The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-30
Has Not Had and Has Not Now Any Intention of Attack
ing the United States-He Tells Reichstag, If War
,Coanes, Germany Will Not Be Responsible,
BLOCKADE OF ALLIES, "INDEFENSIBLE"
HAS MADE SUBMARINE WARFARE NECESSARY
Chanceaey Says Germany Will Not Interfere With the In
ternall Business Of the Russian Nation Standing for
Reform Itsef-China Driven to Break


tunes the honored friendship betwccr
the two countries. He said. however
| that this friendship had ended with tn,
death of Alexander II.
| Emperor Nicholas had drifted NOR,
and more into the cntcnte's wake ant
ally become a partisan of the wal
party. omnipotcnt under the Russian
| autocratic regime.
"Thrs,' said the chancellor, "in the
, fateful days of July, 1914, the Russian
emperor declined to listen to the ap-
peal made hN the German emperor
One Of the legendary reports dissent
mated with especial emphasis by our
enemies is that it was the German
government which assisted the auto
cratic rcactionary policy in Russia
against all the movements of liberty.
One year ago, l declared here in the
rcichstas that this observation was
directly contrary to the facts.
Kaiser for Reform.
when Russia in 1905 by the Japan
csc war and the resulting revolution
had been involved in distress. it was
the German emperor who, on account
of personal relations of friendship,
urgently advised the Russian emperor
no longer to oppose the justified wishes
of his nation for reforms. Emperor
Nicholas preferred other roads. In
Russia, had attention been concen-
trated on internal reconstruction, there
would not have been room for the rest
less policy of expansion which finally
led to this war and which has changed
hard even TO do justice to natural,
human pity for the downfallen house
of the rulers.
Nobody can tell how things shall
develop, but our attitude toward Rus
sian events is clearly outlined. We
shall also follow the principle that we
never mcddlc with the internal prob
lens of other countries. It now is
maliciously reported that Germany
wants to annihilate the hardly con-
qucred freedom of the Russian nation
and that the German emperor wants
to re-establish the rule of the car
over his enslaved subjects. All these
are merely lies and slander, as here
expressly state.
Germany Won't Interfere.
"How the Russian na ion wants to
construct its home is oniv the business
of the Russian nation and we shall not
NEEDLE with it Tho only thing that
We hope is that in Russia foundations
may develop that will make her the
strong and firm bulwark of peace"
With reference to Chincssrelations
the chancellor said:
"Our relations with China had al
ways been of the most friendly nature
and if these relations have actually
been terminated by the Chinese gov
ernment, | need not tell you that this
is not by the free resolve of the Chi
nese government. but that it has acted
under pressure of our enemies.
Enemies in China.
'Linancial difficulties, which could
not be mastered during the war by
China, also played a fair part in IT,
Our enemies object also is to destroy
our trade in China and to appropriate
without labor what has been estab-
lishcd there during many years of
Germany efficiency and German in
dustry.
"The result OF the war--as / conf
IDENTIFY hope-will give us the oppor-
tunity to rebuild what has been de-
stroycd and rebuild at the expense of
our enemies. Then our friendly re-
lations with China will revive. pro-
vided China will preserve until then
the necessary force Of resistance
against the greed and egotism of her
present protectors