Middletown transcript., 1918-10-12
.TEUT0N ALLIES
SEEK ARM|S1|CE
Quick Action BY Wilson Likely
On Peace Offensive.
IS REGARDED As A TRICK
Armls<ice Would Give Muitarists Al
Opportunity To Improve The
Situation And Then shelve
The ParDo1 Radical.
Maximllian's Note To Wilson.

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Amsterdam.-The text of the mott
forwarded by the Imperial German
Chancellor, Prince Macmillan, t
President Wilson, through the Swiss
government follows:
The German government requests
the President Of the United States tc
take in hand the restoration of peace
acquaint all the belligerent states Of
this request and invite them to SEND
plenipotentiaries for the purpose Of
opening negotiations.
1T accepts the program set forth by
the President of the United States in
his message to Congress on January
in his later announcements, especially
his speech of September ~, as a basis
for peace negotiations.
with view to avoiding further
bloodshed, the German government re-
quests the immediate conclusion of an
armistice on land and water and in
the air."
1t is announced that Turkey will
take similar step.
Washington.-Instant rejection by
the United States will be the fate of
the latest peace proposals from the
Central Powers.
President Wilson will handle the sit
uation and handle 1t in hurry.
The Austrian note reached the Swed-
ish Legation Sunday. w. A. F. Eken.
gren, the Swedish minister, delivered
it personally to Secretary of State
Lansing. The text of the note is I'M
derstood to be the same as that car.
ried in the newspaper cables.
No Peace Vet.
There was no disposition in official
circles to distinguish between the Ger
man and Austrian moves, as the pro.
posals are deemed but another step in
the great peace offensive now under
way. Because the two governments
are acting in accordance on the mat.
ter, word of similar action on the part
of Turkey is expected momentarily.
1t can be stated semi officially, how.
ever, that peace is impossible at the
present time, as far as either Ger
many or Austria is concerned. The
reason it is impossible is because they
have made it so. Officials expressed
disgust at the hypocrisy which cloaks
the present proposals, and which
glares from beneath the camoufage
of good faith. Here are the reasons
they advance:
The military situation has made tho
move necessary, and therefore reveals
1t as diplomatic attempt to avert tho
disaster German armies face on the
field of battle.
At home Germany has undertaken
some reforms, and the appointment
Of Prince Max, Of Baden, termed
'Parlor Radical" as imperial chan.
cellor is cited.
But, it is pointed out. an improved
military situation would allow the
militarists to get rid of Prince Max
and his coworkers as early as it was
possible to displace Won Hertling,
Michaelis and other chancellors.
Peace at this time, it also was said,
would leave Germany with the nucleus
of mighty army with which she could
again jeopardize the tranquility the
whole world hopes to experience once
a real peace is obtained.
As further evidence of the hypo.
crisy of the German move and the
Austrian move, too, for that matter
officials point to the request for peace
which comes at a time when German
armies are wantonly destroying towns
and villages in France and Belbium,
while politicians in Berlin and Vienna
are working for German peace" In
addition, German armies still occupy
other alien territory and the evacua.
ton Of all occupied territory is only
one of President Wilson's IA prin-
ciples.