Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-10
FEAROF AMERICA
MOVES MICHAELIS
IN PEACE NOTE
Correspondent Says German
Chancellor Knew and Ap-
proved Pope'S Proposal
ey cHAs. II. eRAsTT

PARIS, France. August 27.--FrOm
a good source in Zurich comes lnIJT'
| nation that the statement OF ChanteI
| Tor Michaelis to the effGLI that Ger
many had no hand whatever in sus'
costing or guiding the pope'& peace
proposal is absolutely contrary 10 The
| facts. Before publishing the pro2osal
| his Holiness made Su"C It would be
| acceptable to one side aud as the Ger
| mai peacemakers haunt the vatican
h. had no difficulty in e6ta 3liahlES
| Communication with Berlin
Whether Michaels would stahd
steadfast depended On whether lie ad-
| vantage invited sadness OF whether
| favorable developments nerVed the
people TO demand better terms, but ]
am In position ~ state win as much
"ogitjveness a. any fact Can he sated
in wartime tina the German chan:
| cellor knew aad approved Tie papal
| terms categori3au!.
The secret promotion by Doctor Mi
chaelis of the paDal proposal suggests
the extent to which the kaiser, Hin
denburg and GOmpany are Lutflng.
In view OF the bold front tJaintaineh
by the chancellor in addressing the
reichstag committee, it should ne re-
membered always III America that the
present nervousness in Germany Is
due mainly TO fear Oh the consequent
ces of Americas coming into the
war. The Germans nave means OF
knowing the inside facts in Aulerica,
and they walked up with a bang two
months ago from their sweet dream
of American supineneSs. a wave OF
fear swept over Germany when the
people were confronted with he pos
sibility, rapidly changing to u GER
tainty, OF Americas nah power and
industrial and financial resources be-
ing thrown against them.
II was this fear, which is the near
est approach to proper public opia'
ion yet achieved in Germany, that
drove the reichstag to action and
wrung a form of consent from the i'm
placable Hindenburg. The German
civilian population is still shaken de-
spite the Russian Decentralization and
submarine optimism. While they
have hopes about submarines they
have fears. Their al is staked on
It. II is a gamblers risk. Germany
outside OF Junkerdom and Pan Ger
manism hungers for peace before the
bloodletting with America begins, and
while so many points on form are IN
their favor, such newspapers IS the
Frankfurter Zeitung. really great
journal with philosophical outlook oil
the enemy, pumps for peace two or
three times week. ...--...s E. -. 70.
America is Germany's one hope
for moderation at the peace table and
generally after the war. Every caun
try will draw away from her. For
years they will not buy her goods or
travel on her ships. There is only
America as a possible colleague in
trade. When America is attacked
wholesale by U.boat pirates and later
when the trenches are drenched with
American blood, Germany's moral and
commercial isolation will he complete.
Energy, determination and united
front in America mean increased de-
moralization in Germany. Every blow
America strikes for speed, efficiency
and organization has its echo in Ber-
lin, and every disloyal act and word
heartens the Huns.