The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-04-07
SPEAKS QUITE NICELY
ABOUT UNITED STATES
Won Hollweg Says Germany
Will Not Fight Them
WAR TO LAST SOME Time
Monroe Doctrine Will Not Be
Violated, Says TeutoniC
Chancellor
hunted Press pispatch.l

Berlin, Germany, April 5.-''Ger-
many has no intention of making war
on the United States, either during
this great European conflict or after
wards" was a declaration made in the
German reichstag today by DR.. Won
Bethmann Hollweg, the German chan
cellor. The chancellor drove from the
minds of the nations lawmakers all
hope OF an early end of the great
war. He intimated that the way in
which the allies talked about the mat
ter OF peace crushed all hope of COM
ing to any settlement of the great
strife in the near future.
Not to Violate Monroe Doctrine
Germany has no intention of vio-
lating the Monroe doctrine by any
attempt to gain a foothold in Can
ada, in the United States, in Brazil
or in any ether part of North or South
America" said the chancellor.
He said Germany would continue
the submarine warfare, which had
been commenced in retaliation for
England's attempt to starve out Ger
many. He said Germany would new
er consent to returning any part of
Poland to Russia. He declared for
autonomy for Poland He said the
German speaking Poles should never
be returned to the dominion of the
car.
Hint to the Allies.
The chancellor declared that the
allies might as well give up now as at
any other time their attempt to starve
Germany into submission. He said
the allies were waging warfare in
which lies played a very prominent
part, and he said that about the silli-
est lie of all was that Germany plan
ned to take part of America or Can
ada Scarcely less silly was the lie
that Germany was going after Brazil
ian territory.
Fighting For Existence.
1--WE are fighting for our own exist
ence,' the chancellor declared. "The
sens of Germany are pouring out
their blood, not for the conquest of
foreign soil, but in the defense of
German soil This makes our hearts
and nerves stronger to endure the
,terrible ordeal. England is making
war on the women and children of
Germany, by attempting to crush us
by starvation. The American note of
Nov 5, 1915 outlined England's viola
tions of international law by her sea
policies. England, it seems, has not
been able to reply to that note"
Tremendous Demonstration.
UNITED Press Dispatchl
London, Eng, April 5-That the
kaiser's government has ordered a
tremendous demonstration of the
power of Germany by land by sea,
by air, in order to Offset the impress
sion produced on the minds of the al
lies and neutrals by the recent con-
ference of the allies at Paris, is a
generally accepted theory. on the part
of military leaders here.
Raids of ZeppeIns.
The raids of the Zeppelins on Eng
land, the sinking of about four ships
daily by the German submarines and
the tremendous efforts with infan-
try and artillery against Verdun are
believed to be merely in response to
"a demand on the part of the kaiser
for a great demonstration that is
intended to frighten the world The
tremendous activity of the Germans
on both banks of the Meuse tends to
bear out this theory.