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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 14. 1915
CHANCELLOR DECLARES KAISER IS PEACE ADVOCATE, NOT WAR LORD
VON BETH MAN
Describes Mental Agony the
Sought to. Avoid .Conflict During--Critical Period Last
Summer When War Threatened
DECLARES GERMANY WAGES A DEFENSIVE CONFLICT
Th. fnilnwine authoritative ' of firial1 statement-- of i tha' German
Unm.m tat madf. to the late James
ork American in; uenm,- taiiy mi
ri Berlin on February is. i tie interview, .nis lasi worn, naa oeen neni
to the iinperrlal German chancellor
Hiary 8 or kv :;-'
r i Hearing tne Siauip Ol T.ne uci "'a u iiriirisii uiinx, uaieu rcuiuarj 'XV.
lilfi tl interview came to the International News Service through the
Uimeriean ambassador last week- It is not only the last work done by the
treat newspaper man, but it is the first detailed statement by the kaiser's
fegiokesmun on the subject oiscussed.
'te
y "James Creelman.
2RL1N, Feb 10. The most tremen-
us and Far-reaching utterance
ade since the beginning of the
eaent world war was the statement
lor
the German imperial chancellor,
IVdn
Bethmann-Hollweg, to me today.
I that im what seems to him to be ab-
isoluitely Certain ana complete victory
I for German arms, Germany is not wag-
ling fen aggressive but a defensive war.
Thm chancellor had Just come in
f-itliji the side of the Emperor William
fat the grand German headquarters ire
Frian.ce, and was filled with the spirit
- tof growing triumph which seems to
th fill Germany from frontier to rron
4tlrj north, south, east and west.
I - He is a giant of a man. broad
J slibflldered, deep chested, with an enor-
mot. s girth. He was dressed in th
j fnill field uniform of a German gen-
e: k and, although "gold lace sparkled
ion! his shoulders and his cuffs, the
striking note of his attire- was trie
bl0k and white ribbon of ; the iron
. erpas that appeared along the but
itohad edgeof his gray field coat.
. The chancellor's features are big,
I irregular and tremendously masculine.
Hh nose is long and fleshy; his fore
' head high and rather noble, his cheeks
flat th big humorous mouth shad-ad
tJ1 a. gray . mustache, and tremendous
"ci fiftching jaws and' a powerful pro-ijeftjng-
chin mantled by a rough, thick
PstiiriLt white beard.
i Vve sat in tlie more or less bare room
. Ofj the chancellor's palace iii Berlin
.Iwhere. the-great Bismarck worked out
,ttije mightiest problems of Europe, a
ret(lll, sober place, with a bunch of
wjiite flowers sitting alone on a great
! tub lp, desk and .Jeers' alitlers project
Mug, jfrom severe walls.
jVfct even in that uuiet place came
?the il'aint nound ot a new German reei
tnijettt marching swiltly past the pal-
ia.t... 1 ,.1...... In finl.tlm.
wito take its place in the fighting
WHAT
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HAT FRANCE WOULD CLAIM ALSACE-LORRAINE IS CERTAIN;
RUSSIA'S PROBABLE ATTITUDE IS UNKNOWN, WHILE
ENGLAND'S COURSE IS MYSTERIOUS
By Cuglielmo Ferrero,
ARTICLE NO. 3.
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ANY and very varied are the
rumors in .Europe jis to- what
.England, France and Russia in
tend to do if they win. That
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France will . claim Alsace'-Lor-
rktnle is doubted by none; indeed, the
Efretich government has already oe
rcparied .it, : through the mouth of the
; president cf the ministry.
Jj Ma.ny doubt that Russia w'.ll open
the 'grave wherein for more than a cen
"turtf Poland 1ms been burled alive.
But of the three nations he Inten
; "on of England are the most myster
(0u4. For that reason the say.ngs a
to (what England will do are more
nunjierous ffnd more singular. Some say
'tfliei wants to constitute a kingdom of
, 'Hungary, likewise an Independent king-
doni of Bohemia; some say she wants
tb $nite in one state the German prov
tticesiof Austria and the ro-jthern
'States of the German confederation.
jjeprating them from the empire; some
sayj she wants to leave the German em
riiri -Intact as it is. but compel it to
dliBirm and dictate certain economic
"oirders to it (treaties of commerce, nav
igation,, conventions, restrictions, etc.).
tb prevent Germany exaggerating in
'tW future, as she has done during the
'iftit 49 years in a manner damaging to
Kngland, the principle rf increasing
duintity to the detriment of quality, on
which modern industry rests.
, J shall not discuss all these state
ments. It is probable that they are
dnir talk. Peace is unhappily very fa?
dffv-et: and be who speaks of the con
ditions that will be conceded or ac
cepted wants to sell the skin before he
Haa killed the bear.
There are different kinds x of vie
to j-les; because .victories can win in
"rtiiny different ways. There can be
oomplete victory, a half victory, or
jufst about a" victory, etc., etc. The
"ctohdltions of peace in each of these
daises" would be different. I believe
that : the Anglo-Franco-Russian coali
tion will be victorious In the-end, but
E do not believe any one can foretell to
what extent they will be victorious. Po
tjoi reason about conditions of peace
ahd the effects that could come of
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N - HOLLWEG
DISCUSSES iWILLIAM II
Emperor Experienced as He,
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New
Creelman. representative of the-.
moiiiu, oir.i treeimsn uiea eiuiuewy
tor ma revision ana approval. on. jeD-.:
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The chancellor seetaed such a physi
cal 'giant, anid he carried with him-such
a swing nd air of physical power ana
enthusiasm ias he seated himself be
fore the migihty table, that he appeared
to be filled jwlth the indescribable en
thusiasm and confidence of the great
battle lines from which he had just
come. ! R j. . m
The remarkable thing about von
Bethmann-Hollweg, is his utter lac
of attempts; at subtlety. He has a
certain fineness and nobility of man
ner, and yet! he speaks with an almost
rough directness, a smashing, brutal
frankness that is startling in one who
speaks for aj great empire in the midst
of a, world war. ;
It is peculiar Teuton scorn for mere
finesse, together with his tremendous
courage, that has endeared the chan
cellor to the German empire, and to
the nation generally in this most u
preme hour In the history' of the race.
And he is the; humanest man that ever
filled such .a ; place in such an hour
the pure enthusiasm and frankness
of a boy shining through the rough,
hard features of the gray veteran.
"The most extraordinary thing about
this appalling world conflict," he said,
"is the impression, which 'the enemies
of Germany have systematically
spread, that the German . emperor is
a mere war j lord, and that he, desired
and sought this war.
Kaiser Always on the Side of Peace.
"Nothing could be falser. I have
worked by his side for years; I have
worked with him day and night, in
winter and ;in . summer. I know him
to be the greatest friend of peace in
the world. It is extraordinary that
the enemies! of Germany should have
been able to create in the minds of
so many people such an infamous cari
cature of the noblest leader of peace
ful human ipi"ress that the modern
world has known. He should be known
as a peace lord, not as a war lord, for
PARTITION
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them would
really be a loss of time.
It- is better! !to consider more gener-
ically what jwjill be the effect of a vic
tory of the coalition, leaving in the ab
stract its greatness or importance; the
effects that I may- be presumed must be
verified whether the victory be creat
or modest. f ; T
Am Internal Upheaval of Germany.
The effect on which we can most
surely count 'is the deep internal up
heaval of Germany a psychological,
political and 'moral upheaval. War is
the great . master of the multitude; it
only has th power of immolating cer
tain opinions ;in the minds of the peo
ple and of cancelling other opinions.
In six months war can do with mil
lions of men that which a century of
reasoning, backed up by all the power
of science, I hardly succeeds in doing
with.a;few thousands. For that reason
war only can) take from the Germans
those Ideas, dangerous for them and for
the world, iliat the wars of 1866 and
1870 had so solidly planted in their
heads. Theri never was an Invinci
ble people, stnid there never, will be, but
for reasons I too long to consider h,ere,
the wars Of !l866j and 1870 convinced
the Germans (that they were invincible.
In this opiniloti all Germans agreed so
cialists ; and conservatives., workmen
and generals, 'professors and bankers-
Prussians and Bavarians repeated it,
sure, that It; was a mathematical truth
James Creelman
Won Sucess jas
Correspondent
James Creelman, whose, reuarka
Jle interview with the German Chan
cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg here
with published was his last bit of
lewspaper writing, died in Berlin
February 12 after a newspaper career
?f 35 years during which he attained
the distinction of being one of the
foremost, if not the foremost corres
pondent in the world. Hfs Assign
ments took him the world over; his
:onscient!ousness- was an established
trait and the accurary of his -writing
was unquestioned.
Mr. Creelman was born In Montreal
November 12, 1859. i He began his
newspaper career in New York as a
police reporter on the New York Her
ald. He became London V editor of
The Herald irt 1890 and Paris editor
in 1891.
His first great impression on , his
fellow journalists was made by ' his
courageous report on the conduct of
the Japanese soldiers at the assault
on Port Arthur. Horrors he saw and
made others see. From that on he
was In the chick of every fight. He
saw the hopeless defeat of Greece in
'97- He risked his life in Cuba. H
was wounded at 3E1 Caney. '
The later years of his life were
spent in i the employ of the Hearst
newspapers.
.
his mind has always been fixed an
peace, always, always, no matter how
great the temptations to war that have
been offered to him by those in whom
his country's amazing peaceful, suc
cess aroused only feelings of jealously
and hatred." i
The big chancellor folded his arms
across his mighty chest, and a curious
look came into his great gray eyes.
"Think of the outrageous things that
have been said of this greatest of all
peace , lovers, this leader of leader),
whose supreme effort ever since he
ascended the German throne has been
to prevent war. 1
; "Remember that only nine days be
fore the outbreak of this war the
German emperor and his entire fleet
were making an annual cruise in a
distant part of the North Sea. It
would have been possible at that time
for the British sea power to have cap
tured the Kmperor and practically the
whole effective German navy. , Is Jt
possible that under such circumstances
the emporor was lending his influ
ence or consent, directly or' indirectly,
to a general European conflict that,
risked an immediate and overwhelm
ing disaster to the arnved strength of
this country to say -nothing of his
personal safety? Such an idea is mere
insanity.
"Now, at that time(as in every hour
up to the very beginning of the
armed struggle, the emperor worktJd
for peace - with all. his soul and all
his strength. He worked against the
OF EUROPE: WOULD
Professor Guglielaio Ferrero
that there was not an , army In the
world capable of measuring itself
against the German army. : "
Every argument broke against that
rock. Only an earthquake couil move
that rock the earthquake . of war to
the death. The deed will speak with
its great arguments, plainer and surer
than those of science and wisdom. It
is, difficult to foresee or describe the
forms the uprising .will take .when the
German i people become aware that
they have never possessed the charmed
sword that renders invulnerable ; him
who sways it. All modern Geranany,
flattered by some and feared by others,
rests on the foundation of Jhe "Ger
man invincibility." .j
The first effect of a defeat, great
Or small, j will be the rapid decline of
the prestige that the Hohenzollern dy
nasty' enjoys over the minor German
dynasties and the Prussian aristocracy.
We hear Jt said that in .Germany the
feudal system still lives. This, though
true under a real analysis, is a little
imprecise and liable to cause con
fusion of ideas. It would be more
exact to say that In Germany. ; that
which we know as "the old regime '-tha
order of things as they were prior to
the French .revolution has been al
tered less by the events of the nine
teenth century than in England,; and
especially less than in France. - ; -
The German empire is placed under
r?nXlz:
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
that the kaiser
war like a man filled with some great
religious emotion. j V "
"The inward strain of his night jand
day effort to save the peace of the
world, to save not only his own peo
ple but the other peoples of - Europe
from the unspeakable suffering and
loss of a general war, even- changed
the ordinary expression of his face."
The chancellor seemed greatly moved
and his . great eyes softened as he
spoke of the kaiser in the days when
the peaceof the world hung trembling
in the balance.
"I can speak with authority: upon
this matter," lie said, "because I was
with him practically all the : time.
Even since he ascended .the German
he hegemony of Prussia, and Prussia
is governed by an aristocracy stills en
Joying many' hereditary privileges,
among which are: The majority of; the
Prussian parliament; is reserved to
them; they hold the high military and
civil positions, and most all the offic
ial positions iiv. thev army are in i the
throne-sustaining office. '
Middle Class Wot as Powerful.,
The middle class lawyers, brokers,
professors, professional people, ! Jour
nalists, business men, manufacturers
who invaded France and . lately suc
ceeded in England in all qualities sthls
class is still much less influential or
powerful, much more humble ia Ger
many; but would the prestige of 'no
bility that is above all a nobility of
office holders and warriors form a
military catastrophe, the casfces of
which would certainly have to be ac
counted for by the members of that
cl&ss ? i "
It is natural o doubt it. It ta! often,
repeated -that the Germans are a ser
vile, obedient, docil people by nature.
It Is in a certain measure trjje. That is
not to say, .iiowevcr, inai. wy .
tlned by nature always to remain the
devoted and ratinrui servants
of a
ami-divin aristocracy. Even 1n Ger
many there is a fermentation of i ideas
and democratic ambition; even in Ger
many the middle, cultivated - classes
would like to have a regime that allows
them to try to win tha highest places,
that opens to them all the ways pf ac
cess to honors and power, as In France.
So true is this, that for some time in
Prussia there .hag been a fight to; ob
tain the reform of the Prussian elec
toral system, which, as it is ncwl es
tablished, assumes the nobility's power
for eternity, as an intangible privilege.
Up-to now all the efforts to make
this privileged constitution more dem
ocratic have been vain. The Prussian
aristocracy, backed up by the, throne,
has-been able to frustrate all that the
socialistic and middle-class parties
ht.ve tried'. ' But 4f Germany'' is ' de
feated it is sure that one of the first
concessions made to the people to; re
compense them for their loss and i the
sorrow of defeat will e a very decided
reform of the Prussian constitution.
As Austria, defeated in 1866. abol
ished absolutism and conceded the par
liamentary, institutions; as : "Taince,
beaten in 1870, founded the republic;
as Russia, after the defeat by Japan
in 1905, conceded the constitution land
invoked the Duma, so Prussia, If Ger
many is defeated In the great Euro
pean war, will be forced to adoaitt the
reformation of the Prussian constitu
tion. -'.: h. I-. '
And then what an upheaval will fol
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f- -
of the TJerman empire, who explains
stands for peace.
throne he used his power and his in
telligence to save Europe from war
and to keep his own courttry on a
constantly broadening and risintf
peaceful progress, i
In the past 40 years practically all
the great nations had been at war. Ger
many alone bad preserved the peace.
Other nations had reached out for
great colonial possessions, adding em
pires to their territory. Germany
continued to bend her whole mind and
strength upon the peaceful develop
ment of the resources of civilization,
leading all nations in scientific, indus
trial, commercial progress; adding
year by year to the productive powers
of her people, and - demonstrating to
low, first In Prussian, then in German
politics! In the Prussian parliament
the Socialists, Democrats and middle
class parties will not be slow to raaka
their appearance and form "the Left,"
as the popular parties, united, are
called Jn continental politics; this
"Left" will be animated with a very
different ardor than that which has so
far been discernible in the Germ in par
liament "the Reichstag" because It
will know it is facing a government
ahd a regime weakened by defeat, hesi
tating and discordant. Even Prussia
will become a parliamentary t;t'ate in
which ministries, will be overthrown;,
lit -rals parties of the "Left" perhaps
even the more extreme parties of the
"Left." such as the Socialists will
become ministers; and the change will
not take long to be felt in the cur
rents which dominate the grand imper
ial parliament.
I have said that a defeat would very
much diminish the popularity and pres
tige of the Hohenzollerns. Many per
sons ask If Germany, when It sees it
self beaten, will not have a revolu
tion overthrowing the throne of the
Prussian dynasty, as France overthrew
the throne of Napoleon III after the
defeat of Sedan. High German func
tionaries are not exempt of this fear.
I myself know that a man high in of
fice in Germany, hearing that England
had declared , war on Germany, . ex
claimed: "The Hohenzollerns have
fallen!" However, I believe this fear is
exaggerated. The Hohenzollerns are
much more tenacious and much more
firmly planted In German soli than the
Bonapartea ever were in France.
Neither is the German soil as volcanic
as the French soil, which for a cent-;ry
and a half has-been constantly shaken
The fall of the Hohenzollerns after a
defeat seems premature to, me. t
It would nevertheless be a grave
error to think it would not affect them.
If the war of 1914-15 has an unhappy
outcome for Germany it will be for the
house of the Hohenzollerns that which
the seven years war was for the French
monarchy the beginning of the de
cadence. The French monarchy, fell
at the end of the eighteenth century,
because for a half century it waa being
undermined by a deaf and tenacious
opposition; and this opposition, at first
timid and uncertain, became ardent and
persevering after the seven years war.
So after a defeat William II will still
reign; may even 'transmit a crown to
son; but the Prussian monarchy will
not be what it was before the war, ven
erated as if made sacred by the pres
tige of the glaring victory of 1870 and
the reconstituted empire. The respect
with which It was surrounded and the
authority it exercised will evaporate.
The number of Germans who ask why
a famiiy must .inherit the supreme
To Keep the Face
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all nations the true path of civil
ised progress, making ; the means of
life cheaper and .the ways of Ufa bet.
ter and simpler and nobler."
. Again the sound of a ! regiment
marching to -the front' came faintly
into the quiet room, v
The chancellor leaned back in his
big chair and knotted his i powerful
hands on one -knee. i
"So, when the spirit of war seemed
to be pressing upon Europe : again,
when the lives and fortunes and homes
of millions of men and children were
threatened by those in whom? Ger
many's ' unparalleled progress - iiad
stirred up a desire to -wreck the ex
isting order of things. : the emperor
knew neither rest nor sleep while he
could do anything to prevent such a
frightful calamity to the human race
and "to his own beloved people. :
"We "sat at the table together,
working,, working , for peace. I I saw
him change word after ..'.word in his
telegraphic appeal to the czar. 1 sw
him show absolute mental agony as
he hesitated between one word ' and
another, seeking with an eagerness im
possible to describe to select the very
word that might most Influence th
czar to save Europe from the horrors
of war." i .
"Then, Mr. Chancellor," I said, "you
hold -Russia primarily responsible foe
the world war."
England Held JUspoasibla.
"No, England stands responsible be
fore the whole '. world and must so
stand in all human history. It is true
that the support given by Russia to
Servia In her criminal attacks and
propaganda against Austria furnished
the first incentive to a breach of the
peace of Europe. But when the de
cisive time came it was in England's
power to say whether there should be
a general European conflict or not."
The chanc&Jlor spoke very slowly
and distinctly. His eyes. were sterner
and the lines in his face deepened .id
hardened, He balanced one hand be
fore him. ' j
"Had England served notice upon
France and Russia that she would not
support them in making a general
European conflict out of the quarrel
between Austria -and Servia, there
would have been no world war. At that
time the question of. war or peace was
entirely in the hands of England.
"The English government fully un
derstood the grave responsibility rest
ing upon it. Knowing fully that the
encouragement and support which she,
gave to France and Russia meant ab
solutely certain war at a time when
the German emperor was working lit
erally night and day and exerting ev
ery power within his command or in
fluence to preserve the peac.e of man
kind. England irrost forever bear the
blame ifor the conflict."
"It has been suggested, Mr. Chan
cellor, 1 that the English government
was not frank in dealing with Ger
many; that if it had announced plainly
its intention to take part in the war
on the side of - the. allies, the course
Lof Germany, might have been wholly
different."
No, the English rf government was
frank enough about that, and .1 never
had ;any doubt as to what ithey in-
SHOULD ALLLIES
power will grow; they will auK if It
would not be better to give this trust
to persons, liberally selected, who seem
to have the necessary qualities as is
done in republics. In the times in
which we live a dynasty doesn't resist
long after the people begin to reason
on those subjects in such a way.
So much it seems possible .to foresee
the moral and Intellectual uprising
of Germany, of which defeat would be
the cause. And what would be the ef
fect on the world of this change in
the Internal affalra of Germany? Im
mense! Because only through this
great internal change in Germany
could the victory of the coalition as
sure to Europe that for whlckf today
we all sigh a long, sure, ; definite
peace.
Otrmani Also Bestroaa of Peace.
Many believe, especially In America,
that Europe will not be able to live in
peace, because it has not yet been able
to free itself of a number of the ideas
and old prejudices about peace and
war. Even Europeans, the most
learned and the most ignorant, have
been persuaded for some, time that
the blessings of peace are preferable to
the horrors ef war. 1 do, not believe
that the German people, on whom the
frightful responsibility of this- war
must fall, are more warlike hy nature
than the other peoples of Europe, of
less sensitive than they are f the
sweetness of peace. At any rate, tha
cause of peace during the last IB years
has made immense progress in Europe.
France and England have shown them
selves so extremely desirous of peace
that many have accused them, espec
ially France, of having become de
cadent and afraid. ' i
1 France had silently) renounced Alsace
and Lorraine, only asking Germany to
treat them liberally, and not like hos
tages. Franca and England had con
sented to make room for Germany's
colonial ambitions in Africa; and
France had even ceded a piece of the
Congo, that was her own land, in ex
change for Germany renouncing: her
hypothetical rights in Morocco, that
did not belong to any of them, and
which France was allowed to take at
her own risk and danger, and we have
already seen the operation was any
thing but easy, j
The Strains to Curb Military Rivalry.
In the decade from 1900 ; to 1910
France allowed Germany to surpass
her very much in her armament, while
up to 1900 she would not alHw her,
rival to get even one atep ahead of her.
During this time France also favored
every effort of the pacific movement
to limit armaments and prevent war.
Many times England has tried to reach
an understanding with Germany to
curb their rivalry in arming. ;
Now France and England, along
with Germany, are the most powerful
nations of Europe,- and on the day
when they can reach an agreement
peace will reign in Europe and the arm
aments can be reduced to reasonable
proportions, so that they will not make
of peace a greater torment than war
itself. ,'."'.;
What could the other powers, Russia
included, do against the united will of
these three great states? We e how
easily France and England were able
to reach an agreement, but they have
never been able to do so with Ger
many, so all the great efforts for
peace - were only . the prelude to the
most frightful of wars. Not because
France wanted fo win back Alsace
Lorraine, not because England waa jeal
ous of German power, not because Ger
many la' a race so constructed that
they need to make a war every half
century,' but because between these
three states England and France on
one side and Germany, on the other
there could be no political equilibrium,
because the forces that govern Eng
land and France are -different from
those that govern Germany. Because
while Enrland and France are governed
ULTIMATE VICTORY FOR
FATHERLAND PREDICTED
Notable Official Sees Triumph for Germany in the Con
flict Now -Pending; Scouts Idea That Country Can Be
Starved Out by Her Enemies in Arms,
PLACES RESPONSIBILITY
tended to .do in the event of actual
war. Their crime against the world
was that they actually had it in their
power to aay . whether there should
be a world war or notr and wiO that
opportunity in their hands tliiy de
liberately supported France anili Rus
sia and - made an absolute : certainty
of the greatest disaster' in the his
tory of the world." j
"You seem certain that the war will
end In a complete German victory?" -Chancellor
Sore of German Victory.
"Absolutely. No one" who unde.
stands the situation can have -the
slightest doubt of a complete German
success.. Remember we are fighting
on the enemy's soil. We have possee
sion of Belgium; we have a large part
of France and our armies are
tended Car into ' Russia. Whatever
doubts there may ; have been in; tbi
past few ' months, the present situa
tion shows that Germany's triumph ia
absolutely inevitable. . ,: j
" "But- will not the possession of the
sea power by. the allies keep) Ger
many Trom receiving outside help or
supplies, while her-enemies drawl from
all neutral -countries and will not
this prove to be an overwhelming dia-i
advantage to Germauy?' " i" ;
The big chancellor smiled and shook
his head, v . ."
"That will not change the ultimate
result,'' he said. . I know that the
English hope to starve Germany.! They
think to accomplish by a naval block
ade what they cannot do : in battle.
But Germany lias provided for all that.
You are here in. our country now and
you see that we are getting enough to
eat, that prices are moderate and that
nobody has any fear "of starvation. So
far as the supplies, necessary for tlu
continued support of our population
are concerned, everything has ! been
provided for and systematized In good
German fashion. We all have some
thing. to eat to the very end." i
"And when will the end come", Mr.
Chancellor? When will the world havi
peace?" ' j ;
"The English people say that; the
war will last for 2) years. , They say
that Germany must be completely de-i
stroyed. That is" their . View, j Gern
many has no desire to destroy any'-nation.
From the German standpoint,
this Is a war of pure self defense a
war which can end only when! Gei-
many has absolutely secured full pro
tection for her continued growth along
by a middle class that long exper
ience has made pacific, in Germany the
people, up to a few months KQ. be
lieved themselves invincible, and! ithey
are commanded by an - aristocracy
whose every Interest is to keep this il
lusion Alive in the people. ,
'Many people wonder why the teace
idea has never penetrated deeply in
Germany, where even the Socialists,
who are everywhere else pacifist, have
remained immune and were not even
moved by the outrageoas suffering of
Belgium. But there is nothing to won
der at. A people that believes itself
Invincible will never be pacific will
never take the principles of interna,
tional right seriously, nor the Court of
The Hague, nor the palaces founded by
Carnegie, nor peace congresses. j
.. To ask them to adhere to peaea is
asking them to renounce gratuitously
rirtflln BilifantflffM In ttii ti'.lH 1 1 1 a t
at times mav he rteoifiivw Thf-re Am no'
reason to believe that a' military aris
tocracy and a dynasty which the pres
tige of victories allows to retain many
precious privileges are going to work
for the introduction of the security of
peace into the world that would make!
military virtue real or supposed use
less; would make . useless tnat . for
which the people venerate and Tobey
them. They would then te robbed of
the glare of past victories, which is o
much a part of their prestige. r To ask
this class to be for peace would be ask
ing them to commit suicide. ;
Why Oat-many Obstructed Paaee.
Through her '.political constitution
still so aristocratic, monarchical; and
military, notwithstanding the vertigin
ous progress of industry and socialism
Germany has,, brought fatal obsta-:
cles against every attempt made in
Europe to assure a less precarious
peace and to limit the armament. In
other words, the problenvof the peace
of Europe Is not one of ideas acd pre
judices, neither Is It one of conflicting
interests; It is a question of political
equilibrium. . -
The conflict of interests of the coun
tries of which we have spoken are, for
the moment at least, or secondary im
portance, the world being still large
enough to afford a place for all. .
During the last , 40 years Germany
has grown rich, while at the same time
France, England, the 'United States,
Russia and Italy grew rich aa well.
The wealth of one people makes things
better for another, and i.f business con
flicts arise among the peoples the way
to settle them is not to rush tc twar
Broke Her Husband
of Drinking
An Illinois Wife Broke Her Husband
From .Drinking With a " Simple
- Recipe That She Gave
". .at Home.
That the liquor habit can b ban
ished secretly Is the claim of a well
known Peoria, III., woman, whose hus
band was a heavy drinker for years.
In a- recent statement she said: 1 "I
broke my husband from drinking with
the ; following simple, inexpensive re
cipe which I gave secretly: To-3; oz.
of water add 20 grains of muriate of
ammonia, a small, box of Varlex Com
pound and le grains of pepsin. Give
a teaspoon ful three tiroes a day at
meal time in the food, or In the (feof
fee, tea or milk. This' recipe can be
filled at any drug store, la perfectly
harmless and has no celor, taste or
smelL Any wife or mother can atop
their dear one from drinking the same i
aa I have done and at very little t x-
pense." Adv.
FOR WAR UPON' ENGLAND
the peaceful lines of cultural and econ
omic development." '1
The tall chancellor rose and slowly
paced the quiet room, lils hands locked
behind, his buck. . -
"Th'fnk o,f this tremendous coalltl'.m.
of nations against Germany. And what
have they accomplished? We have al
ready 600,000 prisoners in our hand.
Under - any circumstances Germanv
would be able to defend her own sol!.
But today Germany is fighting for her
very life and every living German
knows it and feels It. The conscious
ness of right and pure love of coun
try stands behind German strengtn
and German training and nothing cjh
resist German arms under such condi
tions. The German nation has asked
nothing but' security for its . future.
"When Lord llaldane came to Ger
many to see whether there could not
be a peaceful working arrangement
between Germany and England I told
him that if England and Germany
would get together on sensible and
helpful lines no country in the world
would dare to attempt to produce a
great war. I pointed out to him that
with these two great nations joined
in a friendly way and with the United
(states acting as a friendly neutrul.
the peace of the world would be guut
an teed; a general war would be im
possible. But is was not to be. With
the absolute - power of peace -in iior
hands, England deliberately took upon
herself the responsibility of promoting
the permitting this most disastrous of
wars."
The chancellor paused a moment be- .
fore he retired from the room and,
raising his hand, said alowely and de
liberately: "Every event in the field on all sides
indicates clearly the. ultimate triumph
of the German arms and when the day
of victory Cornea Germany will prove
that she has never aimed at the mili
tary domination ot the world, and that
her one supreme desire' is to continue
to develop science and art, lo raiso
the productive power of ier industry
and her commerce, and to continue the
peaceful development of the resources
of civilization and culture."
Z hereby certify that the' above Is
an exact copy of Mr. James Craelman'a
Interview with the Imperial Chancel
lor, von Bethmann-Hollweg.
Berlin, Tab. 10, 1915.
(Seal) sr. Boedljer.
when business is all destroyed. No, If
peace has not been established and;
the general war has broken out it Is
not because England, Germany and
France disputed certain markets for
the goods, but because Germany Is still
governed by a military aristocracy.
Safest Wecessary to Change Garmaa
Ideas. .'.'.--
Peace in Europe will not reign while
the lack of equilibrium exists between
the three greatest peoples. German defeat-can
change the idea more in a
few years than a century of propa
ganda and political activity.
Perhaps some readers will ask Hint
if after a defeat the national idea will
still-not live in Germany as well as'
the desire for'another war to get even,
increasing the prestljre oil the military .
party, who would be looked upon as theA
workman necessary to build the finul
victory. Others may ask that if mil
itarism, weakened in Germany, nilgai
not on the other hand be strengthened
In France, in England, and especlallyi
in Russia, so that that which Is gained'
on one sd.e would be lost on the other,
and Europe thus still remain iorever
with the same troubles.
We shall reply to these questions in
our next article. ,
New York prints 600.000 copies of Its
telephone directory. !
DRUGS EXCITE YOUR
KIDNEYS, USE SALTS
If your Back is aching or Bladder
bothers, drink lots of water
and eat less meat.
When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't' get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot ot drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary trai i.
Keep your kldneya clean like you keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
with a mild,' harmless salts Which re
moves the body's urinous waste anl
atimulatea them to their normal ac
tivity. The function of the kidneyi
is to filter the blood. - In 24 hour
they strain from it too grains of acid
and waste, so we can readily under
stand the vital Importance of keeping
the kidneys active.
Drink lota pf water you can't drink
too much: also get from any pharma
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonf ul in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast each morning for
a few days and your kidneys will act
fine. This famous salts Is made from
the acid of, grapea and lemon Juice,
combined with llthia, and has bjn
used for. generations to clean and
stimulate clogged kidneys; also to
neutralize the acid in urine so It tio
longer is a source of irritation, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervt scent
lithla-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep their
kidneys clean and active- Try this,
also keep up the water drinking, and
no doubt you win wondar what be
came of your kidney trouble and back
ache. (Adv.)
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