Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-26
.VON HERTLING
 SALVES GERMANY

] LONDON, Sept. %. (By the Associ- ated Press. )--Count Non Hertling. the German imperial chancellor. address ! ing the main committee of the reich stag Tuesday declared that the public ! discontent in Germany was not justi- ! fled by the military situation on the western front, according to a dispatch from Berlin.
 The chancellor opened with the promise to meet the desire of the reichstag for information as far as pos sible. He proceeded to allude to the deep discontent which has seized wide circles of the population and said that the principal reason was the pressure of the terrible four years of war with ali the deprivations and sufferings brought in its wake and the sacrifice imposed on all classes, aI families and, more or less, on every in dividGal
 T have no intention of trying to di- minish this pressure by words" he continued, but gentlemen if this dis content is influenced by our present military situation, by the events on the western front, must, without de- string to anticipate a statement which we may expect from a representative of the war ministry, declare most em- phatically that it far exceeds justifi- able limits
 Count VOn Hertling admitted that the last German offensive was unsuc- cessml and that it had been neces- sary to withdraw to the Siegfried line.
 sarTha eft fg urn hn gdInI but we have no cause to be faint hearted. We have already had to pass through harder times"
 The chancellor instanced the failure of the Verdun offensive, the SOmme battles and Brusiloffs mass assaults, bringing in their train the well re- membered unfavorable reaction on the Austr0-Italian front. Then came Ru- mania's entry into the war.
 We never lost courage" he said, but showed our enemies what a Teso- lute will to victory could do.
 How do things stand now? We have peace with Russia and Rumania, and even though conditions in Russia are not yet clear and the future ap- pears uncertain, nevertheless, the former menace from two sides has disappeared and a considerable part of our men of the eastern army can be employed in the west"
 The Austro-Hungarian army holds large tracts of Italian territory and bravely maintain its position. In France our troops repel attacks by the French, English and Americans, who are supported by every kind of modern instrument of war.
 'The events of the last few days have proved the old spirit is alive in our troops The fatherlands true sons are intrepidly impeding the en- emy's attempts to break through.
 Shall we then lose courage and for get what previously happened? Shall we refuse the old absolute confidence in the men who hitherto have led us to victory because of vicissitudes incl dent to all wars? No, gentlemen, that would be unmanly timidity and base ingratitude."
 The sitting of the main committee of the reichstag was attended by the imperial chancellor Admiral Von the foreign secretary and other secretaries of state.
 Friederich Ebert, president of the committee, announced that the meet ing had been called at an earlier date than expected owing to Austrias peace 
 Count VOn Hertling opened the dis 1 cussion with a statement on the politi- l cal situation, internal reforms. Prus- ] csou -uFfra oa and tha nravaufinn af q wars in the future