The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-12
GERMANY IS SAFE
Continued From Page one.)


been taken against all Italian diver
sions. And while on the Somme and
on the Carso the drum fire resounded
while the Russians launched troops
against the eastern frontier of Tran
sylvania Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg captured the whole of western
Wallachia and the hostile capital of
Bucharest, leading with unparalleled
genius the troops that in competition
with all the allies made possible what
hitherto was considered impossible.
And Hindenburg does not rest.
Military operations progress. By
strokes of the sword at the same time
firm foundations for our economic
needs have been laid. Great stocks of
Agrnin Nictuals, oil and other goods fell
7 int o1our hands in Rumania. Their
transport has begun. In spite of scar
city, we could have lived on our own
supplies. but now our safety is beyond
question: ;,
9" TO the great events on land the
chancellor continued; heroic deeds of
equal Importance are added by our
su bmarines.
Enemies Force Famine.
The spectre of famine, which our
enemies intended to appear bofore us
now pursues them without mercy
When after the termination of the first
year of the war, the emperor address,
| ed the nation in a public appeal he
events. my heart was filled with awe
| and determination
Neither our emperor nor our ma
| ton ever changed their minds in this
respect. Neither have they now. The
genius and heroic acts of our leaders
have fashioned these facts as firm as
| iron. If the enemy counted upon the
weariness of his enemy, then he was
deceived.
Firmly United With Allies.
| The reichstag, by means of the
national auxiliary war service law,
helped to build q new offensive and
| defensive bulwark in the midst of the
great struggle The chancellor con-
i tinued: Behind the fighting army
stands the nation at work-the gigan-
tic force of the nation working for
the common aim.' -
tress, as our adversaries imagine, but
one gigantic and firmly disciplined
camp, with ineXhaustible resources.
That is the German empire, which Is
firmly and faithfully united with it's
brothers in arms who have been test
ed in battle under the Austro- -Hungar-
jan, Turkish and Bulgarian flags. Not
confused by asseverations we prog
ressed with firm decision, and we thus
continue our progress always ready to
defend ourselves and fight for our ma
tion's existence, for its free future,
and always ready to stretch out our
hand for peace. Our strength has not
made our ears deaf to our response
| bility by God, before our own nation
and before humanity. The declara-
tions formerly made by US concerning
our readiness for peace were evaded
| by our adversaries. Now we have ad-
yanced one step further in this direc-
ton.
| Time for Peace Has Come.
"On August 1, 1914, the emperor
4 l1xyf fn a L q O.
cision which ever fell to the lot of
| German-the order for mobilization
| which he was compelled to give as
result of the Russian mobilization.
During these long and earnest years
! of the war the emperor has been
| moved by a single thought; how peace
could be restored to safeguard Ger
many after this struggle in which she
! has fought VIGOROUSLY.
Nobody can testify better to this
than I woh bear the responsibility for
all actions of the government In
deep moral and religious sense of duty
| towards his nation and, beyond it, to-
ward humanity, the emperor now con-
| siders that the moment has come for
official action towards peace.
His majesty, therefore, in complete
| harmony and in common with our al
| lies. edcided to propose to the hostile
| powers to enter into peace negotia-
| tions. This morning I transmitted
| note to this effect to all the hostile
powers, thru the representatives of
! those powers which are watching over
our interests and rights in the hostile
| states. I asked the representatives of
Spain, the United tSates and Switzer
| land to forward that note.
| 1.-THE same procedure has been
adopted today in Vienna, CONSTANT
nople and Sofia. Other neutral states
and his holiness the pope have been
similarly informed"