
German Government oraan) came out
with discussions Of English speeches In
which The word peace occurred. and In
which were discussed hints In h Social
let press At home and abroad and rumors
Of peace efforts on the part Of the Pope
or the newly married Herr Woodrow
Wilson.
These discussions can only weaken
or make less effective among our enemies
the powerful pronouncemeBss OF the EN-
peror and the ChAnceilor. We would
have wished. for example. that Under
Secretary Zimmerman had not satd to
q Danish Socialist: We are ready for an
honorable peacsF
with enemies who do not wen zee
that they are beaten. who continue to
threaten that they ant to destroy us. or
Prussia. or Potsdam. or militarism and
the House Of Ho~hensollern. the time for
Rne words has gone"
The German radical press approves Of
the forthcoming Reichstag debate on
peace and denounces the argument that
official mention Of the subject OF peace
N oermany's part would be Interpreted
abroad as a sign Of weakness. One %
per representing this view says.
GePmany's Strength.
I'VE need not take the least notice OF
the stupid cry OF vi enemies that we
are At the end Of the tether. and that
we see with trepidation the approaching
day Of our collapse. That It IL not
Germany that has ground for fearing the
future 10 best known by our enemies
who see rs IN possession OF almost the
whole OF Belgium, a great portion OF
France INC large tracts Of territory in
Russia
AS to our reserve strength still
available. our enemies have learned to
appreciate II In the glorious triumphal
march Of our own troops and those OF
our allies through Serbia, They know
then that we are strong. m II Seems
to US that the Reichstag. with the calm
ness which bents the strong. can now
speak about Germany's aims FOR peace.
I'm the British Parliament serious