VON HERTLING REFUSES ALLIED WAR DEMANDS Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine Held Beyond Realms of Discussion BELGIUM CRIME EVADED Agreement With President Wilson's Terms Found ' . '. on Four Points) (Continued from page 1) us. The French ' republic drew on it, last man for three years of sen ice. Thus France, with HussiS. buil. up armaments extending to the limit of the capabilities of both, thereby pursuing aim? which our enemies .term imperialistic, , Danger Karljr Keen. "It would have been a neglect of duty had Germany remained a calm spectator of this game and had we not also endeavored to create an armament which ! would protect ' us against future enemies. I may, per haps, recall that I, as a member of the rclehstag, very frequently spoke 'on these matters and, on theoccasion of new expenditure on armament I pointed out that the German people, in consenting to these, .solely desired to pursue a policy of peaco, and such armaments were only Imposed upon ns, to ward off the danger threaten ing from a possible enemy. . "And " Alsace-Lorraine, of which Lloyd George speaks again. He pea kit of the i wrong Germany did In 1871 to France. ... Alsace-Lorraine -j-oii need not be told, but abroad they appear still to be ignorant of things Alsace-Lorraine -, eompose'ii, as is known, for the most, part, pre iy 'German regions, which, by a cen tury long of long of violence and illegality, were severed from the Ger man empire, and untl! finally. In 1779, the French revolution swal lowed, up' the last remnant, Alsace and Lorraine then became French provinces. "When, in the war of 1870. wi demanded back the districts which 5 had been criminally wrested from us, that was not a conquest of foreign territory, but, rightly and properly speaking, what today Is called dl: annexation, and , this dlftanoexatton was. then expreisl Tecognlzed by the. French national assembly, the constitutional representative of the French people at that time, March 29, ,171, by a large majority of votes. Wilson's Terms Answered. "f now' come to President Wilson. Here, too, I recognize that the tone' appears to have changed. The unan imous rejection Jf Mr. Wilson's at tempt In reply to the pope's note, to sow discord, between the German y government and the German people has had Its effect, "I shall not enlarge upon the dis torted representation of German ool iy which -Is contained in Mr. WIU son's message, but will deal In de tail with the points which Mr, Wil son lays Sown there, not lets than fourteen, points, la which he formu lates his peace program, " roapert the demand that them shall be no more secret International agreements. , History shows that we, above all others, would be able to agree to the publicity of diplomatic documents. The - negotiations as itrcst-Lltovslc are being conducted with full .publicity. This proves that we are ; quite ready to accept this proposal and declare publicity of ne gotiations to be a general political principle. Freedom of Shipping FntoredV "In his second point Mr Wilson demands freedom of shipning on the seas in war and peace. ;Th hf also is demanded' by Germany as fhe first and one of the most Important rc oiilrements for the future. Thero fore,' there Is here no difference of opinion. The limitation Introduced by Mi8, Wilson at the end, which T need not quote textually, is not In telligible, appears superfluous and would, therefore, best be left out. The limiting clause reads: Except as the seas may be closed. In while or fn part, by International action 3 Acts Today ,11' VERNON SISTERS YOUNO ENTERTAINERS MARKO The talkative demonstrator Amusing Magic Z ARELLI & ELVA Novelty Singing, Talking and Acrobatic Comedy ' ' COMPLETE NEW PICTURE (PROGRAM BLIGH THEATRE Charlie Chaplin . Sunday, Jlia for the enforcement of international covenants). ' would, however, be highly im portant for the freedom of shipping in. future if strongly fortified naval base on important international routes, Mich a England has at Gib raltar, Malta. Aden, liaiikgcng.. tn I'alMand Island and many otht r plac-s, were removed, j, i;'4.iiini' Wiir onlemiic1. Toint three;. We, too, are in thorough -accord with tho icmoval of economi' barrier. which interfere with trade in superfluous inaner. W ton, condemn 'economic war. wliifh would inevitably hi-ar within it causo . of future warlike onilplH'a tions. Point four: Limitation of arma ment. As already declared, by 11 . h ida of limitation of armaments is entirely discussable. The financial xisition of all European slates after Ihe war might most- effectively pro mote a satisfactory solution. (Vie. of -'Hear! Hear!'. It is therefore clear that an understanding might ! reached without diff lenity, on th first foni points of Mr. Wilson's pro gram. "Jjnow come to the fifth point: Settlement of all colonial claims and disputes. Practical realization of Mr. Wilson 'h principles on ihe realm of reality will encounter some dif ficulties in any case. I believe that, for the present it may be left for England, which has the greatest col onial empire, to make what she will of this proposal of her ally. This point of the program alxo will -have to be discussed in due time on the reconstruction of the world's colon ial possessions, which we also de mand absolutely. llelgian Question Inferred. "Point six. Evacuation of Rus sian territory. Now that the entente has refused within the period agreed j upon by Russia anu me nuaurupi alllace to join In the negotiations. I must! in the name of the latter, de cline to allow -any 'subsequent inter ference. We are dealing here with questions 'which concern only Russia and the four allied powers. I adhere to hope that witli recognition of self determination 'for the peoples on tb? western frontier of the former Rug; "slan empire good relations will be established, both with these peoples and with the rest bf Russia, for return of order, peace and conditions guaranteeing the" welfare of th country. "Point seven: Belgium. My pred ecessors In office repeatedly declar ed that at no time did the annexa tion of Belgium by Germany form a part of the program of German pol icy. iThe Belgian question belongs to those questions the detail of which are to be settled by negotia tion at .the peace conference." , So long as our opponents have not unreservedly taken the standpoint that the integrity of the allies' terri tory can offer the only possible basis of pence discussion, I must adhera to the standpoint hitherto always adopted and refuse the removal in advance of the Belgium affair from the entire discussion. . J Fvncuatloii Is Itefuseel, "Point eight: The occupied parts of France are a valuable pawn In our hands. Here, too, forcible annexa tion forms no part of the official German policy. The conditions and methods' of procedure of the evacua tion, jwhlch must take account of German's vital Interest, are .to be agreed upon between Germany and France, I can only again expressly accentuate the fact that there can neveri be. a question of dismember ment! of imperial territory. Under no fine phrases of any kind .shall we permit the enemy again to take from us territory of the emplr which with ever-Increasing Intimacy has linked Itself to Germanism, which has in highly gratifying man ner ever increasingly developed In an economic respect, and of whos j people more than 87 per cent speak the German mother tongue, "The question, dealt with by Mr. Wilson' under points 9, 1U and I ! touch, both the Italian frontier ques tion and question of the future de velopment of the Austro-llunggrlan monarchy and the future-of the Bal kan states; questions In which, for the greater part, the interests of our ally, Ausrta-Hungary, preponderate. "Where German Interests are con cerned we shall defend them root energetically. But I may leave tha, answer to Mr. Wilson's proposals on these; points in the first place ta th Austro-Hungarian foreign minister. Closes contact with the allied dual monarchy forms the kernel of our present policy, and must be the guid ing line in the future.- Ioyal com radeship In arms which has stood the test so brilliantly in war time, must continue to have Its effect in peace. We shall thus on our part do everything for the attainment of peace by Austria-Hungary which "Z3 HIPPODROME Vaudeville of 3 Acts Today Latest lakes Into account her Just claims. "The matters touched.'- upon by Mr. Wilson in point 12 concern our loyal -and brave ally, Turkey.! must tn no wise forestall her statesmen in their attitude.. The integrity of Tur key and the safeguarding or her cap itol, wWeni-fct-eMinr-ctetir closely with the questjfli of the y. raits. uro im nr.ii.int :inl Vital interests of 1h;v German empire, also. Our ally ewi j always r'twint jipon ,tmr energetic suppot'l in. this matter." j "Point l.'i deals with Poland. t J was not the entente- which bad on-', Iv eniDfv words for Poland anil i fore the war never interceded for 1 'Poland with Russia- but the Ger - j man emiire and the Atistrn-HtinKar- ! Ian monarchy who liheiated Poland from the czaristic regime which was j crushing her national characterise J Irs. It may thus le left to Germany i and Austria-Hungary -and Poland oj come to an agreement-on the future j con.tit.tion f tins country. As tu. negotiations ami communications of I the last year prove,' we are on the I road to this goal. llml of Xationx Faorel. "The last point, tho 14th, deal with a bond of nations. Regarding this point I am sym-. r 1 questions have beeh settled to begin the examination ofrthe basis of su -h a bond, of nations.L: "nentlemcn. yoit' have acquainted yourselves with the speech of Prem ier Lloyd George and the proposal of President Wilson. I must repeat what I said at eommencment: We now must ak ; ourselves whether these speeches and proposals breathe a real and earnest wish for peac. They ,eejitalnly contain principles for a general world peace, to which wa;t also assent, and which might form j the starting point and aid negotla-, lions. v. . - ' i Ieslre -Not Seen. "When, however, concrete quest Ions come into the-quest iom, points which for we allies-, are "of decisive Inipot-tance, their peace will is le&s observable. Our enemies do not d sire to destroy Germany, but th. y cast coveteous eyes on parts of olir allfees lands. They speak with re spect of Germany's position but their conception, ever atresh, finds ejxpre sion as if we were the" guilty who kmust do penance and promise lin- ptovement. Thus speaks the victor to the vanquished; she who Inteft. rets oil our former expressions of n teadlness for peace as , merely a sign of weakness, "The leaders of the entente muist first renounce this standpoint and this deception, i In order to facili tate this I would tike to tecall what the position really Is. . They may take it from me that our'tnJlitary po rition was not so favorable as It now Is. Our highly glfted..army leaders face the future with ondlmlntsned confidence In victory. Throughout Mho whole army, in the officers ahd the men, lives unbroken the Joy of battle, . "I wilt remind you of the words 1 tpoke ovember ' M in tho rekhsta. Our repeatedly expressed wllllngni.s for peace and the spirit of reconcil iation revealed by oyr proposals must not be regarded by the entente as a lifense permitting the Indefi nite lengthening ot the war. Should our enemies force up to prolong th war, they will have to bar the eon tequene'ea resulting from It. "If the leaders of the ctaroy pow er really are inclined toward peace, let them revise their program once again, or as Premier Lloyd George haid, proceed to reconsideration." Fat tier la ml In Atxit AIL "If 'they do- that and tome for ward with fresh proposal, then we will examine them carefully because our aim is no other than the re establlshment of a lasting genera! peace. But this lasting general peace Is not possible so long as the integ rity of the German empire 'and t be security of her vital inte rests and the dignity of our fatherland tu-e not guaranteed. ! Until thai time, we must quietly stand by eac-t other and wait.: s "As to or purpose, gentlemen, wc are an ne. ( lxud cheetingj. -itegaramg methods and 'moral ities, there may be difference uf c pinion, but let us shelvn all those muerenees. Let us not fig.ht about iormulas, which always fa4U short in the mad course, of world) event., but above the dividing line of party controversies let ut- keep out eyes on one mutual aim th welfare of the fatherland. "Let us ho)d together the govern ment and the nation, and victory will be ours. A good peace will and must come. "od Is With fn." "The German nation Tuars tn an i'dmlrable manner the sufff-rings ami the burdens of a war which now Is in its fourth year. In connection wl:l these, burdens and sufferings I think especially of the sufferings of th small artisans and the lowly paid of ficials, put you all, men and wo- m!H'.5iU ho,d oa and through. With your political knowledge, J ou do not allow yourselves to be fooled by catch phrases. You know how to distinguish betweea the real ities of life and Ihe promises of dreams. .Stfch -a ation rannot go under. God Is with us and will be with ut also In the future."; Loud cheering.) A hT 40H. When a Certain Auatrntlan- mn. tlngent, arrived in Egypt It was no ticed that the discipline of the troops was rather slack.- Oae day an Aota; passed, an officer without aalatlnd. The officer called him back. "Do you konw who I am?" he asked. The Australian replied that he dii not.- j "Well, I am an officer." "Oh, you are?" was the reVly. Wei., you're- got a soft Job, mate. You stick to it." pathetically disposed., as my poiti-tL3he reply of Count fzernin. the -al activity i-hows toward every ide i;i Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, which eliminates for the future a ; t the recent --seeches of President possibility or a . probability of war j Wilson and Premier-Lloyd George M and will promote a peaceful and ha-- j summarized rather folly in a Vienna noniottH collaboration of nations if jspatl'.i received here today, the idea of a bond of nation, as j" Count Czernin. who is quoted 'as suggested by President Wilson ipeaklng before the foreign affair- proves on closer examination really j committee of the Austrian delega to te conceived in a spirit of com-It ion. said he considered it his first plete Justice and impartiality toward ! dty to present a faithful report of all, then the imperial government Is jjne peace negotiations with the gladly ready, when all other pending j Hussians a Brest-Lkovsk to co-re CZERNIN SAYS PATH TO PEACE NOW IS OPENED Optimistic View Held Russian Negotiations Yet Will Succeed - ; j ; ' pI A mjrj REGARDED rKtt rULAHU lriUrtlUCU lllLU r . u . . Austro-Hungarian minister Opposes Exacting Any Indemnities BASEL. Switzerland. Jan. 2",.- late the different . phases of the events 'liich had occiirrfd .previous to them and to draw from them con clusions which were logical and just Ifid. j a replr to those: who found the negotiations too slow. Count Csternin explained the diffi culties attending, them, difficulties of which one could not" even aiye an approximate dea. He dwelt upon the entire difference between the Brest-LItovsk negotiations and any nev!ons known to htstorv. one of the ,-hief differences bein- the publicity given t tn, various nbases o' the neeotlatlcns. he details , of wbkh were daily telegraphed throughout the entire world. - Vo . niwat4ons Wanted. "It is quite nalural in vew of the nervousness, which prevails all ovr Hebe," Count Caernln declared. ; Count czernin to President Wilson "hft they should protltiee the effect. and prenier Lloyd George Is that r.f electric shocks which arltnte nub-- the AmUrlan viewpoint shows signs lie ooinlon. e are In n doubt asof independence and does not follow to the inconvenience of this system. ; the German policy In several respect but nevertheless we are Inclined to , 0n tbe vitaI qucetlon of Belgium the "Russian s-overnment s delre for . the :ernian t hancellor's statement tidclty because we have nothing to u considered so 'Indefinite that it - , , . , . j might be construed to cover. any Count Czernin rrm.h-.slzM b" 1 eourse Germany might think oppor fact that to connter-balanee this ,,. at ,ha n... ,.r ih. nublldty It was neeearv for the public as 'weP s its leaders to rr main clm. The "biislnes would be on'ucted to the end with coolnes. he declared, .and would achieve roo l resu'ts if the peoples of the dual onaehv supported he!r rsnonsl Me deaates at the conferenc. Count Cernln went en n declare j that the basis nf taj? pesroistions be- ( -en Austria-flnogarv sd what h I alluded to a the various recently f-tM Ftuss'at state n reace wlton snevsUo rf Indnltles. U'l shall rot abandon this nro rram. he awntjtncM. "and thos "hn thonht f hon1t aije- r-e" o led n"-!? from th nath which f deterrted uon.are t-d nvchol rtst. While the nan-Germans and tit V"se n the monsrehj! who take 'hem pi rwt i' hrerre'' me with thetr undoubted snnort 1 m cons'dered t-r lb" Who wish wpco at nv nrlc a being In favor -f war. ' Put neither the one ld nr he fh't has ever worried me. Their Insults are, on tKe contrary, my only distractions In these serious times. IHnee Otteht to lteult." "I declare once asain that I de nand not a sous re meter or a '"rentzer from ftussls and that if Russia, as seems the case, adopts the -?rne point of view, peace ought to est, " "Those who wish peaee-at any nrice micht be able tocast doubts upon my loyaUv If I did not tell tht' t to their face with the same categoric frankness that I .hall never agree to conclude a peace exceeding the limits which I have just Indicated- If our Russian Interrogators asked ua to concedeterritorles- and pay Indemnit ies I should continue the war. de spite the desire for ' pence which ! share as much as you, or I should resign if I were unable to make my opinion prevail.' "Once more, it can be rtated that there Is no reason to draw the pes simistic conclusion that the- peace ne gotiations will fail for the commit tees which are conferring are agreed tc the principle of peace without an nexations or Indemnities and onfv new Instructions 'from various Rus sian governments and their disap pearance could ehngethli status." IHfflcutties Are Named. ' . .The mlnlwter ald. the two iwt i-erious difficulties which are the cause of the negotiations not pto ceedlng as quickly as everyone ecu Id' vish, were: That we are not dealln? with on Interrogator, but have to negotiate with various newly creat ed Russian stateswilh Russia. represented by Petrogtad: with fhe rkraltie, with Finland and with th. Caucasus directly and with otheif, who. for the moment are not repre sented "atthe Brest-LItovsk- n-egotla-tions. "With the Ukraine we have al ready advanced far. We came to; an agreement on the baslf of no an nexations and no Indemnities, and j we have already agreed to a great! extent that commercial relation should be resumed. Hut the great difficulty la that the Ukrainian re public has adopted this principle with the understanding that In ne gotiating with us that she ts doing so as an Independent state and with absolute autonomy while the Rus sian delegation, asserts, that whil-f the frontiers of the Ukraine have net been definitely fixed, nssla has a tight to take part In our negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation, a right which the latter does not wish to admit. Poland lft Free. "Kegardhij: ita-j Poland frontier. which up to tbe present has not lK-en exactly filed, we do not !eslre any thing at all from this new state. Th people of Poland must ; freely and without beintr influenced, in any way Kettle IheMr own destiny. J r my i.art lattacb no particular impoi v I" - . . - -. m anew to the form in wutcn tneir voe on this subject is taken but it will lease me all th more if this votf reflects the precise will of the ma- I ioritv of the otople. for I wish for ! Poland a free decision. j "I see In the desire or Palan1 the; only guarantee for lasting harininy. I am .irrevocably of the opinion that the Polish qastion ougth not to do-j lay peace for a day. If, after tiiej conclusion of peace, Poland wishes to come to us we will welcome her i willingly. The Polish; question cat'-; not and will not endanger, peace." Count Czernin said he would will- I ingly have seen lolart?P participating! in the peace, negotiations, for In his' view, Poland was an Independent! ''Hut." he. added, "as the Russian; government did not recognize the! present Polish government as quali-i fled to represent their Country, w;e, j in order not to cause coaflict, did! not Insist. The. .question certainly M1 important, but. is undoubtedly is! more fmpoitant still to remove dif-i ficulties which are calculited to de-' kiy the negotiations. j PEACE NOT NEAR FROM WAR TALKS (Continued from page 1) details of quite another character. The present belief of the official Is that there Is not the slightest probability of compliance bv the Pnlted States and the allies with the final demand of the German chancel lor for the submission by them r new proposals for peace. lfertlinx'M Sieerh "Wnrlike. LONDON, Jan. 23. Chancellor von Hertllng's speech was character ized today by Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, in a statement to the Associated Press as "very war like, certainly not a peace speech." He added that the speech had .been. dictated by Itindenhur and Luden dorff, and contained no declaration of policy regarding P.?lgitini, whlc I he had always looked to as a test or the reality of ny proposals from the other side. The first impression created In London by the summaries of the re plies of -Count von Ilertling and peace ations. Count Czernin'a proposal ! that peace negotiations shall be begun by Austria-Hungary and the United .States on -behalf of the two group of powers is ime which If -received with ma iked Interest. The general result of these speech es, in the view of observers here, -Is that the war problems are now fairly launched Into the field of interna tional debate and that the next ut terance is due to come from the United tSates and the European al lies. 7 AMERICAN SPORT WILL CONTINUE -ENSUING YEAR Leading Amateur and Profes sional; Associations to Keep Up Contests WILSON FAVORS MOVE President Backs Plans of Leading Managers to Hold Up Athletic Standards NRM YORK. Dec. .11 Out of the haze of uncertainty which surround ed Atrnr!c?n.spcrt. following the en try of the nation . into the world war, has come the fixed purpose to continue the pastimes and recreative competitions, so far es its compati ble with a MircesafuS conduct of the eemflict. during the ensuing year. This U the conclusion reached - by a majority of the leading amateur and professional sport governing as sociations of the country, in thl. attitude they have the endorsement and assistance of the leading gov ernment. and service officials, from PreIdent WHsen down to those In charge of the various military and naval cantonments. It has been demonstrated In In numerable ways that rport and ath letlc competition bavt' a permanent and beneficial place In s the 'life of Ametica. The stimulus which come with bodily and mental iip'r.iildlnrf. Incidental to recreative contests, is now being recognized and appre ciated as never before. The need ef it is realized by those who In the past were Inclined to view the per iod devoted to sport and exercise as a waste of time. The sums col lected by sport governing organiza tions for war and charitable pur poses and the Individual efforts and sacrlficc-H . of those prominent, in dividually. 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