New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
LITTLE HOPE SEEN '
 BY GERMAN PRESS
Pessimistic Views Expressed by
 Editors of Berlin Papers
Berlin, Jan. 24, via London, Jan. 25.

Berlin, Jan. 24, via London, Jan. 25. "a number of the Berlin papers, commenting on President Wilson's speech, express wonder at the presi- :. dents statement that neither policy of belligerents wants to destroy the other Against this statement they < quote the Ententes' reply to Presl- ' dent Wilson's note and the supple f mentary communication of Foreign Secretary Balfour.
 The TagebIatt misses clear ex. pression of the presidents views con- corning demands aiming at humllla- ton, dissolution, enthrallment and de- struction." This paper regards the realization of President Wilson's peace organization as little reconcll- able with the desires and hopes of the Entente statesmen, with the expecta-' ton of German annexationists. The Tageblatt approves entirely President Wilson's position that there should be no annexations without the consent Of the peoples annexed but it asserts that Russia would not be con- tent with the naturalization of the Dardanelles because it has already been expressly agreed among Entente states that Constantinople must be ! Russianized. The Tageblatt con- cludes by saying that every intelli- gent man in Germany who desires a permanent and assured peace can sub- scribe to most of President Wilson's prin ciples.
 Should Germany Have Milwaukee?. 1 The Vorwaerts says that President Wilson's outline of the principles of future peace are as possible of dis 1 cussion by the Central powers as the ] Ententes war aims are impossible. It says that the Entente is striving 1 the exact opposite of peace without 1 victory and without humiliation. Dis ] cussing President Wilson's reference to peace, the Vorwaerts demands that l Posen remain attached to Prussia, | owing to its large German population and asks if President Wilson thinks l that Milwaukee should be ceded to 1 Germany. The socialist organ rejects the attempts of other papers to read partiality to the Entente in the speech. g.
 The Vossiches Zeitung is mainly
 critical and non-sympathetic in it's
 attitude. It professes to see that 1 President Wilson, in his very first 1 words, aligns himself with Germany's enemies and 1t misses "the Iightest
 word of protest against the Entente
 plans of conquest"
 The National Zeitung carefully req
 frains from agreeing or disagreeing
 with the speech but, after summariz-
 ing it, finds that it will displease the
 Entente if they accept it's applica
 tion The National Zeitung fears
 that President Wilson may indulge in
 a vision of people and state of
 government according to the Amer
 ican standard and, in stubbornly ad-
 herring to this idea, may fail to real
 ize that other conceptions exist in l Europe. Concerning the idea of a
 league of peace after the war the pa-
 per says:
 How Germany regards this has
 been said often."
 "The verdict of the Central pow-
 CTS on this speech concludes this pa,
 per, ''is different and the issues 1t
 raises can only be discussed in a
 purely theoretical way. It is likewise
 impossible to say whether the speech | is a real, rather than an ideal, of 1 peace since that depends upon how 1t , is taken by the governme at war."'