The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-16
Socialists at Stockholm Outline
Governments Terms.
Demands Everything She Had
and Then Some.
TO RETAIN ALSkCE-LORRAINE
Also All COlOnies-Independ-
ence for Little Nations.
Ready to Join World League
fOf Arbitration of Disputes.
BY ARTHUR Il. MANN.

Stockholm. June 16.-What may be
considered to approximate the Ger
man governments peace terms was
outlined here today when the German
majority Socialists gave out their poo
gram for peace. The striking points
of the plan were:
No indem nity for Belgium-because
'it would be difficult to determine
which belligerents were responsible
for damage on the various fronts and
one-sided liability would merely
mask an indemnify"
Return of the German colonies
under the Socialist doctrine of mo
anneXationS."
Retention by Germany of Alsace-
Lorraine because they ara nine
tenths German"
Urge Others to Independence.
The German Socialists outline like
wise insists on complete political and
military independence of all nations.
Belgium is to agree with her Austrian
comrades regarding the future of
Serbia and other Balkan nations.
Poland's and F'inlands future is to
be left to determination of those prov
inces themselves-if independence is
impossible there, certainly they shall
be autonomous.
To Greece, ireland, Egypt, Korea,
Tripol, Morocco and Thibet the Ger
man Socialists extended greatest
sympathy and Socialists in those
prlnclpalueS were urged to work for
independence.
OF Alsace-Lorraine, the German
statement declared:
These are nine-tenths German.
They originally belonged to GERMANY
and then to France. If they are re-
turn to France now it would be an
neXation."
International Arbitration.
After return of peace, the Germans
would have international arbitration
and disarmament, except for defense
measures, and for short enlistment
for police army
There should be an international
decision on all war provoking dis
putes.
Listing their suggestions for futur.s
international laws, the German Social
lists would require:
No expectation of munitions by
neutrals.
No prize to be taken at sea.
No merchantmen to be armed.
All carals, straits and sea routes
to be 'hnternationalized."
Food ai.d clothing not to be held
contraband
No censorship of letters from belIig-
Grants anu neutrals.
No trade war
Full freedom of the seas
NO protective tariff.
No secret diplomacy.
Differ From Former Terms.
Giving out their outline, the Ger
man Socialists urged that Ihe general
Socialist conference declared il was
not willing to discuss the responsible
y Tor the present war, unless the en-
tente delegates insisted On this.
The German majority Socialists pro-
gram, as outlined above, differs some
what from terms for peace which have
generally-and semi-officially - been
credited to the German government.
Germany has usually indicated its
Willingness to indemnify Belgium.
German majority Socialists are
headed by Phillip Scheidemann and
are ardent supporters of the kaiser's
governments They are the men at
whom President Wilson struck in his
Flag Day speech when he remarked
that the German autocrats were
using" liberals. The German mill
tarists were careful not to grant pass
ports to the Stockholm conference to
German Socialists of Necht, Tedbour,
Haase types because these radical So
cialiSts are anti-autocrats