The midland journal., 1917-05-11
DEFIANT REPLY TO
WILSON'S SPEECH
President of ReiChstag Says
Kaiserdom is Sacred.
GERMANY WILL FIGHT FOR 1T
president Wilson Will Bite Granite"
Is Reply To Effort To Turn Ger
mans Against HohenzolIerns.
Peace Proposals Deferred.

Copenhagen. - The 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 occar
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 it's session. The Prestr
dent of the Chamber, DR.. Johannes
Kaempf, in his opening address,
speaking of the entry of the United
States into the war, said new and
mighty opponent had joined the ranks
Of Germany's enemies. President
Wilson, in a 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, DR.. 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
a 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 destro2
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 for.
what we have achieved on the battle
field, will not perish even at President
Wilson's word of command.
I'VE decline all interference by
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 her
nefarious starvation war. We proved
recently our financial strength by
sixth war loan. We adhere to our
firm belief in Germany's star and in
peace which will secure for all time
the Fatherlands happy development