The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-30

London, Aug. 23.--What is purport-
aa IN he a verbatim report OF the
sneech Of Imperial German, Chancellor
n lMichaelis, received by the BRUSH
admiralty, per wireless press anu
through Reuters Hauge correspono'
ent. the part follows:
AS regards our: enemies, their nun
Nor has increased since the ADJOURN.
won't of the reichstaG by three, namely
SIAM Liberia and China. Tnese eo for
tr;es have no convincing reaso na,o1v
aDmitv against us. They acteu ST.
60, nre ,sure of the entente anu tne
1 rr States. the latter havlng si1at
panouoe over Liberia and Chlna~ W.
nnra made, it clear to these countries
49,. 49,, WI, shall bring them to accoul.
.n"'l ~ damage done under lnterha
~. .;anai law to German interests.
oac,ares Situation Fine
...or reforring to the solidity OF Ger
Alsoi md her allies, the, chancellor
auan Ialegram from Field Marsnal
go. .eaa uindenburg declaring that tne
'.':.,r,, situation was more 1aVorauie
nal'4 Harnanv than ever. The chancellor
1Qr Ge1 ilAo'AE
added: ,o,d corresponds
.;+,1 ,,r success on the sea. IN tne
' wt,n If Julv, according to'the latest
nlo received, $1,000 tons OF snip
n;rs were sunk. When we take my
Considerable our results on the one
nand and the failures of our enemies
an tho other, it appears to be lncom-
unohansihle that our enemies show no
5;snosition to prepare the way 1or con-
-;deration Of terms of peace, not TO
mention peace which includes renun-
citation.
peace Pact is Claimed
az was able recently to show by in
formation regarding a Franco-Russlan
secret treaty what far-reaching war
sims France had and how England
x1nnorted French desires for German
land. Only recently member OF the
british cabinet declared that there
would be no peace until the German
armies had been thrown across the
Rhine. | am now able to show that
further arrangements were made by
the enemy regarding their war aims,
some of the details Of which were al
ready made known to the committee
On an earlier occasion. I proceed in
chronological order:
con Sept. 7, 1914, the enemy coali
ton decided only to conclude joint
peace. On March 4, 1915, Russia made
the following peace demands, of which
England approved by note on; March
" and France by note of the same
date, namely: Russia to receive Con-
stantinople with the European shore
Of the straits and the southern part OF
Thrace as far as the EnOs- Midia line.
This basis was laid down and the ne
gotlations continued their course in
1856 In the course of them Russia
obtained the promise of the Armenian
yiIayets of Trebizond and Kurdistan
and Messina and the dinterland ex.
tending northward as far as Sivas and
Kharput.
To Divide Europe
"EngIand's share was to be Meso-
potamia and the rest of Turkey in
Asia was to be divided into English
and French spheres of interest. Pales.
tine was to be internationalized and
the other districts inhabited by the
Turks and Arabs, including Arabia
proper and the Holy Places of Islam,
we're to be formed into special fede.
ration of states under British sue.
Eainty =
when Italy entered the war, she
demanded her share of the booty
Fresh negotiations were opened which
in no wise pointed at renunciations
thing we shall have further details
about them which will be published
later.
with such far-reaching enemy wal
aims, it may be understood why Mr.
Balfour lately stated that he did not
consider it advisable to make de
tailed statement on the war policy Of
the, government Those are the bottom
facts as they appear to us at the pres
ent moment, when we envisage the
possibility of concluding peace"