The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-25
Won HERTLINC
HASCOMPLAINT
Imperial German Chancellor
Says Wilson Neglected His
Peace Term Agreement.

Peace Term Agreement.
NOT cRINGE NOR GRovEL
Prussian Spokesman Urges
People to stand Together,
Cool, Confident.
ASSOCIATED Press.)
Amsterdam, Sept. 25.-Count Won
| Hertling. the German imperial chan
cellor, in addressing the reichstag
main committee, complained of the
| lack of attention his sacquiescence In
the four points laid down by President
Wilson as peace essentials. had met
| from the American executive. The
chancellor asserted that on Feb. 20 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 taken any
notice Of the chancellor's declaration.
Count Won Hertling continued by
declaring that he favored the forma-
tion Of league of nations. the pro-
motion of universal successive dis
armament in equal proportions, the
establishment Of obligatory courts OF
arbitration, the freedom Ct the seas
and the protection OF small nations.
Won Hertling declared that the SUBJ
marine warfare is slowly but surely
diminishing allied tonnage. above
ALL" he said. 1T is restricting the
transportation of men and material
from the United States.
.. Still Ready for Peace.
Germany maintains her readiness
for peace, notwithstanding repeated
rejections Of peace offers from me crfs-
tral powers. declared Admiral Won
Hintze, the German foreign secretary
In addressing the reichstag main COM
mittee.
Speaking on the recent Austrian
peace proposal. Admiral Won Hintxe
said that the German governments
attitude. toward peace had been mani
tested to the whole world in repeated
appeals.
"We maintain this appeal for peace,
our readiness for peace" he continued.
despite the partly jeering. partly
sneering reflections which we have ex-
perienced from our enemies. In this
we are in full accord with our allies"
Conquest Not Planned.
1--WE have never concealed the fact"
said Won Hertling, that all thoughts
OF conquest were far from our minds
But how do things stand on the oppo-
site side? If one credited the utter
arices of the enemy, official and I'M
many which In criminal arrogance is
striving for world hegemony: TO fight
for freedom and justice against Ger
man imperialism and Prussian mill
tarism.
1--WE know better. The world war
was prepared years ago by the we'll
known encircling policy of King Ed
ward. In France there arose extensive
war literature which referred to Inn
Hungary's influence in the Balkans
was 10 be eliminated. The Russian
expansion movement and the PAN
Slavic idea demanded 1t. The match
was not put to the powder by the
Prussian military party. but while the
German emperor was, up to the last
endeavoring to preserve peace
the Russian military party put through
the mobilization against the will OF the
Face Future Calmly.
1.-THE official account Of the Souk-
homlinoff trial made this clear to every
one who desired to see. We can look
calmly forward to the Judgment of
posterity For the present, 1t Is true.
those who are In power in the enemy
countries have succeeded by an un-
campaign of lies and calum-
result was not obtained by the spoken
Or written word 1t was achieved by
pictorial representations--pr
If absolutely deyilish fantasy, from
which one turns with horror and dis
gust. .....
"But the object has been attained. A
hatred has been raised among the en-
my populations against the central
powers and particularly against Ger
and chokes off all Just
"War Fury IN America"
"You all have read Premier Clemen-
eau's last speech. speech which
eemed in It's fanatical hatred and the
oarness Of mind displayed to surpass
nything hitherto achieved. But IN {
america It found many-voiced echo. as
$ proved by the pronouncements that
re reaching our ears from across the ,
cean. iEt II
Inc WlIueSU war IuTN Is AZ pIcsehS
aging in the United States. The peo-
lie are intoxicated with the idea that !
america must bring the blessings OF {
MODERN liberal kultur (?) to the en- [
laved peoples of central Europe, I
,hile at the same time they are re- [
oicing at the many millions Of dollars
,hich the war armaments are causing {
0 flow into the pockets Of the business q
len. In
"Theory and practice are two dif-
,rent things. The old proverb OF the s
tote in another's eye and the beam in '
1e's own finds constant illustration In /
he machinations Of the entente. They
re never tired of condemning our
,arch into Belgium, but they pass over 6
he oppression OF Greece. the inter-
,rcncc with that countiy's internal af.
hrs and the enforced abdication OF US I
ing as IL they were matters Of course. g
hey assert that they are fighting to
rotoct oppressed nations. but the CEN =
Try old sorrows and the justifable i