Middletown transcript., 1916-10-07
No PEACE TALK
BY CHANCELLOR
HOIIweg Says Allies Can't
Pierce German Lines.
U. S. CALLED UNNEUTRAL
Made Theme For Criticism OF An'eri-
cans With Entente Armies.
Chancellor Discourages
Peace Talk.

Berlin, via OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -
the heels of the utterances OF the In
perial Chancellor in the Reichstag con-
cerning the submarine campaign the
afternoon newspapers generally. print
strong criticisms Of the neutrality OF
the United States, based on the news
of the death of the American aviator
Kitten Rockwell, and the presence OF
other American aviators on the west
ern front
They connect this evidence of Amer1-
can sympathy for the Entente Allies
and the supplying Of war materials Dy
firms in the United States as an indl-,
cation of the futilIty of concessions to
the American standpoint with regard
to submarines. They declare that
these facts show how American re-
spect. for neutrality Is vanishing ana
how America is misusing the present
form Of submarine warfare to cover
the active participation Of American
citizens in the war on the side OF the
Entente Allies.
The Lokal Anzeiger, under the head
ing American Neutrality" prints the
following:
with a naivete which must appear
astonishing, even in a war which over
turns ordinary conceptions Of interna-
tional law and neutrality, the Paris
Matin announces that Aviator Rock
well, one of the best-known American
airmen, has fallen in an air battle. The
Matin does not attempt to dispute the
fact, long known to US, that at Verdun
an aero troop under the name of the
American Aviation Squadron partici-
pated in the fighting.
Cancellation Mlsused, Says Paper.
1--WE all know that, impelled by love
of peace and chary of human sacri-
fees, we made concessions to America.
and now see with astonishment that
the concessions have resulted only in
the further supply of the Entente with
ammunition and guns. We now see
further how our conciliatOry attitude
directly has been misused on the
American side, and Americans can,
therefore, reach the enemy and fill i'm
portant positions.
1--WE are acquainted naturally with
the love OF adventure in the American
blood, and we do not condemn it. We
also would have no occasion whatever
to pay attention to the exercise of this
passion, if we had not believed that
the concessions to the United States
would be sufficient for honorable men
to bride the strongest inclinations to
ignore the most natural obligations Of
neutrality.
I'VE still believe it will be possible
for the American Government to take
measures that the concessions made
to it shall not undergo usages to which
under no circumstances we can sub
NIT on the part of American citizens.
Such actions can only be regarded as
an evasion of our agreement with the
union"
Would Use Every Means.
The German Chancellor did not di.
rectly discuss the submarine issue in
his speech to the Reichstag, the only
reference made to it being the declara-
ton that "a German statesman who
would hesitate to use against his
enemy every available instrument Of
battle that would shorten this war
such a statesman should be hanged" 4"
He also expressed his contempt for
those who were circulating reports
that all Germany's means of fighting
were not being employed to the fullest
possible extent. He added that in or
der to disappoint the enemy, who is
on the watch for every breach of our
inner determinations" he would not
give details.
Predicts Lines VIII Hold.
The Allies cannot break through the
German lines on the Somme, Chan
cellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg told the
Reichstag, making similar statement
in regard to the eastern front.
"The English and French, it is true, {"
he said, '''have achieved advantages.
Our first lines have been pressed back
some kilometres and we have also to
deplore heavy losses in men and ma
terial. That was inevitable in an Of
fensive on such mighty scale. But
what our enemies hoped to accomplish,
namely, break through on a grand
scale and roll up our positions, has
not been attained. The battle of the
Somme will cost further sacrifices. Still
another trench and another village
may be lost. but they viii not get
through"