The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-26


 Count von Hertling continued by declaring that he favored the forma- tion of league of nations, the pro- motion of universal successive dis- armament in equal proportions, the esta blishment of obligatory courts Of arbitration. the freedom of the seas, and the protection of small nations Won Hertling declared that the sub marine warfare is slowly but surely diminishing allied tonnage.
 -nAbove all" he said, cit is restrict | ing the transportation of the reln- forcements of men and material from l the United States"
 NO THOUGHT OF CONQUEST .'We have never concealed the fact, said Won Hertlng, that all thoushes es of conquests were far from our minus But how do things stand on the op- posite side? If one credited the utter ances of the enemy, official and unoi f;ciaI. they only desire to repel Ger many. which in criminal arrogance IS striving for world hegemony; 10 llsh' | for freedom and justice against Ger man imperialism, and Prusslah liiii | tarsm ! prepared ycdlS d60 Ss known encircling policy of King Ed ward In France there arose exten- | s;ve war literature which referred to ! impending war with Germany Aus 1 tria-Hungary's influence in the Bal lsans was to be eliminated. The Rus | sian expansion movement and tae Pan- Slavic idea demanded 1t.
 ! 'The match was not put to the peW- ider by the Prussian military party | E1nnerOr was l up to the last moment endeavoring tc nreserye peace, the Russian military ] party put through the mobilization l against the will of the, weak Czar and thereby made war unavoidable. "The official account of the Sull- homlinoff trial made this clear tc | everyone. who desired to see. We Car ] look calmly forward to the judgment | of posterity. For the present 1t is I through those who are in power in the enemy countries that have succeeded ! by an unparalleled campaign of lies ! and ca1umny in obscuring the truth When a result was not obtained by 1 the spoken or written word. it wa: achieved by pictorial representations reproductions of absolutely devilisl fantasy, from which one turns wltl horror and disgust.
 OBJECT OBTAINED
 I but iHc oDJtCl Iido DScii otS"AhSN V A hatred has been raised among th
 enemy populations against the centra l powers, and particularly against Ger many--a hatred which eschews al moderation and chokes off all jus liudsment.
 You all have read Premier Glenn enceau's last speech, speech whicl
 seemed in it's fanatical hatred an, the coarseness of mind displayed, t.
 surpass anything hitherto achieved
 But in America it found a many
 voiced echo, as is proved by the pro nouncements that are reaching ou ears from across the ocean.
 "The widest war furyis at pres ent raging in the United States. Tn people are intoxicated with the idle; that America must bring the bless
 ings of modern liberal kulture @ t. the enslaved peoples of central Flu
 rope, while at the same time they ar
 rejoicing at the many millions o ] dollars which the war ornaments ar
 causing to flow into the pockets D
 the business men.
 j "A Theory and practice are two differ Tent things. The old proverb of tn
 mote in anothers eye and the bean in one's own. finds constant illustra
 ton in the machinations of the en
 tente. They are never tired of con
 demning our march into Belgium. bu
 they pass over the oppression o 1 Greece. the interference with tha Icountry's internal affairs and the en
 forced abdication of it's King, as
 they were matters of course. The
 assert that they are fighting to pro tect oppressed nations, but the cen Itury-old sorrows and the justifia bl grievances of Ireland, nowhere find
 hearing, not even in America. wher
 the people are acquainted with then | through the numerous Irish immi grants. The British government
 which is especially fond of talking 0
 right and justice, recently found i
 compatible with those principles t,
 recognize the conglomerate rabble Q
 Czecho-S -Slovaks as belligeren
 pqwer
 WILL NOT CRINGE
 How will the German people have t l lmeet that? Will it forsooth beg for mere
 in fear and trembling? No, gentlemen
 remembering it's great past, and its stil greater mission in the future, it wi
 stand erect and will not cringe or grove
 "The situation is serious, but it give
 us no ground for deep depression. Tn iron wall of the western front is no ! broken and the U-boat is slowly'but sure ly fulfilling it's task of diminishing ton aage, thus above all increasingly menac