Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-26
u. S. PASSPORT
BANDEPRESSES
EUROPE'S REDS
Stockholm Conferenc c e
Chairman Refuses to
Credit Report
PEACE PLAN OFFERED
Includes Reparation for Belgium
and Serbia and Liberation
of Small Nations
STOCKHOLM Mnv 2G-

Secretary OF State LHnsng's refusal 10
Issue passports TO American Socialists to
the international Socialist conference here
dismayed and depressed the delegates al
ready here for that meeting. The news
was received today The representatives
could hardly credit II
THE report Is either false or else the
result of n misunderstanding Of the pur-
poses of the conference" insisted Chairman
Brantlng.
Meetings Of various groups of the Social
lists stil continued today, but II was ap-
parent that the plan for a general meeting
will fall Brantlng and Secretary Huysmau.
the Swedish and Belgian Socialists, who
have been the real brains Of the meetings so
far, declared today that continuance of the
present separate conferences. even n there
Is no general session, viii strengthen the
international Socialist bureaus place. They
aspire to a place on the peace conference
board, or at least some lever by which
their influence will be felt in the final ad.
justment of the European situation
Secretary Huysman today presented for
publication the following outline Of peace
terms which, he said will be proposed 10 all
belligerents at the conclusion Of the stock
holm sessions through the respective Social
ist parties, leaders, cabinet members ana
parliamentarians:
No annexGtlons,
No post-bellum trade war
All enemy territory to be evacuated by
the belligerents.
Full recompense for Belgium and
Serbia.
Perhaps compensation for the ruthless
destruction in northern France.
Germany must not be deprived Of her
colonies" said NJ Huysman, "as that would
be annexation. Alsace- Lorraine presents
the greatest difficulty, but the problem must
be solved. France and Germany in col
laboration with the inhabitants Of the prov
incpq gpttlp hp pF I
raine between them.
ut Is desirable that the Dardanolcs
should he internationalized ald the forts
disarmed, but Turkey must retain un-
trammeled possession Of Constantinople and
the European territory held hv her when
the war began. Armenia should be auton-
cmous.
RUMANIA TO GAIN
"Rumania certainly should not lose ter
ritory, but perhaps gain n section of Tran
sylvania, to be voluntarily ccdcd by Aus
tria. But Serbian Macedonia should be
added to Bulgaria.
''The Bosnians and Croatians are south
ern States. who want 10 go over TO Serbia
and form with her a new country that may
be called southern SlavOnia. II they can
not reach an agreement rendering possible
this aim, they desire autonomy within the
Austrian Empire like that enjoyed today
by Hungary.
Bohemia does not want 10 coaesce with
any nation in the present empire frontiers
She wants and will get autonomy within
the Austrian Empire.
POLAND has three observation-disclosures
independence, autonomy within the German
Empire or autonomy within the Russian
empire I think she will choose autonomy
within the Russian Empire. making her a
State like Finland, with the untrammeled
operation of her own Constitution
THE autonomy Of Ukraine, Esthonia and
al. T.1va h.
left TO the deliberations OF these nations and
the new Socialist regime in Russia.
A DISSIPATED GERMAN DREAM
But how about the Prusslan junkerdom
ideal Of a Mittel Europe with the German
nag waving all the way from the docks
Of Antwerp to the mosques Of Bagdad?" /
asked.
THAT was a dream. Now it is dissi-
pated dream. All the Socialist labor parties
and groups I'm Germany Austria and Bull
garia are dead against II. A durable peace
could never be based on such Il conception.
''The Trieste region is going to be a
problem second only to the Alsace- Lorraine
difficulty, but the Austrian Socialists will
settle with their Italian comrades. II is
likely TO he ceded to Italy. What other
solution could there he II we do justice to
our motto. which like yours IL Govern
ment of the people, by the people, for the
people,"
Then NJ. Huysman made most interest
ing prediction. namely that perhaDs ar
rangements will he made with Turkey
through the mediation Of Germany to trans
form Palestine into ZiOnia at last providing
a home for the long-wandering Jewish
race
81 may tell you five Jewish organizations
are keenly interested in the scheme The
Jewish Labor Bureau at The Hague has
just reported I'm its favor. and the Jewish
delegates will attend the Stockholm con-
versations with this object"