The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-26
RAVES q E
PEACE FAILURE
German Chancellor Complains
wilson Ignores Him.
SAYS EU,..S WON'T GROVEL
Won HertInq and Won Hintze Blame
Enemy Fer Starting and Continu-
ing the World War.


Enemy For Starting and Continu-
ing the World War.
Aht~ o..I;u. Sept 26.-Germany
maintains her readiness for peace,
Notwithstanding repeated reflections of
peace offers from The central powers.
Admiral Won IIiutZe. HE German
foreign secretary, So Asserted. i'll ad-
dressing Ihe reich>tag main commit
tee.
Speaking on the recent Austrian
pence proposal, he said The German
government attitude toward peace
had been manifested 10 the whole
world in repeated appeals.
We maintain this appeal for peace.
our readiness for peace" he cnntinu-
ed. "drSpitc The partly jeering, partly
Sncrrin@ reflections which we have eX-
perfenccd from our enemies. In this
we are in fun accord With our allies.
The foreign secretary said that,
after The previous failures, ii had ap-
pparrd To The government il should
uul take any further steps in this di-
rrction. and that a moment when the
nations enemies were suffering from
war pSychoSiS and the intoNication of
victory" was not Il suitable time for
new appeals for peace.
THE appeal, nevertheless, was
made" the secretary added.
Count Won TIertling. the imperial
chancellor. complained of the lack of
attention his acQuieScence in the four
points laid down by President Wilson
as peace essentials had met.
He asserted that Oh February % Of
This year he had declared his agree
ment in principle with the possibility
of discussing Il general peace on the
basis of the four points President
Wilson, neither at that time nor since,
had taken any notice of the chancel-
lor'S declaration.
The chancellor said he favored the
formation of n league of nations, the
promotion of universal, successive dis
armament in equal proportions, the
establishment of obligatory courts of
arbitration. the freedom of the seas
and the protection of small nations.
Eve have never concealed the fact
he said. that all thoughts of con-
quests were far from our minds. But
how do things stand on the opposite
side? If one credited the utterances
of the enemy. official and unofficial
they desire 10 repel a Germany which
in criminal arrogance is striving for
world hegemOny: to fight for freedom
and justice against German imperial
ism and PruSSan militarism.
I'VE know better. The world war
known encircling policy of King Ed
ward In France there arose extern
Sive war literature which referred to
impending war with Germany. Aus
tria -HungaryS influence in the Baik-
ans was to be eliminated. The Rus
sian expansion movement and the pam
Slavic idea demanded it.
The match was not put TO the
powder by the PrusSian military party.
but while the German emperor was.
up to the last moment endeavorfng to
preserve peace. the Russian military
party put through the mobilization
against the will of the weak car. and
thereby made war unavoidable.
"IOu have all read Premier Clemen-
cau'S last speech. a speech which
seemed in its fanaticaI hatred and the
coarSenesS of mind displayed. to sur
pass anything hitherto achieved. But
in America it found a many-voiced
echo. as is proved by the pronounce
mcntS that are reaching our ears from
across the ocean.
THE widest war fury is at present
raging in the United States The
thar America must bring the blessings
OF modern liberal culture CD to the
cnSlaved peoples of Central Europe,
while at the same time they are re-
ioicing ut the many millions Of dollars
which the war ornaments are causing
TO flow into the pockets Of the bust
ness man.
"Theory and practice are two differ
ent things. The old prOTerb of the
mote in another'S eye and the beam
in ones own finds constant illustra-
ton in the Vaccinations of the en-
tente. They are never tired of con-
demning our march into Belgium, but
they pass over the oppression of
Greece. the interference with that
counry'S internal affairs and the en-
forced abdication of its king as if
they We're matters Of course
They assert that they are fighting
to protect oppressed nations. but the
century-old SORROWS and the Unsuitable
grievances of Ireland nowhere find
hearing, not even in America, where
the people are acquainted with them
through the numerous Irish immi-
grants. The British government.
which is especially fond OF taking of
right and justice, recently fcdnd it
compatible with those principles ta
recognize the cOnglomOrate rabble of
C|echo-SlovakS as a belligerpnt pow
How will the German people have
to meet that? VIII it. for$ooth, beg
for mercy in fear and trembling? No.
gentlemen. Remembering its great
past and lis still greater mission in
The future it will stand erect and not
ringa or grovel"
62,018 Men Drafted in Five Months.
Philadelphia, Sept. 26.-FigureS is
l,,- Sf.lrn Ipof 1,.t,,
show that between February 10 and