The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-11
Special Gable Despatch to TINS sus.

LONDON. Dec. 1O.-Reports reached
mere to-day via Paris and Zurich telling
Oh violent demonstration in favor Of
peace In several German cities. following
the publication OF the Imperial Chancel-
lor's declaration In the Reichstag yester-
day. a dineie nt Interpretation IL placed
upon the disturba noes in tho German
Empire by the correspondent Of the
Daily Mad at Rotterdam. who insists
that these ouble were due entirely to
economic causes mi had nothing 10 do
with German public sentiment on war
and peace. :.
The Paris Journal publishes to-day the
from Its Rome correspondent:
"A zurich (Switzerland) despatch
states that violent demonstrations In
favor or peace have taken place In Ber-
I'm. The police were obliged to charge
the crowds. The windows of stores and
cafes we're smashed during the rioting.
Soldiers In the crowdt o an active part
in the disturbances"
a despatch from Bern says:
Peace manifestations have occurred
not only at Berlin but at Dresden and
Leipsic. according TO the German cor
respondent Of .ie Tagtpacht. The cor.
respondent adds that the conviction pre.
walls among the masses In Germany that
only a evolutionary outbreak would
force the dove nment to make peace
Riots Not Against Government.
The Daily Mdii's correspondent at Rot
terdam ,elcgraphs tonight:
while II is difficult to collect reliable
news In the battle area II u fairy easy
to ascertain what is going on In Ger
many. 1t is not wise to put much faith
In stories Of starving families and riot.
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big cities. and In more han one instance
the authorities have not hesitated to
sacrifice life In order TO restore order.
But the riots are not directed against
the Government They had an economl.
cal social. not a national, origin.
Bitter p%rivation IL being endured, co.
pecially In the country districts. and the
German peasants are shrinking from the
horrors Of a severe winter. But actual
starvation Ii another. story. and now
that express trains are running between
Berlin M ~Constantinople the authori-
ties are promising an increased and
more varied diet.
"A large majority OF the Germans
certainly desire peace. but a profitable
peace. In other words. they are pre-
pared to grant peace on their own terms.
not to accept II on the enemies' terms.
N!nety-nine per cent. of the Germans
believe they are winning the war: /
per cent. believe 1t IL already won.
Suggest to any German that Ger
many must evacuate Belgium that Ser
bla must be restored to independence :
that the German navy shall cease its
perpetual menace to England. and he will
foam at the mouth with indlg nation.
Think Of Another War.
when he talks peace the German
eloats over the colonies Britain shall
surrender to Germany. the new great
central European Power. dominating
the Continent while back In his mind
Is another war against England alone
The Times this morning heads It's
editorial Oh the Chancel,or's
speech with the caption. THE Comedy
In the Reichstag." 1t says:
Napoleon used to make the same
complaints Of our ~forefathers as DR..
Won Bethmann-Hollweg makes Of us.
Our forefathers were entirely unper-
turbed. and SO are we. On the con.
trary, we see in the Chancellor's charge
of Ignorance and hypocrisy manifest
proofs Of uneasiness on the part Of the
accuser.
"Dr, Won Bethmann-Hollweg told tho
Germans a wholesome truth when he
said 1t would be folly to offer peace. II
would certainly be folly and will re-
main folly until Germany Is ready to
accept the terms OF the Allies"
Tne Daily Telegraph says that there
is unsurpassed dissatisfaction on the
part Of the German press with tae
Chancellor's speech and asks:
"Of what good Is all this windy rho
domontade to a people who after six
teen ghast.y months of wholesale death
and ruin crave but the smallest xgn
OF the fulflment of what has been prom
ised p"
referring TO the conquest Of Ger
many's colonies and the suppression of
her mercantile marine II says:
I'VE, too. a say like the Chancellor.
We have ga ned gigantic successes and
have deprived the enemy OF one hope
after another We can also say with
less fear OF the worlds contemptuous
laughter that the war can be terminated
only by n peace which secures us against
its repetition"
Determine tion to Win.
The Morning Post says:
what the Entente Powers still
possess Is the determination to win. a
resolution that will suffer all things,
even death and amin ~.lation, rather than
stop the war before Germany Is de-
feated.
Therefore II Is useless 10 tall peace
where there Is no peace. The real
trouble for DR.. o Bethmann-Hollweg