The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-01
Germany Will Outline Terms ii
Allies Call Conference.
Kaiser's War Minister Says
Gar Started the War.
BY MODELLING HIS ARMY
Sees Hopeful Peace Sign in
LansdOwne Letter.
Tells Reichstag Enemy Filled
With Greed for Power.

London. Nov. Dec. 1.-The German
foreign secretary. DR.. Won Kuehlmann
is quoted in a Central News dispatch
from Amsterda--. as saying it was alb
surd to imagine Germany would enter
a peace conference with large claims
During yesterdays sitting of the
reichstag main committee DR. Won
Kuehlmann made a speech in which
he said:
our eyes at the present moment
are turned toward the east. Russia
has set the world ablaze. The gang or
bureaucrats and sycophants, rotten TO
f4he core overruling the weak and mis-
ruided tho probably well meaning
autocrat, surreptitiously brought
about the mobilization of that coun-
try which was the actual and tmme-
diate cause of the gigantic catastrophe
which befell the world Now now
ever Russia has swept aside the cud-
prfts and she is laboring to find thru
an arn,istice and peace an opportunity
Cor her internal reconstructional need
mot supplement and clear words IN
which the chancellor yesterday stateo
the attitude of the German govern
ment toward these aims
Russian Offer Looks Good.
Here again our policy will adhere
70 the principle of firm but moderate
craftsmanship based upon fae Us me
principles hitherto announced 10 tne
world by the present rulers IN fet,O-
Grad appear to be entirely acceptaDle
asa basis for reorganization OF a airs
in the easta reorganization -Whl 'il H.
while fully taking into account tne
right of nations to determine theIr
own destinies is calculated perHldh-
emily to safeguard the essehtlaI N
terests of the two great heish"Oi 4iAe
nations. Germany and Russla-
at am profoundly satisfied that we
shall be able to pursue TINS 10 II
fun agreement with our alles anu
take if also. with the almost unanl-
Tnons support of the represe natives
Of the German people here assembled
"a fact which will give our actIoh
necessary weight.
tory in Italy and to the bitterness
caused in Germany by Italy's entrance
into the war, DR.. Won Kuehlemann
some Sympathy for Italy
"Doubtless there be some who in
this hour of utter collapse win not
withhold sympathy from the Italian
THE effect of Germany's military
successes the foreign secretary said,
was noticeable also in England and
The foreign secretary then told his
hearers it had been said Germany
had shown great reserve on account
of the fact that she had fraudulent
design and that once German astute-
ness had succeeded in bringing to-
gether her adversaries at the confer
ence table, she would come out with
impossible claims, reckoning that the
people, tired of war, and prepared for
far-rea ching sacrifices, would not give
their statesmen the support necessary
to refute Germany's demands. On
this account it has been said it would
be necessary for Germanys enemies
to continue the fight until Germany
was forced to make a detailed state
ment of her terms
"If our adversarieS are anxious to
Know what our aims are" he con-
tinued, this matter is very simple in
deed There is a sufficient number of
ways at their disposal. History has
not furnished a single example of any
great diplomatic assemblage purport-
ing to settle international affairs, ever
having been convened without pre-
viously having informed itself as to
the intentions of the parties con-
cerned."
Refers to Lansdowne Letter.
The secretary referred to the letter
of the Marquis of Lansdowne, saying:
TT may be that Lansdowne's letter
can be taken as a hopeful sign that
even in England the forces of modera-
ton are gaining ground.
"But today" he continued, sit is
certain that the pope's message is re-
ceiving no response from the western
powers and that France and England
are resolved to rely only on violence.
Therefore, the German people will
stand up and be prepared to beat
force with force until the dawn of the
better and more humane understand
ing which is beginning to appear in
the eastern sky shall arise in the ma
tons of the west, which are as yet
filled with greed for money and