Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-05-17

OF TWO more hospital ships by the Ger
mans. The news also came of the tor
pedoing of the British steamship City
OF Paris in the Mediterranean early
In April. The vessel carried 2G6 pas
sengers and a large crew and only %
We're saved.
American inventors by The thousand
are seeking mems of combating the
sublaarine, and Chairisan Saunders of
itle naval consulting board made a
statement which, though deprecated by
navy oillciaiS, gave assurance that
some of the devices submitted would
solve the problem in the near future
The war department. announced on
monday That nine regiments of engi-
neers, made up largely of railroad
men, would be sent to France as soon
as possible. These mens and doctors
and nurses will be the first to reach
the war zone.
Members Of the French war commits
sion, after their trip through the cen.
trail West, We're received enthusiast.
cally In Philadelphia and New York
some of the British commissioners ud.
dressed congress. and all OF them pre-.
pared TO return home, confident that
the arrangements made with America,
ensured the prosecution of the war tC
a victorious conclusion.
The finance eomgiittee of the
French chamber of deputies, in report
ing on Il bill, asserted that France
must have Il peace that pays" in re-
storation of Alsnce-Lorraine, compen-
.saticn in kind for ihefts and damages
in the invaded region, rebuilding of
the ruined towns and villages by Ger
man hands, ships to replace those
sunk, and guarantees for annual pay
mcnts.
1t was stated anthoritatively in
Washington Thursday that President
Wilson had informed Mr.. Balfom lhat
lhe United States viii make war and
peace in common with the allies
Ferment in. Germany.
Of the greatest interest and i'm
portance We're the events of the week
in Germany. Chancellor Won Beth.
mann-llolweg, finding himself between
two fires, maintained silence concern.
ing GellnaIys aims in the war. On
the one hand, the peace without-anncx
alton socialists attacked him and the
government tierccly, virtually demand
ing that he step down and out. On the
other hand, the conservatives and Pan.
Germans assailed him for apparently
yielding to the other faction, and alsC
boldly blamed his llesitant policy for
the long duration of the war. Sweep.
ing internal reforms in the empire are
demanded by the radicals, and some OF
tfelD--but not enough yet--venturp To
urge the Wlpng out Of prussia's bale
ful predoninance and evcIiNhe deposi.
ton of the. reigning dynasty.
logical result of these agifations
was the reported attempt of an assas-
sin3t to shoot the kaiser in Berlin. Had
his aim been truer his bullet would
have removed not alone Wilhelm, but
the whole house of Hohenzollern.
Closely related 10 events in Germany
were the developments In Russia. The
provisional heads of the new republic
were forced 10 agree 10 form a coai-
ton government with the dele
gates of the soldiers and work.
mems councils. This quieted the dis
turbances for the time being, but the
German socialist eiaissalies continued
TO spread their propaganda. Borgierg
Danish socialist, who is in Petrograd
made known the peace terms proposed
by the German socialist democratic
party, the majority faction. They in.
clude recognition of the right of ma.
tions to freedom of development the
introduction Of compulsory interna-
tional arbitration, the restitution by
Germany of all conquered territories,
plebiscite in Russian Poland, with
freedom to choose between independ-
ence or annexation by Russia or Ger
many; the restoration of independence
to Belgium, Serbia, and Roumania: the
restoration to Bulgaria of the Bulgari-
an districts of Macedonia. and the
granting TO Serbia of Il free port on
the Adriatic.
The radical socialists of Petrograd
at once declared that their party
should have nothing to do with Borg
jerg and his propositions, which they
asserted were wholly pro-German.
Stand Of American Socialists.
Leading American socialists gave out
a Statements denouncing the interna-
tfonal socialist conference called for
Stockholm early in June as "the most
dangerous of all the kaiser's plots for