Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-25
Our Enemies Should Make Peace Propositions That Are Com
patibIe With Germanys Honor and Safety We Are Always
Ready to Enter Into Discussion of Thenl-An Economic
Unity Extending From Aras to Mesopotamia Cannot Be
Suppressed

gurated autonomy. and in Poland, un'
der this, for them, new form OF self
government, the new officials had
shown great zeal and intelligence,
Germany had built 1000 kiIometers Of
Lew roads, and the schools had been
,reopened, but instead OF instruction
being given in the Russian language,
which formerly had been compulsory,
il was now being given in the Polish
mother tongue. In Warsaw the UNI
versity and Technical College had
been reopened, the Polish language,
the use Of which Russia had refused
to sanction as late as February, 1915,
being employed in these institutions
also.
In Belgium compulsory attendance
at school, not formerly enforced, had
been introduced, and the Flemish
language, which had been stifled
through intrigues, was being revived.
The Chancellor's comments on the
enemies press we're anything but flat
tering. This press has perpetrated the
most senseless headlines, for in
tance, Germany Beaten" Germany
Finished" Germany Begging for
Peace" Foolish statements, like the
one that t4e German Emperor would
make a state entry into CONSTANT
nople and dictate peace terms from
there. had been published, and the
phrases "Germany's DOWNFALL and
"Germany's arrogance" had continual
ly alternated in the lying reports.
This press campaign had begun at
the time when the English cllies' dip
lomacy in the Balkans collapsed.
After all of their failures they need
ed something to distract their peoples
attention from their own miserable
plight" Public opinion in Germany
should not permit itself. to be influ-
enced by such things, but should judge
from the facts and the actual situa-
tion in Germany and at the front.
Against these convincing realities
our enemies are powerless. There is
nothing in our summing up of the
situation to shake our confidence, and
il our enemies choose to ignore the
truth now, 1t will be forced upon them
later" -
Now entering upon his real subject,
the Chancellor said: "As long as the
guilt and ignorance of the statesmen
in the countries OF our enemies con-
tinue, in combination with a mis-
guided opinion of their people, it
would be foolish for US to make sug-
gestions toward peace, as these would
not shorten, but lengthen, the dlra-
ton of the war. First the mask must
be torn from the faces of these states
men, who deceive their own people.
At present they are still talking Of a
war of determination against us, and
with this fact We must reckon. Theo-
retical arguments for peace will not
advance our cause, but if our enemies
should make peace suggestions, which
are compatible with Germany's honor
and safety, we are always ready to
enter into discussion of them"
I'VE are fully cognizant of our un-
assailable military successes, and for
this reason decline the responsibility
for the continuation of the misery that
now fills the world. No one can say
that we continue the war because We
wish to conquer this or that country
in order to hold it as guarantee"
The Chancellor admitted that some
individuals In the enemy countries