Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-03
hun RULERS
DISTURBED BY
PEACE BREAK
Kaiser and King Conferring
With Political
Leaders.
MAY FORMULATE
NEW PROPOSALS
Modified Demands Said to Have Been
Given Peace Delegates Socialists
Talk Plainly and Admit Germany
Has Revealed Her DupIicity in Ne.
sotiations With Russian BoIsheviki-
Reiehsta1 May Be Summoned.

e IG r
ed by the hitch in the Brest -Litovsk
negotiations dispatches from Amster-
dam rejecting news from Berlin show,
has aroused the activities of the rulers
and politicians Of Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary.
Emperor william yesterday received
in joint audience Chancellor Won Hert-
ling, field Marshal Won Hindenburg,
General Won Ludendorff. Finance Min
lister Won Roedern and Foreign Secre-
tary Won Kuehlmann.
The foreign affairs committee Of the
German bundesrad, under the presid-
lency of Count Won Dandl, discussed the
Russian situation at the 'chancellor's
palace.
May Summon Reiehstas.
Chancellor Won Hertling had a long
conversation with Admiral Won Tirpitz.
the former minister Of marine, and
Emperor Charles received in audience
the Polish premier.
Foreign Secretary Won Kuehlmann's 8
hurried return to Brest-Litovsk from
sRerlin Is said tos have ereatSd sur
prise, as did his conference with
reichstag leaders, who summoned
suddenly. 8
Leaders of all parties were present
at the conference, according to In
formation at Amsterdam, and they In
formed the foreign secretary that they
adhered strongly to the demand that
the reichstag be summoned as quickly
as possible.
Socialists Talk Plainly.
It Is expected that the demand Will
be discussed at Thursdays meeting OF
the reichstags main committee, when
Chancellor Won Hertling will attend.
The feature Of the conference Is SAID
to have been the outspokenness OF
Philip Schedidmann and Fredericn
Ebert. for the official socialists. ana
Hugo Haase for the Independent SOC
.ialists. They are credited with havlns
told Won Kuehlmann that his attituoe
In the Russian negotiations was pre-
judicial to peace. They told him that
to saw one day that Germany wanted no
Russian territory and that to say the
next day that he wanted Virtually
territory occupied by German troops
justified. entente statements showins
10 ok OF Confidence in the words OF Ger
man leaders
d Get New Instructions.
II is reported that both Won Kuehl-
man and Count Czernin; the Austro-
hungarian foreign secretary. returned
to Rrest- -Litovsk, where they were ex-
nacted to arrive yesterday, with new
instructions. 49,,
,menting on the peace activities' says.
Germany now reveals her eastern
neace aim. Everybody In germany,
russia and the entente nations no"
knows she Is not aiming at JUST peaee
without annexations and indemnlties
bnt for a peace aimed at an increase
IN German political and economic
q .trenpth. These intentions must
strensthen the war will Of the entente
Germany intends really to annex an
,tarr,torv she now holds. Her excuse
hat the population Of these territories
have declared their intention 70 9e
severed from Russia ID lot true. IN
f;;vv,,;.;;:,s may have done so but 1t has
been on German suggestion"
Differences Develop Early.
Petrograd dispatches indicate tnas
differences developed at the iirst meet
ing there Of the Russian and German
commissioners for the discussion OF
economic relations. The Germans de-
sired to> reach an understanding re-
gardlng the regulation OF railroad
transit between the two countries.
The Russian delegates were opposed
to going beyond the lines indicated IN IN
the armistice and refused to ax regu-
lations without precise definitions.
Leon Trotzky is reported in an inter
view as having said that the commits. M
sion which is discussing prisoners has
taken up only the question OF Invalid
and civilian prisoners. He said the ex-
change OF able bodied prison ,rs could
be undertaken only after the signing
OF peace. (
German Prisoners Object TO Fighting.
"A .Petrograd dispatch says q large
proportion Of the Germans VIII Ieturn
to the fighting front only lnder COM
pulsion. They have not been confined
IN prison camps but have lived among
the people and everywhere have proved
their worth in agriculture and com-
ercial pursuits. Many are more tn, :
contented 70 remain in Russia. Fur