South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-27
Eyes of the World Are Turned
On German Great Head
quarters Where SeS-
SionS Are Held.
BELIEVE KAISER PLANS
TO MAKE PEACE MOVE
German Emperor is Expected
to Celebrate His 18th An
niverSary by Import
ant Announcement.
international News Service:

international News Service:
LONDON, Jan. 27.-The eyes Of
the world today were turned on
German great headquarters where
are gathered the military and civil
heads of the central powers. While
the meeting there Ostensibly is to
celebrate the German emperor's
5Sth birthday, it is confidently be-
lieved in London that the kaiser will
commemorate the day with an i'm
portant move in the direction of
peace.
The gathering at great headquart-
ers is one of the most notable of the
war-Certainly the greatest since
the move for peace attained il pres
ent momentum. Present are Emperor
William, Emperor Charles of Aus
tria- Hungary, the German imperial
chancellor. Won -Hollweg,
the German foreign minister. Zim-
mermann, the Austrian foreign min
lister. CZernin Won Chudenitz, Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg. Gen. Won
Ludendorf and many other lesser
officials i'm military and civil life.
SIS soAtIfs
The London belief that the gath
ering there Will result in a peace
step is based primarily on two
things:
THE widespread call from Ger
mans themselves and from neutrals
that the central powers definitely
outline the terms on which they
viii be willing to end the struggle
as did the allies.
2-The speech of the Hungarian
premier. Count Tisza. in which he
clearly indicated that the central
powers will make another peace
move.
Aside the peace motive of the
gathering it is expected that far
reaching plans for the welding more
closely together the military and
economic resources of the quadruple
alliance will be mapped out. Spec
ulation is rife in official circles over
these plans. 1t is generally cOnced-
ed that the plans will be undertaken
with charactistic thorOughness and
little doubt exists but that Germany
and more particularly the German
leaders. will handle the reins Of
power.
One Central Federation.
II is predicted in some quarters
that the kaiser will introduce plans
for a central federation OF his allies
under German hegemony extending
from Hamburg TO Bagdad, with
Hindenburg as the supreme military
commander One writer says that
after the kaiser thus marshalS his
resources TO their greatest possible
efficiency he then Will announce 10
the world the terms on which peace
viii be acceptable.
Tn this connection there appeared
i'm the Nation today an outline of the
informal German peace terms from
the pen Of "Wayfarer". who has at
tanned considerable recognition dur
ing the war.
"Rumor has it." he writes. that
the president (Wilson) has a sketch
Of Germany's terms in his pocket.
They are said 10 include:
No Indemnity offered.
"Oner of Metz and part Of Lor-
raine to France. coupled with evac-
uatiOn. but no indemnity.
Evacuation and indemnity for
Belgium.
An independent Poland.
Surrender OF the bulk OF the
colonies in exchange for a deal in
central Africa.
Restoration Of Serbia with re-
storation of line OF passage for the
railway.
Naturalization Of the straits.
"Trentino for Italy"