Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-05-18

Cnily in I'hiladelpilih INV ,;onsrS nd
sons, nf ;hc British coulhls .Sou nra
,Tr,.,...G congress. and all Of thsn pre- pre-.
- n,,oT - rn,urn home. conhdfnl mat
N. arrangements made win ~
ensured the prosecution Oh '
= victorious conclusion. II tbo
The finance committee r,,or,
French chamber Of deputies ID rranoo
ynr ON n bill. asserted that In -
,nns, have n peace that pays II, ,,, IT,
stnration Of Alsace-Lorraihe' .amnTo.
sation in kind for thefts ana Crn,, -
;" a' ,ha Irr"dsd region. rebuilding of
N. mined towns and villages by Ger
man hands. ships 10 rep'"'s nnu
sunk. and guarantees for -ann'"' roy
mcnts. .,,,I, I,
# WAS stated nuthoritatively In
Washington Thursday thai IL 80.
Wilson had informed Mr.. Baiiou, Una,
The United States will make WI anu
peace in common with the AIMS
Ferment In Germany.
OF the greatest interest an" I'M
portance were the events III 'i'
n cnrm,ny chancellor vOn Beth.
mann-IIollweg. finding himself pct "eeh
two fires maintained silence concern
ing Germany's aims in the wa -"
The one hand. the peace-withou''aint.A-
,,fon so.i,lists attacked him anil the
government fiprceiy, virtually ur,'i'i,u-
ing that he step down and out un me
other hand. the conservatives anu ran
Germans assaiIed him for apparently
Welding Ia the other faction anu also
boldly blamed his hesitant pohrS Tor
the long duration Of the war' s"eep-
Ing Internal reforms in the emplr" are
demanded by the radicals, and some of
thnm-but not enough yet-vent'lre 10
urge the wipinS out of Prllssia naie-
ruI rreJnmInapcc and even the d"posi-
ton Of the reigning dynasty.
4 logical result of these agthtinnS
was the reported attempt OF an as>aS-
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 Ia form a coall'
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ton government with me d'i'-
cafes of the soldiers and work
mems councils. This quoted The dis
turhances for the time being, bnt The
German socialist eniSSaries continued
to spread their propaganda b'rElers
Danish socialist. who is in Petrncrad
made known the peace terms proposed
hy tha German socialist democratic
PARTY. the majority faction. They In
clude recognition of the right OF ma
finnS to freedom of DEVELOPMENT, the
introduction Of compulsory interna'
fional arbitration. the restitution by
Germany of all conquered territories
II plrhisrite in Russian Poland. with
freedom To choose between indrncnd
rnce or annexation by Russia or Ger
many; the restoration Of independence
10 Belgium. Serbia, and Roumania: th'
restoration 10 Bulgaria Of the Bnlgnri
an districts of Macedonia, and tn
granting TO Serbia Of a free port OF
the AdriatiC.
The radical socialists of PetrOgraC
at once declared that their part!
should have nothing to do with Borg
jrrC and his propositions, which the!
asserted We're wholly pno-Geunan.
Stand Of American Socialists.
Leading American socialists gave GU
a statement denouncing the interna
tiona1 socialist conference called TO
Stockholm early In June as oh" mos
dangerous Of all the kaiser's plots fo
cashing in his military victories" ant
characteriZinS the American socialiS
Delegates. Morris IIillquit md AIger
non Lee. rs radically prO-German.
In Greece matters moved rapidly 10
ward Il climax. The king Is lOsin!
supporters daily in large numbers, ant
on Sunday 10000 persons assembled
in Saloniki and with great enthusiasm
adopted resolution proclaiming th'
deposition Of King Constantine and Iii:
dynasty.
Germany IL attempting to start il
Italy the same campaign of disinteCra
ton she Is carrying on In Russia
Baron Snnninn IS the object Of attacl
by radical Journals in the souther'
country. as Is Milyoukor in Petrograt
A wnr mission from Italy IS now O
its way to America. II Is headed b
the prince Of Tdine. md Marconi
one Of the members. The Italians ar
coming TO discuss especially the prot
lens Of Transporting food and nun
tiOns from America and the purchas
"f coal and railway rolling stock. I'll
submarine warfare has caused grle'
Gus shortage Of coal In Italy.
The Food Problem.