New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
SCREAMS DEFIANCE AT GREAT BRITAIN
 IN THE REICHSTAG
German Chancellor Bethmann- HoNWeg Declares Peace Sug-
 geSti0nS Are Futile and Evil
LAYS STRESS ON NAVY'S
 SUCCESS IN NORTH SEA

Says Germany Stands at Unit in Pros
 ccution of War and All Will Fight
 Shoulder to Shoulder to Bring Vic-
 tory to Kaiser's Standards-Mad
 and Patriotic Demonstration Fol-
 lows Speech.
 Berlin, June 6, Via. London, 6:49 a. m.-A pofound senation has been caused by the speech made yesterday before the Reichstag by Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg, in which he declared that any further suggestions of peace by Germany would be futile and evil. His appeal to the nation to hold on until victory was theirs and the categorical defiance he hurled at Eugland were greeted with thunders of applause. At the conclusion Of his speech the chancellor received tremendous ovation, the cheering being renewed again and again. All parties joined in the ovation with the exception of the conservatives and the socialists who seeded with pr. L:ebknecht.
 The chancellor appealed for the unity of all parties, declaring that political lines ought to be Ohliterated during the prosecution of the war. The conclusion of his speech brought almost the entire house to their feet in a wild outburst of enthusiasm.
 Sees Nation as One Body.
 q see the entire nation," he said, Gin heroic stature fighting for it's future, our sens and brothers fighting end dying side by side. There we see the equal love for home in all. The sacred flame of love of home steels every heart, so that they defy death and suffer death in thousands. Only d heart completely dried up can escape the affecting impression of the great primitive strength of this people.
 My belief in my people and my love for my people gives me a con- viCton firm as a rock that we shall fight and conquer as we have fought and conquered hitherto. Our enemies wish to let it go on to the end. We fear neither death nor the devil, not even the hunger devil which they wish to send into our country. The men who fight out there around Verdun, who fight under Hindenberg, our proud bluejackets who showed Albion that rats bite, are fashioned from a breed that know how to bear rrivations also. These privations are here-I admit it calmly and openly even to foreign countries-but we will bear them.
 The Fight Against Hunger.
 Tn this fight against hunger we will also make progress. Gracious Heaven allowed a good harvest this year. It will not be worse but better than in the previous hard year. This calculation of our enemies on our economic difficulties will prove deceptive
 Another of their calculations was sharply corrected by our young navy iast week. This victory will not make us boastful. We know that it does not mean that England is beaten But it is a token of our future, wherein Germany will win for herself and also for smaller peoples full equality of rights and lasting freedom of sea routes, now closed by E,ngland's sole domination"
 Peace Talk ScOrned.
 Spea king or Gerfnan unity and of the nations desire to be at peace the chancellor said earlier in his address:
 We did what we could to pave the way to peace, but our enemies re- pelled us with scorn Consequently all further talk of peace initiated by us becomes futile and evil. Some states men in England and elsewhere have made attempts to feel the pulse of our people and have tried to console themselves into the belief that our striking force was near the breaking point. These gentlemen are indulg- ing in strange notions. There is no external influence that can make our unity even in the slightest degree
 We have had our differences of opinion on such matters as the U-boat question and the question of our re- latons with America, but I declare cmphatically that each side in these controversies had respected the con- VictiOns of the other and that we have remained always one on the great national question:"
 Continuing, the chancellor touched upon the freedom of debate and the {