The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
GERMAN STATESMAN
IN ARGUMENT FOR
ENDING OF the WAR


: ;.,cr,l marty IN the NAY. a,sI i ''0'>
N DEMAND iudru.uE;rhtivn
Won rav.r thu German i'ni''''
ich,ncellrr IN his speech i""'E Il
x,rr said that w" prefer on N''tt'
Sn,tirr. AID even with our Own
able military sltuat'"n- 70 |"
this idea. -, o,,r,,-
,n,sa territories, the vice rlEth1S'i"l
-, * , preliminary condtt!oa 81 pc
o. Germany and her allies Ih"S> ''''
49,. mist have all their pr''-wae P''
esssicns including the German c",'''r
r,s,or.d Then Germany. NJ "e|'>N, ,,
co,,ld eyacuate the occupied F'S''n
= no,,ll give back Belgium "'t'N'ot
i<1rn,hrance and without reserve f,,v
+,q no other state WAS more 4:tH
Enaaced IN regard TO Belgium 'n1'
Germany. ,>.,,,1d rot
.-b7,i. 20 the entente powers .oE 49,
r,,,.i or alteration the peace sreN.'so
:-..h,ob Germany had siS;Icd WIKI oNAN
.5rero,c. Russia and EuiEiatha.
AMSTERDAM. Sept 1e--Ias poH
:,Donernens Of peace prospects anu
likelihood Of q fifth VIII W'nIer
equally on all bclltEerents anu "oe
.c-rnnany alone in the opinion OIL stV"
=
:Chancellor OF Germany. eNiEsSeu IL
txpeeeh at Stuttgart
-opr state debts the Vice Chanceli'i
t.std are everywhere reaching 1aH1as
f,e heights and everywhere We st1oseHs
hnxx,nst the encroachmeatS on ouR PeA
lkonal liberty All, OF the oe'ust'enS
- E,,rone must admit II they are mol
tnitnd that tho longer the Sofopeen
ipsonlcs lacerate each other inc niot'
kcertatnly will tho historical ana pS4
mount position Of weakened anu Linpo
Eertshed Europe be lost IN favor Oh @4e
| srer and more calculating peopies'
IT, Won PAYER reminded his hearers
| thar after four years the war siA WIS
t,dne waxed almost entirely ON enemy
. territnr-s. BE admitted tSat-the C-ooat
! u,- had not worked as quickly anu
,urely as had been hoped 6e aooeo
; that II was useless 70 dispute HnlSe
was NJ fault. The eneIIy. he said. was
sttll unable to compensate taef iosses
bv new construction and declared tnAt
the robbery Of neutral ships Almost
without parallel By the entente coo1o
no, be repeated
The more troops the United states
sends the greater Will De the t!eeo "a
shipping for reinforceMents OF mum
lions and provisions. Herr Won Payer
ssatd.
The filling up OF the enemy by.
i-Americans therefore. pears III 1N'e'A 1S7
!ninita;iocs.o
He argued that the loss OF shipping
would become. fatal 20 Great Brlta!n
after III. war brrause = would lose ks
:shtppiuS superiority 10 TIC Chltco
States, and the hope CT collpeNsalae
themselves f-ol:: IL, .,,r:iiau 1less WINCH
shall have to be =" .'luGrrd. VIII surely
- BE adequate cou:tu:; ally Tor the very
t1uaS :rusive Brttis!irs
Contendlns tina: technique and NFcn-
tive genius which h,lu already helped
the Geruians over henvy obstacles "ouio
still help ITEM Herr Won Payer sud:
III we lack cotton ard oils, our enc
miles lack. coal Food Is scarce hero
and there. but already ininss Anfo
turned IN our Favor.
TN .hc cost the world u again open
tao - tcr e food SUPPLY. whilu ooF ei'o-
tr!e, supplies OF Iopds.uccs AID rnw
materials E!vo precedence 20 tho ironIS
calls FOR Americas armies and thGF
provisions.
Tht so-sxcr said mo Germans only
hive to sr., hat tiiS w.. continues ~ Co
wsxed "a turcls" country, shas INC
Germans arc t!ghtlag Tor their lives
AID thoir MONIES ard d'at the cucniios
only hope e that TIE Germans iG!ght
collapse !rwa-d,y 5ooHc7 than they. I1o
tasscrtcd that the enemy attempts to Sow
dlsGo-d wrrr uAnval!.nS nnd that Tho
Germans were stcI ug enough 10 reach
q decision n Our difference OF opinion
IrcEa.ding ccoau,u!c power and political
rights oven down TO the food question:.
Herr Won Payer urged tho necessity
,ot tho Germaas holding together In tho
.nour Of danger ulld said that dIsuppoins-
ed hopes must DO prevented. Justified
hopes fulfilled and actually Existing
.rpngs redrcssed.
REGARDING tho Prusslaa Suffrage bill.
YEhIch no considered OF primo import
nnce, he said that II Is no longer PTus-
,slan. but cIElncntly a Gerrnna question:.
>and On It's decision depends tho contl-
:dcrce which the population places IN tho
Prusstrn and the Imperial government
Further postponcInent. he said. els not
.perTutssable and adding moreover It Is
my belief that the decision OF the Prus-
sian government may be- regarded as
i4lready taken and II equal suffrage docs
tno, issue from tlIe committee Ok thc up
eper house the government Will proceed
80 dissolution"
BE- Herr Won Payer considered that the
present terrible struggle would not end
with h peace uf the customary character.
"a mere glance at the state OF complete
Exhaustion OF the world excludes such @
possibility -.
In former peace negotiations" he
said the middle and lower classes
when It carr: 70 the council table, tcll
quietly into the back ground. This now
Is over and the governments Will con-
rclude the coming peace treaties n close
sharInopy with the entire people.
Tho main thing Tor them IN peace
is not tho acquisition Of land. treasure
Snnd glory; they aim nowadays at least
at the conclusion OF lasting peace and
therefore there will be no peace OF con-
quest