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COPENHAGEN, March 19.-Chan- cellor won Hertling, on the first read ing in the reichstag of the peace treaty with Russia today, declared he did not wish to discuss the opinion of Ger many's enemies regarding the treaty.
 Hypocrisy" the chancellor added, has become second nature to the enc my whose untruthfulness is made worse by it's brutality. Every attempt lat calm explanation and every real deliberation must fai when the enemy, at the very moment they are laying a heavy hand on neutral country, dare to speak of a policy guided by com plete unselfishness.
 The treaty with Russia contains no conditions disgraceful to Russia If the provinces breaking away from Russia say it is in accordance with their own wish and the wish is accepted by Russia"
 The imperial chancellor declared Courland and Lithuania were united with Germany politically and economi- cally and militarily, and added: Not at Expense of Russia Llvonia and Esthonia are the cas- tern frontier fixed by the treaty, but we hope that they also will have close and friendly relations with Germany, not, however, to the exclusion of their friendly relations with Russia. Po- land is not mentioned in the treaty and we shall endeavor to see if it is pos- sible to live in stable and good neigh borly relations with the new state.
 If the reichstag adopts the peace treaty, peace on the whole eastern front will be restored, as I announced February A, but among the entente powers there is not the least inclina- ton to finish this terrible war. The responsibility for bloodshed will be on the heads of those who wish continual tion of the bloodshed"
 The chancellor referred to Russias proposal that all the belligerents enter into the peace negotiations and added:
 We and our allies accepted the pro- posals and sent delegates to Brest- Litovsk. The powers until then allied With Russia remain aloof.
 Negotiations Known to All
 The course of the negotiations is known to you. You remember the endless speeches which were intended, not so much for the delegates there as- sembled as for the pLpIic at large, and which caused sthe desired goal of un- derstanding to recede in the distance. You remember the repeated interrup- tions, the rupture and the resumption Of the negotiations. The point had been reached where Yes or No had to be said, and on March peace was concluded at Brest- -Litovsk On March l6 1t was ratified by a competent as- sembly at Moscow
 BIames 1t on Allies Among the entente there is not the slightest inclination to abandon the war, but rather the intention is man. ifested to continue this terrible con- | rt,, not lose courage on that account for we are prepared for everything. We are prepared to make further sacri- fices and stand firm as a rock in our confidence in our splendid army lead. CTS and our heroic soldiers. Deputy Fehrenbach of the centrist party, expressed regret that help had not been given Finland by SweTen as German action apparently had failed to meet with complete approval in Sweden.
 Germany, he said, only aims a, clearing Finland of Bolshevik bands and when this is accomplished the German forces undoubtedly will be withdrawn from Finland. Recognize Integrity Deputy Fehrenbach argued that the Poles should unequivocally recogniz, the integrity of the German empire while the Germans for their part would renounce all plans of annex. ation. He added:
 We regard the right of peoples tt self determination as point of honol and as criterion for the honest pol. icy of Germany before the world'
 Dr. Edourd David, majority social ist, denounced the Brest- -Litovsl | ing but an unvarnished peace by fore, adding:
 Not only did the Bolshevik capit ulate, but our diplomatic capitulatet to the militaEist ideas of might. Gen eral Hoffman cast the victor's swor, into the scale.
 Does Not Please Germany
 This peace has evoked dissatisfac tion among the widest circles in tn German nation and has shaken tn confidence in the honesty of the Ger man policy. Reference to Brest Litovsl represses all peace feeling in Franc and Great Britain. The entente al ready is at work again welding to gether the broken ring in the east. Our main object-internal dissolu ton of the enemy coalition-has no been attained. but has been mad
  more difficult
 Referring to the chancellor's re peated declarations in favor of self determination. Dr. David said:
 Want Acts to Correspond
 "We must have guarantees that tn governments acts correspond with it
 words. The military party wants t bottle up the Poles in the east an
 to carry out big annexations in tn
 west under the watch-word of mill
 tary security"
 After criticizing in detail all the ar
 engagements with the border province. . Dr. David declared:
 "We risk getting into the sharpes K antagonism with public feeling a III along the line, The entire easter region will then be converted int one smoldering furnace. These east ern border regions can only be wo by peace of conciliation." III The reichstag then adjourned unt Il Tuesday.
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