of the Reichstag._

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_THE HIGHER POLITICS_

_The Kaiser: "We will propose peace terms; if they accept them, we are
the gainers; if they refuse them, the responsibility will rest with
them_"

Germany has suggested informally that the United States should undertake
to elicit from Great Britain, France, and Russia a statement of the
terms under which the Allies would make peace.

The suggestion was made by the Imperial Chancellor, von
Bethmann-Hollweg, to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin as a result of an
inquiry sent by the American Government to learn whether Emperor William
was desirous of discussing peace, as recently had been reported.

_The Associated Press._
_Washington, September 17, 1914._

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_LUTHER-LIEBKNECHT IN THE REICHSTAG_

"_It is a War of Rapine! On that I take my stand. I cannot do
otherwise_"

I understand that several members of the Socialist Party have written
all sorts of things to the press with regard to the deliberations of the
Socialist Party in the Reichstag on August 3 and 4.

According to these reports there were no serious differences of opinion
in our party in regard to the political situation, and our own position
and decision to assent to war credits are alleged to have been arrived
at unanimously.

In order to prevent the dissemination of an inadmissible legend I feel
it to be my duty to put on record the fact that the issues involved gave
rise to diametrically opposite views within our parliamentary party, and
these opposing views found expression with a violence hitherto unknown
in our deliberations.

It is also entirely untrue to say that assent to the war credits was
given unanimously.

DR. CARL LIEBKNECHT,
_Member of the Reichstag._
_September 18, 1914._

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_THE LAND MINE_

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_THE VERY STONES CRY OUT,_

"_Thou art the man_"

The German Government states officially in contradiction of the report
made by the Havas Agency that German artillery purposely destroyed
important buildings at Rheims, that, on the contrary, orders were given
to spare the Cathedral by all means.

COUNT VON BERNSTORFF.
_Washington, September, 1914._

On Sept. 19 the cathedral was fairly riddled by bombs during the entire
day, and at about 3:45 the scaffolding surrounding the north tower
caught fire. This fire lasted abou