Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-16
Albuquerque New Mexico, Wednesday, May It, 1917
powers which are our allies are with


understood the call for clearness
which today is addressed to me from
the right and the left But in the dis
cussion OF our war aims the only guild
ing line for me is the early and sat
isfactory conclusion of the war. Be
yond that l cannot do or say any
thing"
In Hands of No Party.
IF the general situation forces me
to reserve, as is the case now, | shall
keep this reserve and no pressure
either from Herr Schiedemann or
Roesicke will force me from my path
shall not allow myself to be led
astray by utterances with which
Schiedemann, at a time when drum
fire sounds on the Aisne and at Arras,
believed he could spread among the
people the possibility of a revolution
The German people will be with me
in condemning such utterances and
also Roesiekes attempt to represent
me as being under the Influence Of
the social democrats.
Il am reproached for being in the
the hands of any party, either the
right or the left. am glad ] can
state that definitely If | am in the
hands of any one | am in the hands
of my people, whom alone have to
serve, and all of whose sons, fighting
for the existence of the nation, are
firmly ranged round the kaiser, whom
they trust and who trusts them. The
kaiser's words of August live unalter-
ed Roesicke who sets himself for
ward as particular protector of this
word, has received in the kaisera d
Easter message the assurance of the
unaltered existence of the kaiser's 5
word,
Sympathy for the Dying.
II trust that the reserve which /
must exercise-it would be unscrupu-
will find support from the majority of
the reichstag and also amongst the
people. For IA month past unparalleled
battles have been waging on the west
front. The entire people, with all its
thoughts and sorrows and feelings, Is
with its sons up there, who with unex-
ampled tenacty and defiance of
death, resist the daily renewed at
tacks of the British and French.
Even today l see no readiness for
peace on the part of England or
France, nothing OF the abandonment
of their excessive aims Of conquest
and economic destruction. Where
then were the governments who last
winter openly stood up before the
world in order to terminate this in
sane slaughter Of peoples? Were they
in London or in Paris? The most re-
cent utterances which l have heard
from London declare that the war
aims which We're announced two years
ago remain unaltered.
Allies Obdurate.
Even Herr Sohiedemann will not
believe that / could meet this situation
with beau geste. Does anyone be-
leve, in view of the state of mind of
our western enemies, that they could
be induced to conclude peace on a
program of renunciation
"On the contrary, l should thereby
merely play the game of the hostile
| rulers and make II easier for them
| further to delude their war-weary
peoples into prolongng the war i'm
measurably. This, too, would be base
| ingratitude toward our warriors near
Arras and the Aisne.
AS regards our eastern neighbor,
Russia, l have already recently
spoken. 1t appears as IL new Russia
had declined for herself these violent
| plans OF conquest. Whether Russia
will or can act In the same sense on
her allies, i am unable to estimate.
Doubtless England, with the assist
ance of her allies, Is employing all
her efforts to keep Russia harnessed
TO England's war chariot and to ira
verse Russian wishes for the speedy
restoration of the worlds peace.
Tactful AZ TO Russia.
IF, however, Russia wants to pre-.
vent further bloodshed and renounces
all violent plans of conquest, for her.
self II she wishes to restore durable
relations of peaceful life side by side
with us, then surely 1t Is matter of
course that we, as we share this, will
not disturb the relationship in the fu-
ture and will not render its develop-
ment impossible by demands, which,
indeed, do not accord with the free
dom of nations and would deposit in
the Russian nation the germ of en-
nifty (Thunderous applause.)
Il doubt not that an agreement,
aiming exclusively at a mutual un-
Iderstanding, could be attained which
excludes every thought of oppression
and which would leave behind no
sting and no discord.
"Our military position has never
been SO good since the beginning of
the war with the enemy In the west
Despite his terrible losses, he cannot
break through. Our U-boats are OPP
Grating with increasing success /
won't use any sign words about them.
The deeds of our U-boats men speak
for themselves. / think even the
neutrals will recognize that.
Gentle With Neutrals.
80 far as compatible with our duty
toward our own people, who come
first, we ought to take into account the
interests of the neutral states. The
concessions which we have made to
them are not empty promises. That is
the case in regard to our frontier
nelghbors, Holland and Scandinavia.
az well as those states, which. on ac-
count of their geographical position
are especially greatly exposed to enc
my pressure.
II am thinking in this connection
especially of Spain, which, loyal to
her noble traditions. Is endeavoring