The Monticellonian., 1917-05-17

.s 1'Iis Its Ns litNL tshAAlANA VI oeooS~~-oeyo~~~-ooSe1~~ of two more hospital ships by the Ger mans. The news also came of the tor pedoing of the British steamship City of Paris in the Mediterranean early in April The vessel carried 266 pas sengers and large crew and only g were saved
 American inventors by the thousand are seeking means of combating the submarine. and Chairman Saunders of the naval consulting board made statement which, though deprecated by navy officials, gave assurance that some of the devices submitted would solve the problem in the near future.
 The war department announced on Monday that nine regiments of engi- neers, made up largely of railroad men, would be sent to France as soon as possible These men and doctors and nurses will be the first to reach the war zone.
 Members of the French war commis- sion. after their trip through the cen tral West were received enthusiastic eally in Philadelphia and New York some of the British commissioners ad- dressed congress. and all of them pre- pared to return home. confident that the arrangements made with America ensured the prosecution of the war to victorious conclusion.
 The finance committee of the French chamber of deputies, in report ing on bill, asserted that France must have peace that pays" in re storatlon of Alsace-Lorraine. compen sation in kind for thefts and damages in the invaded region, rebuilding of the ruined towns and villages by Ger man hands, ships to replace those sunk, and guarantles for annual pay ments.
 It WAS stated authoritatiyely in Washington Thursday that President Wilson had informed Mr Balfour that the United States will make war and peace in common with the allies.
 Ferment in Germany
 Of the greatest interest and im- portance were the events of the week in Germany. Chancellor von Beth mann-Hollweg. finding himself between two fires maintained silence concern ing Germany's aims in the war. On the one hand, the peace-without-anneX- alton socialists attacked him and the government fiercely. virtually demand ing that he step down and out. On the other hand, the conservatives and Pan Germans assaulted him for apparently yielding to the other faction, and also boldly blamed his hestant policy for the long duration of the war. Sweep ing internal reforms in the empire are demanded by the radicals and some of them-but not enough yet-veature to urge the wiping out of Prussa's bale full predominance and even the deposi- ton of the reigning dynasty.
 X logical result of these agitations was the reported attempt af an assas- sin to shoot the kaiser in Berlin. Had his aim been truer his bullet would have removed not alone Wilhelm, but the whole house of Hohenzollern.
 Closely related to events in Germany were the developments in Russia The provisional heads of the new republic were forced to agree to form q coali- ton government with the dele gates of the soldiers and work mems councils. This quieted the dis turbances for the time being, but the German socialist emissaries continued to spread their propaganda. Borgjerg. i Danish 1ciulist, who is in Petrograd. made known the peace terms proposed i hy the German socialist democratic party. the majority faction. They in elude recognition of the right of na- 1 tionS to freedom N development, the 1 introduction of compulsory interna= i tiona arbitration. the restitution by Germany of all conquered territories. a plchiscite in Russian Poland, with l freedom to choose between independ- encc or annexation by Russia or Ger many: the restoration of independence to Belgium. Serbia. and Roumania: the restoration to Bulgaria of the Bulgarl- an districts of Macedonia. and the granting to Serbia of free port on ihe Adriatic.
 The radical socialists of Petrograd at once declared that their party should have nothing to do with Borg ierg and his propositions, which they asserted were wholly pro-Ge>man.
 Stand of American Socialists.
 Leading American socialists gave out q statement denouneing the interna. tional socialist conference called for Stockholm early in June as the most dangerous of all the kaiser's plots foI
 
 small losses. comparatlvelY. suffered