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<p>[Page 87]</p><p>the speech from the throne on 4th of August 1914 – that we are not led by the desire for conquests – hold good on the eve of the fourth year of the war. Germany has taken up arms for the liberty, independence and integrity of her territory. The Reichstag desires peace and lasting reconciliation with all peoples; but enforced territorial aggrandisement with economic and financial control cannot be reconciled with that programme.</p><p>The Reichstag rejects all plans about economic isolation and enmity with peoples after the war. The freedom of the seas must be made secure. Only an economic peace will pave the way for friendly cooperation. We also strongly encourage the creation of international law organisations. Germany will fight until the Allies stop threatening her with conquests. [end English original]</p><p>This resolution, seemingly accelerated by the sensational statement of centrist leader Erzberger that the U-boat war had to be viewed as unsuccessful in so far as it did not force England to her knees, amounts to a status quo ante and a peace with no</p>