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Show GERMAN SOCIALISTS DEMAND REPUBLIC LED E BOU R TELLS REICHSTAG REVOLUTION WILL TAKE PLACE UNLESS DEMANDS ARE MET. German Chancellor Bluntly Refuses to Enter Into Discussion of Germany's War Aims as Demanded by the Socialists. Berlin Tlie socialist lender, Oeorga Ledobour, declared In the reichstag on May lo that It was Impossible for Germany Ger-many to win a war of subjugation, and expressed the conviction that a revolution revolu-tion must happen In Germany as It had happened In Uussla. "We Khali propose a conBtltutlonal committee," he .said, "to take preparatory prepara-tory steps In tin; direction of Introducing Introduc-ing a republic In Germany." In one of the most vigorous and . plain-spoken speeches be has yet made before the reichstag since the outbreak of the war, the German chancellor on May 15 bluntly refused to enter Into a discussion of Germany's war aims as demanded In Interpellallons by the .conservatives and socialists. Dr. von Bothimmn-IIollwog asserted that these culled for the government's upecltlc peace program, the announcement announce-ment of which would at the present time not only be premature hut which It would be difficult to formulate, nnd also of no practical service to the nation na-tion In the present situation. - While, appreciating the passionate Oeslre of all classes to know the government's gov-ernment's views, the chancellor plainly declared that he would not permit himself him-self to be swayed by pressure from any source, and that he was not under the spell of any party or clique. The best Interests of the nation, he believed, demanded de-manded that the reticence he had imposed im-posed upon himself In the face of continuous con-tinuous clamor since December, 1915, should be observed by him until the moment was ripe. Tie was- sure that such a course would he Indorsed by the nation at large, which continued to rtllly around tis emperor and also would meet the views of the majority of the members of the reichstag. The chancellor then briefly reviewed the present military situation and Germany's Ger-many's relations to the neutrals, In the course of which he warmly praised the attitude adopted by Spain. |