The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-03
H0[[WEG NOW
HOLDS Up HIS
PEACE OFFER

COPENHAGEN, May .. via London.
i:D1 D. m.--Thc speech which was +"
have been made in the Rclchstag by Mr.
Won Rethmann Hollweg. tho German
imperial chancellor, on peace and inter
national relations, has nc"n postponed
10 more fitting occasion according |"
word received here.
The situation as reported in a diSnai ten
from Berlin appears to be- rs follows:
At caucus Of the majority Socialist
! in the ReichStag. the group that sup
ports the policy of not embarrassing the
, chancellor and the government, 1t was
decided 10 defer an Interpolation That
had been proposed regarding Germany's
peace plans until Il more suitable occas-
ion. The interpolation was 10 have,
been made today.
II Is now expected that debate upon
the political situation. together with The
, chancellnrs speech, will probably lie
postponed until the third reading OF tho
finance measures.
according to the RcrliZcr Tagehlatt,
rs quoted in despatch from The Hague
on Tuesday, DIR. Won Bethmann-HollweE
was TO hav" made {; peace offer in the
RcichstaE on Thursday. The speech had
been awaited with the greatest interest
IN view OF III" recent reports of cond1-
tons in Germany, notably in connection
with labor and socialism. and also be-
cause OF an ntimation in ono of The
German newspapers that tho moderation
OF the German peace terms would AS
|, tOnish the world" Authentic news from
Germany has been so mcagre of late
that II iG difficult 10 judge what de-
rclopments. either Internal ar external
may have induced the chancellor TO alter
his reported decision to make another
announcement regarding Gcrmany's in
ternationHl relations and possibly her
definite war aimS.)
AMSTERDAM. May . (via London,
1873 q. m.)-Thc Berlin Norwatcrts cN-
! presses the belief that 81 per cent Of
the soldiers at the front will return ar-
ter the war enthusiastic friends of
peace. The paper dwells at lengh ON
the Socialist conference at Stockholm
and. while it attaches no great hope 10
paved for M end Of The war. Declaring
that tho Russian revolution has ended
the possibility OF absolutist methods IN
any European country, the paper con-
tinues:
Whether the remnant Of futile SOW
creignty will hold its own for few
months or years. its hours Hre told and
we shall live tn src and celebrate Ita
; downfall. If il does not yield now the
more sudden will be it's downfall. The
: people. who have been convinced by
three years Of war that they alone ar"
the pillars Of state, will accomplish it,"
LONDON, May .. 12:5i y. m.-Accnrd-
ing to Amsterdam dispntch"s, consider
able Importance IS attHch"' to The visits
that ITALIAN I'asha. tn" i kish grand
vizirr. is paying tho central powers. The
correspondents say thai after seeing
Emperor William and Field Marshal
Won Hindenhurg AT German hcadquar-
ters he went To Munich and conferred
with King Ludwig and the Bavarian
ministers. Later he went to Vienna,
where he is said To have discussed the
prospects of pence and concessions re-
Gardng the Dardan"llnS with Count
CZcrnin. thr Austru-iIungarian minister.
The Turkish pr"mier's visit to Vienna
at tho moment when Count Won Hnrt-
ling. the Eavarian primo minister. vas
there is considered IL be especially sig
nitlCant.