The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-25
Won HERTL|NC'S
THOUGHTS STILL
ON PEACE plan
Wilson Won't Pay Any At
tention to Him, He Com
plains to Reichstag.
(Bv Associated Pressl

Hertling. the German imperial chan
cellor. in addressing the reichstag
main committee, complained of the
lack of attention his asquiescence in
the four points laid down by President
Wilson as peace essentials had met
from the American executive.
The chancellor asserted that on Feb.
% of this year he declared in the
reichstag his agreement in principle
with the possibility of discussing a
general peace on the basis of the four
points of President Wilson's message
of Feb. 2, but that President Wilson
neither at that time nor since had rak-
en- any notice of the chancellor's S
declaration.
Count Won Hertling continued by de-
claring that he favored the formation
of a league of nations, the promotion
OF universal, successive disarmament
in equal proportions, the establishment
OF obligatory courts of arbitration, the
freedom OF the seas and the protection
of small nations.
That Submarine Warfare
Count Won Hertling declared that the
submarine warfare is slowly but sure
1y diminishing allied tonnage
above ALL he said, at is restrict
ing the transportation of reinforce
ments Of men and material from the
United States"
LONDON. Sept. 25.-The speech of
Count Won Hertling, the German i'm
perial chancellor, delivered Yesterday
in the reichstag main committee. made
an unfavorable Impression upon the
re1chstag members, the Exchange Tel
egraps correspondent at Amsterdam
reports. In reichstag circles the ad-
dress is considered to have been un-
equal to the gravity of the situation
in that parliamentary body, whose
parties were to meet this morning to
decide upon their attitude toward the
chancellor.
The Berlin Lokal Anzeigcr says it
hears authoritatively that if Count
Won Hertling resigns. Vice Chancellor
van Payer and Herr Friedberg. vice
president of the Prussian ministry of
state, also will resign.
Won HINTZE SPEAKS
AMSTERDAM, Sept 25.-Germany
maintains her readiness for peace, not
withstanding repeated reflections of
peace offers from the central powers,
declared Admiral Won Hintze, the Ger
man foreign secretary. in addressing
the reichstag main committee.
Speaking on the recent Austrian
peace proposal, Admiral Won Hintze
said that the German governments at.
titude toward peace had been mani
tested to the whole world in repeated
appeals.
eve maintain this appeal for peace.
our readiness for peace" he continued.
despite the partly jeerina, partly
sneering reflections which we have ex.
perienced from our enemies. In this
we are in full accord with our allies"
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 25.-General
Won Risberg addressed the main COM
mittee of the Reichstag on behalf of
the minister of war. He explained
according to telegram from Berlin,
that the failure of the German often
sive on the western front was due to
the failure of the German army to sur
prise the entente allies and the nee
essity Of assuming the defensive on
the arrival Of the English home army
in the theatre of war; to the employ
ment of colored troops, and to the
Intervention Of American divisions.