Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26

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All the allied ministers who former
ly were at Jassy, Roumania, including
Charles Voplcka of America, have
been arrested in Petrograd, according
to a report reaching The Hague.
IA
Austrla's suggestion of q "nOnbind-
ing" conference of all the belllgerents
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 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 a
peace flyer" and there was little ex-
pectatiOn In Hunland that II would re-
ceive favorable consideration.
No better reception was accorded the
1GerIk n offer of peace % Belgium.
VIII sinblushlpg elIropters Berlin
ds&ed the nation the Huns have raw.
lshed to drop out of the conflict, moi
even suggesting that they would make
reparation for the horrible crimes they
have committed there, and making the
insidious proposal that the "Flemlsl
question" should be considered and the
Flemish minority that aided the Ger
man invaders should not be penalized
Belgium, of course, said "NO" to al
this claptrap.
RI
The political situation in Hungar,
is becoming extremely critical and tn,
opposition to the government is grow
ing bolder. Its leader, Count Karolyi
is quoted in dispatches as declaring
! that the central powers should accep
President Wilson's IA peace points n
basis for negotiations and that tn
: treaties Of Brest-LitOvsk and Bucha
rest should be abrogated. The pop
seems to have scented chances o
peace once again, for II was stated a
the Vatican that If diplomatic repre-
Cnntntinn ahAtt1I hA t.aanf...I h,s ht,
from one of the parties, he would us
the other party If II desired TO r,
ceive such representation.
! -R-
Substantial support for Presider
! Wilson's peace plans was receive
from the labor conference of the allie
nations In London when the mtcrn
tlonal relations committee recommen,
' ed that the conference subscribe to h
Ii points formulated by Wilson, "thi
adopting policy of clearness an
moderation as opposed to u policy dl
tated exclusively by changes on Il
war map"
ID
According TO figures received up
date, the total registration of the cou
try under the new draft law was
least 19,S00,0O0, or 100000 above Il
, estimated total. OF these the COVER
, ment proposes to call to the colo
100000, to be added to the 3,200O
: men already under arms. II is plann,
to have so divisions In France befo
next summer, and to finance so gre
+ an undertaking the war departme
! has asked congress to provide II Il
] medlately with an additional 500
a UOO,OOO In cash, Granting this, the Il
= ministration and congress has {
d choice of increasing the amount
y taxes provided by the revenue b
/. from SS,00O000,0O0 to $4,000 OOO,OC
G or raising all the additional $7OO0,O 90
4 600 from the sale of bonds and aba
t. doning the plan of raising one.thrd
n the cost of the war by taxation.
$ The various features of the reven
o bill were swiftly approved by {
n house of representatives, one AT
II another. Representative Moore
Pennsylvania proposed Il tax Of 50
/. bale on cotton, hut the Southern me
le bers rose in body to the defense
a. the main crop of their part Of I