Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-01

eign secretary, DIR. Won Kuhlmann is
quoted in a Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam as saying 1t was alb
surd to imagine Germany would enter
q peace conference with large claims.
Amsterdam, Dec. 1.-During yester-
days sitting Of the reichstag main
DR.. Won Kuehlmannt made
a speech in which he said:
Our eyes at the present moment
are turned toward the east. Russia
has set the world ablaze. The gang
of !bureaucrats and sycophants, rotten
to the core. ocerruling the weak and
misguided though probably we'll
meaning %autocrat, surrepuously
that country which was the actual and
immediate cause OF the gigantic
catastrophe which befell the world. )
Nov. however, Russia has swept
aside the culprits and she Is lahortng
to find. through an armistice. and
peace an opportunity for her internal
reconstruction. The principles hith-
erto announced to the world by the
present rulers in Petrograd appear TO
be entirely acceptable as q basis Tor
reorganization Of affairs in the east
taking into account the right Of ma
tons to determine their own desttntes
is calculated permanently to safe
guard the essential interests OF the
two great neighboring nations. Ger
many and Russia.
He referred to the Teuton victory
in Italy and to the. bitterness caused
in Germany by Italy's entrance into
the war.
~cess the foreign secretary said,
~,rnn ~0t{Nno hlarf o1Qn fnstF ENGLAND An0
France.
I'm Germany" the speaker said.
1.-THE government Is carrying out the
program laid down by the chancellor
yesterday, not givingwayunder party
pressure but rather proceeding with
clear perception of historical necessi-
ty. The development has been actually
opposite that of England and France,
where freedom Of thought and free
partly by violent and brutal measures.
In these countries which had been de-
mocracies, things are tending more
and more toward absolute dictator
ship" !,
The foreign secretary said Mr..
Lloyd George probably had not quite
come up to the expectations Of his
friends but that inaamuch as there
seemed to be no. one to surpass him
al Iuo UoIST1u1lldl1Ou. 10 carry. on the
war, unless Lord Northcliffe should
be resorted to I'VE may probably for
some time to come see the western
democracies under the leadership OF
their dictators, discussing in full har-
mony questions 81 regarding the COM
mand Of the allied forces.' \ :
q foreign secretary told his hear
ers 1t had been said Germany had
SHOWN great reserve on account OF the
fact h a she had q fraudulent design
and that once German astuteness had
succeeded in bringing together: her
aa~versaries at the conference table
sne would come. out with impossible
claims. reckoning that the people be-
ing tired of war and prepared Tor 'far
reaching sacrifice would not give their
statesmen the support necessary t.
Erelute German. demands. On this ac-
count 1t had been said, it would be
necessary for Germany's enemies "a
continue the fight until Germany was
forced to make q detailed Statement
of her terms.
II our adversaries are anxious Il
know what u aims are" he. contin.
ued. this matter is very simple in.
deed. There is a sufficient nuflbe,
Of ways at their disposal. His.or,
mas not furnished a single, example
OF any great diplomatic assembl,
purporing to settle International of.
fairs ever having been convened with.
out previously having informed. it.
self as to the intentions Of the a
ties concerned"