The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-26

nation, the Chancellor said. Should
we. however, he continued, mot sue
coed In attaining our contemplated aim
by parliamentary debate then another
way Indicated by the constitution will
be pursued"
Referring TO the question of peace the
Chancellor said
AS Ia known. the President Of the
United States laid down in fourteen
points the guiding lines for conclusion
OF peace. On January - Of this year
discussed In your committee all these
points. and regarding the las remarked
that the idea OF n lea.sue OF nations as
suggested had my entire sympathy on
the co'Kiition that an honest will to
peace and the recognition of the equal
rights OF all states OF the league were
guaranteed.
President Wilson in a message on
February 2 february 1I?) took a
further step in the same direction and
iaid down four points or principles
Wnich In his opinion should be applied
III an exchange Of views. In my Reich
stag speech OF February % I declared
inyseif In principle In agreement with
the possibility of discussing a general
peace on such a basis. President Will
son. however. has neither then nor since
taken any notice OF IL.
"Head of American Imperial,st..,
Meanwhile the former idealist and
jealous friend of peace seems to have
developed into the head OF the American
iinperialists. But the plan Of a League
OF nations yet TO be established In not
TO be discredited By such an action, II
mas found eloquent advocates in the
swiss President and the Norwegian
premier knudsen. both OF whom dwell
especially on the interest of neutral
| states In such an institution.
on February - described the idea
OF restriction OF ornaments as thor
oughly dscussable. Regarding the
question of arbitration my standpoint
has long been history. Germany in tile
past repeatedly suggested arbitration OF
disputed questions. the carrying gu. OF
! whlch in several cases. however. was
prevented by opposition raised in Great
Britain or America.
Il nave expressed myself before this
on the question of freedom OF the seas.
i pointed out that there must be nm
hIndered access for all nations to- the
inland seas. no predominant position of
Great Britain a. Gibraltar and Malta
and In the Suez Canal.
"An Entirely Clear Conscience"
Finally there is a protection of small
nations. Here we can forthwith and
without reserve state that in this matter
we nave an entirely clear conscience
May. therefore. league Of nations he
no mere dream of the future. may the
| idea deepen and may the people In all
countries zealously concern themselves
e..
The first and most important pre-
requisite will be an energetic will "a
champion peace and Justice"
Admiral Won Hntzc in his address
| said: We maintain this appeal for
peace, our readiness for peace, despite
the partly jeering. partly sneering, re.
Jections which we have experienced from
our enemies. In this we are In full ac-
cord with our allies"
The Foreign Secretary said that after
the previous failures il mad appeared to
the German Government that il should
not take any further steps in this direc.
| tion and that a moment when the ma.
tons enemies were suffering from wal
phychosis and the intoX!cation of victory
was not suitable time for new appeals
for peace.
! THE appeal however. was made" the
| Secretary added.
BelittIes Thurman Campalen,
Admiral Won Hlntze referred at length
to the Entente operations in Russia and
expressed the opinion that the south.
| ward advance OF the Entente troops in
| the Thurman region was not likely 10
penetrate much further, the climate and
| condition OF the ground not favorine
such an advance. He asserted that the
| Bolshevik policy was not clear because
| although lighting the Entente. the Boil.
! shevik leaders had not declared war
Accusing the Entente OF fomentins
conspiracies against the Russian repub.
! lie, Won Hintze said that these con.
Spiracies. undertaken in collaboration by
the Entente representatives and Amer.
lea, had been bloodily suppressed.
Nice-Chancellor Won i'ayer defended
his Stuttgart speech IN which he declared
the treaties of Bucharest and Brest Ii
tovsk must stand. The Vice chancellor
said It would be n mistake to abandon
! those treaties in 80 far as they regulat.
the relations between the signatories
but he added
IF one day we are able to dlspla,
so much insight, self control and unself
ishness that we can without injury TO ouI
interests permit our enemies to collab
oratC in questions which only affect then
indirectly II at all. we can, after all
| come to an understanding with thos,
who, with US, are concerned whethe
We will discuss on the basis of reel
procity these questions also with GU
| enemies.
The Nice-Chancellor's speech was al
most entirely concerned with explana
tons about the Baltic provinces and tn,
unsettled conditions prevailing there