Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-02 | Page 2 | Hard Times Ahead of Germany, Says Emperor William

HARD TIMES AHEAD OF GERMANY, SAYS EMPEROR WILLIAM BERLIN', Aug. 1, 11:40 a. m. Emperor William today sent a message to Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the imperial chancellor, chancel-lor, in which he said: Still hard times are ahead. After the terrible storm of two years of war, a desire for sunshine and peace is stirring in all human hearts, but the war continues because the battle-cry battle-cry of the enemy governments is still the destruction of Germany. Blame for further bloodshed falls only on our enemies. The firm confidence has never left me that Germany is invincible. in-vincible. In spite of the superior numbers num-bers of our enemies, and evey day confirms this anew. Germany knows she Is fighting for her existence. She knows her strength and she relies on God's help. Therefore, There-fore, nothing can shake her determination deter-mination or her assurance. We shall bring this struggle- to such an end that our empire will be protected against future attack and that a free field will be assured for the peaceful development de-velopment of German genius and lahor. We shall live free, secure and strong 1 among the nations of the world. This right nobody shall or will snatch from ! us. I ask you to make this mani-j mani-j festo public.