Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-09-27

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.
Austria's suggestion of "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 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
peace flyer" and there was little ex-
pectation in Hunland that 1t would re-
ceive favorable consideration.
No better reception was accorded the
German offer of peace to Belgium.
With unblushing e+rontery 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 mo" to all
this claptrap.
The political situation in Hungary
is becoming extremely critical and the
opposition to the government is grow
ing holder. It's 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 at
the Vatican that if diplomatic repre-
sentation should be received by him
from one of the parties, he would ask
the other party if 1t desired to re-
ceive such a representation.
IA
Substantial support for President
Wilson'S peace plans was received
from the labor conference of the allied
nations In London when the interna-
tional relations committee recommend
ed that the conference subscribe to the
IA points formulated by Wilson, thus
adopting a policy of clearness and
moderation as opposed to a policy die
tated exclusively by changes on the
war map"
According to figures received up to
date, the total registration of the coun-
try under the new draft law was at
least 12,8OO,0O0, or 100000 above the
estimated total. Of these the govern
ment proposes to call to the colors
100000, to be added to the 1900 600
men already under arms. 1t is planned
to have 80 divisions in France before
next summer, and to finance so great
an undertaking the war department
has asked congress to provide it i'm
mediately with an additional $1,000
OOO,OOO in cash. Granting this, the adj
mlnlstration and congress has the
choice of increasing the amount Of
taxes provided by the revenue hin
from $8.000.000,0O0 to $4,000 600 600
or raising all the additional 81, 1000 OOO.-
OO0 from the sale of bonds and aban-
doning the plan of raising one-third OF
the cost of the war by taxation.
The various features of the reyenue
bill were swiftly approved bv the
house of representatives, one after
another Representative Moore op
pennsylvania proposed a tax of 81
bale on cotton, but the Southern mem.
bers rose In q body to the defense or
the main crop of their part of the
country.
That there is no abatement in the
stream of American soldiers being sent
over TO France is shown by the state
ment that $4,000 embarked for En-
rope last month. OF these, 100000
were carried on British ships. One big
success by the U-boats-from the view
point of the chivalrous Hun-was re-
ported last week. The British steamer
Galway Castle. carrying disabled SOL
diers returning TO South Africa and
many women and children. was for.
pedoed. One hundred and eightv-nina
persons were lost, Of whom 100 were
civilian passengers.