Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
GERMANY WILL
DISCUSS PEACE
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principles of the imperial constitu-
ton cannot and shall not be changed.
The Reichstag was packed when
the chancellor began his speech.
The new state secretaries. the new
Prussian minister, the new Bavarian
premier, the members of the reign
ing German houses, the Austrian,
Turkish and Bulgarian ambassadors
! and all the neutral ministers were
present.
Asks Reichstag Co-Opcration
The Imperial chancellor began by
asking loyal cooperation OF the
keichstaS. He contInued:
I'VE are approaching the end OF
the year that has been full of far
reaching and decisive events in many
! theaterS OF the war. l am proud
and thankful to say the arms of
Germany and her allies have been
successful on almost every occasion
and everywhere"
He recalled the Flanders battle
had continued almost without inter-
ruption since July and that the Brit
1911 hiS was SupSllOI III lluilptl
and that several French divisions
had taken part in the fight. Not
withstanding the loss of some Wit
lagos and farms the German front
there remained mistaken and the
enemy was as far as ever from his
object of reaching the Flemish coast
to destroy German U-boat bases.
He added:
Recognizing the failure of their
attacks in Flanders, the British are
now seeking near Cambria a decisive
result The hope which Great
Britain placed upon the wholesale
use of tanks has not been fulfilled.
They lie destroyed in the battlefield
by successful German counter meas
! ureS. The initial British success was
harried by the entrance of our re-
serves.
The French also have had local
successes northeast of scissors and
before Nerdun, but every strategical
exploitation of these has been pre-
; vented by the German army COM
mand.
Success In Italy
THE glorious advance of the
armies of the central powers in Italy
, , holds the world in suspense even to-
day. Italy's army has lost a con-
, siderable part of its forces and a.
: least half of its total war material
1t also has lost stretches of lano
which provided it with rich supplies
Further, the success of our vic
/, tories from the Isonzo to the Piave
is an effective relief to our own west
ern front. In the same way thi:
victory also makes itself felt il
Macedonia as the enemy now ap'
, pears to be giving voluntarily the
Sit oh chr Il fgh h.A NIt t,iY or
west of Lake Ochrida.
= From the Sinai peninsula tn,
| British are operating against tn,
y Turkish troops in Palestine and hav,
n been able to achieve certain initia
| successes there. These, however
= have no influence on the general wal
situation from a military point o.
view.
L Fleet Fulfills Hopes
= After declaring that the German
= war fleet had thoroughly fulfilled
e the hopes and expectations placed
= in it. the chancellor reviewed the
: submarine campaign which he sale
e is the only effective way of battling
against the power of Germany.
enemy, and the economic war forced
: upon her. He was hopeful of its
success and said the allies were un.
: able to make progress against it
= either by communicating neutra
= ships, or building new ones"
= Count Won Hertling expressed the
= wish that the territories formerly
under Russian sway - p o a d
: Lithuania and Courland coult
: have the right of choosing their owr
governments and could obtain thai
Y political form which correspondet
n to their conditions and culture.
He referred fn
$ allies as having placed themselve.
C on the foundation of the papal peace
Z note of last August and said every
ground had been removed for the
foolish argument" that the object
of her enemies was to destroy Ger.
man militarism which was destroy
: ing the peace of nations. He said:
Would Shut Out Germany
1t has been shown where, in
truth, the peace destroying militar.
: ism can be sought. The Italian
e minister, Sonnino, in his speech or
: October 90, expressly waived the
/ thought of general disarmament, and
|, Premier Clemenceau goes so far in
cyniciSm as to expressly shut oul
/ Germany and Austria Hungary from
! the peaceful community of nations
= of the future when right shall take
the place of armed force. Premier
Lloyd George has declared distinctly
t the aim of the war is the destruction
2 of German commerce and that the
war must be continued until this
end is reached. Indeed the lust of
! conquest falsely attributed to u.s. is
f now placed before the world through
the publication of secret treaties by
the Russian government.
Our war aim from the first day
was the defense of the fatherland
and the inviolability of it's territory
freedom and independence of it's
economic life. The spirit in which
the answer to the papal note was
given still is alive to-day but so
jmuch the enemy must admI - this
answer signifies no license for the
criminal lengthening of the war
For the continuation of the
terrible slaughter. and the destruc-
tion of irreplacable works of civiliza-
ton and for the mad self-mangling
of Europe the enemy alone bears the
responsibility and will also have to
bear the consequences"
In conclusion the chancellor said
Germany's watchwords must be
! wait endure, hold out"