Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-18
Move to Delude People of
Other Nations as Well as
Germans.
A SHAM
BY NATIONS
Austrian Emperor Forced
Hand Of Kaiser, Says
One Diplomat.

Washington, July 1S.-lnformatloT
received here from Europe through
official channels represents the Ger.
man government as offering sham re-
forms in order to a the Hohenzol.
lern dynasty. Although officials dc
n t pretend to understand the situa.
ton accurately, they feel that there
is merit in the belief that the political
crisis in Germany, while apparently
of internal importance mainly, may
develop conditions that will have a
marked effect on the progress of the
One Entente view of the situation,
watch is sale to represent the opinion
very generally Of allied Europe, has
been communicated to Washington,
and the source of the communication
entities it to receive careful consider
\ alton. According to this review OF
the stirring events in Germany, the
reform movement is intended not
only for its effect on the German peo-
PIE U to impress western democrac
les. Austrian influence thas been
I brought to bear on Germany, it is de-
= clared. The Austrian emperor sees
the necessity for an early peace to
enable him to make his empire Sc
7 cure by preventing it's disintegration
through internal discussions.
Entente View of Situation.
The Entente view the German po-
litical situation is outlined as follows:
THE electoral reform promised
\ Prussia is dictated by a desire to di-
minish the distance which separates
the Central Empires from the En-
tente nations and America. The
cause underlying this concession are
several, chiefly the failure of the Ger
man submarine warfare and the new
Russian offensive. The different po-
litical parties in Germany a be-
gun to distrust the government, but
are still far from that transforms
ton which might make Germany APP
Even the Hohenzollerns have been
forced to start on a path from which
it will be impossible for them to turn
back.
Premier Lloyd George is gratifed
that his admonition to Prussia and
the German people h Ia it was neces-
sary for them to democratize Ger
many If they wanted her to be ac-
I cepted again among the civilized ma
reform which the Kaiser offers to
Prussia is only the beginning, and
with which all the parties are not sat
tsfied. Germany cannot become a
democratic country until the Parlia-
ment and the government are real
representatives of the country's will.
German People Deluded.
THE German people have been for
q long time in a deluded state, and
now begin to realize that the cours
of their government was not the right
n The German government itself
is now trying to save the monarchy.
The reforms promised are intend
ed not only for home effect but also
to impress the Western democracies
and to arouse in them a feeling OF
l sympathy when, in the not far distant
future, Germany will make a new
{ offer Of peace. Such an offer will no
be honored by the Entente powers
I unless it is such as to repudiate en-
tirely the u%tterances of Chancellor
o Bethmann Hollweg and unless it
is in thorough accord with the rights
! of nationality and with the spirit OF
h declarations of President Wilson
The news from Berlin is symptomatic
as 1t reveals a profound transforma-
ton Of the war policies of Germany
Austria Forced German Action.
1t is a fact the Emperor of Aus
tria-Hungary sees the necessity OF
j concluding an early peace. He has
, been forced to consider the necessity
Il OF such a peace by internal troubles
such as the resolution of the Hungar-
ian diet indicate, and also by the de-
n plorable condition of his armies on
i account of a terrible shortage of food.
taken in recent actions on
4 The Italian front declared the food
problem in Austria Hungary was be-
coming more and more alarming,
The prices Of foodstuffs are extreme
~ high and the crops are not prom
tsing on account Of lack of rains.
One Austrian prisoner taken on
Inc Italian front carried on his person
q letter from Vienna which had es-
capped the censor and in which 1t was
asserted that the number Of suicides
4 among women was increasing daily
at an enormous rate. The latter re-
ferred also to serious troubles in the
Austrian capital. Another document
found upon the body Of a dead Ans
trfan soldier said that all furloughs
TO Vienna had been suspended. Still
fourther papers which fell into the
hands Of he Italian authorities dis
closed thai the Austrian army had
been ordered to practice the strictest
economy until the new crops were
harvested. Severe penalties are i'm
posed upon ytolators Of the food reg
uiations in the Austrian army.
The economic situation of his
empire. together with the many pont-
fcal discussions among the various
races which make up the component
compel Emperor Charles to consider
peace, and he is bringing the infiu-
ence of himself and of his ministers
TO bear upon the German kaiser and
the Berlin government.
The danger in the situation is
that h allied nations might be de-
ceived BY the appearances and not
diseern the substance in the new sit
aation which As being created in Ber-
n I n -