Arizona republican., 1918-01-01
ALLIES TO ACT LN CONCERT OR NOT AT ALL CONSIDERING
 GERMAN PEACE PROPOSALS
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-Insidious efforts of the Germans to involve the United States and the entente allies in the peace negotiations pro ceeding with the Russian Bolsheviki have developed to such stage that in the opinion of some officials here notice of the propaganda must be taken and an attempt made to neutraliZe it.
 If the British and French premiers are to meet in Paris sooI with the purpose of discussing the advisabil- ity of receiving and answering the proposals of the Bolsheviki to par ticipate in the negotiations, as been reported by a leading conservative British newspaper, they will act in accord with the agreement rigidly ad hered to by all the entente allies until the defection of Russia. not to entertain any peace proposals from the enemy without consulting each other. In diplomatic circles here to- day it was said that any decision from such a meeting would be promptly laid before the American state department.
 Germany is believed to be prepared to offer almost any conceivable bait to an individual enemy in order to dirye a wedge into the allies and cause it's disruption, and having suc- ceeded measurably with Russia, is trying to get that nation to iLflu- ence her late allies.
 Rumors that have existed for the last fortnight to the effect that an- other peace proposal was about to ho IaUnRhnH Inv ha either through the Vatican or some neutral state. are believed to have their foundation in the adriot at tempt of the German negotiators to use the Russian delegates for that purpose But in either case. it is believed in same quarters here that the time is ripe for a strong and well considered declaration by the entente powers and America that will effectually anticipate and counter this attack.
 It has been pointed out by state ! department officials that Presiden, | Wilson already had twice announced Americas war aims in unequivocal terms. Therefore, it is assumed that ! if Lloyd George and Georges Clemen- ceau. after consulting the spokesmer l of the other allies, decided that q l reply shall be made to the German ! proposals, that reply must take some 1 other form than an address by the | American chief executive.
 Since none of the entente countries | has recognized the Lenine- TrotzkS regime in Russia it will be difficult | for the Bolsheviki to convey the in- vitation for peace discussion, but it is regarded as entirely possible that the German government nigh request the Swiss foreign office tt transmit an invitation to America anC to her belligerents.
 General staff officers here ar understood to attach great signifi- canoe to the present attempt of tn, central powers to force the ente4t, ! powers iatr peace neeotiaJious T, their mind it is a clear indication that the German military leader have now accomplished all that thel feel capable of doing in the field They can hold on" for a long tim, yet, it is suggested. but they canno extend fields of occupation withou an enormous loss of men and tim, at the risk of terrible defeat There
 fore the Teuton diplomatists seel to realize everything possible iron what the German armies have done and the Brest- -Lftovsk negotiation
 are the first steps toward tha
 end.
 An official German statement sen
 out from the government wireless
 station at Aauen, outlining in de
 tail the Russian proposal of a basi
 of peace, was made public tonigh
 by the committee on public inforrha
 tion. The message describes the ses
 sion of the negotiators at Brest
 Litovsk on December %, and quote
 the Russian delegation as declar
 ing that they signed conditions O
 peace, considering it "a crime t
 continue war simply for the purpos
 of making anneyafions"