Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-12

attitude proved surprising after the early hostility which greetd the Am erC | ..Ote Il the eLtenIe
 vas taken esa . rarae- udit effort not tc anything wh--h wou.1 cause offense in this country.
 Peace at an early date is foreseen here now only on terms known to be acceptable to Germany. The allies, are thought to have committed them selves by the definiteness of their statements to a continuation of the war till such time as they have either attained or been convinced that they cannot attain a military victory. Their note is regarded as so emphatic that they cannot retreat from it without at least one more spring campaign.
 Officials will await with deepest interest, confidential reports on the reception among the people of Ger many of the entente reply With Ger man troops in France, Belgium, Ru- mania, adn large parts of Russia. the demands of the entente are expected to be received with great surpsise. Tn that connection the phrase dis claiming intention to exterminate the German peoples is thought to have been written.
 Much interest attached to the de- mand for restitution of provinces wrested from the allies in the past. While no special locality was named. Alcase-LOrraine is understood to be indicated. together with any further territorial reapjustments that the mil
 itary situation may justify. This clause is understood to have been
 inserted for it's elasticity.
 "The enfranchisement of popula- tions subject to the bloody tyranny of the Turks" is said to apply to
 Arabia. part of which already has de Jared it's independence under allied
 protection. Armenia. most of which is occupied by Russian troops and Syria, the southern tip of which Brit ish troops from Suez have just reach ed It is felt that if the Turks also were driven from Europe, only a small part of thei rempire would be left. Deep interest also centered in the
 section proposing the expulsion from
 Europe of the Ottoman empire" and
 ,he failure to mention what govern
 ment would take it's place at Con
 stantinople. That city with its con
 trol of the Dardanelles has been one
 of the prime keynOtes of the war and
 was formally stated by Premier Ire
 poff to have been promised by the allies to Russia. Whether the omis- sion marks any change of policy or | lack of agreement or whether it was made to emphasize the attitude to- ward the Turk. is unexplained. Germany and her allies. it was stat cd here tonight, never will agree to terms similar to these in the entente note. Unforeseen developments. or l some measures by the United States, | German diplomats feel, can alone
 shorten the war. It was reiterated | that upon no condition would Ger
 many part with Alcase-Lorraine
 which she considers a part of Ger
 many proper German comment was | especially bitter on that part of the ' note in which indemnities and repar-
 ations are mentioned. The German view was that the allies have in their
 note an intention to get back the
 territory they have lost and keep that which they Lave gained.
 ! Only one hopeful passage was fonnd
 in German quarters. This was the
 declaration of a desire above all ito insure a peace upon the principle of
 liberty and justice" Such a prin-
 ciple, it was declared, was what was
 wanted by Germany.
 The possibility that President Will son might see fit to communicate to the central powers the terms of the
 entente allies was considered in Ger man quarters and it was felt that in ! such an event it was we'll within the
 range of possibilities that Grrmany
 and her allies might then say they
 would be willing at least to discuss these terms unacceptable as they are
 While the opinion prevails that should ! President Wilson desire to continue
 the negotiations. the note offers an opening for him to do so.