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Show VON HERTLING IS HOPEFUL OF PEACE WITH RUSSIANS AMSTERDAM, dan. 24. fount von Hertllrm, the imperial German chancellor chancel-lor addressed the main commit lee ol the relchstag today. The chancellor opened his address with a reference to his last speech Iwfore the committee January 3. when he said the country was conlronted with the incident which had occurred at Erest-Litovsk. 'T then expressed an opinion. the chancellor said, 'that we should wait a ettleineni of this incident wit.ii all equanimity. The facts have justified me. Inasmuch as the, Russian delegation has arrived at Brest-Lito sk and the negotiations nego-tiations have been resumed. "Thev are slowly progressing, but are extraordinarily diflicult. 1 pointed out. on the former occasion the circumstances causing tills diflicult y. Doubt often arose, Indeed, whether the Russian delegation was in earnest with their peace negotiations. negotia-tions. All kinds of wireless messages which were traversing the v. orlil with their highly strange coments might strengthen this doubl. Ncvei'tnejeFs. 1 hold fast to the hope that wc shriU arrive at a goe-1 onclusdon with 1be Russian delegation at Ere.t -Litovsk.'' |