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Show 1 PEACE IS IN SIGHT NOW London, Sept. 30, 1:30 a. m. All the morning newspapers devote a major ma-jor part of their editorial space to a discussion of the speech of Imperial Chancellor von Bethmanu-Hollweg in the reichstag, contrasting its mild tone with former utterances. The editorials ed-itorials all assert that, aside from the attacks on England, the chancellor said little that was new and perhaps dfsappolnted those who expected him to make more extended peace overtures. over-tures. "It is perfectly clear," says the Daily News, "that Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg's Bethmann-Hollweg's speech was dictated far more by the exigencies of the political poli-tical situation in Germany than by anything that is happening outside. What the chancellor is concerned about throughout the speech is, primarily, pri-marily, to re-establish his own shaken shak-en authority and. secondarily, to raise the spirit of the nation to meet the storm breaking over it." The Graphic says that the dominating dominat-ing note was the old story of hatred for Great Britain, and continues: "This is the only possible comfort for the disillusioned German people. For ourselves, we only have to note with interest the declaration that Germany Ger-many is ready for peace. We aro not." |