Arizona republican., 1917-07-30
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 BERLIN, July 29.-(via Copenhagen Dr. George Michaelis, the German inn perial chancellor, on Saturday sum- moned a large number of newspaper men to whom he declared:
 Tine speech of David Lloyd George, the British premier, Queens hall, Lon don 1na the n drDatn i3 ..i- British house of commons again have proved with indisputable cleamess that Great Britain does not desire peace by agreement and understanding but only a conclusion of the war which means the enslaVement of Germany to the ar trary violence of our enemies.
 "Proof of this may be seen in the fact that Sir Edward Carson (member of the British war cabineD declared in Dublin that negotiations with Germany could begin only after the retirement Of German troops beyond the Rhine.
 Tn response to a question put by Commoner Joseph King. a Bonar Law, the spokesman of the British govern ment in the house of commons, modi- fioI this declaration by fixing the standpoint of the Brilish government as being that if Germany wanted peace she first of all must declare herself willing to evacuate the occupied terri tories.
 We possess clear proofs that the enemy gives assent to q declaration, going even further than that impu- dently made by Sir Edward Carson. You all know that detailed information regarding the French plans of con quest. approved by Great Britain and Ru.s!a, has been circulated for weeks past in the neutral press and that it has not been circulated for weeks past tl al b,t ( hae been denied up to the present.
 It would be of the greatest import ance for the enl%htenment of the whole world regarding the true req sons for the continuance of the san guinary massacre of nations for it to be known that written proofs of our enemies greed for conquest have since fallen into our hands. l refer to re- ports of the secret debate on June , in the French chamber of deputies.
 T ask the French government this question: Does it deny that EX-Pre- mier BIiaIld and Premier RibOt in the course of that secret sitting. 2t which were present Deputies Moutet and Cochin who had just returned from Petrograd, were forced to admit that France shortly before the Russian rev olution had come to an agreement hay ing in view plans of conquest with a government of Premier Lloyd George described in his last speech as a cor rupt and narrow autocracy.'
 T ask if it is true that the French ambassador at Petrograd, in response to 2 request sent by him to Paris. re- ceived instructions to sign a treaty prepared in advance by M. Doumergue (eX-nremier and foreign minister) af- ter negotiations with the Russian em. peror?
 'Is it true or not that the Frencl premier at the instance of Genera Bcrthelot, head of the French military mission to Rumania, formally en- trusted him with a mandate and tha Nj. Briand afterward sanctioned thi. sten9
 This treaty assured to France he frontiers. but amended on lines Of pre- vious wars the conquest of 1870 to in. clude besides Alsace- Lorraine, Seaar. hruek and vast territorial modified tions on the left bank of the Rhine.
 "As desired by France when NJ Tereschenko (the Russian foreign min. iTtorl took offi"e the Rrssion govern ment protested against the French ain of conquest. winch also included tha of Syria. and declared that new Russi:
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