The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-06
s'Their Hunger for Power De.
sires Our Destruction"
"FOr the Fatherland. You Will
Become Men of Steel"
ENEMIES DO NOT WANT PEACE
ssWith Gods Help Our Arms
Shall Enforce IT."
Allies and Central Powers In
Separate Conferences.

Amsterdam. Jan "a Berlin tele-
gram says that the following order OF
the German emperor to the army and
navy has been officially published:
"Csrjointly with the allied Central
powers) rulers I proposed to our enc
mics to enter forthwith into peace ne
gotiations Our enemies refused my
offer. Their hunger for power de-
sires Gerrrany's destruction. The war
will be continued. Before God and
humanity I declare that on the gov
erHments of our enemies alone falls
the heavy responsibility for all the fur
Their terrible sacrifice from which
wished to save you.
with justified indignation at our
enemies arrogant crime and with de-
termination to defend Our hottest pos
sessions and secure for the fatherland
a happy future you will become as
steel. Our enemies did not want the
understa nding offered by me- With
Gods help, our arms will enforce it,"
Allies Meet In Rome Today.
London. Jan. 6.-Interest conferred
today in war-not in peace.
Two conference.-the one by the
allies, the other by highest officials of
the central powers-were cited to in
dictate that both sets of belligerents in
i tended to make answer to the various
peace notes with the force of arms.
L
1t was a meeting of the prime minis
tiers and cabinet officials of the en-
tente nations. For England, Premier
Lloyd-George and Lord Miner. men,
Der of the war council" were present.
| France was represented by Premier
BRAND. Minister of War Lyautey and
Minister of Munitions and Manufac-
lures Thomas. Russia sent General
Palitzin of the general staff.
1t was officially characterized as
h ~s.-w4
of views. 1t was taken to forecast a
moro vigorous prosecution of the war
! The .Germanic conference was re-
ported in dispatches emanating from
Vienna, detailing IAN important con-
/ ference" at the field camp of Kaiser
William. Present were the kaiser.
Field Marshal Archduke Frederick,
COMMUNICATIVE chief OF Austria Hum
gary's armies, Field Marshal Won
Hoetzendorff, chief of staff of the
Austrian armies; Crown Prince Boris
of Bulgaria, Field Marshal Won Hind
enburg and Quatermaster General
Won Ludendorff.
Explain Why Peace Failed.
The Teutonic censors did not per-
nit dispatches to detail what was con-
sidered at this conference, nor the
reason why 1T was called. But opinion
here regarded it as a meeting of war.
chiefs. to discuss what had happened
to plans for a Germa n-made peace
1t was also assumed that this con-
ference of military chiefs was con-
nected in some way with the confer
! ence called for Berlin next week OF
presidents of parliaments and pre-
miers of all central power nations.
| British public opinion holds there
could be no better answer to German
peace proffers than the Rome confer
ence starting today-with professed
purpose to obtain greater unity of ef-
tort in waging the war henceforth.
According to the British view, the con-
ference also develops utter failure OF
Germany's scheme to create dissension
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