New-York tribune., 1918-09-20
Newspapers Say Entente
Seeks to Destroy the
Central Powers
Empire Must Keep
All Its erritory
Victory or Destruction Is
Alternative Confront
ing People

WI GAN 1AdCNy CcpC. lo'--1 iC 0CI
man press generally. from the Socialist
to the Conservative, regards the
American answer to the Austrian peace
note, taken in connection with the
speech Of Foreign Secretary Balfour.
as final proof that the Allies, so the
newspapers charge, seek to complete
the destruction of the Central Powers
and their peoples and the dismembcr-
ment Of their territory.
The Socialist "Vorwarts," of Berlin,
is bitter and pcssimstic. 1t declares
the American answer and the utter
ances of Secretary Balfour compel ths
conclusion that the Entente will not
hear Of peace by agreement.
View of Falfour Speech
"Mr. Balfour's speech" says the
"Vorwarts," "contains two points
which a great part of the German peo-
pie are ready to discuss, and two others
which will evoke powerful opposition
frcm every German. The first two
points are Belgium and the Brest-
Ltovsk treaty. The other two concern
the German colonies and Alsace-Lor-
raine.
"If Mr.. Balfour wishes that these
last two points should be fulfilled,
which would be possible only through
complete military victory by the En-
.tente, there would be feeling left
among the entire German people that
they had been made the victims of a
robbers warfare.'
The "Vorwarts" says that even if
the Entente does not admit the Justice
of the German standpoint, its rejection
of the Austrian invitation is, neverthe-
less, an 'act of stupidity and brutal
ity."
Negotiations Impossible
The "Lokal-Anzeiger's" comment is
of an "I-told-yo nature The
newspaper says that President Will
sons answer makes it necessary to
wait and see what the Entente nations
will say. 1t declares it is evident
from Mr.. Balfour's speech that nego-
tiations are impossible unless Germany
is willing to accept in advance all the
conditions laid down by the Allies. The
newspaper adds
''If the matter of giving our colonies
back to US is closed incident for Eng
land, then any peace talk also is pur-
poselcss as far as We are concerned"
The "Deutsche Tageszeitung," refer
ring to the demands regarding the
colonies and Alsace- Lorraine, declares:
What does this mean if not that
the Entente intends to dismember and
crush the German Empire? T..
There is but one thing left for US
victory or destruction"
The Hamburg "Fremdenblatt" is in
censed because, as it says, the United
States refused even to consider the
matter and took no time for reflection.
Like madmen." it says, they howl
their force to the uttermost' when
other people exert themselves to find
a way out of the slaughter of the
world war"
Russian Policy an Obstacle
The "Tageblatt," commenting on Sec
retary Balfour's speech, says: at is
true that the German policy in the East
has created an unnecessary obstacle to
peace, but nevertheless the real him
drance to peace is the Entente"
The "Tageblatt" refers to Mr.. Bal
fours programme as indemnity for
Belgium, without a trace of readiness
to pay indemnity to the Germans, in
jured throughout the world by the
Entente, the surrender by Germany of
her colonies and the surrender of AL
sace-Lorraine to France in connection
with which Mr.. Balfour even alludes
to the surrender of other German ter
ritory.
"Mr Balfour naturally is right" the
paper continues. sin saying that in
such circumstances the conversations
proposed BY Vienna would be labor
lost. SO long as the Entente's stand
point on these questions remains un-
changed there is no possibility of
bridging the chasm between the two
sides
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