New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-07-30

TESS, although it may do so only
tacitly, that M. BRAND was the object
of stormy attacks during the secret
session: that Premier Ribot was
obliged to produce the secret treaty
in response to the demand of M. Re-
naudel, Qeader of the majority So
cialists in the French chamber) and
also that M. BRAND, in the course of
the excited debate which ensued, de-
clared that revolutionary Russia was
obliged to carry out what imperial
Russia had promised and that it did
not matter to France what was said
by the lowest classes in Russia.
ut is characteristic that Deputy
Moutet, according to his own state
ment, replied in Russia to the ques-
ton whether Alsace-Lorraine was the
only obstacle to peace by saying he
could not answer the question in that
form, and that Russia ought to take
into consideration the fact that the
Russian revolution had been pur-
chased by French blood.
THE admission of Deputies Cochin
and Moutet that the Russian repre-
sentatives had declared in the course
of the negotiation that they attached
no importance to Consta ntinople
throws clear light on Russian senti-
ment The delegates from the Rus
sian armies also are in agreement
with this.
"Regardless of this manifest proof
of the revulsion of the Russian people
against a policy of ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
Premier Ribot refused in the secret
session of the French chamber to
undertake any revision of the French
war aims and announced the fact that
Italy also had received guarantees of
great territorial aggrandizements.
I'm order to divert their ambitions
on the left bank Of the Rhine of a
character of greed and conquest, he
announced the necessity of a buffer
state, but the opposition speakers
cried out amid a din of contradict
tons: Tt is disgraceful!'
IT would like also to mention that
Premier Ribot, after. a pacifst speech
by Deputy Augagneur, replied that
the Russian generals had declared
that the Russian armies never were
in better condition or better equipped
than then. Here appears In perfect
clearness the desire to let the Rus
sian people go on shedding their
blood in behalf of the unjust ambi-
tons of France.
This desire has been fulfilled, but
not as Premier Ribot anticipated, for
we can hardly Of humanity as that,
though foreseeing the failure of the
Russian offensive, he yet insisted
upon it. thinking it would give an
other hours respite pending the en-
try of America into the war.
The enemy press endeavors to
force upon my inaugural speech the
Interpretation that I only consented
to the majority resolution with all
ill-concealed reservation of Ger
many's desires for conquest. I am
Obliged to deny the imputation as to
an object of which there can be no
doubt. Besides, the resolution i'm
plies-which is quite clear-that the
enemy must also renounce any ideas
of conquest"
DR.. Michaelis added that it was
manifest Germany's enemies were not
in the least considering such denun-
citation and that the French meeting
held in secret was fresh proof that her
enemies were responsible for the pro-
longation of the war and were "ae-
tuated by lust of conquest"
The conspicuousness Of the JUS
tice of our defensive war; the chan
cellor concluded, will steel our
strength and determination in the fu-
ture."