Count Herding, the German Chancellor, told the Reichstag Committee on
Thursday week that while Germany was willing " to hold out her hand towards an honourable peace," Mr. Wilson " wants war until we are destroyed," and Mr. Balfour's last speech " must really drive the flush of anger to the cheek of every German.', If authorized representatives of the Allieewished to enter into secret
discussions regarding peace terms, Count Herding was good enough to say that neither he nor the " Chief Army Administration " would repulse them. But he admitted that the Allies showed no desire to do so. In regard to Russia, the Chancellor said that he believed in the " loyalty " of the Bolsheviks, but doubted their power. He would deal ',loyally " with them, for he was "most anxious " to avoid a fresh war with Russia. The new Foreign Secretary, Admiral von Hintze, would carry out the Chancellor's policy, which was unchanged.
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