The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-30

Germany he said, waited eight months
for the United States to make England
observe the laws of humanity and in
ternational agreements.
Then" he continued. I'VE took
unrestricted submarine warfare into
our own hands. Then we had to do so
for our own defense
No Assistance to Gar.
With regard to Russia. the chancel-
Tor told the reichstag that Germany
does not propose to lend her assist
ance to any movement that might ex-
list to bring czardom back to power.
Nicholas Romanoff, he said had
brought upon himself his own down.
fall. He might have averted it, said
DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg. had he
needed the advice of Emperor Will
liam to devote himself to the internal
reforms SO eagerly clamored for by
the Russian people. Instead of TAX
ing this advice, the chancellor said
the former car insisted upon his pro-
gram of external expansion. The
speaker added that this Russian greed
for land was what caused the Euro
pean war.
Concerning German relations with
the United States. the chancellor
whose speech is reported by the Over
seas News agency (the German Off
c1ai news bureau). said:
within the next few days the directors
of the American nation will be convened
Dy President Wilson for an extraordinary
session of congress in order to decide the
American and German nations. INC
Germany never had the slightest inten-
ton of attacking the United States of
now. 1t never desired war against the
United States and does not desire it to-
day.
How Situation Developed.
How did these things develop? More
than once we told the United States that
we Il, made unrestricted use, of the sub,
could be made to observe in her policy
or blockade the laws of humanity and
International agreements. This blockade
pol1cy-thlS L expressly recall has been
called illegal and indefensible' (the i'm
perial chancellor here used the English
Words by President Wilson and Secretary
of State Lang. Our expectations. which
we maintained during eight months, have
been disappointed completely, England not
defensible policy of blockade. but unin-
terruptedIy intensified it. England, to-
the peace. offers made by us and our allies
and proclaimed her war aims which aim
at our annihilation and that of our allies.
U-BOats Necessary Defense.
Then we took unrestricted submarine
warfare into our hands; we had to for
IF the American nation considers this
a cause Tor which to declare war against
IN peace for more than 100 years, if this
action warrants an increase of bloodshed
we shall not have to bear the responsibility
neither hatred nor hostility against the
United States, shall also bear and over
come this.
Nobody can tell how things shall de-
velop but our attitude toward Russian
events is clearly outlined. We shall also
follow the principle that we never NEEDLE
with the internal problems of other coun-
tries 1t now is maliciously reported that
Germany wants to annihilate the hardly
conquered freedom of the Russian nation
and that the German emperor wants to re-
establish the rule of the car over his en-
+ shaved subjects. All these are mere lies
and SANDER as | here expressly state
The only thing that we hope is that
Russian foundations may develop that will
make her the strong and firm bulwark of
peace
Always Friendly With China.
| With reference to Chinese relations, the
chancellor said:
Our relations have always been of the
most friendly nature, and if these rela-
| tons have actually been terminated by the
chinese government, | need not tell YOU
that this is not by the free resolve of the
Chinese government, but that it has acted
under pressure of our enemies.
The result of the war-as l confidently
| hope, Will give the opportunity to re-
build what has been destroyed and to re-
build it at the expense of our enemies
! Then our friendly relations with China
will revive, provided that China
will preserve until then the necessary force
OF resistance against the greed and egotisn
| of her present