The sun., 1917-10-11
ALLIES PEACE
PLAN SPURNED
Michaelis Says Germany Will
Surrender No SOil-''Wc
Can Wait"

AMsTERpAx. Oct. 1o.-At the plenary
sitting OF the Relchstag yesterday DR..
Geors Mchaelis, the Imperial German
Chancellor. asserted that peace Is i'm
possible as long as Germany's enemies
demand any German soil or endeavor
people and their Emperor. Tho speech
Of the Chancellor was delivered during
the discussion Of the resolution against
propaganda in the army in favor of q
German peace.
I'VE would get along much better"
said the Chancellor. III those who COM
bat the peace resolution of July 10 and
assert that its supporters want q sep
arate peace would be more Just toward
this resolution. We must work out in
their positive sense. and forcefully, the
aims comprised in this resolution. We
must be clear in our minds as to what
We desire and must emphasize what
WAS said in the resolution.
THE German nation will stand to-
gether as one man unshakable and
persevere In the fight until its right
| and the rights OF our allies to existence
/ and development are assured In its
unity the German Empire 10 tnvlnciOle.
Urses Perseverance.
I'VE must continue to persevere until
the German Empire. on the continent
and overseas, establishes it's position.
Further. we must strive to see that the
armed alliance Of our enemies does not
| grow into an economic offensive al
liance.
We can in this sense achieve a peace
which guarantees the peasant the re-
ward of his land: which gives the worker
merited recompense; which creates q
market for industries and supplies the
foundation for social progress; which
gives our ships the possibility on a free
voyage Of entering ports and taking on
coal all over the world-a peace Of the
widest economic and cultural develop
ment. a real peace. This peace We can
attain within these limits.
"As long a. our enemies confront US
with demands which appear unaccepta-
BILE to every single German. as long as
our opponents wish to interfere with our
frontier posts. as long as they demand
that we shall yield a piece OF German
SOIL as long as they pursue the idea Of
driving a wedge between the German
people and its Emperor. so long shall
we with folded arms refuse the hand Of
peace.
I'VE can wait Time Is working for
US. Until our enemies perceive that
they must reduce their claims SO long
must the cannon speak and the U-boats
do their work. Our peace will yet come"
Alsace-Lorrainc to he Held.
In addressing the Reichstag Foreign
Secretary Won Kuehlmann said. accord
ing to Berlin despatch, that as far as
he was able to view the world situation
there was no impeachment to peace. no
question which could not be solved by
negotiations except for the French de-
mand for Alsace-Lorraine.
There is hut one answer to the ques-
ton. Can Germany in any form make
concessions with regard to .Alsace-Lor-
raine"' said the Foreign Secretary.
THAT answer is no.
$50 long as one German hand can
hold gun the integrity of the territory
handed down to US a glorious inheri-
tance by our forefathers can never be
the object OF negotiations or conces-
sions."
In his speech the Foreign Secretary
also said:
''Gentleren. comparatively short
time has elapsed since the foreign policy
of the empire was discussed in detail in
the budget committee. I need therefore
make only one kind of epilogue to the
statemen; already made by the Imperial
Chancellor and myself. The efforts Of
the Holy See TO bring about an exchange
OF views between the belligerents have
so far as We are informed not yet re-
| suited in any considerable step forward
since the reply by the Central Powers
We cannot say whether our adversaries
will make up their minds even to answer
| the papal note,
after the clear. sincere and peace
| Y,nsa a cad
us and our allies. the utterances made
by influential newspapers hardly hold
out the prospect that the answer to the
papal note, n made at all by our
enemies, will bring the world one step
nearer the goal suggested by tho Pope.
No Sisns Of New spirit.
although the Foreign Minister of tho
Austro-Hungarian monarchy in speech
at Budapest pointed out that tho Cen .
trail Governments were prepared In the
sense indicated by the papal note "a
collaborato no; only IN the Terminate,
OF the present conflict but In the recon.
struction Of a Europe nearly ruined
there are no signs OF new spirit
among our opponents, who are c,,nging
} TO the time worn formula of the an.
initiation of German militar.sm. The
great question prolonging the struggle
: is not the future OF Belgium but OF Al
J sare-Iorrainc.
Great Britain, according to our In
formation, has pledged herself - France
that she will continue the fight for the
conquest OF Alsace-Iorraine both 20.
litically and wlth her armies so long as
France desires to adhere to the pro-
! gramme of rcga,ning those provinces
J This being the actual situation. I think
! 1t proper TO givc a clear and Arm s'at,-
, ment Of our attitude. since, curiously
) enough. there still seems to ne mis-.
! conception In this respect among vur
enemies and even among our neutral
} friends
The Foreign Secretary then emphat-
ically declared. as quoted above. tina,
; Germany would make no concessions in
, any form with regard to Alsace- -Lor-
raine.
when It seemed expedient to France
to accept the formula without annexa.
TONS" continued the Secretary, "the
French Nesorted to the transparent trich
Of bashfully covering up with tho word
'dsa nexation' what Is in reality a
barefaced and forceful conquest. The
: trick Ia really too clumsy TO be worth
of rcpute, Now eNcer, for France
demand for Alsacc-Lorraino there il
absolutely no impedIment to peace, M