RUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA

GERMAN INTENTIONS IN THE EAST

ADVANCE TO THE FiONTIERS OF INDIA

GERMANY AND BELGIUM

ANOTHER STATEMENT BY OHANGELLOe

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association'

GERMANY'S WAR AIMS ANOTHER STATEMENT BY THE ''CHANCELLOR. (Australian and N.Z. Gable Association) (Rec. Feb. 27,/ I.IS p.m.) ' AMSTERDAM, Fdb. 26. Count yon HJertling, German Chancellor, m* a. speech, said that every durable peace must be built upon justice. He agreed with. President Wilson's "declaration that nations and provinces ought not to be shifted from one State" to another. He rejoiced in President "Wilson's statement of the rejection of the idea of a balance of power 1 . Germany's advance eastward was onlv aimed at securing peace with Russia." Her aim was (not) conquest, butßß e merely wanted to restore order without fixing herself in Esthonia or Livonia. As to Courland and Aithonia he had .nothing to say. People there were "already successfully creating self - government" bodies. Respecting R-ou-mania, he would stat© that "w* must, and "wiHr mate-friends for "all time.- 'He <dbubt£d the utility o£ public-speeches * Jby'"i statesmen,"but"'"the cauSe bi" peace could "It>& furthered "by. private : . discUs" : siohs"' b«etween responsible representa-tives'-of'.the belligerents. The question of "Belgiuni should' : Be in: a friendly manner in order'-to arrive- at \ airTmdersta'nding. Germany repeatedly declared; that she did not think of retaini»g- but Germany must be protected against "Belgium being used 1 as- a" deploying ground for enemy machinations. ~ •■' •