Germany Offers to Treat for Peace With the Allies
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VOL., XL VI. NO. 153.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1916. FOURTEEN PAGES. S:.,.','I',,..V X SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS,
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PESSIMISM FELT
IN ENGLAND OVER
TEUTONS' OFFER
Kaiser's Proposals Not Likely
to Bring Immediate Results,
' Is Impression Prevailing
in London.
PAPERS GROW SARCASTIC
News Declares Chancellor's
Declaration in Reichstag
Almost Blasphemous.
FOREIGN OFFICE SILENT
London, Dec. 12. Th; foreign
office today informed the Associated
J'rcss that it is unable to discuss the
German peace until the. terms have
beei. r?cei.cd. Meanwhile the atti
tude iof the itish government to
ward possible peace terms remains
as frequently enunciated by the
former p.emier and fore . secre
tary. N
A general ote ofv pessimism prs
vails in London. One prominent
official expressed himself to the As
sociated Press today as being very
skeptical thrt the proposed terms
would offer 'ven a basis for negotia
tion. -
Note Dramatic Coup.
This official said, however, that the
note was a dramatic coup which
would create interesting develop
ments in the diplomtic-situation and
provide the first official peace over
tures of the war. .
The offer finds the foreign office
upset in the midst of a change of ad
ministration, but as the new foreign
secretary, A. J. Balfour, has kept
most closely in touch - with foreign
affairs while serving in a different dr
partment fn the late government, it
is not expected that it will take long
for hirr. to be as well prepared as Vis
count Grey,, the retiring foreign sec
retary,, to take charge of Great
Britain's tend of any negotiations
which might follow. Germany's offer.
Although if is still a matter of
mere speculation, diplomats believe
the modus operandi would follow the
precedent set by the negotiations
which ended the Spanish-American
. war, when France presented the
Spanish offer through Jules Cambon,
the French ambassador it Washing
ton. No action could be taken, of
course, wtihout full consultation with
Great Britain's allies.
. Much speculation in official circles
as to the possible action of the ReichV
stag today, had hardly prepared them
for an actual offer of peace and the
utmost curiosity was displayed as to
the details of the proposed terms.
Matter of Speculation.
After noon papers which "were on
the street at 6 o'clock contained only
brief bulletins giving the bare facts of
the German chancellor's announce
ment that formal offer for peace had
been made. T5he general impression
was that the German offer was not
likely to bring immediate results, par
ticularly if, as the emperor's pro
nouncement indicated, it was made on
the basis that the central powers are
victorious.
Comment Sarcastic.
Later editions of the evening news
papers comment sarcastically on the
German peace offer. The Evening
News says that inasmuch as the Ger
mans. have obtained their "maximum
of plunder" and as "the avenger in the
shape of Lloyd George is about to in
flict punishment;" Gtrmany now de
sires to make peace.
"The chancellor's declaration is al
most blasphemous," the News con
tinues." After the crushing of the
citizens of Roumania and the deporta
tion of French and Belgians, the
kaiser and chancellor place on the
allies the responsibility for continuing
the war."
Lathrop to Address Public
Affairs Committee of C. C.
John E. Lothrop of the American
City Bureau will address the public
affairs committee of the Commercial
club at noon luncheon today. He will
speak on city planning and the ex
hibit which opens today in the court
, house.
The Weather
For N'ehrnslta Fair.
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Deg.
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Sum a
Compttratlfe lineal Bcord.
1916, 1915. 1914. 1913.
Ihirhfst yesterday 13 33 1,3 5-
Loweet yenlrday 4 28 -it 34
Maen temperature .... 9 30 S 44
Precipitation 02 .00 T. .00
Tempprature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1, :
and compared with the laat two yearn:
Dejr. '
Normal temperature 29
IX'flriency tor the day . , 20
Total oxnem Btnre March 1 392
Normal precipitation 03 inch
lftclency for the day 01 Inch
Total rainfall ainre March 1.. 16.44 Inches
Deficiency bines March 1... ,..12.55 inches
Deficiency cor. period, 1915 1,85 inches
Deficiency eor. period. 1914 S.56 inches
It port from stations at f. p. M.
Sutton and stmts Temp. High-.
or Weather. 1 7 p. m. est.
Lander, part cloudy.... 14 24
Rain
fall. .00
Nona Platte, clear.... 26
Omaha, clear 6 13
Fueltlo, clear 28 3S
Cheyenne, clear 16 22
Davenport, snowing .... 18 20
Denver, snowing ...... 26 28
les Moinea, clear .... 12 18
Imdgfl Cltr, part cloudy 26 28
Nherldan, snowing .... 4 24
Nloux City, clear 12 12
Valenttna, clear 4 12
T tndlratea trace of precipitation.
indicates below xrn.
U A. WELSH, lletsorologliL
HEADS OF KAISER'S WAR MA
CHINE Chief of ten.r.l staff
and first among the leaders of the
great driving columns of the Ger
man army.
V if:
I GEM VON WMDENBUIBG .
TCEN. VON JTAIsKEMHAYX
FARMERS SEEK INFO
OH FEDERAL BANKS
Quiz E. V. Parrish oh Details
of Farm Loan "Bill at
Farmers Congress.
MORTGAGE IS DISCUSSED
The farmers attending the Nebras
ka Farmers' congress wanted to know
a whole lot about the federal farm
loan banks and their operation when
E. V. Parrish, manager of the bureau
of publicity of the Commercial club,
undertook to tell them all the details
of the bill. They wanted to know
what would happen if a farmer ne
gotiated a loan and. then soon afterward-
sold his farm, or rented it out
and moved to town, .since the bill
provides that only resident farmers
may have these loans. They wanted
to know what would happen if a man
got a loan on a half section of ground
and then the following year rented out
half of . it and only personally farmed
a quarter section of it. In fact, they
put a number of vital questions up to
Mr. Parrish, who, although lie had
made a comprehensive study of the
bill and all its provisions, could not
answer for what the board would do
in all of these hypothetical cases. He
told them many of these things
would be discretionary with the local
board of each bank.
Prof. H. Clyde Filley of tlie' Uni
versity of Nebraska, College of Agri
culture, followed with a further dis
cussion of the subfeet, showing a
chart he had prepared, with the state
roughly divided into district's. Prof.
Filley made a survey of the prevailing,
interest charges and commission
charges on farm mortgages in the
various' sections of the state and it
was the result of this survey that he
gave the members.
Charges Are Varied.
He showed that the charges varied
from S.6 per cent interest and one
half of 1 per cent commission in the
southeastern part of the state to a
total of over 10 per cent interest and
commission in the northwestern part
of the state, where, often as much as
3 per cent commission is charged an
nually, so that when the loan is for
five years, this commission amounts
to a total of 15 per cent. In other
words, when a man tries to borrow
$1,000 he gives his note for that
: amount and gets but $850, the commis
sion of 3 per cent for each of five
years or a total of 15 per cent being
deducted to begin with. Thus, he
showed the great need of a federal
money at a cheaper rate to the farm
ers, and with.no commission charge.
W. F. Baxter delivered the address
of welcome in the morning, when the
convention opened at the Hotel Cas
tle. He urged that a community view
point be taken in the consideration of
all big problems in the farmers' or
ganizations, as well as elsewhere. He
declared that the different groups of
men who are now pulling each other's
noses shoull pull together, and de
clared that consistent economic ad
vance is possible only under such a"
condition.
About sixty of the farmers attended
the banquet at the Hotel Castle in
the evening. In former years the Com
mercial club has sometimes enter
tained the delegates at a banquet. Op
position to this practice arose among
some of the farmers, however, who
were reluctant to accept such courte
siees from the club. For that reason
they decided to pay for their own bm-
I quel this year. Labarct and informal
I talks occupied the evening.
GERMANY TRUSTS
POPE WILL AID IN
WORK FOR PEACE
Note Presented by Teuton
Minister to Vatican Says
Kaiser Willing Ho End
War for Humanity's
Sake.
FIGHTING IN SELF DEFENSE
Communication Says Enemies
Unable to Shatter Armies
of Teutons.
SURE OF OWN STRENGTH
Berlin, Dec 13. (By Wireless to
Sayville.) The note presented by Dr.
von Muhlberg, German minister to
the' Vatican,, to. Cardinal. Gasparri,
papal secretary of state, follows:
' "According to instructions received,
I have the honor to send to your emi
nence a copy of the declaration which,
by the good offices of the powers en
trusted with the protection of German
interests in the countries with which
the German empire is in a state of
war, has been transmitted to these
states, and in which the imperial gov
ernment declares itself ready to en-,
ter into peace negotiations. The Ans-tro-Hungarian,
Turkish and Bulgarian
governments also have sent similar
notes."
Reasont Are Manifest.
"The reasons which prompted Ger
many and her allies to take this step
are manifest. For two years and a
half a terrible war has been devos
tating the continent. Unlimited treas
ures of civilization have been de
stroyed. Extensive acres have been
soaked with blood. , Millions of brave
soldiers have fallen in battle and mil
lions have returned home as invalids.
Grief and sorrow fill almost every
house.
"Not only upon the belligerent na
tions but also upon neutrals the de
structive consequences of the gigantic
struggle weigh heavily. Trade and
'commerce, carefully built up in years
of peace, have been depressed. The
best forces of the nations have been
withdrawn from the production of
useful objects.
An Immense War Camp.
"Europe, which formerly was de
vovted to the propagation of religion
and cmlbratiori, "which was trying to'
find solutions for social problems and
was the home of science and art and
all peaceful labor, now resembles an
immense war camp in which the
achievements and works of many
decades are doomed to annihilation.
"Germany is carrying on a war of
defense against her enemies, which
aim at her dstruction. She fights to
assure the integrity of her frontiers
and the liberty of the German nation,
for the right which she claims to de
velop freely her intellectual and eco
nomic energies in peaceful competi
tion and on an equal footing with
other nations.
Iron Wall Impenetrable.
"All the efforts fo her enemies are
unable to shatter the heroic armies
of the Teutonic allies, which protect
the frontiers of their countries,
strengthened by the certainty that the
enemy shall never pierce the iron
wal).
"Those fighting on the front know
that they are supported by the whole
nation, which is inspired by love for
its country and is ready for the great
est sacrifices and determined to de
fend to the last extremity the inher
ited treasure of intellectual and
economic work and the social or
ganization and sacred soil "of the
country.
"Certain of our own strength, but
realizing Europe's sad future if the
war continues; seized with pity in the
face of-the unspeakable' misery of hu
manity, the German empire, in accord
with her allies, solemnly reperats
what the chancellor already has de
clared a year ago, that Germany is
ready to give peace to the world by
setting before the whole world the
question whether or not it is possi
ble to find a basis for an understand
ing. Efforts of Pope.
"Since the first dav of the oontifical
reign, his holiness, the pope, has un
swervingly demonstrated in the most
generous fashion his solicitude for the
innumerable victims of this war. He
has alleviated the suffcrinos and
ameliorated the fate of thousands of
men injured by this catostrophe. In
spired by the exalted ideas of his
ministry, his holiness has seized every
opportunity in the interest of hu
manity to end so sanguinary a war.
"The imperial government is firmlv
confident that the initiative of the four
powers will find fnendlv we bconie
on the part of his holiness and that
the work ot peace can count upon the
precious support of the holy sec.
"If, in spite of this offer of peace
and reconciliation the struggle should
go on, the four allied powers are re
solved to continue to a victorious end,
but they disclaim responsibility for
this before humanity and history. The
imperial government through the
good offices of your excellency, asks
the government of (here is inserted
the name of the neutral power ad
dressed in each instance) to brine this
communication to the knowledge of
tne government ot mere are inserted
the names of the belligerents.)"
Hughes' Plurality in
New York is 118,527
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 12. The ola
rality of Charles E. Hughes over
Woodrow Wilson in New York state
is 118,527, according to figures com
piled by the governors ofnee force
and made public today. The canvass
did not include the vote cast by the
National Guardsmen on the Mexican
border.
Germans Formally Make Offer to Allies;
W'PJ ) Treat for Peace With Enemies;
,,is for Settlement Not
merlin, Dec. 12. Following is the text of the note ad
dressed by Germany and its allies to the hostile governments:
"The most terrific war ever experienced in history has
been raging for the last two years and a half over a large part
of the World a catastrophe which thousands of years of com
mon civilization was unable to
most precious achievements of
shatter nor annihilate our adversaries. In spite of our con
sciousness of our mijitary and economic strength and our readi
ness to continue the war (which has been forced upon us) until
the bitter end, if necessary ; at the same time prompted by the
desire to avoid further bloodshed and make an end to the
atrocities of war, the four allied powers propose to enter forth
with into peace negotiations. 1
"The propositions which they bring forward for such ne
gotiations and which have for their object a guarantee of ex
istence, of the honor anrj. liberty of evolution for their nations,
are, according to their firm belief, an appropriate basis for the
establishment of a lasting peace.
"The four allied powers have been obliged to take up arms
to defend justice and the liberty of national evolution. The
glorious deeds of our armies have in no way altered our pur
pose. We always maintained the firm belief as to our own
rights and justified claims in no way control the rights of these
nations. '
"The spiritual and material progress which were the pride
of Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century are threat
ened with ruin. Germany and its allies, Austria-Hungary, Bul
garia and Turkey, gave proof of their unconquerable strength
in this struggle. They gained gigantic advantages over adver
saries superior in number and war material. Our lines stand
unshaken against attempts made by armies.
"The last attack in the Balkans has been rapidly and vic
toriously overcome. The most recent events have demons
trated that further continuance of war will not result in break
ing the resistance of our forces and the whole situation with
regard to our troops justifies our expectation of further successes."
BARBER AND OTHERS'
BUY WILD HORSES
Tonsorial Artist Says it Would
Have Beeny Easier to
Catch Deer.
TO HTJKP.Y CASE ALONG
H. B. Halverson, Hettinger, N. D,
was too smarf a business man to pass
up a good trade. So when he had the
opportunity of swapping his half sec
tion of North Dakota land, which was
slightly incumbered, for wild horses
that could easily be realized upon, he
made the trade. As a result he told
the "wild horse" jury that he had
just about dropped $3,300 in the
transaction.
"I was to get 200 head of horses
for my land," he said. "One hundred
for my quarter section in Adams
county, North Dakota, and the other
100 for a quarter section of land in
Perry county of the same state."
The North Dakota man said that
he made the first deal with B. C.
Gullickson of Minneapolis, Minn., and
the other through A. O. Perry of this
city.
"When I went to Arizon for my
horses, I was unable to 'get one to
catch them for me," he testified.
Offer Cowboys Jobs.
"I offered expert cowboys as high
as $30 a head to gather the animals,
which 1 had been assured bj Mr
l'erry and Gullickson would be a
comparatively easy thing to do, but
they all told me that they wouldn't
undertake to catch the wild horses
for any price."
When asked if he had made any ef
fort to get back his property he said
that he had written to A. O. Perry
of this city and received the following
letter in return:
"Yours just received asking for to
state my experience with J. S. Smith.
Will say in reply you ask too much.
I would have to employ a stenog
rapher at a cost of at least $25 to get
it all wrote up. My advice to you is
to find another fellow like yourself
and trade your horses to him. Smith
has the horses, but you can'v get any
thing out of Smith; others have tried
it and failed. Just keep quiet, tell no
one your troubles, and get to trading.
That is what 1 done and come out all
right. "A. O. PERRY."
He told the jury that lie never got
anything in return for bis properly
except his trouble and expense of
trying to get his animals.
Barber Takes Stand.
W. W. Middleton, barber of Kan
sas City, Kan., told of going to Ari
zonc with his brother, 11. L. Middle
ton, in quest of the imaginary horses.
"Did" you see any horses?" hi was
asked.
"Not many." ,
"What else dfd you seer"
"Some deer."
"Did you catch any of the horses?"
"No it would have been much
easier to catch the deer."
J. S. White, Grinncll, la., called
upon to testify said that he traded a
half section of Canada land and a
eighty-acre farm in Shannon county,
Missouri, for 200 wild animals. He
told of his coming to Omaha and
meeting J. S. Smith, E. O. Amos and
E. C. Hodder in the office of the
United States Land and Investment
Company and how they misrepre
sented the animals to him.
Picture Were Fine,
"They showed me fine pictures and
said that the atlimals would at least
weigh from 900 pounds up," be tes
tified. He got his bills of sale, but not his
horses, he said.
On cross examination he admitted
that he tried to-sej1 the bills of sale
I (('onttnurd vn rse Kitten, Column Five.)
prevent and which, injures the
humanity. Our aims are not to
Peace Terms Would
, Restore Status Quo
Washington, Dec. 12. Advices
from Berlin to the German em
bassy indicate that Germany's
peace terms in general measure
propose the restoration of the
status quo before the war, with the
exception of the establishment of
independent kingdoms of Poland
and Lithuania. "
. -Tey tra undersood to propose
the complete restoration of the oc
cupied portion! of Belgium and
France in return for Germany's
captured colonies and to dispose
of the Balkan situation, because of
its extremely complicated nature,
in the peace conference. .
PROFFER OF PEACE
UPSETSJARKETS
Wheat, Corn and Leading Mu
nition and War Supply Is
sues Drop Many Points.
COTTON PRICES HIGHER
Chicago, Dec. 12. Wheat on the
Chicago Board, of Trade on receipt
of the news f the proposals for
peace of Gerni..n and its allies broke
over 8 cents. May wheat sold last
night at l.7SA. Within fif
teen minutes aftei the opening today
the price touched $1.66.
The extreme drop was to $1.66
for the May delivery, a loss of 8
cents as compared with yesterday's
finish. At this point buyers took
hold with vigor r.nd a rally to $1.68
for Mav ensued. Trading was on a
huge scale.
During the last fifteen minutes of
the session wheat for May delivery
broke to $1.64, a drop of V cents a
bushel in twenty-four houri. De
cember touched $1.5314, a fall of
11J4 cents. The close was wild,
10 cents under yesterday's finish,
with May at $1.65J41.65W and July
at $1.42f41.43
May corn dropped to 90 cents,
a loss of 2'A cents compared with
closing prices of yesterday. May
oats similarly sold off VA cents to
54 cents. January lard, the index of
the provisions market, alter selling at
$15.60, advanced to $15.90 on the
peace proposals. (
Stocks Take Big Drop.
New York, Pec. 12. The stock
market became immediately unset
tled today on the receipt of the news
of the Teutonic peace proposals. Mu
nitions and shares ot other com
panies which have profited by the
war were most affected, Bethlehem
Steel dropping twenty-six points.
United States Steel fell 3 points
and other prominent industrials yield
ed as much. J ratling became lever -
slily active on the decline and urgent
iinmuaiiun was in cviucuii. , war not Ic make a separate peace.
The selling embraced practically , Tile- rtcct jh, o( ,he Astrian em.
every issue m that class of specialties l)crnri .-rancjs Joseph, and the suc
which have been strongest and most ccssion 0f ji? Charles to the throne
active recently. While the market :0f ,,e dua monarchy, also was dis
wal not demoralized ill the first pc- ;c,,ss,(t a5 olle f thc considerations
riod of heavy
selling, support was
n the investment is-
evident only i
sues.
Cotton Market Rises.
New York, Dec. 12. The an
nouncement of German peace pro
posals served to stop the decline of
the cotton market here this morn
ing, prices advancing from the open
ing of 18.18 cents for May to 18.50
cents, or about $3.50 a bale above the
low level of yesterday afternoon.
Fully Declared
HE SENDS PEACE NOTE TO
ENEMIES
VON BETHMAN-HO LLW EG.
U. S. OFHCIALS
MUCH INTERESTED
Secretary Lansing Declines to
Comment On Situation Till
Proposal is Received. .
WILL THEN ACT PROMPTLY
Washington, Dec. 12. News that
Germany and the allies were about tc
enter on peace negotiations was im
mediately sent to President Wilson,
Speaking for the president, Secretary
Tumulty said he was C eply inter
ested, but could make no comment, at
least until it wns learned what recep
tion the proposal received from the
entente allies.
The State department received its
first information of Germany's pro
posal through Jjie Associated Press
dispatches from which officials as
sumed that the officers of the neutrals
addressed are asked only to transmit
the proposals. This will be done so
far as the United States is con
cerned, promptly on receipt of the
official dispatches in Washington.
They will be forwarded to all the en
tente countries wheqe the United
Statesrepresent the central powers
diplomatically.
Whether the United States would
accompany the transmission with any
comment or suggestion, it was in
dicated depends entirely upon the na
ture of the proposal and whether it is
considered likely of consideration. If
the offer is deemed one on which all
sides might negotiate, the United
States probably would urge that it be
taken up.
Motive Back of Move?
The foreign .embassies and legations
received their first information of the
event through Associated Press dis
patches. On every hand the discus
sion turned to what had loved Ger
many and its allies to make their pro
posals at this time. Although for
many weeks there have been persis
tent and officially denied reports that
some peace proposal was about to
be made by President Wilson, there
was no open indication that the cen
tral powers themstlves were about to
make one. Generally the announce
ment came as a distinct surprise
through official and diplomatic cir
cles.
One prevailing opinion was that the
Germanic allies had brought out their
peace offer .t this time with the ex'
nectation of making terms which
might be acceptable to the allies of
England, and in effect might possibly
cause the Uritish government to yield
to the . pressure of the nations fighting
with it. In this connection the recent
crisis in Russia, ill which the Duma
interfered to prevent the negotiations
f a separate peace with Germany was
recalled as an indication of what the
German -foreign office might be look
ing forward to in peace negotiations.
It has been generally acknowledged
in entente circles that efforts would
; be made by Germany, to conclude
peace separately witn its enemies, Dut
so far all the .entente nations have
1 r.jtCrated their intention to adhere
to ln(.jr agreement made early in the
hich might have been a factor
bringing out peace proposals at this
time.
The United States represents Aus
tria and Germany in Belgium, France,
Great Britain, Japan, Russia, Serbia
and Roumania; represents Turkey in
France, Great Britain and Japan;
has taken over Bulgarian interests no
where, and does not represent any of
thc belligerent governments in Italy,
Portugal or Montenegro.
'i
GERMAN EMPIRE
SUGGESTS PEACE
IARLEYSTO FOES
Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg Gives Note to Neu
tral Diplomats for Trans- v
mission to Nations. V
TEUTONS UNCONQUERABLE
"Prime Minister Asserts Forces
of Central States Every
where Standing Firm. ,
QUESTION UP TO ENEMY
Berlin, Dec. 12. (By Wireless-to
Sayville.) Germany and its allies to
day proposed to enter forthwith into (
peace negotiations.
The propositions which they wilt'
bring forward are, according to Chan-,
cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, appro-
priate for the establishment of last
ing peace. '
The Austrian, Turkish and Bulgar
ian governments areXmaking similar
proposals. These proposals also have '
been transmitted to the Vatican. V
The following announcement, was
given oilt today by the semi-official
Overseas News agency;
"The chancellor, this morning re
ceived one after another of the repre
sentatives of the' United States ofi
America and Spain, and Switzreland;,
that is, of the states protecting Ger,
man interests in, hostile foreign
countries. The' chancellor trans
mitted to them a note and asked them
to bring it to the knowledge of the
hostile governments. A'iit note will
be read today in the Reichstag by the
chancellor.
"In the note the four allied- (cen
tral) powers propose to enter forth- ,
witn on peace negotiations. The prop
ositions .which they bring for such
nesotiations are according to their
firm belief appropriate for the estab- '
lishment of a lasting peace. , . , ,
"The governments at Vienna, Con
stantinople and Cofia transmitted
identical notes and also communi
cated with the . Holy See and all neu-
tral powers." r . . ,
. i Speech of Chancellor.
Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl-wg'l
speech is reported by the Over-' "
seas News agency as follows:
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
today announced to the Reichstag
that Germany, together with its al
lies, "conscious of their responsibility s
before God, before their own nations,
before humanity," had proposed this
morning to the hostile power to en
ter on peace negotiations.
Practically all the members of Par- .
liament answered the unexpected
summons. . The crowded house and
thronged galleries listened in atten
tive silence when the chancellor rose
for his speech. ,
The chancellor first outlined the '
extraordinary political situation and
then, insisting upon the achievements
of the central powers, made an an
nouncement which possibly may be
the turning point in the war, which
for more than two years has held
the world under its spell. The chin- -cellor
said: -.
"The Reichstag had not been ad
journed for a long period, but, for-,
tunately, it was left to the discre
tion of the president as to the, day
oi the next meeting. This decision '
was caused by the hope that soon
happy events in the field would bei
recorded, a hope fulfilled quicker al-
cnos( than expected. I shall be brief, ;
lor actions speax tor tnemsetves.
The chancellor said Roumania had
entered the war in order to roll up
the German positions in the east and
those of Germany's allies. At the
same time the grand Offensive on the
Somme had as its object to pierce the
German western front and the re
newed Italian attacks were intended
to paralyze Austria-Hungary.
Praises God and Troops. "
"The situation was serious," the
chancellor continued. "But with
God's help our troops shaped condi
tions so as to give us security which
not only is complete, but still more
so than ever before. The western '
front stands. Not only does it stand,
but in spite of the Roumanian cam
paign it is fitted out with larger re
serves of men and material than it
bad before. The most effective pre
cautions' have been taken against all
Italian diversions. And while on the
'Somme and on the Carso the drum
fire resounded while the Russians
launched troops against the eastern
frontier of Transylvania, Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg captured the
whole of western Wallachia and the
hostile capital of Bucharest, leading
with unparallel. genius the troops
that in competition with all the allies
(Contlnned on Pfe Two, Column Ona.)
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