Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-26

lN We're at Jassy. Rounania, including
Charles Vopicka of America, have
been arrested in Petrograd, according
To 81 report reaching The Hague.
Wa
AuStria's suggestion of Il "nonbind-
ing conference OF all the belligercnts
To malleclear their war aims and peace
demands met with the promptest kind
of rejection by the allies, President
Wilson taking the lead in refusing to
consider the idea. In two sentences
he replied That Americas terms had
been repeatedly and clearly stated and
therefore no proposal for such Il CON
ference would be entertained by it. In
this Mr. Wilson was heartily supported
by the entire nation, and his position
was also thoroughly approved by the
allies OF the United States AuStriu'S s
suggestion, made with the consent of
Berlin. admittedly WAS merely q
peace flyer" and there was little ex-
pectation In Hunland that ii would re-
ceive favorable consideration.
No better reception WAS accorded the
German offer of peace to Belgium
With unblushing effrontery Berlin
asked the nation the Huns have raw
ished to drop out of the conflict not
even suggesting that they would make
| reDaration for the horrible crimes they
have committed there, and making the
insidious proposal that the "t'lemish
| question" should be considered and the
| Flemish minority that aided the Ger
man invaders should not he penalzed.
Belgium, of course, said No" to all
| this claptrap.
| The political situation in Hungary
is becoming extremely critical and the
opposition to the government is grow,
| Ing bolder. Its leader, Count Knrolyi,
| is quoted in dispatches as declaring
| that the central powers should accept
President Wilson's IA peace points as
Il basis for negotiations and that the
treaties of Hest-Litovsk and Buchn-
rest should he abrogatcd. The pope
seems to have scented chances of
peace once again. for it was stated at
the Vatican that lf a diplomatic repre-.
sentatiOn should be received by him
:, from one of the parties. he would nsl,
the other party if it desired to re
ceive such representation.
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Substantial support for President
Wilson'S peace plans was received
L In Lab ,fn,
nations in London when the interna
tional relations committee recommend
ed that the conference subscribe to the
| Ia points formulated by Wilson, 'thuS
adopting q policy of clearness and
moderation as opposed to policy die
war map"
According to figures received I'D tC
date, the total registration of the coun.
try under the new draft law was at
least 12,S0O,0OO, or 100000 above the
estimated total. OF these the govern.
| inent proposes to call to the colors
\ 2,1OOOOO, to he added to the 3,2OO,OOO
men already under arms. 1t is planned
| to have 50 divisions in France before
next summer. and to finance so grent
an undertaking the war department
has asked congress to provide it i'm
medfately with IN additional $1,000.
100000 in cash. Granting this, the ad-
ministration and congress has the
choice of increasing the amount of
taxes provided by the revenue bill
from $8,O0O,O0O,OO0 to $4,000, 900
or raising all the additional S7,OOO,OOO,
| GOO from the sale of bonds and aban-
doning the plan of raising One-third OF
| the cost of the war by taxation.
The various features Of the revenue
bill We're swiftly approved by the
house of representatives, one after
another. Representative Moore OF
Pennsylvania proposed tax of So a
bale on cotton, but the Southern mem.
bers rose in body to the defense OF
the main crop Of their part of the
| country.
That there is no abatement in the
stream of American soldiers being sent
over to France is shown by the state
ment that $4,000 embarked for Eu.
rope last month. OF these, 10000
were carried on British ships. One big
| success by the U-boats-from the view.
point of the chivalrous Hun---was re
ported last week. The British steamer
Galway Castle, carrying disabled sol
diers returning to South Africa and
many women and children, was tor
pedoed. One hundred and eighty-nine
persons were lost, of whom 100 were
civilian passengers