The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-04-07
NINETY DAYS YET
AND THEN PEACE
Says Man Familiar With
War Situation.
CLAIMS INSIDE INFORMATION
Believes That An Interna.
tiOnal Congress will Soon
Discuss the Terms.
BIG FIGHTING COMES FIRST

BIG FIGHTING COMES FIRST
Washington. March 31.-That
peace will come to the warning ma
lions of Europe in the next ninety
days was the assertion made here
to-day by a man thoroughly con-
versant with international affairs
and who claims as a basis for his
statement information given him by
certain persons in authority at for
eign embassies stationed here.
For obvious reasons persons fur
nishing the information and the
man to whom the information was
impaired do not desire that their
names shall be used. The latter
says that Peace Congress will be
convened as a first step in the nego-
tiations for peace, and terms for
ending the war will be threshed out.
These terms imply that England's
navy will remain intact; that Russia
will. after three months of fighting.
hold as good a position against Aus
tria as to-day; that Austria is still
threatened from the south and
southeast; that Germany is still un-
der siege by land and sea and that
Turkey is all but done for.
To the newspaper correspondent
was given this interview by the man
who claims to know:
The terms of peace have been
written. The Allies have written
theirs. The Germans have written
theirs.
When will these terms be pre-
sented?
I'm ninety days most probably.
Anyway inside of five months.
Ninety days will bring the world
to July l. During those ninety
days, the continent of Europe will
witness the most ferocious fighting,
the most dreadful carnage, the most
frightful waste of human flesh and
blood.
'All to no avail
''All to a deadlock!
There will be victories and lost
battles on both sides, but neither
will be decisively whipped. And af-
ter it all. undoubtedly by July i
A deadlock.
Germany can not conquer and
overrun France. She knows this as
well as the world knows it.
Russia can not invade Germany
the strategic railways give Won
too great an advantage.
when Won Hindenberg fights his
way to the east of his strategic rail-
ways, con Hindenberg can not fur
Their invade Russia-the Slav hosts
are too strong for him.
"The greatest armies ever seen
will be deadlocked, both East and
West. Not even the new British
army will be able. in all probability.
to drive back the Germans TO the
Rhine.
Then the terms of peace will be
brought out of pigeonholes, I'M
less
Unless the Allies capture Con-
If the Entente Powers
can take Constantinople, the mill
tary deadlock will be broken, and
the battling will have to go on to
the crushing of one side or the 9TH
er-or another deadlock. Because
the taking of Constantinople means
the end of Turkey. and the end of
Turkey means that the Entente
Powers will have territory TO trade
OFF to the neutral nations for their
aid against Germany and Austria
Hungary.
Bulgaria sympathizes with the
Germanic Powers; but il Turkey is
she wants Adrianople,
which she once won in the Balkan
War. and lot of territory adjacent.
"She cannot get this by any other
means than an alliance with the
Powers that take Constantinople.
Greece must join in cutting-up of
Turkey; so must Rumania; so must
Italy. Germany is trying to make
Austria pay for Italian neutrality
With territory along the Adriatic:
but she can not well ask Austria TO
give as much as the Entente Powers
IAN bestow If they take CONSTANT
lople.
"And If these States join hands
Igainst Germanic Powers. the dead