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Show THE MISER IS NOT M N OF WAR Baron Speck Von Stern- burg Says Current lmr press. on Is Wrong. CHICAGO, Nov. 6. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington. D. C, says: In the present tense condition of affairs af-fairs in Europe, the statement made yesterday by Baron Speck von Stern-burg. Stern-burg. Embassador of Germany' to this country, who has Just returned directly direct-ly from Berlin, where he had opportunity oppor-tunity to discups international questions ques-tions with Emperor William, Is Important, Import-ant, i "The world has regarded- Emperor William as a man of wafT I tell you he's a man of peace. He always hus observed and is closely oYiervlng the traditions established by his grandfather, grand-father, the great Frederick Wilhelm, and those traditions call for the peaceful peace-ful development of Germany and in In-' ternational affairs adherence to those principles which are based upon the law of nations. "The Emperor seeks to preserve, not to destroy, to build up. not to demolish: He has no wish to acquire additional territory but to maintain the status quo and develop the people. Take for example Morocco. He1 never has sought to grab territory there, but on the contrary con-trary wishes the integrity of that empire em-pire to be preserved and the peopu? developed de-veloped through kthe Improvement of their government. -.',.'.'. "The best answer to those who assert, as-sert, that the Emperor is a man of war '.8 found in the fact thrt durjng the sixteen six-teen years of his reign Germany has not engaged in -a single combat. All other nations have had wars, including the United States, and yet, I don't believe be-lieve vy other nation has been placed during the reign of his Majesty in a more awkward or even as trying positions." posi-tions." - |