New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-16
President, Blocked on
Peace by Allies, Gets
Shock from Berlin
STILL is SEEKING
WAY FOR NEW MOVE
Fears Entente Will Say
"Stop Throwing Monkey
Wrenches in Machine"
By STEVENSON II. EVANS

Washington, Jan. l5.-Presdent VIII
son is M against a stone wall in his ef-
forts TO find a way to encourage peace
tslk among the belhgerents. The Allies
have made It clear that II he wants to
GO further he must apply to Berlin, and
now Germany sends out a strong hin.
that demand for Germany's terms
will be resented.
After the broad hints circulated here
in the last few days encouraging Mr..
Wilson 10 ask Germany for her terms,
Washington was astonished to-day to
earn that Foreign Secretary thinner
mann had stated categOreally that the
German terms would not be published.
Germany wants MIR. Wilson 20 act,
but only in the direction Of London
This is the Interpretation placed here
on Zimmermann's statement.
Allies Resent Meddling
But it has been impressed on the Ad-
ministration. from the most inconSpicu-
Gus Of minor officials right up TO the
N nILn HOUSE anu NNNNtiNA ffNNNNf
he Entente resents meddlng IN the
pesce matter. The Administration con-
seoucntly does not want 10 give the
Entente chance 10 say Mr.. wilson
should "mind his own business, OF
stop throwing monkey wrenches INTO
the mschinery.'
If Mr.. Wilson makes a new peace
move. therefore. 1T will be only after
assuring himself positively that no
such Interpretation can be placed on IT,
70 find a way 10 accomplish this Is not
easy. But some Of the Presidents
friends believe that he is trying to hnd
a way. and that he viii ultimately
find IT,
The President and his advisers re-
fuse 10 deny that p new move viii be
made This is the most encouraging
sign for those who want Wilson TO act
again.
All that can be obtained from those
high i'm the Administrations councils
is that they 6eplore the speculation
IN the press as 20 what VIII be done.
They want 10 made clear that they
themselves are not az all clear. But
they decline TO take the one step that
would dispose OF the speculation and
stop the irritation and embarrassment
Of which they complain namely, TO an
uounce positively that they are through
interfering in the situation.
Peace Is Far Distant
The actual hope Of peace is more re-
mote even than 1t appears on the sur
face The following analysis Of the
present situation was given to-day by
a diplomat friendly to the Allies;
From the point of view Of the Allies
peace is not a question Of terms at all.
Therefore the Allies feel perfectly easy
about publishing their terms.
From the German point of view
peace is entirely a matter of terms. II
is bargain 10 be driven. Nobody can
drive a bargain in public. Germany
dare not publish her real terms, be
cause il would disrupt the Quadrupie
Alliance. She dare not publish terms
that you'd satisfy all her allies. be-
cause il would make peace hopeless.
Fighting for Principle
But the Allies can declare their
terms without hesitation because the
terms are not al all the essential thing,
frCm their point of view. They are
fighting for a principle-for the elimi-
nation of military terrorism in Europe
When that is accomplished and, Obvl-
ously. 10 is not yet accomplished there
viii be peace, and the terms VIII ne
Just. because the only element that
could possibly be discontinued Will have
been eliminated.
"Tho German idea is 10 get into
secret conference and drive a bargain
with her larger enemies at the expense
O. the small nations. both enemy and
friendly This is precisely the kind OF
peace that the Allies arc fighting
against. They could have had a peace
Of that precise kind in July. 1914, and
there would have been no war;