The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-10-03

All the allied ministers who former
ly were at Jassy, ROumania, including
Charles Vopicka of America, have
been arrested in Petrograd,- according
to report reaching The Hague.
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Austria'S suggestion of q ''nonbind-
Ing" conference of all the belligerents
to make clear their war aims and peace
demands met with the prOmptest kind
of rejection by the allies, President
Wilson taking the lead in refusing to
consider the idea. In two sentences
he replied that Americas terms had
been repeatedly and clearly stated and
therefore no proposal for such a con-
ference would be entertained by 1t. In
this Mr.. Wilson was heartily supported
by the entire nation, and his position
was also thoroughly approved by the
allies of the United States. Austria's
suggestion, made with the consent Of
Berlin, admittedly was merely
peace flyer" and there was little ex-
pectation in Hunland that it would re-
ceive favorable consideration.
No better reception was accorded the
German offer of peace to Belgium.
With unblushing effrontery Berlin
asked the nation the Huns have raw
ished to drop out of the conflict, not
even suggesting that they would make
reparation for the horrible crimes they
have committed there, and making the
insidiOus proposal that the Flemish
question" should be considered and the
Flemish minority that aided the Ger
man invaders should not be penaliZed.
Belgium, of course, said mo" to all
this claptrap.
The political situation in Hungary
is becoming extremely critical and the
opposition to the government is grow
ing holder. It's leader, Count Karolyi,
is quoted in dispatches as declaring
that the central powers should accept
President Wilson's IA peace points as
basis for negotiations and that the
treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucha-
rest should be abrOgated. The pope |
seems to have scented chances Of |
peace once again, for 1T was stated at |
the Vatican that If diplomatic repre- |
sentatiOn should be received by him |
from one of the parties. he would ask |
the other party If it desired to re-
ceive such q representation.
Substantial support for President
Wilson's peace plans was received
from the labor conference of the allied
nations in London when the interna-
tiOnal relations committee recommend
ed that the conference subscribe to the
IA points formulated by Wilson, "thus
adopting policy of clearneSs and
moderation as opposed to a policy die
tated exclusively by changes on the
war map"
According to figures received I'D to
date, the total registration of the coun-
try under the new draft law was at
least 12,8OO,OOO, Or 100000 abov. the
total. OF these the govern.
ment proposes to call to the colors
2, 100000, to be ado ed to the 100000
men already under rms It is planned
to have 80 division in France before
next summer, and % finance so great
an undertaking tn war department
has asked congress to provide it im.
mediately with an additional $1,000
100000 in cash. CT anting this, the ad-
and congress has the
choice of increasing the amount Of
taxes provided by the revenue bill
from $4,000, 100000 to $4,000, 600, 600,
Or raising all the additional $1,000, OOO,-
700 from the sale OF bonds and aban-
Joining the plan Of raising one-third of
he cost of the war by taxation.
The various features of the revenue !
dill were swiftly approved by the r.
house Of represen tatives, one after
mother. Representative Moore of
pennsylvania proposed a tax of So a
'ale on cotton, but the Southern men,
'ers rose in a body to the defense of {
he main crop of their part of the j
That there is no abatement in the
stream of American soldiers being sent
'ver to France is shown by the state
nent that $4,000 embarked for Eu-
ope last month. OF these, 10000 :
we're carried on British ships. One big
uccess by the U-boats-frOm the view
'oint Of the chival,ous Hun-was re-
'orted last week. The British steamer
'alway Castle, carrying disabled sol
iers returning to South Africa and
many women and children, was tor
edoed. One hundred and eighty-ninO /
ersOns were lost, II horn 12O were |
william passenger 1