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Show Will Increase Distrust. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 26. "Chancellor von Hertling's speech would have been an act for the deliverance of the world if it had shown clearly that no egotistical afterthought in regard to domination was hidden behind the German desire for peace," says the Socialist newspaper, Vorwaerts of Berlin. "This it has not done. Some parts of the speech will increase in-crease our opponents' distrust of the sincerity sin-cerity of the German declarations. "This is. especially the case regarding the passages referring to Poland and Belgium. Bel-gium. To the journalist of the average ability it is a mere trifle to interpret the chancellor's words as a concession to the annexationists or as a manifestation on the part of a lover of peace. In this respect re-spect it is a masterpiece, but we are fed up with such masterpieces and would like to see clearly." |