The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-04
This Time, Report S1yS, Offer
Will Contain Terms.
GERMAN RIOT PERIL GROWING
German Press Says World Will Be
Amazed at Moderation of Germany's
ProposaIs-Entente ENJOYS Antici-
pate Their Rejection-News from
Central Empires Is Cut OFF:

Central Empires Is Cut Off:
THE HAGUE = Imperial Chan
cellor DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg will
make a new peace offer in the reich
stag at its meeting Thursday, the Ber-
liner Tageblatt announces.
"The world will be astonished by
the moderation of the German peace
terms" said the General Anzeiger of
Dusseldorf, Germany, quoting in re-
cent dispatch from Berlin a statement
given out to foreign correspondents in
Berlin. Recent information from Ber-
lin showed that Chancellor Won Beth
mann-Hollweg was expected soon to
make an announcement in regard to
international questions, although here
tofore no statement has come from
a responsible quarter that peace of
fer actually would be made.
For several months a controversy
has been in progress in Germany as
to the aims of the war The Socialists,
vigorously opposed by the Pan-Ger-
mans, are urging clear statement OF
Germany's peace terms on the basis
of no annexations or ir nlnities. The
chancellor was recently reported to
have decided to defer definite formu-
1ation of peace proposals.
Given Added Weight.
The announcement of the chancel-
lors plan to make a peace offer on
Thursday is given added weight by
the fact that it appears in the Tage-
blatt, one of the most widely circu
lated German newspapers.
For more than a month rumors of
another peace "feeler" by the imper-
ial German chancellor have been cir
culating in Europe. A conference
which the Austrian emperor held with
the kaiser about that time was the
basis for reports that Austria was
pressing for new peace offers by the
Central powers. OF more recent cir
culation have been persistent reports
that the economic situation in Ger
many was such that her governmental
leaders realized some new play for
public support must be made.
To Be Rejected by Allies.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Entente
Allies are fatty opposed, in advance,
to any peace plan Bethmann-Hollweg
may make in the reichstag, it is stated
by a high authority in the Balfour
commission, because it would not be
genuine and would mean victory for
the Teutons and a menace to the civ
ilization of the world"
Krupp Works Isolated.
LONDON, ENG. "In the Rhine
provinces more than half the NUM-
lions workers decided to strike to-
day." wired the correspondent at The
Hague of the Exchange Telegraph
company on May 1. Essen (home of
the great Krupp works. is shut off
from the rest of Germany and COM
pletely isolated from the world in or
der to prevent the slightest informa-
ton about strikes at the Krupp works
from leaking out. Strikes are general
in small towns near the Dutch from
tier"
Germany Shuts Off All News.
Extraordinary measures have been
taken by the rulers of the Central en-
pires to prevent the outside world
from knowing what is occurring with
in their borders. No German newspa-
per is allowed to pass into a neutral
country and for the last ten days all
persons have been forbidden to leave
Germany Thus the scanty and dubi-
Gus news formerly cleaned from the
censored German press or from casu-
al travellers has been cut off complete
1y and the Teutonic empires are al
most as isolated from the rest of the
world as was ancient Japan.
TypFus Outbreak Reported.
Reports from Switzerland of vague
and indefinite authority assert that
the troubled conditions in Germany
have been intensified by a widespread
outbreak of typhus, said to be preva-
lent especially in the great industrial
regions. The epidemic is attributed to
the growing food scarcity, but the
story, like many other similar ones
lacks confirmation from any reliable
source.
Veil Drawn Over Sweden.
The same veil which has been drawn
over events in Germany and Austria
obscures the situation in Sweden,
where a great nationwide demonstra-
ton by the workers was also planned
for May l. Since the outbreak of a
couple of weeks ago when rioting took
place in Stockholm the only news
received as to conditions in Sweden
a general strike was ordered by the
labor leaders for May day, coupled
with a warning to the government
against undue interference
CONSTRUCTION Bill Is Passed.