New-York tribune., 1918-09-17

zciger" "wc cannot help feeling thor
oughly skcptcal."
Austria's move may prove quito n
'"risky step" says tho "Neucstc Narch-
ten of Berlin. Tho "Bocrscn Hci-
tung' places no very great hope in the
offer, and the "Bcrincr Post" fears
the offer will be again interpreted by
sign Of impending collapse. as we'll n,
a begging for peace. on the part Of the
Central Empires.
warns Against Optimism"
"a discussion of the tmelinoss of
the Austrian step is useless" says the
Socialist "Norwarts." "Oncc it was
made without the Gcrm~:: government
taking a similar step. there is nothing
for Germany TO do but to give it's ad-
hesion. That is the only way of pre-
venting harmful effects and permitting
the good effects to be fully developed.
Austrla's peace tentativcs will be wei
coined by the widest circles of tho Ger
man people, and many hopes will be
placed in it, but it is necessary to utter
a warning against overhasty op-
timism"
"rhrough the fault of both sides OBJ
stacles to peace have been piled noun
tain high according to the Kreuzze,-
note will be futile and may even lead
to q result opposite to that intended
"All the i'll success which similar
steps by the Central Powers have en-
countered from the Entente Allies has
not taught the Austro Hungarian Cab
met anything,' says the "Taeglischc
Rundschau.' at is absolutely incon-
>>Ivable what motive induced the
Aussro- Hungarian government now to
officially repeat the step taken in the
letter to Prince SiXus."
The "Deutschc Zeitung" says "the
Ill success which has hitherto attend
ed our peace offers does not encourage
us to hope for much from Count Buri-
ans proposals for the promotion of tho
peace idea. That, Of course, should not
examining the Austro- Hungarian note
bcncvolently and thoroughly"
Expects Opposite Effect
With all respect to the nobility Of
the Austro7 Hungarian governments
motives, the "Tageblatt" adds, this was
not psychological moment for the
cerned. The editorial also expresses
disappointment that no mention was
made IN the note of the crucial Al
SAGE Lorraine question.
The Austro- Hungarian governm ent,"
the "Nossichc Zeitung" says, chad it
IN its power. as did Germany, at the
time of the Brest-Litovsk peace and the
Bucharest peace, to promote the gen
cral amlty by energetic action. Both
governments would have been able to
create position which would have
made great difficulties for the Entente
BY It's support of the Ru-
manlan dynasty, Austria made the sue
cess of the Bucharest peace a doubt
full proposition and helped to bar the
door to the East by assisting i'm the sew
erance of Bessarabia from Russia and
giving that province to Rumania.'
Reichstag Leaders Confer
An important conference Of leaders
of the majority parties in the Reichs-
tag was held on Sunday with refer
ence to the Austrian peace note, tele-
grams from Berlin to-day report.
According TO some of the reports
Count Won Hertling, the Imp perial
Chancellor, presided at the confer
ence, which lasted two hours and q
half. Admiral Won Hintze. the For
clen Secretary, and Herr Walraf, the
Minister Of the Interior. are also stat
ed to have been present 1t was said
the deliberations would be continued
day.
Socialist members Of the Municipal
Council of Berlin raised the food
question in public debate in the coun-
ell meeting on Thursday, according to
advlces TO the "Telegraaf." One speak
err, after denunciatory remarks, ex-
claimed: at is time the war came to
an end" His words were greeted bv
loud applause from the public gallery.