The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-26
BLACK EYE ONLY
PEACE MOVE FOR
MILITARIST HUNS
Hindenburg Idea Thinly Mask
ed in Hertling's Speech.
L. S. Convinced Must Reply
With BayOnets and Bombs.
MORE FORCES ON WEST FRONT
That Alone Can Put Kaiser In
Mood for Peace.
War Spirit in Washington
Stronger Than Ever Before.
MORE FORCES ON WEST FRONT
That Alone Can Put Kaiser In
Mood for Peace.

washington Jan. 26.-The Unl'eu
States and her allies must answer
Count Hertling with bayonet and
bombs. according to the view OF Iilose
diplomats and army men TO-DAY
While seeing in the peace terms re-
ply of Hertling and CZernin a more
conciliatory spirit than anything
heretofore manifested by the Ieutoh,
the general thought here was tnat
Hertling masked thinly the mlhtarist
other hand. showed symptoms OF
nervousness over the internal problem
and appeared more sincerely deslrous
of peace than his colleague. -
But on the whole. authorities ielt
that stronger war preparations must
be the answer for the time being.
More allied and American forces on
the west front. they contended, VIII
the faster put more Cancellation in the
German tone.
Welcome Amy Concession.
Army men in close touch with the
internal and military problem of Ger
many and Austria have felt for IL long
time that the way is being paved for
real peace negotiations. They still
feel the same. saying every statement
with any sort Of concession, is step
nearer peace.
But they share with Serbian Com
missioner Vesnitch his thought that
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consist in reinforcements to the allied
fronts and co-ordinating all our eff
forts for definite victory; all talk
about peace now goes exclusively in
. favor of our enemy"
This will certainly be one answer.
Washington's tone is more warlike
right now than it has been for some
time. The war probes and the row
ing over the war administration have
brought war. not peace, close to home
Some Hope From Austria.
Diplomats in general think that If
Austria wants : peace discussion as
much as she indicated thru Czernin,
she herself ought to make definite
move III that direction.
Czernin gave a hopeful outlook as
to the chance of a break in the align
ment between Austria and Germany,
but officials CLEANED no satisfaction
from Hertling.
NJ. Andre, Tardieu. French high
commander. saw no peace in Hert-
ling's speech. His refusal to talk
about the cession of Alsace-Lorraine,
"S7 per cent of whose people speak
German" brought from Tardieu an
array of figures to show that much of
this percentage is derived from Ger
man officialdom planted in the lost
provinces He quoted the Germans
themselves to show that they had
looked on Alsace-Lorraine as enemy
territory and added:
AIsace French for Centuries.
Count Won Hertling states the AL
saceians and Lorraineians must be
German because their speech is a
German dialect.
I'VE answer: The Alsatians and
Lorraineians are French because, hav-
ing been French for centuries they
want to become French again."
Russian diplomats saw in the Hert-
ling answer only the influence of the
anneXationist junkers.
Russia" they said, 'can make a
separate peace without materially in
juring the allies any more than she
has already done. but she cannot af-
ford to have the allies make a peace
without considering her interests"
They pointed out that Germany
treated the Russ problem brusquely.
while the United States was sympa-
thetic and added that if the allies
were to abandon Russia, Germany
would enforce her annexa ZIONIST de-
mandS by might
Neutral diplomats, hopeful of peace
to end the economic suffering of their
countries. were pessimistic over the
outlook