The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-11
Peace Without Annexations or
lndemnities Impossible and
Dangerous"
GERMANY MUST
CONTINUE WAR WITH
ALL ITS ENERGY
Food Controller, Attacked by
Socialists. Admits Spring
Crops Fell Far Short of An
ticipated Yield
CBy Agence Radio to Internationa al
News Servce.l

News Servce)
Zurich, July 10.-Dr. Won Beth
mann Holiveg, German imperial
chancellor. regards the formula of
peace without annexations or indem-
mites as impossible and dangerous"
He stands pat upon his refusal to state
GerTnany's peace terms. He backs il
Germany must fight to the last
gasp"
Brief Berlin Official statements ana
dispatches quoting leading German
newspap ers furnish the frs. insight
today into the political turmoil rag
ing in the empire. They contained
brief but significant resumes of the
preliminary battles fought In the meet
ings OF the reichstags main committee
that those battles we're indecistve
Nothing resemh bling even provisional
agreement was reached. When the
reichstag met in fun session today the
big parties seemed hopelessly divided
and unequivocally opposed TO compro-
mise.
Aside from fraementary quotations,
| tire chancellor speech before the
main committee, which is being sup
pressed by the German censors. the
most important bit Of today's news
revoived around DR.. Matthias Err
berger, the Centr!st leader. who un-
loosed the whole storm by his Violent
attack on the pro-annexationtsts and
! on C-boat warfare in Saturdays
secret session OF the main committee
The Catholic leader yesterday and to-
, day repeated his utterances He as
serted the situation demanded I'm
mediate and decided action by the
reichstag
Must Break With Pam Gcrmanists.
III the government does not sepa-
rate itself from the Pan -Germanists,
he threatened today, lust before the
| full richstas session, the entire
! Socialist party and others will rally
behind the opposition"
Slowly. bit by bit, more detailed re-
ports OF what happeSed In the main
com mittee's star chamber sessions are
! fltering through. Herr Won Battocki
the German fc/d controller, was call
ed upon 10 reply to a bitterly pessi-
mistic speech by a Socialist deputy.
Il admit" said Battocki. that We
were deceived in our hopes in the
spring crops"
/ The food controller added, how
ever. that the crop outlook for fall
was excellent.
! To Grant Electoral Reform.
Late this evening the surrender by
| the Prussian government to the re-
| form movement was foreehadowed In
an ofr,cial bulletin issued from Teu-
ton capital This bulletin announced
that the PrusSan government will
submit to the Prussian diet a pro-
posed law granting electoral reforms
| instead of waiting until after the war
The bill also provides for universal
outrage and for limited extension
| Of the rights Of the voters.
The Tageliche Rundschau said to-
day that Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg In Saturdays secret session
categorically rejected the request that
he express himself in favor OF peace
without annexations and indemnities.
He declared the formula impossible
and dangerous" He said he Was I'M
able to accept the Socialist PROPOSE
tions in it's behalf because they had
proved unsuccessful in Russia.
! This was the first intimation that
the chancellor had made his course
largely dependent upon the develop
ments Of the Russian revolution.
I The Lokal Anzeiger quotes the
chancellor as saying In yesterday
secret meeting at the main commit
! tee:
1 MuSN ElkuL Win AL ~.
! Germany must continue the war
with all energy.
! II do not deny that we have great
difficulties to overcomssin the interior.
| but we must not forget that our
enemies have the same troubles.
II have no doubt that we will con-
quer II We hold arm.
Nothing Is further from my In
tentions than to hold on to my post
But at the same time I consider 1t
necessary to protect the country
against the threatening evils
| The Berliner Tageblatt gives the
same resume Of the chancellor 9
speech. adding that he also spoke on
the Polish question. defending the
governments policy and vigorously
attacking what he called DR. Err
berger's "nefarious policy"
| Later accounts give an account OF
the full session Of the reichstag yes
te-dny evening. The Socialists called
upon the government to amsliorate