Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-25
.HERTL|NG AGAIN
b|DSFOR PEACE;
B[AMES RUSSIA
Tells Reichstag Main Commit
tee That President Wilson
Has Ignored His Reply
SAYS AMERICA is WAR MAD
Says Western Front Still Un-
broken and U-Boats Are
Slowly Reducing Tonnage
By Associated Press.


AMSTERDAM, Sept 25-Count
Won Hertling, the German Imperial
Chancellor, in addressing the Reich
stag main committee, complained OF
the lack of attention his acquiescence
in the four points laid. down by Pres
ident Wilson, as peace essentials had
met from the American executive.
The chancellor asserts that on Feb
ruary %. of this year, he declared in
the Reichstag his agreement In prlnci-
pies with the possibility of discussing
general peace on the basis Of the
fous points of President Wilson
message of February 2, but that Pres
ident Wilson. neither at that time nor
since, had taken any notice of the
chancellor's declaration. Count Won
Hertling continued by declaring that
he favored the formation of league
of nations, the promotion of univer-
sal, successive disarmament In equal
proportions, the establishment of obli-
gatory courts of arbitration, the free
dom of the seas, and the protection
of small nations.
The widest war fury is at present
raging in the United States. The peo-
pie are intoxicated with the idea that
America must bring the blessing OF
modern liberal kultur CD to the en-
slaved peoples of central Europe
while. at the same time. they are re-
5oicing at the many millions of dollars
which the war armament are causing
70 fow into the pockets Of the business
men.
THE situation is serious, but it
gives us no ground for deep oppres-
sion. The iron wall Of the western
front Is not broken and the U-boat is
slowly, but surely fulflling its task Of
diminishing tonnage, thus, above all,
increasingly menacing and restricting
reinforcement sof men and material
from the United States.
The hour VIII come, because Il
must come, when our enemies will see
reason and be ready to make an end
of the war before half the world is
converted into heap of ruins and the
flower of its manlys strength lies dead
on the battlefield"
I'VE have never concealed the
fact" said the chancellor in the
course OF his address. that all
thoughts of conqusts were far from
our mind. but how do things stand
on the opposite side? If one credited
the utterances of the enemy, sofficialI
and unofficial, they only desire TO re-
pei Germany which, in criminal ar
rogance, is driving for world hege-
mony; to fight for freedom and Justice
against German imperialism and
Prussian militarism.
was prepared years ago by the WE'LL
known encircllng policy of King Ed
ward. The match was not put 10 the
powder BY the Prusslan military party
but while the German emperor was.
up to the last moment, endeavoring
to prepare peace. the Russian military
party put through the mobilization
against the will of the weak ezar. and
thereby made war unavoidable.
Made Unfayorable impression.
LONDON, Sept. 25;-The speech
OF Count Won Hertling, the German
Imperial Chancellor delivered yester-
day to the Reiehtag main Committee.
made an unfavorable impression on
the Reichtag members, the Exchange
Telegraph Company at Amsterdam,
reports. In Reichtag circles the adj
dress is considered to be UNEQUAL to
the gravity of the situation in that
body. whose parties
we're to meet this morning TO decide
ipon their attitude towards the chan
eellor.
The Berlin LokaI Anzeiger saws au-
thoritatively that IL Count Won Hert- |
ing resigned. Vice-Chancellor Won |
Payer and Herr Freidberg, vice-presi- |
lent of the Prussian ministry of state.
viii also resign.