Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-30


submarine campaign which he said
is the >only effective way az hattI,nr
the power Of Germany's enemy and
tne economic war forced on ier. .He
was hopeful OF dts success and said.
mat the. allies were unable to make.
progress against 1t by their CONF
Wandering neutral ships or building
Count Q Hertling expressed the
WISH tnat n territories formeriv UNI
der Russian sway-Poand. 44ithuania
and Courland-should have fight Of
choosing. their own governments and
could obtain that political torn which
correspondent to their conditions and
culture. He said that affairs in this
direction were etill completely in 4,
state OF uncertainty and that reports
IN Inc press indicating that d definite
agreement had been reached on ono
point were premature.
FROM MILITARISM
NOT ALLIES, AIM, HE SAYS. "
He referred 10 Germany and her
allies as having placed themselves ON
the foundation of the papal peace note
OF last August. and said that every
ground had been removed for { b
foolish argument" that the object of.
ner enemies was to destroy German,
militarism which was destroying the
peace OF nations. He said!
st has been shown where. n truth
the peace destroying unitarian can
be sought. The Italian minister, Com
nino; IN his speech on October Is, ex.
-pressly waived the thought Of general
disarmament, and Premier SCleEnen-
ceau goes SO far in cynicism al TO- I
pressly shut out Germany and Aus.
trta-aungary from the peaceful com-
munity Of nations Of the future when.
ngnt shall take the place Of armed
force, Premier Lloyd George has de-
clared distinctly that the aim of the
We Is the destruction OF German
commerce and that the war must be
continued, until this end Is reached
inceed. 3 the lust of conquest falsely
attributed to us. is now placed before
the world through the qualification of
secret -treaties by the Russian governs
ment.
.'Our war aim from the f,r.tsdav
was the defense of the Fathefland
and the inviolability Of its territory.
freedom and independence OF It's
economic life. On that account we
could greet joyfully the pope'sSpAace
appeal The spirit in which the an,
swer to the papal note Vas given, still
is alive today but-so much the
enemy must admit-this answer sig-
niies no license for the criminal
SA W T. - s%fHT%at-@-rsFs
.BLAMES ALLIES FOR
CONTINUING WAR.
"For the continuation OF the terri
BILE slaughter. and the destruction Of
irreplaceab1e works Of civilization and
for the mad self changing Of Europe
the enemy alone bears the responsible
ity and will also. have to bear the
consequence. This applies. especially
to sonnino tBaron Connino. Italian
minister Of foreign affatrs.) II the
Italian authorities who drove into the
war the unfortunate population of q
~hbeautiful land bound to us by thou
sand-fold memoAies had taken the
hand Of peace held out by Sthe pope,
the frightful defeat of their armies
with all its associated consequences
would not have taken. place,
MAY Itafy's friends accept this a. a
warning and lend IN ear at. last 20 the.
voice Of reason and humanity"
In conclusion the chancellor said
that Germany's WatchWord must Be
twaiti endure! hold QUIT"
The speech was received with ap-
plause, from almost the whole house,
only the extreme right and extreme
left not participating.