El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-08-02

M|CHAEL|S PLAIN
LIAR, PREMIER
R|B0T DECLARES;
IS ALSO VULGAR
Merely Trying to Turn
Attention From Boche
War Crime
HIDING KAISER'S
SORE CONSCIENCE,
(By Leased Wire to New Mexlcan.l

Paris, Aug. Premier Ribot re,
piled in the chamber yesterday to the
declaration made Saturday by DIR,
Michaelis, the German chancellor
that there was a secret treaty be-
tween Trance and Russia having in
view plans of conquest. Premier
Ribot after saying he was convinced
that Spain would apply the decree in
terning the German submarine which
anchored in the harbor OF Corruna
Monday evening, said: gt
II wish to reply to the vulgar
speech which DIR. Michaelis thought
fit to invite the Berlin journalists 10
hear. The German chancellor public
ly commanded the French govern
ment to declare whether in a secret
sitting June l, the French govern
ment had not made known to the
chamber of deputies the terms of a Sc
cret treaty made before the Russian
revolution whereby the emperor
bound himself to support French pre-
tentions to German territory to the
left bank of the Rhine.
"The chancellor's version contains
gross inaccuracies and absolute lies,
notably regarding the role he at
tributes to the president of the repub-
lie in giving an order to sign a treaty
unknown to Premier BRAND. The
chambers know how things passed.
M. Doumergue (ex-premier and for
eign minister, after a conversation
with the emperor, demanded and OBJ
tanned M. Brands authorization to
take note of the emperor's promise to
support Il claim to Alsace-Lorraine
and to leave us free to seek guaran-
tees against fresh aggression, not by
.nnexing territory ON the left bank
Of the Rhine, but making an autonom-
ous state of these territories which
would protect us and also Belgium
against invasion.
1--WE nave never thought to do what
Bismarck did in 1871. We are there
ore entitled to deny the allegation of
he chancellor, who evidently knows
If the letters exchanged February,
,917, at Petrograd and falsified since
IS his most illustrious predecessor
alsified the Ems dispatch.
''The chancellor refrained from
peaking about my declaration March
4, wherein I r%epudiated in Frances
any policy of conquest and an
lexation by force. He has wilfully
orgotten my language May %, in the
hamber, saying we were ready to en-
err into conversation with Russia as
o the object of the war and if the
ierman people whose right to live
nd develop peacefully we do not con-
est, understood that we wished peace
ounded on the right of people, the
Inclusion Of peace would thereby be
ingularly facilitated.
''Finally the chancellor passed over
l silence the resolution unanimously
oted after the June secret session"
Here Premier Ribot read from his
peech in the chamber warning
those who wished to spread
ne conviction that France was seek
lg conquest and read the terms OF
ne resolution adopted by the cham
er at that time declaring that peace
onditions must include the liberia
on of territories occupied by Ger
lany, the return Of Alsace-Lorraine
} France and just reparation for
amage done in the invaded regions.
he resolutions also favored the ere
tion of a league of nations for the
maintenance Of peace.
what is the chancellor seeking"
ontinued the premier.
'tHe is trying to hide the embarrass-
lent which he feels in defining Ger
lany's objects of war and conditions
hereon she would make peace. He
trying especially to turn aside at
sntion from the terrible RESPONSE
ility weighing on the conscience OF
le kaiser and his councillors"