The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-30
.TEUTON CHANCELLOR SAYS NO WAR WITH
 AMERICA IS WANTED
(Continued from Page One) States of America, shall also bear and overcome this"
REFERS TO RUSSIA


 The imperial chancellor also referred to Germany's attitude toward the recent events in Russia and recalled in former times the honored friendship between the two countries. He said, however, that this friendship had ended with the death of Alexander II.
 Emperor Nicholas had more and more drifted into the ententes wake and into Pan-Slav currents and had finally be- come partisan of the war party, omnpo- tent under the Russian autocratic regime
 Thus" said the chancellor fin the ia ,eful days of July. 1914, the Russian Emperor declined to listen to the appeal made by the German Emperor One of the legendary reports dissiminated with especial emphasis by our enemies is that it was the German government which as- sisted the autocratic reactionary policy | in Russia against all the movements of liberty. One year ago I declared here in the Rechstag that this asseveration vas directly contrary to the facts When Russia in 1905, by the Japanese war and the resulting revolution, had been involved in distress, it was the German Emperor who, on account o1 personal relations of friendship, urgently advised the Russian Emperor no longer to oppose the justified wishes of his na- ton for reforms. Emperor Nicholas pre- ferred other roads. In Russia, had at { tention been concentrated on internal reconstruction, there would not have been room for the restless policy of expan- sion which finally led to this war and which has changed the old regime SC much that now it is hard even to dc justice to natural, human pity for the downfallen house of the rulers. Nobody can tell how things shall de- velop, but our attitude toward Russian events is clearly outlined. We shall also follow the principle that we never med dle with the internal problems of other countries. It now is maliciously reported that Germany wants to annihilate the hardly conquered freedom of the Rus peror wants to re-establish the rule ot the Czar over his enslavened subjects All these are merely lies and islander as l here expressly state.
 How the Russian nation wants to con- struct it's home is only the business o1 the Russian nation, and we shall not meddle with it. The only thing that we hope is that in Russia foundations may develop that will bring her the strong and firm bulwark of peace"
 AS TO CHINA
 With reference to Chinese relations the chancellor said:
 Our relations with China had always been the most friendly nature, anc if these relations have actually beer terminated by the Chinese government l need not tell you this is not by the free resolve of the Chinese government, but that it has acted under pressure of oul enemies.
 Financial difficulties, which could not be mastered during the war by China also played 9, fair part in it. Our enemies object also is to destroy our trade ir China and to appropriate without labol what has been established there during many years by German efficiency and German industry.
 'The result of the war--as I confidently hope-will give us the opportunity to re l build what has been destroyed and t( 1 rebuild it at the expense of our enemies Then our friendly relations with China l will revive, provided that China wil
 preserve until then the necessary fore
 of resistance against the greed and egot 1 ism of her present protectors