Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-27

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All the allied ministers who former
ly were at Jassy, Roumania, including
Charles Vopicka of America, have
been arrested in Petrograd, according
to report reaching The Hague
IA
Austria's suggestion of a "nonbind-
ing" conference of all the belligerents
to make clear 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 a 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. Austria's
suggestion, made with the consent OF
Berlin, admittedly was merely a
peace flyer" and there was little ex
pectation in Hunland that it 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
reparation for the horrible crimes they
have committed there, and making the
insidious proposal that the Flemish
question" should be considered and the
Flemish minority that aided the Ger
man invaders should not be penalized.
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 Karolyi
is quoted in dispatches as declaring
that the central powers should accept
President Wilson's IA peace points as
basis for negotiations and that the
| treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucha
rest should be abrogated. The pope
seems to have scented chances Of
peace once again, for it was stated al
| the Vatican that if diplomatic repre-
sentation should be received by hin
! from one of the parties, he would asl
the other party if it desired to re
ceive such a representation.
Substantial support for Presiden
Wilson's peace plans was receives
from the labor conference of the allie
nations in London when the interns
tional relations committee recommend
ed that the conference subscribe to th
IA points formulated by Wilson, "thu
adopting a policy of clearness an
moderation as opposed to policy di,
tated exclusively by changes on tn
war map"
According to figures received up
date, the total registration of the coul
try under the new draft law was
least 12,S00,000, or 100000 above til
estimated total Of these the govern
ment proposes to call to the colol
100000, to be added to the 3,200,0(
men already under arms. 1t is planne
to have 80 divisions in France befol
next summer, and to finance so gre;
an undertaking the war departmel
has asked congress to provide it in
100000 in cash. Granting this, the a.
ministration and congress has Il
choice of increasing the amount
: taxes provided by the revenue bi
from $S,0O0,000,000 to $10,000000,0 90
, or raising all the additional $7.000,OO(
!, 600 from the sale of bonds and aba
doning the plan of raising one-third
the cost of the war by taxation.
! The various features of the revenl
, bill were swiftly approved by Il
! house of representatives, one aft
t | another. Representative Moore
: bale on cotton, but the Southern mel
. bers rose in a body to the defense
: the main crop of their part of Il
country.
t That there is no abatement in t
: stream of American soldiers being Sc
2 over to France is shown by the stat
= ment that $4,000 embarked for e
= rope last month. OF these, 1900
e were carried on British ships. One b
e success by the U-boats-from the vie
D point of the chivalrous Hun-was l
v ported last week. The British steam
s Galway Castle, carrying disabled 81
= diers returning to South Africa al
: many women and children, was tt
Y pedoed. One hundred and eighty-ni
: persons were lost, of whom 120 we
civilian passengers.