The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-11
W|Ll.cONCEDE:
No TERRITORY
FOR PEACE
Germans Uniteu, Says Chan
ceIIor for Unity of Empire
HOPE IN SUBMARINES
Frontier Posts to Remain Unchanged
Until u-Boats Do Their
Work.

London, Oct. 11.-At the plenary
sitting of the Reichstag at Berlin
Tuesday, DR. Georg Michaelis, the
imperial German chancellor, asserted
that peace was impossible as long as
Germany's enemies demanded any
German soil or endeavored to drive q
wedge between the German people and
their emperor, says dispatch from
Amsterdam. The speech Of the chan
cellor was delivered during the discus
sion OF the resolution against propag-
anda in the army in favor of Ger
man peace.
1--WE would get along much better
said the chancellor, III those who
combat the peace resolution of July
19 (the Reichstag noannexations res
olutions) and assert that it supporters
want a separate peace would be more
Just toward this resolution. We must
be clear in our minds as to what we
desire and must emphasize what was
said In the resolution.
The German nation will stand as
one man, unshakable and persevere
in the fight until its rights and the
rights of our allies to existence and
development are assured In its unity
the German empire is invincible. We
must continue to perseyere until the
German empire, on the continent and
overseas, establishes its position. Fur
ther. we must strive TO see that the
armed alliance of our enemies does
not grow into an economic offensive
alliance.
I'VE can in this sense achieve a
peace which guarantees the peasant
the reward OF his lands, which gives
the worker merited recompense
which creates a market for industries
and supplies the foundation for social
progress, which gives our ships the
possibility on a free voyage OF en-
tering ports and taking on coal all
over the world a peace OF the widest
economic and cultural development, a
real peace. This peace we can attain
within these limits
"As long as our enemies confront
us with demands which appear unac-
ceptable TO every single German
said Dr. Michaelis, "aslong as our op-
ponents wish to interfere with our
frontier posts, as long as they de-
mand that we shall yield a piece of
German osil, as long as they pursue
the idea of driving wedge between
the German people and its emperor,
so long shall we with folded arms
refuse the hand of peace.
1--WE can wait. Time is working for
US Until our enemies perceive that
they must reduce their claims, so
long must the cannon speak and the,
U-boats do their work. Our peace will
yet come
In addressing the Reichstag For
eign Secretary Won Kuehlmann said,
according to a Berlin dispatch re-
ceived at Amsterdam, that as far as
he was able to view the world situa-
ton there was no impediment> to
peace, no question which could not be
solved by negotiations, except for the
French demand for Alsace-Lorraine.
Inere is put one answer 10 tne
question, can Germany in any form
make concessions with regard to AL
sace-Lorraine?" said the foreign sec
retary. THAT answer is no. So long
as one German hand can hold a gun
the integrity of the territory handed
down to us as a glorious inheritance
by our forefathers can never be the
object of negotiations or conces-
sions."