Arizona republican., 1916-04-06
ATTITUDE IF
 GERMANY |SSET
 FORTH CLEARLY
Imperial Chancellor. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg Deliv- CTS Pronotlncement on Status of Germany With Respect to the War
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 BERLIN, April tBy wireless to )-When the imperial chan cellor, Dr. von Bethmann- -Hollweg, 1 arose today to deliver his pronounce ment on the attitude of Germany with respect to the war, the Reichstae pre- sented the aspect of former great days. All the members were present and the galleries were crowded
 Among the foreign diplomats were American Ambassador James W. Ger ard; the Argentine minister. Dr. Luis Moline; the Dutch minister, Baron Gevers, and the Greek minister, N c. TheOtokY
 A hush of expectancy was upon the house when the chancellor began, but after his introductory words, he was interrupted by an outburst of applause and throughout his long speech, which was q notable one, he was listened to with rapt attention and was frequently greeted with cheering.
 The chancellor reviewed the military situation and showed that throughout all the fighting Germany's progress had been steady and certain. He declared that Germany was at war only to pre- serve her existence and to hold back her enemies from the German frontiers.
 Germany had been threatened, he said with annihlation. with partition of her realm, with destruction of her essential political and economic forces. and the answer to any suggestions of peace on the basis of l'russian military power was-the German sword.
 Germany had no aggressive aims against the American continent and she was not fighting for new territory The new Europe which would arise out of the war, he said. cannot resemble the past Whatever il might be, it must be for the nations that inhabit it d land of peaceful labor.
 "The peace which shall end this war shall be a lasting peace, the chancel- Tor said
 Ono of the most important of the chancellor's utterances had to do with Belgium Germany would never con sent that Belgium should serve as 2 military or economic fOrtification against her. or that she should he d vassal of France and Great Britain
 
 would be permitted to work out the des- tiny corresponding to their natural gifts based on their mother tongue and following the national character. Though the remembrance ot the war would still echo in Belgium. Germany would not allow this to be new source of war
 The chancellor outlined what Ger many wished that Europe should be in the future.
 This new Europe" she said. in many respects cannot resemble the past The blood which has been shed never will | be repaid and the wealth which has | been destroyed can only slowly he re i placed But hoWsoever this Europe may be it must be for the nations that 1 inhabit it land of peaceful labor. The peace which shall end this war shall be lasting peace. It must not bear the germ of new wars. but must provide for all peaceful arrangement of Euro pean questions
 1 The chancellor declared that England wished an end of the war after peace but wanted them to continue the com i iiitIClil Wal Nlti unUbit NlotelCt. adding:
 1 First the British endeavor to de Stroy our military. and then our ecOno- mic policy. Everywhere there is brutal lust of destruction and of annhilation and impious will, in an unbounded lust of domination, to cripple a nation of 70,00O, 900 people"
 As to colonial questions the chancel- Tor quoted Bismarck to the effect thai the fate of colonies was decided on the continent. He asserted that Germany'S enemies now were actively engaged r inventing new formulas in order tC maintain the spell of illusion, hatred land deception which binds them. "Of all the nations in the war" h, continued, "only Germany has beer threatened by her enemies and by thei Irresponsible spOkesmen with annihila
 tion, with partition of her realm, witt destruction of her essential politiCtl and economic forces, no matter Whethe
 they call them Prussianism or militar
 ism or barbarism. The forces whicl
 before the war bound together tn
 entire German coalition were lust o . | conquest, iuSt ol jealousy against ter
 man competition in the worlds mar
 llets. During the war they have re
 mained powerful with the government
 of our enemies in spite of all defeats.
 This is still the object and aim C
 the war alike in Petrograd Paris an
 London"
 To this we oppose that Germany i } this way had only one aim, namel, 7 to defend herself to maintain her exis
 tence; to hold her enemies back froI
 the German frontiers, and wheneve , their lust of destruction had shown it , self. to drive them back as quickly q possible.
 We did not want this war. We fe
 no desire to change our frontiers whe
 the war began against our will W 7 1 threatened no nation with annihlatio
 of her existence or with destruction , her national life
 The chancellor pointed out the root
 of Germanys present strength, sayin.
 And what gives us this force to COT Cuer and overcome the difficultit
 caused by the interruption of our ovel seas trade, and on the front, numerica | ly superior enemies? Who can real believe that greed of land inspires ol
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