The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-10
DEFIANT REPLY TO
WILSON'S SPEECH
President Of ReiChstag Says
KaiSerd0m is Sacred.
GERMANY WILL FIGHT FOR 1T
"Pre sident Wilson viii Bite Granite" !"
Is Reply To Effort To Turn Ger
mans Against Hohenzollerns.
Peace Prop osals Deferred.

copenhagen. - Inc speech WHICH
was to have been made In the Reich
stag by DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg,
the German Imperial Chancellor, on
peace and international relations has
been postponed to a more fitting occa-
sion, according to word received here.
1t is now expected that debate upon
the political situation, together with
the Chancellor's speech, will probably
be postponed until the third reading
of the finance measures.
Amsterdam.-The German Reich
stag resumed its session. The Presi-
dent Of the Chamber, DR.. Johannes
Kaempf, in his opening address,
speaking Of the entry of the United
States into the war, said a new and
mighty opponent had joined the ranks
of Germany's enemies. President
Wilson, in message to Congress on
April 2, he declared, said he was wag-
ing war against the Germans in the
interest of mankind and on the ground
of justice.
President Wilson, Or. Kaempf con-
tinued, had lost his sight in making
this assertion, since he had not stirred
a finger to hinder England when Eng
land announced her war Of starvation
against Germany, a war in violation
of all human and international rights;
President Wilson had lost his sight
when he rejected the German proposal
to secure the lives OF Americans on
American vessels in certain routes,
which carried no contraband, and by
this rejection exposed his own COM
patriots to danger and death.
president Wilson," said DR..
Kaempf, represents the German peo-
pie as without will Of their own and
as having been driven into the war by
group of ambitious people, but he
tells nothing Of the long years of en-
circlement and Vaccinations against
them; nothing of the enemies recent
ly strongly expressed will to destroy
Germany.
"The German people rose in August,
1914, as one man, and still fight today
to defend their freedom, independence
and life. President Wilson says he
has no quarrel with the German peo-
pie, for whom he only entertains SYM
pathy and friendship.
President Wilson desired by his
message to sow discord in Germany
AS President of the German Reich
stag, which is elected on the freest
franchise in the world, | declare that
this effort will come to naught; that
it will have no influence on the com,
mon sense of our people. and that
President Wilson will bite granite"
This remark evoked thunderous ap
plause.
with our truest hearts blood we
established the German Kaiserdom
and with our truest hearts blood we
shall fight for the Kaiser and the EN-
pire (renewed applause). What our
forefathers fought for and longed Tor
what we have achieved on the battle
field, will not perish even at President
Wilson's word of command.
"We decline all interference by a
foreign government in our internal af
fairs.
"If all signs are not misleading the
decisive points OF the worlds war is
approaching. We see our death-de
flying troops, withstanding the enemy's
assaults Our U.boats will show Eng
land how Germans can avenge hel
nefarious starvation war. We proved
recently our financial strength by g
sixth war loan. We adhere to oul
! firm belief in Germany's star and In g
peace which will secure for all time
the Fatherland's happy development.