The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-12-13
Chancellor Won Bcthmann. Holl.
weg's Speech in Reichstag Is
Referred to As "A Clumsy
Trap; Caustic Comments Made.
NO BASIS is PRESENTED
FOR DISCUSSING PEACE
Proposals Contain No Territorial,
Political or Other Conditions
Which Could Serve as Basis
of Discussion. Matin Says.
tBy Evening Herald Leased wirel

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the caption under which the morning
papers print Chancellor Nou hoth-
mann .noilwcg speech 100 the rel n
atas The time tor fciutS Is over. '
.aNr tine pctir IuuruiIo. We tr"
no longer Ia the presence Of thc trial
effort of thp." pcrsistcu, appeals 10
int"r' lewots ana new ~paprr articles.
q Chancellor you Be,hmaun-Hu,lHH *
|tuumuurd the rciehstaE not t. hear
|i.s speech but to De confronted with
o. at Ne d. not know n ~ Bertha
thcro are people -o naitr as to imagine
that the allies ar, likely To- swallow
th.s clumsy bait. even ur the morrow
oi the events IA Eumarn. In any ,a,"
Fi"id Marshal Son Hind.nourgs state
mont shows that tn. military cherish
! h. such Illusion
| What ~ stili more certain ~ that
the treach.rpua German move aims
o. something else than scnuiu" pcd,e.
II sucks an internal aud ,Ntorunl -
fcr, In Germany u H. intended to
| convince IN" people that tnr govern
in"ui ls not responsible for m" saCr,-
flee. imposed and that ITS adNersari"s
alone are responsible for the continU .
| Btlou oi the sttugsl, A3rudd /, de-
| siro, to persuade ncutrals that the
allies are pursuing policy of auh.-
iIon. fhat Is IN. explanation ~ th"
pretended moderation 10 IN. tone "i
the speech
Essential Wcaknsss'~.
Tho spe"ch merely emphasized cs-
genital weaknesses which temporary
pa. css.s cannot hide. IA" Petit
Junrnal' continue
q, is because German, KNOWS SIN"
tunut win that IN" desire tu end ~"
Mar Her plan. however. rs doomcd.
viii faH before IN. mmutablc rcso-
uuon ut the allies.
Th. Matin charactcriscs the peace
b. pposlls as mere talk sayIng
'ThcN con,aia mo- territorial. puliu-
a. ur other condition, which could
kcr,r l- . basi. OF discussion Ger.
lnany simply ~aya for th' huudrrdth
me that she never desired wau aud
.ai;"s only Ia protect her rights and
hat II A,r cu"m4vs Will not listen she
~ throw tno blame ~ further blood
thel ou them Ih- o",i,c is too ,h-
ious I, could not deceive any eu, the
most ignorant
Another motive is thr necessity ot
making German accept thu suff,rinst
nd sacrifices ot another winter cam
,ugu. o; unis the civilian population
bad Go endure this not much harm
NuuIG ic done, bat the army h. begin.
ping To- feet he strain. During IA, last
Itw weeks ra'iuus have been reduced
ind in three months time they viii h,
cry poor indeed. GERMANY o. com
'llrd tu utk ut peace uut nh" du's
~ N'.uclN Hs possible IN tn" hope
spreading disscns.un among her
i"iuIcs aud keeping her coalition go.
"thct.'
" hat or the Condition,
ia an aTticl" ia the Figaro. Nlti'u
apus. dramnti-i and mrrtbcI of TIA,
r"Nch Acad"my writes
What ug tn conditions " hat g.
hc whole th,nE for' We want pcar,.
uu. uut oug peace is NOT theirs " hat.
ben are tiermtU, conditions 70
nthiug uc'.so. She informs us uuly
Al h"t prctontiuu- aIr modrrat" and
opo-,. 60 us a. stop tn, war while
t" defines them. A soon as wr l4N
pNn oar arms, as soon a th" lmhEv
peace shall have done its work at
hstrthuting our minds and a pea q
iity shall have been formed IN
rlnu. Russia and England thea
"ruduN VIII .ulightcu us uu the con.
toms Nhlrh ,hc uuw calls mndrra'"
ich is the trap n VIII be met pN us
ld bv our ,llics with grim contempt
't ,tcu with anger The mrucpV.r
too DIumey t. b" worthy ul mdigna-
am