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Title: Approaches to the great settlement
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 Angell, Pauline Knickerbocker, 1886-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 International law and relations
Publisher: New York, B. W. Huebsch
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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dicial organizations. So long, however, asthe enemy Governments do not accept such a peace, so longas they threaten Germany and her allies with conquest andviolation, the German people will stand together as oneman, hold out unshaken, and fight until the rights of Ger-many and its allies to life and development are secured.The German nation united is unconquerable. The Reichstag knows that in this announcement it is atone with the men who are defending the Fatherland; in theheroic struggles they are sure of the undying thanks of thewhole people. Fall of von Bethmann-Hollweg. The Chancel-lor was believed to have advocated an open declara-tion for no annexation, no indemnities, as well assteps toward Parliamentary government. But inspite of the supposed support of the Kaiser, andowing apparently to the opposition of the CrownPrince, who together with Hindenburg and Luden- 1 In the version current in England this word is translated vio-lations. The German original is not accessible. (86)
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Photograph by Underwood and Underwood MATTHIAS ERZBERGER (Left) and KARLHELFFERICH (Right) dorff had been called into council by the Emperoron July 14, the Chancellor fell. Both the person and the manner of appointmentof von Bethmann-HoUwegs successor, Dr. Mich-aelis, meant that the military party were strongenough to flout the Reichstag and its aspirations.The concession of appointing members of parliamentto ministerial positions was also so handled as to beinsignificant. All this of course tended to make theResolution little more than a pious wish, until theReichstag could make its will prevail in the conductof affairs. Michaelis Speech. The new Chancellors speechon July 19 was very disappointing to those whohoped for a decided forward step toward peace. Germany, he said, did not desire the war in order tomake violent conquests, and therefore will not continue thewar a day longer merely for the sake of such conquests, if itcould obtain an honorable peace. But, no parley is pos-sible

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