Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-16
Declare Poland Must Be Au-
tononou8 State and Bel
giun and Serbia Prevented
From Causing Trouble,
CENTRAL POWERS STILL
HOLD GREAT ADVANTAGE
British and French 0ffeoSives
in West and Russians in
East Show ImperviOuSneSS
of Ring of Steel,
Associated Press CorrespondenceJ

AssocIated Press Correspondence
Vienna, Sept. 21.-With a keen
lopgirg for peace has come persistent
sneculation of the central states, as to
tbe manner in which this blessing may
he secured. But all thought on the
enbipet is but the substance of the
persons own wishes Political and
military circles today are as far from
seeing a definite plan for the cessa-
tion of war as they were in the be-
ginning,
No Fear OF Dismemberment.
"If the fear prevailed in the central
states that peace with honor, and
possibly profit, could not be secured,
then thought must run in a different
channel But that the entente has not
shown that it can ultimately realize its
own hopes, it Is the universal view in
Austrian-H Hungary and Germany, and
their allied countries. The offensive
on the Somme, the Russian attack in
Bukowina, and in east Galicia, the
entry into the war of Rumania, and
its immediate consequences; the cam
pagn FROM Saloniki and the eXertions
Of the Italians, hatI an '-ohtfbuted
toward the feeling in the central group
that the resistance met by the entente
may yet open the eyes in those who
must first announce that they will be
satisfied with a peace whose terms
will not have the dismemberment of
central Europe as a basis.
Germany's Terms Stated.
The central governments are ready
today for a peace whic would leave
Europe very much as before the war,
with, the exception that Poland must
be made an autonomous state, and that
neither Belgium nor Serbia can again
trouble, innocently or purposely, the
quiet Of Europe.
There is here not the faintest indi-
cation that the entente is inclined to
enter negotiations on that basis. In
Vienna and in Berlin, on the other
hand, nobody can yet see why the CEN
trail group should make concessions,
since they claim to hold trumps ey-
erywhere by the occupation of enemy
territories so large that the few ad-
vantages gained by the entente can
hardly count.
Had the summer operations driven
the central troops out of France and
Russia things would be different. The
Somme offensive has merely shown
according to the people here, that the
steel wall Of the Germans in the west
may be bent, but cannot be broken,
pgt
splendid, numbers considered. The
Italians have again been obliged to
take breath. So long as the entente
cannot convince the public of the cen
tral states that it is gaining militarily
the necessity of making concessions
VIII not break upon the central Euro
pean mind
II is evident that the government
and public are one, on this subject
There is much grumbling about this
or that regulation, but all these things
are trifles compared with the great
obiectiye-that the war must not be
lost
Russia Not Ready for Peace.
There is no evidence that Russia
would be the first to make peace
Nevertheless that country is thought
Of IN this manner Peace rumors al
ways have Russia in mind Possibly
this is due to the belief that Russii
Is, after ALL the most vulnerable of the
entente powers. In military circles
a further occupation of Russian ter
Htory by means of another German
40, q
lbIo Hindenburgs elevation to chic
of staff Of the German army has re
NlVed assertions that during the win
Ter there will be another Russian cam
paign.
Must Maintain Strength.
To conclude a peace that will not
De made at its own cost, the central
powers feel that their armies must re
l'ln their present proportionat'
sFeneths and efficiency-that theii
losses must not be greater in proper
ton than those of the entente forces
Before the British millions had ap'
p'ared on the scene, there was always
'he vague fear that things might gC
wrong, once they took their place
bul the Somme operations have
shoWn that while the British millions
nave been Of much help to the
french, their coming has not beer
decisive.
1t Is argued now that with th'
large British forces assimilated in the
"''Illary ensemble, and with the Ru
n'ahlan army a known quantity. fur
'htf concessions worth while car
'oHe to the entente only from it
own population growth, as more mel
WIN reach military age. This qualit!
~ not peculiar to the central allieC
states. About eighteen per Thousand
VI the populations males reach mill
lary age annually. which would NEAR
'ndl Germany can count on yearl!