The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-09-06
GERMANY WANTS
PEACE FARLEY
Government to Accept Reich.
stag Demands With View
to Negotiations Be-
fore Christmas.

Amsterdam. Sept. 4.-fBritish Ad.
hniralty per Wireless Press.)-Accord-
Ing to the most reliable authority, tho
next session OF the German reichstag
will be devoted exclusively to the Ques-
ton of peace. The majority has decided
sernment regarding It's minimum peace
agreement and it is said the govern
ment will yield with a view to peace
negotiations before Christmas.
The German government, according
~ this authority. favors the pYenipo-
Berne or Copenhagen. but primarily
The Hague.
~ United Press.
Washington, d. G., Sept. S.-AccOrd-
ing to advices from neutral nations
near Germany. the German liberals are
starting to accept President Wilson'S
view OF the case.
The liberals are impressed by Will
sons insistenee that eliminating autoc-
racy will make the German people and
not tho kaiser the ruler. The president'S
peace reply met q cold reception by
the press. Bit with the German people
it is expected that the presidents mess
sage will bring forth fruit. Under VIM
tiers new rigors h people at home Will
clamor for something more than iluto-
cratic promises, it is believed.
Amsterdam. Sept l4The Berlin
SVorwanrts in commenting en- President
Wilson's reply to the I;ope, says:
The American note Is q cautious
and Clever joe.IIment. It's 4 passion
ate indictmentastO amend TIE systeIns
OF government ohta MINI, in germany.
to which it attributes AZ wprld.s
atrocities. Against the aei.rl.,T peoiiieN
the note sets forth that Afnctit Il Iioes
want TO retas;ate tYfl;nit3ohssi IT
has in the course VI THIS war Wiis.h3
1t did not want. suffered fnascii. That
Is undoubtedly n very eofret ,yisstsIsss:s-
ton, that the German pessp.e. lid not
var this war and N IT. ss5tstis ~ has
suffered mach Fear tai ct W. 80
might come nfetssi IL Az a slss "a 4
The American a~0setha,Nilt hass 80
peatedly declared i, dnes asssi aSrt'Us
enmity against & g lterstian 3ssGp e.so1t}
proof of this assett.an Easnri t.s.ss
furnished 1t san on s u = g asisaie
In a demonstrators u &;saeii,atS =, flts
that h GeiInan Geopse ~ MT 10 he
robbed u Made 10 ay tribage 1vsIfs
enemies. The note cautso 49, units
reference, to his which . ~ ',ts-
cisire Importance to the Iefiiian pr
Pile. 1t does nut SUPP oft the indemnity
and territorial demands us Americas
allies. nor does it teiinquish them.
lit will be SAID N rance, hoWeser,
that the note oes not Jiielit!un these
things. Only thesword satisfaction per
rnits a wide misrepresentation NTH Ser
many. SO Ion. as the present govern
meEt syAtenisCbt.iinJ. 1t demands that
h Will of the people back up govern
ment transactions.
The German press will hasten to say
hat it would LIE l~ndignifiel for the
German peopses to give such surety.
On the contrary, We believe it would
be undignifiei to refuse it. The Ger
a peopie are fighting this most ter
rible of Battles not for the rights OF
a single family II a certain form OF
government. but for it's WI existence.
In this sense and in no other. the Ger
mai social democracy, in it's endeavor
to obtain altered constitutional on
ditions, refuses to employ methods cali
culated to weaken the nations position
before the world.
The social democracy considers it
self-undeIstood that governments
which conclude peace among each
other represent the will of their peo-
ples and also that they possess their
confidence. The American government,
in principle, is ready to negotiate with
accredited representatives of the will of
the German people. The agreement
may fail eau of conditions to be
negotiated, but it cannot fail, however,
on the score Of who is to negotiate.
The accredited representatives of the
German people is the ~reichstag, elected
by democratic suffrage. The only thing
lacking is a government responsible to
the peoples representatives as it exists
In all other countries Of the world.
Shall it be said OF as Germans that
negotiations with the United States are
impossible because wa. as a nation are
incapable ef asserting u WILL
Do we deserve this after years of fight
ing and suffering. after ACHIEVEMENTS
and sacrifices without measure and
numbers 2"