New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
GERMANY PLANS TO
 TAX WAR PROFIT
Bill Introduced at the Opening Of
 the ReiChSta8

Berlin, Nov. 30, Via London, Dec. 1. 2:O7 a. m.-The opening of the Reichstag today was marked by an address of welcome by the president, Dr. Kaempf, in which he compli- mented Germany on the highly satis- factory military situation in the west and east and the successful conclusion Of the Serbian campaign and a speech by the secretary of the imperial treasury pr. Karl Helfferich, in intro ducing a bill arranging the prelimi- 1 raries for the taxation of war profits.
 Dr. Helfferich urged the speedy dis cussion of the bill so that no war profits could escape taxation, and promised an actual measure on the taxation of war profits for the next sitting of the Reichstag, in March. He intimated that it would impose a graduated scale of taxation based on the amount of the war profits and would also include a tax on incomes which had increased during the war, but he gave no indication of the eX- tent of the prospective taxation.
 Dr. Kaernpf's Address.
 Tn opening the Reichstag, the presi- dent, Dr. Kaempf said:
 
 temp* to break through. undertaken with strong forces, failed when con- fronted with the contempt of death Of our troops and their commanders; while in the east the German and Austro- Hungarian armies hold with an iron grip what they have won in battles, which were boldly planned and heroically carried out; while on the Isonozo the Italians, by force of arms, are attempting to conquer the least part of what before the war they could have gotten from Austria without striking a blow, in the Bal kans feats of arms have been accom- plished and events have occurred which, from both a military and Diplomatic point of view, have been carried through with splendid and un- surpassed certainty and which have enabled us in combination with our allies and with the Bulgarian army to avenge the murder of Sarejevo and tc bring to an end, as we hope, for all time, Serbian intrigues, which have proved to be so mischievous to Europe.
 Have Crowned Victory.
 "In close union of arms with the
  and the Bulgarian people we have crowned our victory. We welcome this from the bottom of our hearts. The Serbian army has been trium- rhantly defeated. The Turkish army has lived up to it's old reputation and has brought about the failure of the enterprise.
 Proud England is troubled about the key to her supremacy. All our en emies have recognized that we are nvincible on the battlefeld; so, the more eagerly do they cling to their hope to destroy us economically, to by hunger. As they allow themselves to be deceived regarding our financial strength, which has been proved by the astonishing results of our war loans, so they have also been deceived in their estimate of our economic strength.
 Potatoes Are Abundant.
 We have corn for bread. Pota- toes, the most important food of the people, are abundant. If in other things there may be a scarcity, as cannot be disputed, yet the hardships thus caused to a majority Of the poorer people will be surmounted by the organization of the provision mar ket. We, therefore, financially and economically, have every reason to the future with firm de- and unshaken confi- dence.''
 Peace Must Bring Security.
 Earnest Bassermann, a leading na- tional liberal member of the Reich stag. discussing the war in the Ma t!onal Zeitung," under the title: The Will of the People, says:
 "A sluggard peace which does not bring us security east and west Is equivalent to lost war. The repetl- ton of a war of destruction by Flu ropean powers against Germany must be made impossible and will be made if we make ourselves so powerful that none will dare attack us. Decades will pass before the hate of peoples will abate, and only fear of the, strong will guarantee peace.
 'It is not lust of conquest, not van- ity nor desire to rule the world that drives us forward, but the spirit of self-preservation of a healthy people, firmly resolved to achieve security east and west which will prevent a re petition of this horrible war which has spared no single family.'
 Herr Bassermann says that nothing could tend to lengthen the war more than the appearance that Germany was seeking peace. He insists9 that | the efforts to starve Germany, as he l expresses it, not only have failed, but 1 that the country can hold out for | years, if necessary. COLD GONE HEAD
 AND NOSE CLEAR