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Show i GERMANY NOT f I HIT 0, S, ml' jj Imperial Chancellor Vigorously Vigorous-ly Protests Against Report That Aggression Now, or J in Future Is Contem- ;' plated. ! Berlin, April 5, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl- i weg protested vigorously in tne reim- stag today against the report that Germany now or in the future con- templated aggression against the j United States. I In his speech which was the most 1 comprehensive he has made since the war began, the chancellor said: "The latest offspring of the calum-j: calum-j: niating campaign directed against us r is a report that we, after the end i of this war, shall rush against the 1 American continent and that we shall attempt to conquer Canada. j Silliest Story of All. i "This is the silliest of all the im putations invented against us. Equal- ly silly are the reports that we con template the acquisition of any terrl-f terrl-f tory on American soil as in Brazil or k in any American country whatsoever. i "We fight for our existence and for i our future. For Germany, and not for space in a foreign . country, are Germany's sons bleeding and dying on the battlefield. "Everyone among us knows this ' and it makes our hearts and nerves strong. This moial force strengthens strength-ens our will in order not only to j; weather the storm, but also to I achieve final victory " |