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Show GERMAN ANSWER I Can Be No Peace on Basis of, jfl Destruction of Prussian fl Military Power. IH ENEMY MUST BEAR GUILT I Emperors Recounts Victories of Year and Is Filled With IH Gratitude to Army and M Nation. M Berlin, April 5, wireless to Sayvillo. H Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg H indicated in his speech, today that jH any suggestions of peace on the basis jH of destruction of Prussian military H power would make possible only one H answer the German sword. H Tho chancellor stated that, If Ger- H many's adversaries desired to con H tinue the slaughter of men and devas H tation of Europe, the guilt would be H thelr's and that Germany would have H "to stand it as men." H The chancellor turned to the sub- H ject of eventual conditions of peace, H after a brief reference to the en- H trance of Portugal into the war. He H pointed out that In his speech of Sep- jH tember 9 he had declared readiness jH to enter Into discussion of peace but H that then, as now, Germany's enemlea H declined. IH Cannot Consider Lobs of Power. IH "Let us suppose I suggest to Mr. IH Asquith to sit down with me at a H table and examine the possibilities of H peace," he continued, "and Mr. As- H qulth. begins with a claim of the def- jH nite and complete destruction of IH Prussia's military power. The con- H versatlon would be ended before it H begun. To these peace conditions H only ono answer would be left and H this answer our sword must give. H "If our adversaries want to con- H tinue the slaughtor of human beings H and the devastation of Europe, theirs H will be the guilt and we shall have H to stand It as men." H The chancellor introduced a per- H sonal touch In the course of his H speech when he said: H Reviews Year's Changes. H "When I was last at headquarters I H stood with the emperor at a place to H which I had accompanied him one H year previously. The emperor remem- H bered this and .deeply moved, pointed h out the enormous changes that had H taken placo since that time. Then H Russians were on tho ridge of the H Carpathians. At Gorllce we had just H begun to break through tho enemy's H lines and Hindenburg's powerful of- H fenslvo had just been started. Now H we are deep In Russia. H "The British and French at that H time had attacked Galllpoll and wore H hoping to arouse the Balkans against H us. Now the Bulgarians stand firmly H on our side. Then we were engaged H in the defensive Champagne battle H and now, at the emperor's word, re- IH sound the cannon in the Verdun bat- H tie. Deep gratitude to God, to the H army and to the nation filled the em- H peror's heart." H |