New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-30

therefore Germany, the first and only
one Of all the belligerents, had de-
clared her readiness for peace negotIa-
tions on December Q, 1915, and on sew
cral occasions subsequently.
1--WE did our duty" he continued.
Does any one dare ask that to-day We
make proposals TO our enemies, mas
much as NJ. BRAND a short time ago
said that consideration Of peace now
would be a humiliation and disgrace
10 the memory of the dead?
They continue the war because they
hope to attain their Utoplan aims.
Their lust of conquest persists If the
mountains of corpses tower higher
every day.
The French Prime Minister said in
one Of his latest speeches that France
is fighting for a firm and lasting peace,
in which the freedom of nationalltles
will be protected by international
agreements against all attacks. We,
too, desire this. We wish to protect
Germany forever against every attack.
but does VI. BRAND united with
our enemies even before the war IN an
alliance Of French thirst for revenge,
Russian lust Of conquest and the Brit
ish policy Of isolating Germany and
dominating the whole world, an ALI
ance that desires 10 annlhllate, at
tempts to boycott and shapes It's en-.
tire policy not only for the period OF
the war but for the time after the war
does VI. BRAND believe that this pre-
pares soil from which could grow in
ternational agreements granting TO ma
tons liberty, honor, dignity and peace
full collaboration for the sake OF hui
manity and progress? Or does NJ.
BRAND really believe he can obtain
this lofty ideal in time by war of
anrihilation in which the last Of the
youth Of France is perishing on the
devastated battlefelds OF Verdun and
the Somme?"
What we desire from other nations,
no matter whether they live in this or
that form Of state, is that German
rights shall be inyiolable.
DR.. Won Bethmann-H ollweg then
discussed the aims of Great Britain.
"Whft Great Britain wants to make
of Germany" ne said, rs shown by
the British without any possibility of
doubt. They want TO destroy our ma
tional life. The Germany which Eng
land wants to lay at her feet rs
country without military defence,
country crushed economically, boy
co,ted by the entire world and
senterced to lasting economic inhrm-
ity.
"When this German competition
shall have been eliminated, when
France has lost all her blood. when
all her allies Of war must toll as Eng
lands slaves in financial affairs, when
the neutral world OF Europe must fol-
low each English command and submit
TO every British blacklist, then Eng
land will build on devastated Ger
manv her dream of English world do
minicn.
"Tnis is the aim for which England
is fighting with forces and means un-
parallellcd in her history, adding one
breach Of international law TO an
other Therefore. England is our most
egoIstic, our most bitter and our most
tenacious enemy.
~ German statesman who would
refrain from using against this enemy
every proper means of warfare which
is az to shorten the war deserves to
be hanged
Spirit of War to Live in Peace.
Continuing, the Chancellor said
What gives us force to stand i'm
this struggle against almost the entire
world n not love for the land u our
fathers. which unites all its sons with
an unseverable bond; II no, the un-
corrupted force Of arms and hearts
which lives at the rock-bottom of our
national life and from which new gen
erations arise7
Great tasks which await us in all do
mains of state, and of social, economic
and political life need all the vital solid
forces OF our nation. n is necessary
for the state in order TO conquer all
obstacles that we must find these forces
and use them for the common veal. |
Let US clear the road for all that are
1T
LET us follow thi. watchword IN
open-minded spirit and our empire will
advance toward the future in which the |
best Of the nation from all ranks and |
classes gladly will participate in the |
works OF peace just as is done now in
this sanguinary struggle"