The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-10-05
House May Decide to Investigate
Bernstorff's Plot TO lnfIu-
enCe Congress.
FIVE NAMED BY TOM HELM
Bulgaria Ready TO Cult War-eer-
many's Conditional Offer TO Evaou.
ate Belglum--Lanslng's Expos
ures Well Tlmed--Haig Makes
Further Advances In Flanders.
BIZ EpwARo W. PlcKARp.

by EbWAn0 W. FhSNfNn6s
The house of representatives may
determine to investigate Itself, or rath-
| or the action of certain of Its MEM
| bers, rs result of the disclosure OF
the Bernstorff plot TO influence con-
gress and keep the country from en-
tering the war, by the expenditure of
$4,000 through some organization.
Representative Tom Hetiin of Ala
bama precipltated the inquiry by stat
ing Ia the house that he knew of some
congressman whose actions were sus-
piclous. Called before the rules com
mlttee, he named Senator La Fol
lette, Representative at Large w. II.
Mason OF Illinois, Representatives
Fred A. Britten Of Illinois, and Pat
rick ID. Norton and John NJ Baer of
! North Dakota. He did not accuse
anyone OF receiving German money,
hut demanded that the activities of
these Ave men be investigated,
Bulgaria Wants to Cult.
Bulgaria, having attained the ends
for which she entered the war-the
recovery Of Dobrudja, Macedonia, and
parts OF Serbia that were taken from
her In the Balkan warts ready 10
quit fighting II permitted to retain her
conuuests. SO says stephan Pan
aretoff, Bulgarian minister to the
, United States. His country, he adds
has no interest In Germany's ambi
ton 10 establish Mittel Europa, ant
would have preferred to enter the wa
on the side Of the allies, had thei
! promises been as unconditional a
! those OF the kaiser.
Austria-Hungary, according TO ad
, vices received In Washington, IL rap
idly nearing collapse, and the Gen
! man war party realizes that peace,
: Il Is To be of the German brand, mus
L be procured within six months or be
!, fore America gets fully Into actor
; There Is great distress throughout IA
g realm of Emperor Charles and his pee
Die would gladly stop fighting provl'
s. cd they do not have to yield too niue
& to Italy.
A Germany Offers Belgian Bargain.
4 The replies Of Germany and Austri
TO the pOpe's peace proposals, nile
N with high sounding phrases and hyp
!. crlsy. we're virtually ignored by the a
:. He'd governments and condemned /
m evaslye and inslncere by the pres
N Therefore the kaiser cnme forwai
with an addendum, verbally expresses
no 10 the papal nuncio az Munich by Flo
- eign Secretary Kuehlman, In which
"a ngreea TO eyacuate Belgium In ord
i, to gain peace. But the offer was hedg'
- about by conditions that made all q
~ non .Tcutouic world laugh. lie d
/, handed that Germany have the rig
20 develop her economic enterpris
freely in Belgium, especially In Al
es werp: that Belgium give guaran
Il that 'any such menace as that viii
as threatened Germany In 1914 would
Id future be excluded: :" that Belgium q
lip dertake TO maintain the administratl
re- separation OF the Flanders and w
lat loon districts introduced by German
he and not enter into any commerce
treaties aimed at Germany. In
ON turn Germany offers graciously TO C
lie tribute a share OF the compensation
rty be paid to the little nation she }
zen | ravished.
ks The new German party organiz
by Admiral won Tirpitz and others !
now in Office got into action last We