New Britain herald., 1917-07-24
SAYS U. 5. SHOULD
 MAKE PEACE MOVE
Senator Lewis Pleased by German
 Chancellor's Speech

Washington. July 24.-Interpreting the speech of Germany's new chan cellor, Michaelis, as 8 bid for peace Senator Lewis, of Illinois, yesterday urged upon the senate that this is an appropriate hour for the United States to seriously consider this bid.
 At the outset of his speech Senator Lewis said the suggestion that he take up this matter in the senate hud come to him in telegrams received from representative German citizens of Chicago, whose loyalty in the present trying hour I can assure the senate I can myself attest.''
 Senator Lewis said that after read ing the speech of the German chan cellor he had reached wholly differ ent view from that of Lloyd George.
 It Is palpable to me-" said Sen ator Lewis, that Germany ts ready for honorable peace, but having pre- viously offered 1t, she will now wait for the terms of peace to be sug- gested by the others. To my mind it is bid to the United States which was the one nation which had asked for terms of peace and the one nation which at one time had submitted the humane proposition of peace without victory.
 II am strongly moved to feel that we in the United States havs not given the attention to the speech of Michaelis which it would bear and which, If I am not altogether in er- TOT, it was intended to suggest"
 Lewis Terms.
 Senator Lewis outlined the terms of peace which he said he believed Ger many would accept. They are:
 Flrst-The restoration of Belgium.
 Second-The restoration of the possessions which Germany holds of France
 Third-The return of Serbia, Bul- garia and Rumania to their previous status.
 Fourth-The return to Germany by the Allies of the German colonies in Africa.
 Fifth--A board to be constituted upon which there shall be the repre- sentatives of the different warning countries, to consider means of pre- venting the return of war
 Sixth-The restoration to Belgium of fund to which all the warning powers would contribute.
 SeVenth-The return of Aisace- Lorraine to France
 Lewis' Speech Unpopular,
 Senator Borah of Idaho; Senator McCumber, of North Dakota. and Senator Penrose, of Pennsylyania. took issue with Senator Lewis. Sen ator McCumber pointed out that the German chancellor in his speech had predicted that the U-boats would bring Great Britain to her knees and had suggested that the aid of the United States to the Allies would be negligible.
 Senator Penrose sarcastically re- marked: Il surmise from reading the speech that Germany will be ready to hand back Alsace-Lorraine to France!
 In reply to questions as to what would happen in the case of Italy's boundaries Senator Lewis said that this matter would have to be con- sidered by a board made up of rep- resentatives of the warning powers
 In suggesting that Belgium be re- stored through fund contributed by all the warning powers, Senator Lewis said:
 My desire is that Belgium should have her future peace assured, and one of the ways to assure it is that the fund to restore it be made up by contributions of all the agencies par ticipating in the peace, and that they stand as sponsors thereafter for per- manent peace for Belgium
 Senator Borah asked whether Sen ator Lewis had taken into consider ation the future form of government of the German empire, which, he said, seems to be now the great con- trolling question. It has been stated repeatedly that the world would not be safe for democracy so long as the power which now controls Germany continues to dominate that empire. It seems to me that Germany has by no means approached the point where she would permit any outside power to modify her form of government"
 HohenzOllerns Losing Grip.
 Senator Lewis said that he did not think President Wilson had ever in tended to intimate that the United States would direct the form of gov ernment of Germany but that it was