The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-09

/ 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 her
strength and her successes, could now
speak of peace without running the
| risk of being considered weak-hearted
| or dispirited. DIR. Scheidemann pro-
tested against the attitude of those
who dream of the annexation of much
| territory, and spoke with equal ear
nestness in denunciation of those enc
| mics of Germany who advocate dis
memberment of this country. He pro-
! tested also against the crusade in for
| eign countries in opposition to Prus-
sian nilitarisrn because this concep-
| ton was wrong, and furthermore be-
no one but the Germans themselves
The French, he said, should abandon
| the idea of annexing Alsace
| Teasing Rumania.
| Budapest, Dec S.-Count Tisza, the
| Hungarian premier. in his speech at
vited Rumania to resume friendly re
lations with Austria-Hungary and in
closing referred to the prospects of
! peace which it is believed proba BILE
| foreshadowed declaration in the
! reichstag by DR.. Won Bethmann-H oll-
veg. German imperial chancellor:
! Regarding peace Count TlSza said:
when peace shall come depends
:
longer they are in reaching the con-
yiction that further continuance OF
the war means useless and criminal
bloodshed the greater the victories we
wiu~win till that conviction energies
! The greater the sacrifice this war lays
upon US all, the more severe Will be
| peace terms for our enemies.
/ Referring to Greece, the premier
said:
I'VE must fully recognize the pres
ent difficult position in which Greece
| is placed. On the other hand, we
must so shape events that Greece IN
tpeace times can assume such a posi-
/ ton as naturally belongs to her
Fear Russian Expansion.
Count Tisza said he thought that
Bulgaria's attachment to the central
mowers gave Rumania no cause Tor
anxiety. He asserted that in his opin-
ion and in that of the Hungarian pub
! lie Rumania, in view OF the grave ana
| threatening danger of RUSSIAN ex-
1 pansion, would find its interests ana
! a guarantee of it's safety in an al
| lance with the dual monarchy and
| Germany.
| The premier further said that Ru-
mania during the war had not fully
adhered to the old policy of friendl1-
! ness towards Austria and Germany
and consequently no longer occupied
the favorable position which many
thought it should hold.
| The count continued: 1T is after
all Rumania's affair to judge to which
side it's interest demand that 1t at
tach itself We can wait for Ru-
manias decision with equanimity. as
sured on the one hand that a well I'M
derstood community of interest exists
between US and Rumania, and on the
! other that whatever Rumania's de-
( cision we can await it with the full
certainty that it can have no decisive
effect on the fate of Hungary"
The premier's reference to peace
was in answer to remarks by Count
Michael Karo1yi, the opposition lead
er. Count Karloyi had said:
| I'VE began the war for the chastise-
ment of Serbia. Inasmuch as this is
now accomplished, the idea Of peace
/ has become timely.
| Whoever takes the first step to-
ward peace will be assigned the fore
most place by history. There need be
| no fear that the enemy would regard
/ the step as a sign of weakness. On
the contrary, 1t will be a revelation of
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