Evening star., 1916-01-13
PRAISES PRUSS|AN
MILITARY SPIRIT
Won Bethmann-H HolIWeg Tells
Parliament It Has Saved
the FatherIand.
DECLARES THE BLOCKADE
HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE
In Speech From Throne Conveys
Greeting and Message of Encour-
agement From Kaiser.

| BERLIN, January 13, by wireless 70
| Sayville.-After divine services IN the
! Protestant Cathedral and in the Ca'h-
| olic Church of st. HedWlg, Dr. Won
| Bethma nn-H Hollweg, the Prussian prime
minister, opened today the new session
| of the Prussian parliament. he reao
| the speech from the throne IN the IRA
ditional White Hall of the castle. mem :
bers of both houses of the fress'ai'
parliament, as we'll as the dlplomatists'
being present.
| In the speech DR.. Won Bethmanh-h HUI
veg first recalled the fact that at pres
ent sanguinary conflict is gong OIL
on wide battlefields.
LAS our enemies forced the war upon
| u.s." he said they must also bear the
| guilt of the responsibility if the ma
! tions of Europe continue to lnhlct
wounds upon one another
Food Supply Sustained.
| The prime minister said that Ger
many's enemies had planned to de-
| moralize her by cutting her OFF from
| the transatlantic world, but that 'his
had failed. He added: -
| "our agriculture assures the sustenance
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strength on our industries and on our
trade we can produce what we need loi
our defense. These maintain the mn.
lions of workers who have renamed at
home. and they maintain our economic
life in spite of the war. But above an
things are the needs Of the nation III
arms, filed with ineffacaable grandeur
and heroism."
| Dr. Won Bethmann-Hollweg insisted on
| the fact that Germany, together with her
| faithful allies, not only resisted a world
of enemies, but carried her flag into the
enemies countries.
Proud of Prussian Spirit.
| He continued:
We are, and always will be, proud. to-
gether with our other German brethren
| that the old Prussian spirit has shown
L its impenetrable vitality, and has added
new immortal glory to the heroic deeds
of our fathers and ancestors. Together
with our king and emperor We march to-
ward the turning Of the roads sure to VIC,
tory One thought fills us, to give all
until the very last depths of the nations
power for the life of the safety of the
nation
In concluding DIR. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg said:
Gentlemen, the emperor and king
| knows that your work, as it has been
| heretofore. will also be, during the
next period of parliamentary activity,
| inspired by the spirit of sacrifice and
| determine ton, which alone gives
| strength to our nation to carry this
war through VIGOROUSLY. new race
| is growing up. surrounded by wars eX-
| periences. All able-bodied men are
| united in faithful comradeship until
| death for the defense of the state and
! the nation.
Finances Still Sound.
| standing and trust will continue to
make itself felt also in the time of
peace in cola boratien with that of the
whole people for the country. This
spirit will pervade our institutions and
will find strong expression in our pub
| lie administration. in our legislation
/ and in forming the basis for repre-
sentation of the people in the legis-
lative bodies"
| The prime minister then stated that
| the king and emperor sent as greet
ing to the parliament his warm thanks
! for those who are fighting at the front
He also announced that a bill Will be
| presented increasing the income tax, as
an increase of the states receipts had
become necessary. The war, he said,
| had not broken the strength of Prus-
sia's state finances, but further means
were needed TO be used for the recon-
struction of East Prussia. He conveyed
the thanks of the king and emperor to
those not only in Germany, but also
outside it's boundaries who had con-
tributed funds for this purpose. He
added that new means will also be
necessary to complete the net of Prus
Sian railroads.