The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-26
"A MERI A N EXECUTIVE
WON'T NOTICE HIS PRO
POSALS FOR PEACE AND
DISARMAMENT.
He PAINTS HIMSELF
AND KAISER WHITE
Then Proceeds to Hurl Invective OF
Gross Quality at Allied Nations
and People of America-"Cam-
paign of Lies and Calumny," He
Shouts to Reichstag.

London, Sept. 20. - lie
speech of Count Won Hertling,
the German imperial chancel-
lor, delivered yesterday in the
reichstag main committee,
made a favorale impression
upon the reichstag members,
the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany at Amsterdam reports.
The address is considered to
have cen unequal to the gray
ity of the situation in the reich
stag, whose parties were TO
meet this morning to decide
upon their attitude toward the
chancellor.
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger
says it hears authoritatively
that if Count Won Hertling re-
signs. Vice Chancellor Won
Payer and Herr Friedberg,
vice president of the Prussian
ministry Of state, also will re-
sign.
Amsterdam, Sept. 25.--Count Won
Hertling, the German imperial
chancellor, in addressing the reich
stag main committee, complained OF
the lack OF attention his acqules-
cences in the four points laid down
by President Wilson as peace es-
sentials had met from the American
executive.
The chancellor asserted that on
February p Of this year, he declared
in the reichstag his agreement in
principle with the possibility OF dis
cussing a general peace on the basis
of the four points OF President Will
sons message of February 2, but
the President Wilson, neither at
that time nor since, had taken any
notice OF the chancellors declara-
lion.
Count Won Herting continued by
declaring that he favored the Tor
nation of league OF nations, the
promotion of universal, successive
disarmament in equal proportions,
the establishment OF obligatory
courts OF arbitration, the freedom
Of the seas and the protection OF
small nations.
Lambasts u. S. and Allies.
1--WE have never concealed the
fact" said Chancellor Won HertIing
in the course of his address, that
all thoughts of conquests were lar
from our minds. But how do things
stand on the opposite side? II one
credited the utterances OF the en-
emy. official and unofficial, they
only desire TO repel a Germany
which in criminal arrogance is striv-
ing for world hegemony; to tight
for freedom and justice against I'M
perialism and Prussian militarism.
.We know better. The world war
was prepared years ago by the well
known encircling policy OF King
Edward. In France there arose eN-
tensive war literature. which re-
ferred to impending war with Ger
many. riaHungary's move
menI ana lHt pdh-'i"'i II iuN" w
manded it.
THE match was not put to the
powder by the PruSsfan military
party. but while the German em-
peror was, up to the last moment,
endeavoring to preserve peace the
Russian military party put through
mobilization against the will OF the
weak czar, and thereby made war
unavoidable. The official account
Of the Sumhonlinoff trial made this
clear to everyone who desired TO see.
He Is Horrified.
1--WE can look calmly forward to !
the Judgment OF posterity. For the
present it is true those who are in
power in the enemy countries have
succeeded by an unparalleled cam
paien OF lies and calumny in OBJ
scuring the truth. When result
was not obtained by the spoken or
written word, it was achieved by
pictorial representations-produc-
tions OF absolutely devilish fantasy.
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