Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-08
Central Powers Now Placed
In Position to Force
Definite Terms. .
PEACE TALK MAY
RESULT IN CRISIS
Divergence Of Opinion in Germany Said
to Have Widened Gap Between Mil.
itarists and Nom Militarists to an
Unbridsable Chasm-ConverseIy Dec
laration Of Lloyd George Clements
Unity Of Entente Allies.


peace negotiations with the central
powers at Brest-Litovsk. A dispatch
says the Russian delegates arrived
there Monday and that negotiations
would be reopened. Minister of war
Trotzky accompanied the delegation.
Official confirmation of this report is
but probability is lent to it by
the fact that neither Russia nor the
central powers have declared officially
that peace negotiations have been
broken off. Germany suspended the
negotiations late last week because 1t
could not meet the Russian request
that the conference should be trans
ferred to Stockholm.
The political, crisis in Germany rs
most serious. according to reports
from neutral capitals. 1t Is reported
that General Ludendorf threatened the
resignation Of himself and General
Hindenburg should the government
consider the Kuehlman peace terms.
Il
q resolution declaring for the right OF
SELF determination.
Z L.onlon, Jan. S--A reply from the
centfnI powers to the ,statement OF
British, war aims made by Premier
Lloyd George is awaited here with the
greatest interest. It is believed that
Germany and her allies can not de-
cline to reply in some form and to make
the reply more definite than any pre-
vious statement Of their aims. But IL
the German papers correctly mirror
the situation there the test which the
ntude toward the principles Of no an
has thrown Germany into po-
litical turmoil.
Advices that the opinion in Germany
Is that one Of the most severe national
crises is developing as a result Of diff
ferent views of the militarists and non
militarist factions, with Won Luder-
dorff as leader of the first group, who
has gone so far as to threaten the res
ignation OF himself and Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg II the views Of such
men as DR.. con Kuehlmann and Count
Czernin are countenanced.
Gap Becomes Unbridaabls chasu,.
At the same time the view Of Won
and Czernin fail to satisfy
the German socialists who regard their
middle Of the road as tricky and who
are determined that the spirit of the
reichstag resolution must be followed
Neutral observers declare that the
gap between the German parties sud
denly has become chasm so wide
that there is little hope of bridging
it and that the development of ma
tional crisis seems inevitable, On the
other hand it is pointed out that the
various parties in entente countries
never appeared so united as in their
support of the war aims Of Lloyd
George.
Bolsheviki Press Attacks Allies.
There Is no indication thus far Of
the manner in which Lloyd Georges
statement has b(en received in Russia
or even whether 1t has been published
there. The bolsheviki press Of Petro-
grad continued to attack Great Britain
and her allies. The Pravda and the
Izyestia published on Sunday an article
based upon some words Of Lloyd
George, apparently one Of his speeches
In the house OF commons. accusing him
Of desirous of having Russia make
peace with the central powers so as
to give the allies free hand to nego-
tiate, 70 :the!- cw. aa::-aasHt:aase Other
allied leaders have expressed them
selves similarly 1t says. It. continues:
.TThe allies are preparing their pub
lie for peace, and think that IL Russia
would come to terms with the enemy
she would bear the cost of peace The
greater cost that Russia will have to
bear the less the allies will have to
pay"
Find British Terms Impossible.
Amsterdam. Jan. S.--The Frankfurter
Zeitung, in discussing the statement OF
war aims Friday by Premier Lloyd
George (and which are very similar
to those made today by President Will
son). says:
":only defeated Germany could
think OF negotiating on the terms laid
down by Lloyd George. It is a new
war speech and a way to terminate the
war will be open when the movement
which has begun in England Is strong
enough to replace Lloyd George, Glenn
enceau (Frenah premier). and Barol.
Sonnino Utalian premier). by men who
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