The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-09

1 the co1ors the class of 1917, bringing into the war youths under the usual l military age
 The Chancellor referred to the 1 charge that of the crew of German submarine had been shot while de- fenSeless by the crew of the British patrol boat BaraIong and said the Eng fish. press concealed the facts of this case from the public. At the close of his remarks. the whole house arose as an expression of indignation.
 Speaking of the guarantees of the position of Germany in the future, to be included in the peace terms, Dr. Won Bethmann-Hollweg insisted that the longer the war is continued, with increasing bitterness, by Germany's s enemy, the greater is the. need of such guarantees /
 We do >z4ot fight in order to sub jugate other nations,'' he said. we fight for the protection of our life and liberty. For the German govern ment the war has always been what 1t was at the beginnings war of de- fense for the German nation and for her future.
 '"rhe war can be terminated only by peace which will give the cer titude that war will not return. We all agree about that. There lies and there always will lie the root of our strength.''
 Dr. Scheidemann's address was re- ceived with a degree of interest sec ond only to that aroused by the Chan cel1or's speech. He reminded the house that at the beginning of the war the Socialists had approved the atti- tude 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 the risk of being considered weak-heart- ed or dispirited.
 Dr. Scheidemann protested against the attitude of those who dream of the annexation of much territory and spoke with equal earnestness in de- nunciation of those enemies of Ger many who advocate dismem bermen of this country. He protested also against the crusade in the foreign countries in opposition to fPrussian nilitarism,'' because this conception was wrong and, further more, because it was matter which concerned no one but the Germans themselves. The French, he said, should abandon the Idea of annexing Alsace and LOT raine.
 Although Germany had won enor- E nous successes with her armies, he continued. they had been gained ut the price of heavy sacrifices. Tn view of the present situation, the question
 
 tries. The difficulty lay in the fact that states would not know how, to begin negotiations, fearing such 8 step would be considered a proof of weak ness.
 In this connection, pr. Scheide- mann spoke of the statement made recently in the English House of Commons by Barop Courtney that the British government should show it. self ready to accept any suggestions which would end the war. He referred 90 the attitude of Italian Socialists and to Count Adrassy, former Hungarian premier. He asserted that, accord ing to reliable private information, the longing for peace in France was general.
 pr. scheidemann insisted that his remarks, like those of Baron Court ney, could not be interpreted as sign, of 1essening strength but were made in view of the fact that the war was bringing Europe to the verge of ruin.
 The ideaI that it was possible to staFve Germany he continued, should be abandoned. According to the re- cent census there were twenty million swine and 55 million Kilograms of potatoes in Germany, which proved there was sufficient food for all.
 The words of Emperor William, that for Germany this was no war of conquest, were recalled by the speaker. Inasmuch as Germany had defended her frontier successfully, it was proper to ask the Chancellor for an expression in regard to conditions of peace. He declared that Germany insisted upon being treated as the equal of other nations and repudiated the idea that GerIna hegemony was the< end fin view. The present mo- ment, he declared. might become an historic one since possibly Germany might gain the glory of having been, the first to dare to speak of peace.