Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-22
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AMSTERDAM, Aug. 21.-Discussing Germans Russian policy and the Brest Litovsk treaty, Dr. W. S. Solf, German secretary of state for the col onies, is quoted from Berlin as fol lows:
 The German government is fully resolved not to misuse the protection which has been asked for and which has been granted because forcible annexation would bar the way now open to oppressed peoples-the road to freedom, order and mutual toler- ance. Dr. SOlf was speaking before the German society.
 Referring to the recent address by A J. Balfour, British foreign secre- tary, Dr. Solf said:
 He formally announced Great Bri- tain's claim for the annexation of our colonies and did not hesitate to ad- vance on moral grounds this claim for annexation. MT. Balfour announced the British creed, which amounts to representing Britain's right to world domination as something self-evident and morally annihilating Germany s claim to be a great power"
 Declaring that Mir. Balfour's accusa, ton against Germany demanded a re- ply, Dr. Solf continued:
 MT Balfour asserts that intellect ual Germany is dominated by the mail ed fist doctrine. Here there are 'chau- whistle jingoes, people who worship the eternal yesterday and anxiOusiy and without understanding await the approach -ofsa new era.
 Before tke. war sthese people form ed a small grDup without political in fiuence on the government, which constantly Qenbatteda them. During the, war. thkiT number, increased, not : because the struggle for German su- premacy in the world had taken deep er root, but because their ranks were swelled by numerous sober and sohc- itous patrons.
 Among these are many who before the war held high ideals about an un- derstanding of peoples, good will and fair play in international relations, but whose political creed broke down un- der the experiences of the war. s Where does the blame lie? Nowhere but in the spirit which animates our enemies-that spirit which is a dis honor and has turned to scorn the grand ideal of a league of nations by a simultaneous. demand for conner cial war against Germany.
 s If l believed that the spirit which at present seems to prevail in Eng land and which speaks clearly in Mir. Balfour's speech and which was mani tested against us in the Pemberton- Billing case-if had to believe that this spirit would always have the up- per hand in England, then 1 also would advocate that the war should be fought to the death.
 T am, however, firmly conYincea that before the end of the war comes, an intellectual revulsion must and will supervene against this knockout spirit. Otherwise the realization of a league of nations remains UtoQiop war aim. u W.s st
 MT. Balfour first mentions Bel gium. How small a part regard for Belgium plays in the plans of the en- tente is most clearly shown by an extract from the American press, which England's minister of propa- ganda, Northcliffe, printed with en- thusiastic approval in one of his pa pers."
 Dr. Solf cited statement from the New York Times that Germany's at titude towards Belgium was unimport- ant, as the allies would drive the Ger mans from Belgium and France and quoted the London Evening News