The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-17
STATESMEN ASK WILSON TO
FURTHER ELUCIDATE
OUR IDEAS
Factions in Reichstag to Try to
Agree on Announcement to be
Made by Count Won Hertling
Within Few Days.

WA 1INGTON, Jan. 17.-President
VIII was asked today to formulate
d-.lnite Russian policy which will
Russia and convince the Russian peo-
pie that the United States is the best
friend of the newest of republics.
The request was conveyed to the
White House by leading senator's and
representatives, who included Sena-
New York, Borah. of Idaho, Stone, of
Missouri, chairman of the senate COM
mittee on foreign relations; Repre-
sentative Flood, of Virginia. chairman
of the house foreign affairs commit
tee, and Representative Cooper, of
Wisconsin, ranking Republican mem
ber of the house foreign affairs COM
mittee.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 17.-Plotting by
German agents was responsible for
the break between Russia and Rou-
mania which has brought the two
countries nearly to the brink of war.
according to advices from Haparanda
today.
These charges the Germans with
ate chaos in the Russo-Roumanian
armies and to bring about factional
hostility that would increase the gen
eral desire for peace.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 17.-The COM
promise peace terms agreed upon by
the militarists in Germany and the
political leaders are expected to form
the subject of Chancellor Won Hert-
hng's forthcoming war aims speech
before the reichstag main committee,
said a dispatch from Berlin today.
The Liberal leaders fear trick, for
the pan-Germans were in the ascen-
efancy and unquestionably had a
strong grip on the political. govern
ment when they suddenly and uneX-
pectedly agreed to truce.
The exact terms of the agreement
are not known. 1t is generally be-
lieved however, that Germany will
agree to negotiate with Russia upon
the basis of no anneXations nor forced
lndemnities providing the peoples OF
Poland, Courland, Lithuania, Livonia
and Esthonia are given a plebiscite tc
determine what their future form OF
government shall be.
Ever since the German armies over
ran Poland the officers and men have
been working to create a strong Ger
man influence. German institutions
were set up and a powerful propa
ganda carried on to induce the people
TO believe that they should live under
German rule in the future
The Bolshevih peace ENJOYS a
Brest Litovsk have already agreed t.
a plebiscate in the occupied portion.
of Russia, but demand the return o
all the war refugees that fled befor'
the approach of the invading armies
before a vote is taken.
If the report is true that German.
has modified her former militaristi
peace terms to Russia, it means
victory for the chancellor. Count Vol
Hertling and DR.. Won Kuehlmann, tn
German foreign minister. 1t indicate
also that the kaiser has withdraw
his support from the junkers, at leas
for the time being.
One telegram from Berlin said thai
as a sop to the militarists the kaise
had agreed to allow Field Marshal vo
Hindenburg to say what territor
should be annexed in the west if tn
German alliance is victorious in tn
war.
The new fatherland party, led b
Admiral Won Tirpitz. has adopted
resolution demanding the retention {
part of the Belgian coast and that PAL
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