New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-17
Berlin Says Wilson
Tries to Inhame
New Republic
"Nothing to Hinder
Separate Peace"
President Backing the
Allies War Aims Is
Official Comment

Amsterdam, June 1s.-What evidently
may be considered the official German
view Of President Wilson's note 70 the
Russian government Is published to-
day by the semi-official "Norddeutsche
Allgemeine Zeitung," Of Berlin, and
telegraphed abroad by the official Ger.
man news agency. It opens with o ref
erence to the alleged mutations which
President wilson's attitude has passed
through, and says he has completely
abandoned his former assertion in now
declaring the United States entered
the. war to free the world from attacks
of autocratic power.
According to his own earlier decla-
rations," the newspaper continues, the
only ground for war was the endanger-
ing Of American shipping by the unlim-
tied U-boat campaign. Now. when 1t
is a question of winning the patronage
of liberal Russia, it is absolutely made
auate; hence the big words that Amer
lea went into the war TO do away with
German autocracy.
Calls Wilson an AutOcrat
"This Is a contradiction Of facts, and
comes the more strange from President
Wilson's lips when it is considered that
in bringing about the declaration OF
war he exercised degree of autocratlc
power the like Of which was hardly
permitted to the late Emperor of Rus
sia."
In regard to President wilson's hint
that the war might serve TO secure I'D
eral institutions in Germany itself the
newspaper says: :.
"Mr. Wilson has enough to do IN
combating plutocracy in his own coun.
try and in taking care of the social
and political position of the American
worker. In dignified words the Presi-
dent of the German Reichstag-a body
elected with the most democratic sur
frage in the world-recently said that
we reserve to ourselves the ordering OF
our own affairs"
Seeks to Influence Russia. Is Charge
Coming TO the Presidents remarks
regarding the causes of the war, the
newspaper states that here again he
makes assertions formerly foreign to
him in order to infame the war pas
sion in Russia Regarding the Presi-
dents accusations about the weaving
Of a net of intrigue aimed at the peace
and freedom of the world. the question
ia asked whence Mr. Wilson obtained
this knowledge.
an the course Of the past year." the
newspaper continues, "Mr. Wilson re-
neatedly declared that he desired to
mediate for peace. but could not do so
before his reelection was assured.
"But even when this occurred, he was
unable TO arrive at decision, although
we had facilitated his action in every
way by our peace offer Of December
II, 1916.
"But 80 long as the interests Of the
American shipping trade and so long
as Great Britain were not menaced
dangerously by the U-boat war Presi-
dent Wilson knew nothing of the auto
cratic intrigues of Germany, whose
mower must be broken in the interests
OF peace and the freedom Of the world.
He then declared his readiness with
words. if not deeds, to restore peace
for the world, and thereby also for
wicked Germany.
Agreements Long Known
"The treaties of the Triple Alliance
and their purely defensive character
are known TO the whole world. and
when President Wilson accentuates the
Berlin TO Bagdad plan we submit that
he shall let his British, Russian and
French allies enlighten him regarding
these omen agreements, free from every
intrigue. which we made with Turkey
assent for the economic opening OF
Asia Minor. or where about TO make
when war broke out.
Moreover. we would urgently rec
ommend that Mr.. Wilson at the same
time obtain from his allies an expo
sition of the war gains mutually as
sured to the members of the Entente.
He will find that Premier BRAND had
To submit recently in a secret sitting
OF the French Chamber that France
and Great Britain have promised Con-
stantinople to Russia, and in return
Russia has promised France not only
Alsace-Lorraine, but the left bank OF
the Rhine.
"He will further find that the En-
tente has drafted a complete plan for
the partition of Asia Minor, but which
Is still meeting with difficulties be-
cause the Italian hunger for power de,
sires more than Great Britain AMI
France will approve. Italy has been met
with all conciiatoriness in the promise
of further Austro-H Hungarian land. IL
will be very interesting for the United
states further to learn that promises
at the cost of Serbia were made to Bull
oaria as the price of its entry into the
war on the side Of the Entente.
Urges Publication of Treaties
"If Mr.. Wilson sets so much value
on the entire human race, knowing for
what aims America is waging war, he
must urge that the war aims OF the
Allies be made known to the whole
world by publication Of treaties. Only
then will the whole world be able
70 iudee clearly whether the peaceable
and liberal aim which Mr. Wilson pro-
claims is compatible with the aims Of
the Entente. And then the house OF
cards Of Germany's autocratic intrigues
will collapse.
New Russia has declared repeatedly
that such war aims were not hers. Rus
sia has rather proclaimed formula
OF peace without annexations and in
IDENTITIES as her wish. The Central
Powers and their allies rather desire,
in FREQ and mutual understanding with
Russia, to create a position whice
henceforth shall be a guarantee OF
durable and peaceful neighborly ex-
istence side hy side"