The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-26
NO OLIVE BRANCH
CONSISTENT WITH
HUN WAR AIMS
Washington Sees No Hope in Con-
Trajectory Speeches of Hertung
and Czernin
FRAMED FOR CONSUMPTION
Speeches 1nterdependent in that
Both Powers Represented
Act in Harmony

Act in Harmony
Washington, Jan. 26.-No advance to
ward peace is seen here in the speech
es made Thursday in Berlin and Vie
nna by the German chancellor and the
Austrian foreign minister upon the
war aims OF the Central powers.
Formal comment will be withheld
until the texts are put out by All au
thorized German agency, but after
reading press accounts Of the speech
ea Off ieialg expressed the option thai
they were framed largely for inter
nal consumption with the incidenta
purpose to plant seeds of discord
among the allies by suggestions OF
separante negotiations. and to appeal
to the sympathies of the radical SOC
ialist elements in the enemy's cOun
try. ~. ".. as.
+ Striking Difference
Regarding the designs to affect the
internal conditions Germany and Aus
tria, one official suggested that the
striking difference of tone in the two
notes, the German being almost def
antly aggressive, and the Austrian
compromising and insinuating, were
calculated precisely to meet the vary
ing conditions in the two countries
In Germany, strengthened by the Rus
sian collapse resulting in the trans
fer of vast forces from the eastern
to the western front, the militaristic
party is in the ascendancy and the
chancellor abandoning the concilia
tory attitude he occupied when he as
sumed Office apparently voices the
will of the military leaders.
In Austria the working people arc
reported in incipient rebellion and the
demands for peace at almost any price
are insistent and clamorous. This Il.
the explanation found here for the for.
eign minister's vague promises OF
peace without annexations or indemni
ties, and his special bid for negotia,
tions direct with America.
Speeches Inter-0ependent
It is noted, however, that the
speeches are inter-depe9dent; that
Austria will not negotiate without
Germany's consent and approval, and
that Germany gives her sanction to
what has been done in Austria. Both
spokesmen express confidence in the
success of the peace negotiations with
Russia, in contrast to the bitter de
nunciation of the conduct Of the Teu
tons by Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik'
minister of foreign affairs. This at
titude, officials and diplomatists be
lieve to be the result of apprehen
sion that the confession at this mo,
ment of the failure of the Brest-Lit
ovsk negotiations would exasperate
the German and Austrian publics be
yond the safety point.
In some quarters there was dis
position to find grain OF hope In
the concession by both speakers thai
there were points in the utterances OF
Lloyd George and President Wilson
that might be acceptable to the Ger.
manic powers and afford the basis OF
further discussions.
Practice to Mislead
But other officials insisted that this
was only another demonstration OF
the truth of President Wilson's state
ment in his address to congress, that
it was the practice Of German diplo
macy to mislead by declaring adher
ence to large principles and then neu
tralize them by insistence upon de
tails of quite another character.
The present belief of the officials Is
that there is not the slightest probab.
ility of compliance by the United
States and the allies with the final
demands Of the German chancellor fol
the submission by them of new pro.
posals for peace.