Middletown transcript., 1918-02-02
NO REAL Steps TOWARD PEACE IN
GERMAN AUSTRIAN Announcement
Chancellor Hertling Says Speeches Of VIII
son and Lloyd George Contain Ger
tain Acceptable Principles.

Amsterdam. - German Chancellor
Hertling told the main committee o.
the Reichstag that the speeches o.
Premier Lloyd George and President
Wilson contained certain acceptable
principles" to Germany, according tt
Berlin dispatches.
"Concretely the outlines are unsat
isfactory," the German Chancellor in
sisted. He demanded that "enemy
leaders" set forth new proposals"
ION January 3 the period expired
for cooperation among the Entente
looking toward general peace,
Hertling said in opening.
after that Germany was no longer
bound by her offer to the Entente
She had free path to pursue separate
peace negotiations.
"Since then war-aims speeches have
been delivered by Premier Lloyt
George and President Wilson.
Commenting on President Wilson's
war aims speech, the German Chan
cellor asserted:
"On the first four points an agree
ment is obtainable without difficulty.
ION the fifth there will be some
difficulty. 1t chiefly concerns Eng
land, but President Wilson's pro
posals could be taken into considera
ton respecting the colonies demanded
by Germany.
''The sixth concerns only Russi;
and the Central Powers.
1.-THE seventh can only be settled
in peace negotiations; but German.
has never demanded the incorpOra
ton of Belgian territory by violence
ION the eighth point, Germany doe
not wish annexation by violence; bu'
this is a question only to be dis
cussed by France and GERMANY.
However, we cannot talk of the
cession of Alsace-Lorraine, 81 per cen,
of whose population speak German.
ION the ninth and tenth points &c!
many remains solidly with Austro
Hungary-(here there was an omis
sion either an excision by the German
censor or an undecipherable phrase
"As to the fourteenth point, Ger
many will be ready when all othe,
questions are settled to discuss a
league of peoples"
Lloyd George showed an alteration
in tone. HE no longer abuses us
but he showed an inclination for nego
tiations. But cannot go so far as
the foreign journals which have read
in the speech an earnest desire fol
peace, or even of friendly feelings to
ward u.s." said Hertling.
"In declaring he does not seek the
humiliation of Germany and never
entertained a desire to destroy US, he
even used words of appreciation Of
Germany's political and cultural pc
sition.
But his other utterarces force the
conviction that he believes himself
entitled to adjudge the Germans guilty
Of all possible crimes.
I'VE cannot understand such feel
ings, nor can we. find in them any
proof of sincere will.
" acknowledge that President Will
SO tune is now different from wha
it was before his attempt by means o
the American reply to the Pope to SOW
dissension between the German gov
eminent and the German people.
HE no longer talks Of autocrati'
suppression Of the German people b!
the government and his former at
tack upon the Hohenzollerns is no
repeated.
doubt has often arisen whethe
the Russians are in earnest in thei
peace negotiations. All sorts of wire
less messages are going Throughout
the world, with exceedingly strang
contents, and these might strengthen
this doubt.
Nevertheless, l hold fast to tn
hope shortly to arrive at good cor
clusion with the Russians at Brest
Litovsk.
1--WE hope soon to conclude al
agreement with Ukrainia which vii
be mutually satisfactory, especiall
from an economic viewpoint"
Continuing, Hertling pointed on
that Alsace-Lorraine was original
German, in 1889, and that it had mere
ly been restored to Germany in 1877
NO ADVANCE TOWARD PEACE.
Washington.-No advance towar
peace is seen here in the speeche