Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09

Serbia is badly crushed-one more
! country sacrificed for Entente inter-
ests."
the Chancellor then analysed the mill
! tary situation in other theatres as iol-
/ lows:
Turkish positions at the Dardanelles
| are now frmer than ever. German troops
! hold a strongly advanced line In RUS
I sia.
"On the West front English and French
efforts to break through the German
front have failed despite the cnemY's nu-
[ merical superiority.
ION the Austro-Italian front the situa-
tion is unchanged
Doctor Won Rethmann- Hollweg then de-
scribcd the progress made in restoring
normal economic conditions in Poland
and Belgium lie accused England Of
delaying Belgian advance by hindering
the export Of Belgian goods,
Following denial Of some Of the re-
ports circulated In enemy countries the
Chancellor exhorted his hearers to face
only the real facts-the situation in Ger
many and on the military fronts.
Against the convincing power OF these
facts our own enemies are helpless ne
concluded. There is nothing in our ac-
counts which can shake our confidence,
If our enemies refuse now to admit the
facts they will have TO do so later"
THE CHANCELLoR's SPEECH.
"As long ns in the countries Of our
enemies fbo mill and Ignorance of states
mon are cutanglcd with confusion OF
public opinion" said the Chancellor. ut
would ho rollv for Germany to make
pcace proposals. which would not shorten
but lengthen the duration OF the war.
First the masks must he torn from their
faces,
AT present they speak or war OF
anuihilatiou AGAINST us w" nave 20
reckon with this fact TheoreticaI arE"-
monis Tor peace or propositions VIII hoI
advance us WIZ ho' ot.,'s .l, EN-" ,'I,., il,'l.
III our enemies iu'N' ps'.yr p5ol,,s.- p,,ll.,l,.-
loiS C"lIIpa,'"l' WI N''t ',.'... : W..
an" S'''lN' ,',H Wv '""'' "'""'S ''N'
To discus" lh'Il' ,.,.... m.
'FuIIE conscious "i our our u.'SI'nN'u ''I''-
tarE successes. WV, ug,'.,l, w , ,,tsor,
spohs'oIl'E 'UI 'ou.l'l lu'''Vl' "a " w
WW.u H"" HIS i."' 'i' "''" '''
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No"vul 'un say .,,t ,,t,, =, ,,,,,I,,,s,. ,Sis
war "sNouSe We N"''' sun "
OF Iil'l 'Tul'"H r,..,,,,,.,,.., rt,,,,,.,.-
,"anyy'luI ,,,,,'t,,, t ,.,,,,,a,,.
tHtI' l"' '''IIs W " US
e"noi,,ls s..u',,o', t,i,,,f,a ,,,ir ,
.'ei many I..i,,,,i,,,. ~ r,o ,,,., L,.
t,I',o' 49, s,ori.s ,,.bich excited hatred now
after military and diplomats defeats. they
are only able to cling to the idea of Ger
many's auuihllatiou. For this purpose
they invented the starvation theory
I'VE all agree that our :oodstutfs are
sufficient: that the only important qucs-
tIon is their distribution" declared the
Cbarrsllor crnpbaticali... The economic
,,nit stretching from \, as into Mesupo-
-, ,,,,,,,, he ,r,,sp..J.,
tra ,tan st,,,1 that Gcr,,ar,. had inn
~ ~, - ,,,f}'.f,,,, Va .l,st
i I''e''l' 9'O' 20 va ,r,, ,,..,,,,, f,,i,,s-
ioI "'""s e'1,..'i,' ,'' ,t,3.,,,a. S,,
'tieS were lll'ti' '|''' w, nus .,,,,, ,,t.
ne'ueu ila'e'''' SUI" DO d ''''-'''
Der.
The Chancellor then turned TO as
eussion OF the guarantees Whlen Fe'ii'Ahy
would expect IN the peace CONDITIONS.
The longer our enemies continue i.I'S
war with bitterness. ne said I'm" more
guarantees ar" needed by Germany.
We don't fight I'M order TO SuhiuEaie
other nations; "" fight for the protection
OF our life and liberty
The way has always renamed What IL
was NJ tho be-inning-a war OF defense
for the German nation and for her future.
"The war can be determined only by
peace which gives human corttude that It
will not return. We all agree about that.