The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1918, Page 8

—) VON HERTLING AGREES, ONLY TO DISAGREE. wil possibly give rise to difficulties, but these diffcultiés will be overcome, “With regard to Rumania, too, the guiding principle will be that we must, and desire to convert into friends the states with which on the basis of the success of our army we now conclude Talks on Poland. “I will say a word regarding Poland, in behalf of whom the entente and President Wilson have recently ap- German Chancellor Makes Contra-| Peared specially to interest them- dictory Speech Showing Deceit selves, as a well known country liber- ated from oppressive dependence on Czarist Russia by the united forces of Germany and Austria-Hungary, for the purpose of establishing an inde-| pendent state, which, in unrestricted OLD IDEAS ARE HIDDEN development of its national culture, shall at the same time become a pillar Amsterdam, Feb. 27.—Following is| f peace in Europe.” a formal report of Chancellor Von Hertling’s speech Monday in the} tionally assented to. wonders that the president of the Un- ited States considered it necessary to emphasize it anew, This clause con- tains a polemic against conditions long vanished, views against cabinet politics and cabinet wars, against mix- reichstag: “after a few preliminary remarks by Dr. Hermann S. Paasche, vice pres- ident of the reichstag, and the first reading of the ‘budget, Count Von Hertling arose and said, ‘This clause, too can be uncondi- Indeed, one “The réichstag has a right to re-| ing state teritory and princely and ceive an explanatory statement in re-| private property, which belong to a Bard to the foreign situation and the| past that is far behind us, attitude of the government concern- ing it. 1 will meet the obligation aris- “I do But Wilson’s Wrong. not want to be discourteous, ing therefrom, even though I enter-| but when one remembers the earlier tain certain doubts as to the utility) utterances of President Wilson, one and success of dialogues carried on by! might think that he is laboring under ministers and statesmen of belliger-| the illusion that there exists in Ger- ent countries. “Nobody Understands Me!” many an antagonism between an auto- cratic government and a mass of peo- Mr. Runciman in the house of com-| pig without rights. Vox Populi Noiseless. mons recently expressed the opinion that we would get much nearer peace ‘And y et President Wilson knows— it instead of this, responsible repre- as, at any rate the German edition of sentatives of the belligerent powers would come together in an intimate meeting for discussion. ‘1 can only agree with him that that would be the way to remove numerous inten- tional and unintentional misunder- standings and compel our enemies to take our words as they are meant, and on their part also to show their colors. I cannot, at any rate discover that the words which I spoke here on two occasions were received in hos- his book on the state proves: political literature, and he knows, therefore, that with us, princes and governments are the highest members of the nation as a whole, organized in the form of a state, the highest mem- bers, with whom the final decision lies, But, seeing that they also, as the supreme organs, belong to the whole, the decision is of such a nature that only the welfare of, the whole is the erman tile countries objectively and without | guiding line for a decision to be taken. prejudice, ‘Moreover, discussion in an| It may be useful expressly to point intimate gathering alone could lead to| this out to President Wilson's country- understanding on many individual} men. questions which can really be settled only by compromise. Wants “Knee to Knee” Talk New Method Needed “Now, in the fourth clause, he de- mands that, all well defined national “It has been repeatedly said that] aspirations shall be accorded the ut- we do not contemplate retaining Bel-| most satisfaction that can be accorded gium, but that we must be safeguard-| them without introducing new or per- ed from the danger of a country with} petuating old elements of discord and which we desire after the war to live! antagonism that would be likely in in peace and friendship, becoming the/ time to break the peace of Europe and, object or the jumping off ground of; consequently, of the world. Here, al- enemy machinations.) If, therefore, a so, I can give asent in principle, and Proposal came from the opposing side,| { declare, therefore, with President for example, from the government in| Wilson, that a general peace on such ‘Havre, we should not adopt an an-| a basis is discussable. tagonistic attitude, even though the discussion at first might only be un- ‘binding. So It’s All Wrong. | “Only one reservation is to be made. These principles must not be proposed Meanwhile it does not appear as if) 1. the president of the United States Mr. Runciman’s suggestion has aj chance of assuming tangible shape,| and I must adhere to the existing| methods of dialogue across the chan- nel and ocean, Wilson’s: Method Talked “Adopting this method, I readily ad-! alone, but they must also be recog- nized by al states and nations. Presi- dent Wilson, who reproaches the Ger- man chancellor with a certain amount of backwardness, seems to me in his flight of ideas to have huried far in mit that President Wilson's message | 4dvance of existing realities.” of February 11 represents, perhaps, a! Two e: xtracts from Chancellor: Von small step toward a mutual reap-| Hertling’s reichstag speech follow: proachment. I therefore pass over| the preliminary and excessively long exchange of views. Ma, jority’s Wrong, He Says “But that aim has not yet been declarations in order to address my-| reached. There does not yet exist a self immediately to the four princi-| court of arbitration set up by all na- ples, which, in President Wilson’s| tions for the’ safeguarding of peace opinion, must be applied in a mutual] in the name of justice. When Presi- dent Wilson incidentally says that the “The first clause says that each| German chancellor is speaking to the part of the final settlement must be/ court of the entire world, 1 must, as based upon the essential justice of} things stand today, in the name of the that particular case and upon such/ German empire and her allies, decline adjustments as are most likely to! this court as prejudiced, joyfully as I bring a peace that will be permanent.) would greet it, if an impartial court of He Agrees— | arbitration existed and gladly as | “Who would contradict this? The| would co-operate to realize such phrase coined by the Great Father of | ideals. the church, Augustin, fifteen hundred | years sgo—‘justitia regnorum’—is still valid today. Cer-| tain it is that only peace based in all| its parts on the principles of justice ‘has a prospect of endurance — “The second clause expresses the| desire that peoples and provinces| erignty to sovereignty as if they were mere chattels and pawns in a game, even the great game, now forever dis- credited, of the balance of power. Advance to Protect Gains. i _ “After the breaking off of peace neg- against the disturbances carried out by the Bolsheviki. Not to Govern Esthonia. fundamentum F ARMLOAN BANK HOLDING UP OUR LOANS ON LIEN shall not be bartered about from sov-| President of Farmers’ Union Calls on Attorney General to In- vestigate Charges that the federal farm loan otiations by the Russian delegation onj bank at St. Paul is refusing to loan February 10 we had a free hand as|money to North Dakota farmers be- against Russia, The sole aim of the| cause the seed and feed bonding act advance of our troops, which was be-| provides that these bonds shall con- gun seven days after the rupture, was/ stitute a first lein on the land and to safeguard the fruits of our peace| its products were filed with Assistant with Ukraine. Aims of conquest were| Attorney General Daniel V. Brennan in no way a determining factor, We! Tuesday, by R. J. Montgomery of Tap- are strengthened in this by the Uk-|pen, president of the North Dakota raines’ appeal for support in bringing | Farmers’ ‘Educational and Cooperative about order in their young state! union. “T hav ® positive evidence that our loans are being held up because the farm loan officials construe this seed “We do not intend to establish our-|2Nd feed bonding act to jeopardize selves, for example, in Esthonia or, their security,” said President (Mont- Livonia. In Courland and Lithuania | 80Mery. our chief object is to create organs of} “Our farmers are being de- |nied federal loans at the very time self determination and self adminis-| ¥en they are most in need of mon- tration, Our military action, however, |e¥:, 1 4 has produced a success far exceeding the original aim. Delegates to Brest-Litovsk ‘News was received yesterday that Petrograd had accepted our conditions and sent its representatives to Brest- Litovsk for further negotiations. Ac- cordingly our delegates traveled thith- feed bonding provision giving these bonds a first lein on the land of a farmer who procures seed on coun- ty warrants has been properly inter- preted by the federal and loan banks. Even if such tein should take preced- ence over the federal farm loan, the amount which each farmer will bor- row for seed is so small in compari- lo not believe the seed and er last evening. It is possible that son that it should not bar him from there will still be dispute about the details, but the main thing has been Peace Through Sword. federal assistance.” Mr. Montgomery has asked Assist- achieved. The will to peace has been ant Attorney General Brennan to pre- expressly announced from the Russian side, while the conditions have been Reet aad ee saEaEhe tates ine accepted and the conclusion of peace| with the farm loan bank at St. Paul must ensue within a very short time.|t yerify charges which have come =“To safeguard the fruits of our| union. peace with Ukraine, our army com- mand drew the sworg. Peace with Rus- sia will be the happy result. See at ee SPANISH SHIP peared necessary that Secretary Von Kuehlmann should be present there during the op ee ad the foun- dations were | ‘Now,: however, he|. will presumably soon go to Brest-Lit- to the president of the Farmers’ IS TORPEDOED Madrid, Feb. 27—A dispatch from Bilbao says the Spanish steamer Neg- uri has been sunk by a submarine. Her crew was landed on Ferro Island, the one of the canary group. — ‘oni TT Over The German imperial TETE-A-TETE OF POWERS, IS PROPOSAL Speech of Chancellor Indicates Desire to Talk Things HERTLING WANTS A REPLY) | ist asagsing are, nevertheless, continu- Temporarily Victorious in Russia, Germany Asks Allies to - Show Their Hand (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) chancellor again has told the reichstag that a géneral peace is possible of discussion on the basis of the four essential prin- ciples laid down some time ago by conquered territory in Courland, Esth- | out the soreness and pain. President Wilson in‘an address to con- however, the usual qualifications were entwined amid his utterances, leaving the suspicion that the central powers, if they are desirous of peace, still have their old ideals of a victorious peace to the fore. , No Arbitration Court Conditional upon the acceptance even of the principles of President Wilson was the declaration by Chan- cellor Von Hertling that -they. must not only be proposed ‘by the president, jalistic was reiterated by the chan- cellor. ‘Other Voices” in England. timent of the people of Great Britain It is hoped these voices will multiply.” Germany ‘Generous” As a whole the chancellor's address was devoid of rancor, the speaker} seemingly having as his purpose to paint a picture to those at home who are dissatisfied with the war in gen- eral and the resumption of hostilities against Russia, how generous Ger- many is inclined to be. To this end he went to the point of declaring that Germany had not desired ‘to retain onia, Lithuania and Livonia within her grasp. In fact the broad assertion was made that Germany’s present opera- tions in Russia were being carried out solely to secure the fruits of the peace she had signed with the Ukraine. Invasion Goes On. Meanwhile, although the ‘Russians have accepted Germany's proposals for peace, the Germans are continuing their inroads both into Great and Little Russia. In the north some op. position is being placed in ‘the path of the invaders, but evidently the pres- sure has not yet been sufficient to stay the progress of the enemy. Consider able fighting has taken place around the town of Pskov, which, according to. latest advices, has changed: hands several times. In Volhynia the town of Kolenkowitz has been captured after some fighting, and according to the Berlin official communication bands of the Bolsheviki in Ukraine have been put to flight by the Ger- mans. Bolshevini Want Defense. An official proclamation issued in Petrograd calls upon the people to rally to the cause of Russia if the Bolsheviki government is to be saved, A call also has been issued to the people of the capital to come out and aid in the digging of defensive trench- He an the general arming of the cap- ital. U. S. Embassy to Leave Realizing the seriousness of the sit- uation, the American ambassador and his staff made preparations Monday to quit Petrograd with the Chinese and Japanese diplomats, who were arrang- ing to depart. The ambassador in- formed the state department at Wash- ington that the German army then A RAW, SORE THROAT Eases Quickly When You Apply a Little Musterole. And Musterole won't blister like the old-fashioned mustard plaster. Just spread it on with your fingers. It penc- trates to the sore spot with a gentle tingle, loosens the congestion and draws Musterole is a clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard. 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Bree eee abial adaiticat peasants wish to. retain power and the power,‘of the ‘Soviets you must. fight these. hordes, who now are seeking to devour‘you to your last gasp, Workers and ‘all.oppressed men and womed; you mist ‘swell the ranks: of the red battalions, ‘To arms, all of you, that the struggle. may only cease with’ your list breath.” but actually be recognized by alli tormally. refused: to grant on armis- states and all peoples. In addition | tice, wa German;. detachments’ con- there was no court of arbitration in| tinue ‘to advanre’ says an official| which Germany could place her trust, /statempnt issued: Tuesday. Resistance he said. The old accusation that! thus pecomesithe.principal task of the Great Britain’s war aims are imper-| peyojution. i atch to the Exchange Telegraph com- ’ As if endeavoring to divide the sen- aay ated Monday ses: the spokesman for the German govern-| yance‘4s growingyis shown by the re- ment declared that the world is long-| norts 6, fighting which continues in ing for peace, but that the govern-/ the yieinity of Pskov. :This town has ment of countries enemy to Germany| changéd hands’ several times.. The | were inflaming the passion for war.| Germaf;; detachments.which first en: “There are,” he added dramatically,| tered Pskov were very small, but they “other voices to be heard in England.| have siice- been ‘relitforced. Germans are 'm was 0 eight. orale a , On ‘the’ various battle fronts opera- tions stmilar. to, those that haye’ been in progress: for’ several weeks .con- sectormorthwest of Toul are under a heavyiiGerman artillery fire, but: they are answering the enemy guns. with emy’s}front line trenches, battery posi- tions and wiré entanglements. Petrograd, Feb, 2: An official pro- clamation issued today, calling upon the people to defend the capital ‘says: Monarchy Being Restored. , “In gpite of fact that ‘the gov- ernment has accepted the peace con- Austrian governments, the imperial- ing their monstrous advance into. the inner part of Rissia., The cursed min- fons of William and the German Kale- dines, together with the white guards, are advancing‘@gtfn and shooting the soviets, reconstituting the power of. the landlords, ‘bankers and capitalists and preparing for the restoration of the monarchy. , Crisis Approaches. ‘The, revolution {gs {n peril. A mortal blow will:be struck against Red.Petro- If you, workers, soldiers: and “The decisivg hour has struck. ¥ Huns Deny Armistice Petrograd, Feb. 27.—“Germany. has éRussians “Are Fighting. London, Feb..27.—The municipality That resistance. tothe German ad- There’ is a -genbral: belief that ‘the Oe SE LY ey uw. 1 hours march from Pet-} ity spirit “and effectively shelling the en-| ditions. imposed by. the German and| because supplies of ammud tion worth | centrated in the neighborhood * of | Pskov. armies are now every where resisting |.. ; the invaders, At Narva, the garrison and workmen have formed an army of| | ten thousand and gone to Reval. There tributed. | London, Feb., 26.—The municipality. | of Re-al captured Monday by the Ger- mans has published a manifesto de- |-claring the independenct of Esthonia, acording to an exchange telegraph dis- patch from Petrograd. 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