Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-16
Declares He'll Continue to
Resist Demands for
Premature Offer.
RAPED BY SOCIALISTS
Scheidemann Defends His
Party's Policy; Centrists
Behind Premier.

'As regards our eastern neighbor Russia
have already recently spoken. 1t appears
as If new Russia had declined for herself
these violent plans Of conquest. Whether
Russia will or can act In the same sense as
her allies am unable to estimate Doubtless
England, with the assistance Of her allies. ia
employing all her efforts to keep Russia
harnessed to England's war chariot and
traverto Russian wishes for the speedy
restoration Of the worlds peace.
III, however, Russia wants to prevent
further bloodshed and renounces all violent
plans OF conquest, for herself. II she wishes
to restore durable relations Of peaceful life
side by side with us. then surely 1t Is a
matter OF course that we share this wish
which will not disturb the permanent re-
lat-onship In the future and will not render
its development impossible by demands,
which, indeed, do not accord with the
freedom OF nations and would deposit In the
Russian nation the germ of enmity.' (rhun-
derous applause.) From Hollweg's speech in
reichstag Tuesday
BERLIN. via London, May Is.
In one of the most vigorous and
plain-spoken speeches he has vet
I
outbreak of the war. the imperial Ger
man chancellor today bluntly refused
TO enter into a discussion of Ger
mans peace aims as demanded in
interpretations by the Conservatives
/ and Socialists. DR.. Won Bethmann-
IIollweg asserted that these called for
the governments specific peace pro-
gram, the announcement of which
would at the present time not only
ha atss.s. I.WN L. IL 4.
difficult to formulate and also OF no
practical service to the nation in the
present situation.
The chancellor virtually made a
| peace offer to Russia. saying that IL
/ Russia renounces her aims OF con-
/ quest. Germany would not prevent q
| permanent friendship by making i'm
| possible demands.
! Determined on Silence.
While appreciating the passionate
! desire OF all classes to know the gov
ernment's Views, the chancellor plain
/ ly declared that he would not permit
himself to be swayed by pressure
| from any source, and that he was not
under the spell of any party or clique.
| The best interNts of the nation, he
| believed demanded that the reticenco
I h had imposed on himself in the face
| of continuous clamor since December,
,otr .Lo,,i1 ha obaarvad no him until
~ - q, siou.. , ' e., IL u,as sura
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ahu Wouiu aiso llieet VIZ y. ,,.i,
maJori'y Vi 'ne 'iiei'oe'9 Vi 'i'o
stag
Against Nations Interests.
me rl,ln. ,.'iii,o,,,, sit;,o,ior
a,I Gormanv,s relations 10 the neu-
trails. in the course of which he
warmly praised the attitude adopted
bv Spain.
These interpretations demand from
me definite statement on the ques-
ton of our war aims" said the chan
cellor "To make such statement at
the present foment would not serve
the countrys interests. | must there
fore. decline to make 1t.
u,,assure Great
,,, -. - ,o,,,. how.
Slnce the winter ol lsIl Ia '", n,
! been pressed now from one sue no"