Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-04-06
HOL.L.WEG DLAMES
U,S.IF ukk!RICOMES
Says U-B0at Policy is Essen
tiaI in Defense.
SUPPORTS BERLIN ACTIONS
Chancellor Tells Reichstag Germans
Did Not Desire Conflict and Did Not
Intend TO Attack America.

Germany never had the slight
est intention Of attacking tht
United States Of America anc
! does not have such inten lion now. L
never desired war against the United
States of America and does not desire
it now" was the declaration made by
the German imperial chancellor, DR.
Won -Hollweg, in speech II
the reichstag.
The chancellor ma@e important de
clarations concerning Germanys policy
toward the United States and Russia
How did these things develop?
asked the chancellor in speaking OF
the relations with the United States
He then proceeded to answer the ques
ton by reviewing the causes which
led up to the German use of subma
rines in unrestricted warfare.
Declaring that Germany had under
taken unrestricted submarine warfare
for it's defense, DR.. Won Bethmann
HollWeg said: "If the American nation
considers this a cause for which to de-
clare war against the German nation
with which it has lived in peace fol
moro than one hundred years, if this
action warrants an increase Of blood
shed, we shall not have to bear the
burden Of responsibility fer it."
Concerning German relations with
the United States the Chancellor
whose speech is repcrtel by the Over
seas News agency (the German official
news bureau said:
within the next few days the di
rectors of the American nation vii be
convened by President Wilson, for an
extraordinary session Of congress, in
order to decide the Ques,i,n o. war OF
peace between the American and Ger
man nations.
Germany never had the slightest
intention of attacking the United
States Of America and does not have
such intention now. It never desired
war against the United States OF
America and, does not desire it now.
"Row did these things develop?
More than once we told the United
States that we made unrestricted use
u the submarine weapon, expe citing
England could be made to observe, in
her policy Of blockade, the laws of hu
manity. and international agreements
This blockade policy-this | expressly
recall has been called "illegal and in
defensible. (The imperial chancellor
here used the English words) by Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary OF State
Lansing. Our expectations, which we
maintained during eight months have
been disappointed completely; Eng
land not only did net give up her lille
gal and inderensible policy of block
ade, but uninterruptedly intensified it
England, together with her allies, ar
rogantly rejected the peace offers
made by US and cur allies and pro
claimed her war aims which aim al
our aunihilation, and that of our allies
"Then we tGok unrestricted subma
rine warfare into our hands; we had
to fer our defense.
"f the American nation considers
this a cause for which to declare wal
AGAINST the German nation with which
it has lived in peace for more than
one hundred years; Il this action war
rants an increase of bloodshed, we
shall not have to bear the response
bility for it. The German nation
which feels neither hatred nor nUsnli
ty against the United States CT Ameri
ca. shall also bear and overcome this