Arizona republican., 1917-09-10
GERMANY STRUGGLES WITH PROBLEMS OF
 PEACE PROPOSALS
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

COPENHAGEN, Sept 9-The week end brought number of references to, or official declarations concerning Belgium, Alsace-Lorraine and Poland in the German press, which may fore shadow progress or lack of progress in Germany toward solutions of these questions for insertion in the reply of Germany to Pope Benedict's peace proposal.
 Regarding Belgium, statements by Berlin correspondents of the Amster- dam Catholic organ Tijd and the Vien- na Catholic organ Reichpost, on the proposal to give Belgium complete autonomy" subject to Limitations to prevent it entering into special treaty relations with the entente powers or maintaing a military force beyond that required for interior policies, or to up- set the German made division of the country into Wallloon and Flemish halves, have attracted the attention of the German press.
 The Lokal AnZeiger assumes that this represents the Centrists' solution of the situation, but it says the Tidjs further assertion that the proposal has been accepted in principle by the "dou- ble seven commission in Germany is premature. Ss i
 statement in the south German Catholic organ, the Augsburg Post declaring that the time had come for frank declaration that the German people have no thought of opressing Belgium economically, politically or mll1tarlly, also is attracking attention The meeting of the double seven" commission in Berlin perhaps will show whether the above represents me centrsts conception of a fulfil ment of the Posts wishes
 pr, GeOrg MiChae aeliS tho Carroop in, perlal chancellor, in an interview pub nshed in Stuttgart, shows that the federated governments are not vet united as has been assumed on the idea of creating Alsace-Lorraine into hereditary monarchial state, but that some of them are still toying with the old Idea of dividing the provinces be- tween Prussia, Bavaria and Baden.
 The solution of the Polish question is to be announced in few days It will begin with the institution of a regency of uncertain powers and the abolition of the hated division into Austrian and German spheres of ad- ministration
 The conservative and pan German newspapers daily are playing bolder with the thought of a dissolution of the reichstag and new elections. which they claim would, after a proper cam palsn of education, show that a ma Jorlty Of electors are not in favor of a. peace based on renunciations of the spolls Of victory. Representative so- cialist and centrist organs. on the other hand, show a certain distaste for thls suggestion and profess not to nave the slightest fear that the sentf- ment Of the majority of the people can be changed against them
 The Catholic organ Germania. and the Cologne Volkzeitung both oppose dissolution of the reichstag.
 It Is difficult to say how far the an neXatonist press is in earnest in it's demand for dissolution of the reichs- tag or whether the campaign carried on py them is intended merely to en- courage Chancellor Michaelis to dis regard the reichstag peace resolution. There is littl doubt. however, that the conservatives would rather risk cleo tons than lose the privilege of their caste in Prussia without a fight.
 The conservative and pan-German campaign on education is vigorously Tn progress, the newspapers and or ganlzations making extensive use of President Wilson's references to the necessity of a reform of the Germa government. This, under the guise of unJustified interference in GermaDy's nome concerns and an attempt to dlc- tate to the German nation how 1t shall run it's own affairs, figures in an in creasing number of resolutions by To- cal organizations and in editorials in the Chauvinist press
 It may be that President Wilson's words and subsequent state depart ment explanations are having their ef feet on the voiceless masses but the moderate and non- socialist press shows little inclination to take issue with the assumed resentment of the other newspapers and the influence which are behind the new anti-Wil- son demonstration in Hanover, Pots dan, Breslau and elsewhere On the other hand. President Wilson's appeal appears to have scored decided suc- cuss in Austria Hungary.