The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-05-25

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sion Of the Council of National De-
Tense, the car efficiency committee of
the American Railway association, pro-
| poSal Of n food dictatorship and plans
| for fixing maximum and minimum
price1. The outbursts of the senator's
show ed they were speaking in large
measure in behalf of the business con-
Germs of their respective localities who,
they asserted had had no chance to
get government contracts.
Trading in Futures Stopped.
Food supply matters in America
moved rapidly toward crisis last
week. Actuated presumably by the
Investigations of the government into
gambling in foodstuffs, and by the ire
mendous rise in the price of wheat,
the Chicago board of trade and the
grain exchanges of several other mid
die West cities put stop to trading
In futures. Wheat and flour prices
fell promptly and decisively. The gov
! eminent gathered the necessary data
for prosecution of the wheat gamblers.
and then got after the butter and egg
men. The government also came to
the conclusion that the eXorbitant
| prices of wheat and flour were due in
part to the gigantic wheat buying OPP
eratiOns of Great Britain and France,
and asked them to dispose of their i'm
mense holdings of grain for future de-
| xx,i1li tn
to this If they are assured that they
will receive the wheat they need from
| the coming crop.
All I'm position to know scout the
idea that there will be an insufficiency
of food in this country. The problem
is to regulate the distribution and the
exports.
HoIIweg Won't Talk Of Terms.
The imperial rulers of Germany are
not yet holding out an available perch
upon which the dove of peace might
alight. Stubbornly resisting the prod
ding of both the pan-Germans and the
Socialists, the chancellor, Doctor HOll
veg, on Tuesday told the reichstag
and the world that the time was not
fitting for statement of Germany's
war aims or peace terms. The mill
tary situation of the central powers.
he declared, was satisfactory, and he
intimated that they were ready to grant
liberal terms to Russia, If that strug-
Cling nation desired to get out of the
conflict. But he asserted there was 40
reason to believe England and France
would at present listen to any PROPOSE
tons from Germany, and to make any
would be construed by them as an evil
dence of weakening. On the whole,
the chancellor's speech was bold and
defiant, and his position does not seem
toNbe weakened, despite the continued
attacks on him. The most startling
of these attacks last week was made
by Georg Ledebour, Socialist leader,
who warned the reichstag that events
must happen in Germany as they have
in Russia and that the people must
soon Introduce republic In Germany.
Though such sentiments are support
ed by many, ii is likely the mass of
opinion In the empire is better repre-
sented by Herr Roesicke, president of
the German Farmers union, who de-
nounced the Socialist aims as sinister
and anti-national, and as tending to a
prolongation of the war since, as he
declared, the entente based their
hopes on German disunion.
president Wilson," Herr Roesicke
continued, wants no peace with the
L. h,,t tha roI,, ;e,,
deeply rooted in German hearts for
the malignity of the entente or Of
President Wilson to be capable of de-
stroying It,"
Developments In Russia.
Official advices to the state depart
ment during the week showed the Ger
man governments efforts to disrupt
the provisional government of Russia
are undated and are meeting with
some success. The share in the gov
eminent offered to the council of work
mems and soldiers delegates was at
first refused and later accepted on
conditions that were rejected by the
government. The council, neverthe-
less, stands firm for continuance of
the war and issued a manifesto to. the
soldiers pleading with them to go on
fighting for revolutionary Russia and
to give up all thought of separate
peace. 1t told them Ii would lead them
toward peace by another way-by call
ing for revolution of the workmen
and peasants of Germany and Austria
Hungary.
Among the actual results last week
OF the DISCRIMINATION in Russia were