Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-25
NIANDNAVIA'S "REDS"
PROPOSE PEACE PLAN
rovor Re-establishment of Bel
Oium, Serbia, Rumania and
Montenegro
,rREE USE OF PLEBESCITE
prl0arians Insist on Dobrudja and
acknowledgements Willing to
"Discuss" Alsace-Lorraine
By ARTHUR E. MANN
STOCKHOLM, May

NJ STOCKHOLM, May 25.
s,.rdinavia's Socialists announced their
sssstions for peace today. They were
establishment of Belgium, Serbia,
pontenegro and Rumania as separate en-
tlties. ., r.,- A. =, -, -
..,,,ement on the basis of the national right
~ free action: t. e. by plebescite.
poIliqerent parliamentary assemblies to be
..auested TO work for speedy peace. general
rsorn,ament and establishment of a court
Al arbitration.
publication Of this outline served to di-
~, attention again to the scant likelihood,
- any sort of agreement In the Socialist
s.rberations here, as well as the failure of
~ plan for any general conference. The
prgarian Socialists are demanding Dob
.ndia and Macedonia for Bulgaria-not as
aannexations," but as return Of territory
,igbtfully Bulgarias through original own.
ership."
French Socialists are expected here
those who know their views insist they
vill demand the return of Alsace. Lorraine
n France. No Austrian, Turkish or Bull
sarian Socialist delegate was willing today
ID commit himself on the matter. and the
snly word obtainable from German ma
brity Socialists was that they were merely
willing to discuss" II.
~ LONDON. May U.s..
II is learned on competent authority that
Premier Ribots recent statement of
Frances aims in the war is the first of a
teries Of statements. Each of the Allies
will make similar statement as to its
aims When these have been made all the
Allies will issue a single combined announce
ment of their war aims. such as was issued
n response to President Wilson's famous
peace note.
II is understood that the combined state
i nent will declare that the Allies agree abso-
htey on the restoration of Belgium, Serbia
and Rumania, the redemption of Alsace-
Lorraine for France and the Trentino for
Italy and the autonomy Of the Slavs now
rnder Austro-H Hungarian rule
All the statements by Allied statesmen
recently have been aimed at Russia
Though that country is sound at heart
much work must be done, especially by the
United States. in putting matters before
the Russian people in their true light
WASHINGTON. May 25.
Another effort to get Americans to partl-
pate in peace parleys at Stockholm failed
when Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, declined an
Invitation to send delegates to a Stockholm
trades union congress to discuss the claims
Of labor in connection with peace negOtia-
lions. The congress will meet simultaneously
with the Socialist peace conference, on
which the State Department has put its
stamp of disapproval by refusing passports
to Americans expecting to attend it and by
warming citizens that attendance would be
IN violation of law.
1t was indicated that failure would
meet any effort 10 secure a modification of
the departments ruling. officials made
this plan when they heard Morris Hilquitt
vas coming to protest to Secetary Lansing
Rba oil hot no de
How, the millionaire hobo" reported to
have arrived at Stockholm, took part in
such conference. he would come under the
terms of the Logan act.