Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-30

Berlin. July 29, via Copenha gen-Dr.
 Georg Michaelis, the German impe-
 rial chancellor, on Saturday summon
 ed large number of newspaper men
 to whom he declared:
 The speech of David Lloyd George,
 the British premier, at Queens Hall,
 London. and the recent debate in the
 British house of commons, again have
 proved with indisputable clearness
 that Great Britain does not desire peace by agreement and understand ing. but only a conclusion of the war which means the enslavement of Ger
 many to the arbitrary violence of our enemies.
 Proof of this may be seen in the fact Of the British war cabinet (mem- Der of the British war cabineD re- centlv declared that nepotiat!ons with Germany could begin only after the re- ttrement of German troops beyond the Rhine. Tn response to a question put by Commissioner Joseph King. A. | Eonar Law. the spokesman Of the Brit i ish government in the house of com l mons. modified this declara tion by fix | ing the standpoint of the British gov ernment as being that if Germany | wanted pence she first of all must de- l clare herself willing to evacuate the ] occupied territories.
 Possesses Clear Proofs. "We possess clear prcNcs that the | enemy gives assent to q declaration
 going even further than that impu- | dentlv made by Sir Edward Carson | You will know that detailed informa- l conquest. approved by Great Britain 1 and Russia has been circulated for 1 weeks past in the neutral press and that it has not been denied up 10 the | present.
 "It would be of the greatest import | arce fo~ the enliehtenment of the
 whole world regardin~ the true reason | for the continuation of the sangrlinary | ma ssacre of nations for it to /r known | that written proofs Of our enemies greed for conquest have since fallen 1 into our hands. I refer to reports of the secret debate o1 June 9 in the | French chamber of deputies. Questions French Government. T asked the French government this | questions: Does it deny that Ex- | Premier Brand and Premier Rihot l in the course of that secret sitting at | which were present Deputies Moulet ! and Cocchin. who had just returned ] from Petrograd were forced to admit | that France shortly before the Rus | sian revolution lad come to an agree | ment having violation of plans of | conquest with a government which | Premier Lloyd George describes in his | last speech as a corrupt and narrow ! autocracy.'
 "I asked if it is true that the French | ambassador at Petrograd. in response to a request by him to Paris, received | instructions to sign a treaty prepared | in advance by NJ DoumerCue (ex- | premier and foreign minister after negotiations with the Russian em- | peror?
 "Is it true or not that tho French president at the instance os General Berthelot head of the French military mission to Russia. formally entrusted l him with a mandate and that NJ. Bri- and sanctioned this step?
 What FrancS Desires? This treaty assured to France her frontiers but amended on lines of pre- vious wars the conquest of 1870 to | include besides Alsace-Lorraine, Scar bruecken and vast territorial mod | fcations on the left bank of the Rhine. AS desired by France. when NJ. Ter escheko (the Russian foreign minister) l took office the Russian government | protested against the French aims of 1 conquest which also included that of Syria and declared that new Russia no longer would be willing to take
 part in the struggle if it learned of these French war aims.
 "The admission of Deputies Coo chin and MoUtet that the Russian rep l resentatives had declared in the course of the negotiations that they attached no importance to Constantinople throws clear light on Russian senti ment. The delegates from .he Rus san armies dlSO are III lBIttIltHI Nltn l this.
 Light on Russian Sentiment. "Rega rdless of this manifest proof of the revulsion of .he Russian people | against a policy of aggrandizement. Premier Rbot refused in the secret session of the French chamber to un- | dertake any revision of the French war aims and announced the fact that | Italy also had received guarantees of great territorial aggrandizement.
 Tn order to divest their ambitions of the left bank of the Rhine of q char acter of greed and conquest, he an nounced the necessity of creating a buffe rsIate. but the opposition speak l CTS cried out amid din of contradic | tions r is disgra aceful'
 Criticises Enemy Press. The enemy press endeavors to force my inaugural speech the iuterpreta- | tion that I only consented to the Lan- l nery resolution with an ill-concealed ! reservation of Germany's desires for | conquest. I am obliged to deny the i'm DIl tiCn as tn an nhteCt nf which