The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-07

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"of all nations in the war, he said,
"only Germany has been threatened
by the enemy and their responsible
representatives with humiliation, With
the partition Of her realm into Dor.
tons, with the destruction Of her co.
sential political and economic forces,
no matter whether they call them the
Prussian character, or militarism, or
barbarism. ira -
"The forces which before the war
bound together the anti. German coali-
tion were the lust Of conquerors, the
lust of revenge, and jealousy of Ger.
man competition in the worldSmar.
kets. During the war they remained
powerful with the governments of our
enemies, in spite of all defeats. This
Is still the object and aim of the war,
alike in Petrograd, Paris and Lon
don. To this we oppose the state.
ment that Germany in this war, had
only one aim, that Is TO defend her.
self, to maintain her existence, to hold
the enemies back from our frontiers
and, whenever their lust for destfue.
tion had shown itself, 20 drive them
back ms quickly rs possible. t2.4L,'I
Germans Did Not Want war
1--WE did not want this war; we FELT
no desire to change our frontiers; when
the war began IL was against our will.
We threatened no nation with the an
utilization of her existence or with the
destruction of her national life. IT,
The chancellor then pointed out the
roots of Germany's present strength
He said: 8. d ~. .st. Il, Z,
"And what gives this force to con
quer and rise above the difficulties
caused at home by the interruption
of our oversee trade and with front
against numerically superior enemies
Who can readily believe that greed Of
land inspires our columns at Verdun
and makes them accomplish every day
new deeds of heroismf Or shall the
nation which has given TO the world
so many valuable intellectual and use
full gifts during forty-fou years, which
liked peace more than all NOthers--shall
this nation overnight be changed into
barbarians and Hunsf .,.rsG. i. T..
No, gentlemen, these are the inven.
lions of evil consequence Of those who
are guilty of the war, and now fearing
for their power and influence In their
own countries" -''F r,s}R -aat.l. =
The Chancellor then vigorously pro.
tested against the reports that Ger
many now or in the future contem-
plates aggression against the United
States. He declared: 1881 81 ,,,t ,,at,. .'J
No Aggression Against Americas r..
1.-THE last offspring of the campaign
of calumny directed against US is the
report that we, after the end of this
war, shall rush against the American
continent. shall attempt to conquer
Canada as the first province Ia. 5-.
This is the silliest Of all the i'm
quotations invented against. ,.us and
equally silly are the reports that we
contemplate, the acquisition of any ter.
ritory on, American soil, or in Brazil
or any American country whatsoever. 3
I'VE fight for our existence and our
future. 1t is for Germany and not for
any space in foreign country that
Germany Is sons are, bleeding and, ,dy-
ing on the battlefelds. Everybody
among us knows this, and that makes
@This moral force strengthens our
win not only, TO weather the storm but
also for the final vietoryl "'H'
Inc CndnCelIOF enueu his bp6ecn
with personal reminiscence.
-'sWhen l was the last time at our
headquarters, he said, al stood with
the emperor in the place where I had
accompanied him one year ago. The
emperor remembered this and pointed
II out, deeply moved at the enormous
changes that had taken place since
that time.
Teuton Advances In Field
"Then the Russians were on the
ridge of the Carpathians. At Gorlieze
we had just begun to break through the
enemy's lines, and Hindenburg's pow.
erful offensive had just commenced.
Now we are deep in Russia
1.-THE British and French then were
attacking Gallipoli and hoped to fire
the Balkans against us. Now the Bull.
garians stand firmly on our side.
"Then we were engaged in a defen.
sive campaign in the Champagne dis
trict, and now at the emperor Is words
and cannons resound from our Verdun
battle.
"Deed gratitude toward God, toward
the army, toward the nation filed the
emperor heart
With these words the Chancellor con-
Guided amid general approval and en-
thusiasm.