"AMERICA HAS FORSAKEN US."
"NO RETREAT POSSIBLE."
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 6. It is reported that Herr Zimmermann declared : "America has forsaken ]\ s- ■ ™ "ere is no retreat possible in the right for ou rexistence." A Berlin wireless says: Herr Zimmermanu states: "We have no real cause ourselves-for hostility against the United States. Naturally we appreciate the unhostile words of President Wilson among others of a different char.acter. While' to a certain extent we see th,e reasons prompting the Ufeited states present attitude, we expect President Wilson to the same extent to recognise the reasons prompting our decision." v
■ . NEW YORK, Feb. 6. -r. despatches from Berlin state that" tterr Zimmermann, interviewed, said:' _We do not want the hostility of America. While we think we can rea-St?-i^i tll America; as to our present attitude, we expect President Wilson to recognise the reason which prompted our "decision." .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16892, 8 February 1917, Page 5
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