The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-12
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brilliantly capable and can never be
destroyed as nation.
That the truth is beginning to per-
meate to the more remote parts of
Germany is shown by a chance copy
of the Posen Neueste Nachrichten
that has reached here, whose editor
ial makes a remarkable admission. It
says:
1.-THE new chancellor has directly
approached President Wilson, which
may seem surprising to many. The
president has always been held up to
dissertation in the German press as
a fanatical war maniac. We were all
the same in this respect; it was be-
cause distorted information was sup
piled us. The veil now Is being lifted
and it is clearly proved President Will
son is no war maniac, but an ideal
list whose aim is to establish a world
peace founded on league of nations"
Stray facts showing the way the
wind is blowing in Germany are the
following:
"The Weser Zeitung of Bremen re-
ports feverish excitement among clan
destine food traffickers and specula-
tors of all kinds, whose dilemma is
whether to hold on to their stocks or
sell. The newspaper says it has re-
ceived advertisements offering vari-
GUS delicacies which have long disap-
peared from the market.
The Rhenish papers feature a SEN
sation drop in recently inflated wine
prices, amounting in some instances
to over sixty percent Many firms are
reported to have lost hundreds of
thousands of marks
PRESS APPROVES MOVE.
COPENHAGEN, Friday, Oct. Ii
With the exception of the incurably
Chauvinistic Tages Zeitung, of Berlin,
the German Press generally, eventhe
conservative organs, see in President
Wilson's note an upright desire to
Judge the situation effectively and
pave the way for peace, if honorable
peace shall appear possible.
The Tages Zeitung finds the note
"utterably unacceptable" and hopes
the German government will give it
a fitting answer" 1t is, however, sig
nificantly symtomatic of the new or
der of affairs in Germany that the
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in it's antipathy to peace.
Even Otto Hoetsch in the Kruez
ZeZitung and Prof Max LEM, in the
Taeglische Rundechau, recognize the
seriousness of the situation. The lat
ter says 1--WE will not obstruct those
who have taken the rudder but will
rather help them bear their terrible
burden of responsibility. Let there be
no more ordinations and recrimina-
tions.''
The semi-official North German Ga
Zette reminds its readers that what
ever decision is reached the German
people must realize that men who with
exact knowledge of all factors arrive
at verdict have no other interests
to represent than the guaranty and Sc
curity of Germany's future welfare"
The Vossiche Zeitung says: Fol
lowing the wild rawlings of the enemy
press, the objectivity of the American
note came almost as joyful surprise"
The newspaper considers Americas
questions of absolutely honorable in
tent, and dictated by desire to re-
move removable obstacles.
Supported by People
The press joins in declaring Presi-
dent Wilson's third question (Whethe1
the new German chancellor is speak
ing merely for the constituted author
tiles of the empire who so far have
conducted the war; as being quite
superogatory." This question, they
point out was answered by the reich
stag president. Herr Fehrenbach, in
has remarks following the chancel-
lor's speech. 1t is assumed that the
report of this speech had not reached
Wilson in time. The Vorwaerts reiter-
ates as to the first question that "the
German note, if rightly comprehended,
has already answered this question
Continuing the Vorwaerts says:
when one says that one accepts
program as the basis for negotiations
it is equivalent to saying that he &C
cepts this program in principle as his
own and that only the details of it's
execution remain to be adjusted"
German newspapers generally alb
stain from discussion of the question
of invaded territories as being mill
tary and not political question. Vor-
waerts, however, says that from poll
teal viewpoint the situation is this:
Since Germany declares that it does
not intend to retain any of the occu-
pied territory, it's evacuation is only a
question of time and methods 1t
cannot be assumed that any insuper-
able obstacles to peace work already
undertaken can come from this point"