Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-05
GERMAN ATTACK ON
u. S. BRANDED AS SILLY
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erican continent and that we shall at
tempt to conquer Canada.
This is the slliest of all the i'm
putations invented against us. Equally
silly are the reports that We contem-
plate the acquisition of any territory
on American soil as in Brazil or any
American country whatsoever.
I'VE fight for our existence and for
our future. For Germany, and not
for space in a foreign country, our
sons are bleeding and dying on the
battlefield.
Every one among us knows this and
it makes our hearts and nerves so
strong This moral force strengthens
our will in order not only to weather
the storm but also to achieve final
victory"
Reviews Military Situation
In the Reichstag to-day the I'M
perial Chancellor, DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, made his most comprehen-
sive speech of the war. He reviewed
the military and political situation,
the use of various means of warfare
and German-American relations and
insisted upon the necessity of guaran-
teeing the peace of Europe after the
war and also of securing this result
by giving to these races opportunity of
free evolution along the lines of their
natural individualities and mother
tongues.
Recitcs German Victories
The chancellor began his address
with review of the military situation.
He stated that since his last speech
in the Reichstag the Dardanelles en-
terprise had ended as a failure, that
the Serbian campaign, with the assist
ance of Austria Hungary and Bulgaria
HAD been brought to victorious con-
clusion and that Montenegro and AL
I,pY, S1s
of Germany's allies; that the British
attempt to relieve Kut-El- -Amara, in
Mesopotamia, had been in vain; that
the Russians, although they had sue
ceeoed in occupying Erzerum with
superior forces, had found their ad-
vance checked by strong Turkish
forces, that Russian attacks against
the front in East Galicia and Italian
attacks against the 1sonzo positions
had been beaten back. Moreover he
said, the Russians had driven columns
against the German lines, but their
assaults had broken down before Field
Marshal Won HIindenberg and his
heroes.
Satisfied With Verdun
The chancellor declared that the re-
ports of the enemies of this nation
that the German military force had
been expended were erroneous as the
Verdun battle has proved that where
operations are prepared with great
foresight and where the bravery of
German troops is called into play one
advantage after another is obtained.
The chancellor then expressed the
nations thanks to the soldiers and
their leaders.
Discussing attempts which he said
were being made to starve Germany,
DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollw con-
tinued:
81 understand that in 1915 our
enemies would not give up this hope,
but l do not understand how cool
heads, after the experiences of 1915
can cling to it. Our enemies forget
that, thanks to the organizing powers
of the whole nation, Germany is equal
to the task of the distribution of food
supplies.
Crops Are Good
Conditions of life in Germany were
not easy, the chancellor continued but
the difficulties were being met in adj
mirable fashion by the entire nation,
especially the poorer classes. The
crop reports indicated, he said, that
all the winter crops were good, in fact
the reports had not been so favorable
for many years previously. The har-
vest of 1915 was the worst of decades;