Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13
Past Militaristic Utterances of
Present Chancellor Reveal
His True Self.
KAISER STILL DICTATES
Government Shake-Up Probably
Designed to Chloroform Teuton
Peoples and Hoodwink
Allies.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

ram OF DlOWS del1Vered by the
sturdy armies of the entente and
America, the great war machine
erected by the militaristic enemy
is on the eve of great disaster.
Germany has sought to weak
en- the power of the blows by
talking peace.
But rather than bringing the
desired end the righteous might
of the forces of civilization has
been brought to bear without
stint or limit.
The position of the German
government today as the result
of its own move and the replies
of the allies on the field of battle
is extremely hazardous.
The beginning of the end, in so far a 8
Teutonic aspirations are concerned, is
definitely ap-
Much to Be Done parent, bu t
In Crushing Kaiser. he aona h.
fore the kaiser has been vanuuished
and his nefarious principles crushed
into the dust The war is not yet over,
despite Germany's grave necessity
There are conditions prevailing with
In the central alliance which will boil
ster the drawn and bloody sword until
the allies have by sheer power
wrested it from the hand of the I'M
scrupulous monarch who ushered in
the present world .maelstrom
The Germans have it within their
power to do more damage to the cause
or the allies through their efforts to
bring about peace than if Teutonic
armies were to bring Foch's armies
and. in fact. start them in retreat.
For should it succeed in it's efforts to
bring about negotiated peace, the Ger
man government then might by one
chance or another dictate what its fu-
ture in the world is to be- Instead of
momentary military reverse, the allies
would be swerved from their purpose of
realizing all all of their righteous aims.
which are recognized as essential if the
world is to progress and prosper through
future ages. without the specter of mill
taristic policies fathered. espoused and
perpetuated by the German government
AS Vienna newspapers were frank
to admit. the proposal of Prince Max
imllian. imperial German chancellor,
addressed to President Wilson. where
in he sought to impress the American
executive with the central powers
readiness to accept the fourteen
principles laid down by this country
as essential to realization of lasting
peace. was merely a development in
the peace offensive which was insti-
gated by the statement of Baron
Burian, Austro- Hungarian foreign
minister. as early as 1917. There
was nothing new about the maneuver
except that it came directly from
Germany and was sent through dip
lomatic channels directly to Presi-
dent Wilson. rather than as an open
statement to the public.
Prince Macmillan merely stated
that the fourteen principles so clearly
set forth by the
Merely Basis President would
for Negotiations. basis Of nerotia-
ton. And in this the sincerity of the
German government is subject to ques-
ton, as not only this country but en-
tente powers of Europe have specifically
stated that there can be no negotiation;
. that Germany must be forced to pay for
the wrongs she has committed in war
which she instigated.
That the Berlin school Of diplomats
expected to lead President Wilson into
trap is generally surmised. but the
. American executive. in his already his
toric reply, specified three conditions,
and three only, upon which this country
would countenance further discussion.
g Before an armistice such as Prince
Macmillan proposed could even for a
m m emit b re
Mr.. Wilson's Stand considered
in Reply to Note. withdraw her
armies from all occupied territories
to a point within her frontiers. Does
Germany accept the fourteen points
laid down by this country? Not, does
O. Germany accept them merely as a
basis Of negotiation. And then Presi-
dent Wilson pertinently and to the
point asked in a diplomatic way: For
whom do you speak? Are you repre-
senting the best in Germany or the
worst, those elements responsible for
the world orgy of blood and tears?
q That his reply places Germany COM
pletely upon the defensive and that
Germany. If she is sincere, must c.
II pitulate or. II insincere. merely dodge
the issue, thereby revealing to all ewes
the evil purposes behind the Maxi
milan move. is conceded in this
; country and abroad. She must by
r. accepting the fourteen points laid
down by the President unloosen the
shackles she has placed on all weak
peoples and abide by the dictates of
the allies for all time. But still
greater steps must be taken by Ger
many before the world will believe
that q government has been seated in
Berlin which is a government Of it's
word, one to be trusted with the sign
Ing OF treaties, a government that by
Its very face gives assurance that past
misdeeds will not be repeated. And
such a government can be a govern
ment of the people only. There must
be no condition that will permit the
sascendancy of the moderationists for
q mdDnent with their subsequent over
throw and the re-establishment of a
pan-German regime which the world
has reason to suspect still prevails in
: Germany to-day, notvithstandfng
i. 4axtmilian'8 declaration that. he and