Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-26
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 .CAUST|C VEIN
 .HURLSW0RDS .ATPRES|DENT
German Chancellor Pays Par ticular Attention to Will
 sons Latest Speech. Teu- tonic Intrigue Whitewashed.
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 AMSTERDAM. Jan. 25.-In his ad- dress before the reichstag main com mittee yesterday Chancellor von Hert- ling referred 10 the negotiations with the Russians at BrestIitovsk saying he held fast to the hope that a good conclusion would be arrived at.
 Referring to President Wilson's ad- dress the chancellor said:
 T now come to President Wilson. Here. too. | recognize that the tone appears to have been changed. Unan- imous rejection of Mir. Wilson's at tempt. in reply to the pope's note. to SOW discOrd between the German gov ernment and the German people has had its effect.
 This unanimous rejection might of itself lead Mir Wilson on the right path. A beginning to that end has perhaps been made, for now there is at any rate no longer talk about op- pression of the German people by the autocratic government and the form CT attacks on the house of HOhenzOl- lern have not been repeated
 Charges Desfortion.
 T shall not enlarge upon the dis torted representation of German pol icy which is contained in Mir Will sons message but win deal in detail with the points which MT. Wilson lays down there. not less than fourteen points in which he formulates his peace program
 "The first point is the demand that there shall be no more secret inter national agreements. History shows it is we above all others who should be able to agree to the publicity of diplomatic developments. recall that our defensive alliance with Aus trie- Hungary was known to the whole world from 1SSS while the offensive agreement Oe the enemy states first saw the light of publicity during the war. through the revelations of the secret Russian archives: The negO- tiationS at Rrest-LitOVsk are being conducted with full publicity. This proves that we are quite ready to ac- cept this proposal and declare pub licly of negotiations.
 In his second point. Mir. Wilson de- mands freedom of shipping on the seas in war and peace. This also Is demanded by Germany as the first and one Of the most important require ments for the future. Therefore there is here no difference Of opinion. The limitation introduced by Mir. Wilson at the end. which I need not quote texuslly. Is not intelligible. appears superfluOus. and therefore would best be left out" (The limiting clause reads: Except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by inter national action for the enforcement of international covenants"
 Tt would. however. he highly im- portaut for the freedom Of shipping in future fl strongly fortified naval hoses on important international routes, such as England has at Gi- hraltar Malta and Alden. Hong-Kong. the Falkland islands and many other pieces. were removed
 Point three: We. too. are in thor ough accord with the removal of econ omic barriers which interfere with trade in superfluous manner. We. too. condemn economic war which would inevitably bear within it's causes of future war like combinations.
 Point four; Limitation of arma- ments: As already declared by us. the idea Of limitation or armameuts is en- tirely discussable. The financial posi- ton of ail European states after the war might most effectively promote a satisfactory solution.
 ~It is therefore clear that an under standing might he recorded without difficulty on the first four ponts of MT. Wlson's program.