Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-28
BALKAN CRISIS
GIVES RISE To
PEACE RUMORS
Kaiser Said to Have Renewed
0vertures to Russia for
Settlement
OFFERS coNsTANT1NoPLE
1,f I IF sLAVs DEs1sT
Teutons Preparing to Pave Way
for Big Dash Into
@ !. Egypt

lWISnlnSCON,E OcI. Ai.-lIltCillOls VI
impending peace in Europe again fill
the air. This time the reports have
been received vita slightly more cred.
ence in diplomatic circles here, where
there is a general expectancy of de-
cisive Developments in the Balkans be-
fore sn1,N falls. The report that has
been RECEIVED from abroad by more
than one embassy here that Emperor
William of Germany within the last
week renewed his Overtures to Rus
sia for separate peace. According
to tits story, he has promised the
czar the possession of Constantine
pie as reward for deserting the
Quadruple Entente.
Further prospects are to the effect
that Germany is willing to relinquish
all the Russian territory it now holds
with the exception Of Poland, whic:l
Berlin plans to constitute Al, ,ndepen:: :.
ent kingdom and would nave Aus;r:a-
Hungaria present Russia vita a poT-
ton, of Gaiicia, -infiabfted mainly by
Slavs. That the kaiser has been en-
deavoriAg for some time to detach
Russia from ite allies is we'll known
here. In German official circles it is
admitted stitat this ist the keynote of
the kaisers military policy. 1t was
only last sumtner that German pro-
posal fora separate peace was sub
mitted to;:Petrograd through the me-
dunn of the king Of Denmark. 'Rilss:s,
rejected they German proposal, al
though it ~As coupled with offers Of
rewards fully as tempting as those
now reported to have been held out to
the czar. German officials now say
that the progress of the Teutonic ar
mics in the Balkans and the failure
of Greece and Roumania to join the
Allies are likely to cause a more care
ful consideration of Eerlin's offer ny
Petrograd. The ability of the kaiser
to deliver Constantinople to Russia
is secuted by many diplomats, even OF
neutral nations In German quarters,
however, it is asserted that Turkey
is more than willing to relinQuish
Constantinople in the expectation Of
regaining control Of Egypt and re-
ceiving other substantial rewards from
an aggrandized German empire.
Germany, it is stated, will never
abandon the hope Of detaching Russia
SO long as the war continues. With
Russia out 'of tie way, Austria would
be depended upon to hold the Italians
in check while Germany would under
take a new offensive on a gigantic
scale against France and Great Brit
ain, and the Rulgarians and Turks
would he turned loose upon Egypt.
This German dream of accomplish
ment has not been taken seriously in
diplomatic circles here and would be
classed as idle rumor even now were
it not for the receipt Of surprising
information from British sources. 1t
is reported that the Chief fear of tle
I!ritish government today is that the
German attempts to detach Russia
may succeed. In the light of this in.
formation, unusual significance at
taches to the reports Of internal dis
turbances in Russia and OF Russian
complaint that the Muscovite empire
has been sacrificed to the inactivity
of the French and British on the
western front.