Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-13
READY FOR PEACE,
K|NDPOPE EPLANNED,
HERTL|NG INSISTS
Germany Flouted and Insulted by
Allies Who Would Destroy Her,
Kaiser's Chancellor Whines.
LAYS MURDER TO ENTENTE

perial Chancellor Won ttcrtlinR, VINO
discussed the retirement oi Dr. klch-
ard Won kuchlmann, the German for
eign secretary; the foreign policy oi
the government and the economic
prohlcms which had arisen because Of
recent developments IN the east Ac-
cordlng to German official wireless
message received here the imperial
chancellor said
Il maintain the standpoint Of tho
imperial reply to the peace note oi
Pope ncncdlct The pacific spirit which
inspired this reply has also inspired me,
~ the time. however, | added that this
spirit must not give our enemies tree
conduct for an lntcminable contnua-
tlon of the war
What have We lived TO sCs'. however!
While for years there can have hccn no
doubt whatever of our Willingness 10
hold our hand toward m h"norahl"
peace, we have heard until thes" last
few davs melting speeches delivered hy
enemy statesmen President wilson
wants war until We are DESTROYED and
what MIR Palfour. the British sCCr-
tarv Of state for foreign affairs. haS
said must really drive the flush of anger
to the checks Of every German
WONT st-pMIr To DESTRUCTION
land. and We cannot allow ourselves TO
hc constantly and opcnlv lnsultcd III this
manner, and behind thcsr insults Is the
desire for our destruction vs. long as
this desire for our destruction exists We
must endure. together with our faithful
nation
Il am also convinced know II
that in tho widest cIrclcS Of our nation
the same serious feeling exists every
where As long as tho desire for our
destruction EXISTS We must hold ont
aud We Will hold ont with confiiCrCc
IN our troops. III orr army admnlstra-
ton and our magnificent nation. winch
hears So wonderfully these difficult tlmcs
with their great prIvatlons and ConinN-
oIS sacrifices.
In tho direction of oar policy moth
ing will he changed IT, III spite af
these hostile statements nv these states
men any scrious efforts or paving of
the Way to peace were ~ show them
srlvcs anywhere hon quite certainly.
We would not adopt 4 negative att'iudc
from the very hcginrirg bu, We would
cvalJlrc those seriously meant sav
expressly SERIOUSLY efforts immediately
NTH ecrunulous ere
"NatUrallv II Is pot sufficient when
some agent or other approaches lis and
saws 10 us j can hrlng about peace
negotiations, then and there
TEACE WHEN OTHER SIDE WANTS IT.
''But il is necessary for the appointed
representatives of the enemy powers,
duly authorized hv thalr government to
give us to understand that discussions
are possible, discussions which for the
time being naturally will he within a
limited circle
But the statesmen who have spoken
up TO the present time have not said
word about such possibilities Whom
such possibilities manifest themselves
and when scrlouS ncirnatjons toward
peace show themselves on thr other side
then We Will immediately 60 into them
That IS 10 say. we Will not rrJcci 'hrm
and We viii speak, 70 begin within Il
small circle
Il also can tell vou that his stand
point Is not merely my owl, standpoint
hut that II IS shared cmphaucaIl} hy
tho chief Of the army administration
The chief Of the army administration.
also. docs not conduct War for tho sake
az war. but has said 10 me that ~ soon
as serious desire for peace mauI(csts
itself on the other side We must follow
II up.
You will be interested to know how
VIC arc working on this standpoint and
certain problems viii appear which the
present time forces upon us Exhaustive
discussion took place regarding th,Sr
questions July / and ? II general head
quarters under the presidency Of the
kaiser
STANDS OK RRE~T-LITOVSK TREATY.
"Naturaly. ! can onlv announce here
quite generally the lines uhich were
laid down u that time Regarding
the east. we stand on the basis of the
peace Of Brcst-Litovsk and we wish jo
see this peace carrie out ~ q l0Nal
manner That Is the wish Of the Ger
man imperial administration and II Is
supported in this hv tho chief Of tho
army administration
However. the difficulty Of the cNccu-
ton Of the place Of l}rcst-I.Itovsk does
not lie on our side hut IN the fact that
conditions IN Russia are Stil cNcccd-
inglN uncertain NC arc inclined to
believe IN tdc LOYALTY If the present
Russian government. and especially In
the loyalty Of the representative of the
Russian government IN Berlin
"But we may not. and cannot, as
sumo uncondItlonaly that the present
Russian government has the power to
carry through everywhere the loyal
tl0HtlctS AitdtiC ty Us " Z wv llOs sit ga
wish To create difficulties for the pres
ent Russian government. but as condl-
tions now are. there are inccssant de-
velopmcnts and endless frictIons IN the
frontier regions However our prn-
cipIc is that We stand on the basis oi
peace made at Brest-IItovsk and We
viii carry out this peace Loyalty and
will deal Loyalty with the present gov
crument
LAYS ASSASSINATION TO ALLIES
They are still under the depressing
influence Of q terrible crime in Moscow
The murder Of our Ambassador there
was an act in violation Of international
Law than which worse could never
crv to heaven
''All indications point 10 the fact that
the accursed deed was instigated by the
entente allies IN order TO involve US in
fresh war with the present Russian gov
ernment-a state Of things which We are
most anxious to avoid We do not want
fresh war with Russia The present
Russian government desires peace and
needs peace, and we are giving her our
support IN this peaceful disposition and
ann.
On the other hand, it is true that
political currents Of very varied tenden-
cles are circulating IN the Russian en-
pire-mOvements having the most di-
verse aims, including the monarchist
movement of the StitIttiouai Dauo-