The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
TEUT0N ALLIES
SEEK ARM|S1|CF
Quick Action BY Wilson LlkeI,
On Peace Offensive.
IS REGARDED AS A TRICK
Armlstlce Would Give MlIltarlst, A,
Opportunity To Improve Tn.
Situation And Then sheIvs
The Parlor Radical.
Maximillan's Note To WiIsor

Amsterdam.-The text of the mi,
forwarded by the Imperial Germ,'
Chancellor, Prince MaxlmllIap =
President Wilson, through the SvI,'
government follows:
THE German government reoues,,
the President of the United States IA
take in hand the restoration of pe,o0
acquaint all the belligerent state, q,
this request and invite them to seDd
plenipotentiaries for the purpose q,
opening negotiations.
1T accepts the program set forth hv
the President Of the United States IN
his message to Congress on January .
in his later announcements especallv
his speech Of September 27, as a basl,
for peace negotiations.
with a view to avoiding furtbs,
bloodshed, the German government 70.
quests the immediate conclusion of an
armlstice on land and, water and IN
the air."
1t is announced that Turkey will
take a similar step.
Washington.-Instant rejection b,
the United States will be the fate n,
the latest peace proposals from the
Central Powers.
President Wilson will handle the sI
uation and handle It in a hurry.
The Austrian note reached the Syed
ish Legation Sunday. w. A. +. EkeR
gren, the Swedish minister, delivered
1t personally to Secretary of State
Lansing. The text of the note Is un.
derstood to be the same as that car.
ried in the newspaper cables.
No Peace Yet.
There was no disposition In Official
circles to distinguish between the Ger
man and Austrian moves, as the pro.
posals are deemed but another step IN
the great peace offensive now under
way. Because the two governments
are acting in accordance on the mat.
ter, word of similar action on the part
of Turkey is expected momentarily.
II can be stated semiohicialy, how
ever, that peace is impossible at the
present time, as far as either Ger
many or Austria Is concerned. The
reason 1t is impossible is because they
have made 1t so. officials expressed
disgust at the hypocrisy which cloah
the present proposals, and which
glares from beneath the camouaage
Of good faith. Here are the reasons
they advance:
The military situation has made III.
move necessary, and therefore reveal,
Il as diplomatic attempt to avert tho
disaster German armies face on tho
field of battle.
At home Germany has undertaken
some reforms, and the appointment
Of Prince Max, Of Baden, termed a
'Parlor Radical" as imperial chan
,ellor Is cited.
But, 1t Is pointed out, an improved
military situation would allow the
to get rid of Prince Mar
md his coworkers as early as II was
possible to displace Won Hertllng
and other chancellors.
Peace at this time, 1t also was said,
would leave Germany with the nucleus
II mighty army with which she could
gain jeopardize the tranquility the
Whole world hopes to experience once
/ real peace is obtained.
As a further evidence of the hypo',
risy of the German move and the
AUSTRIAN move, too, for that matter
nicials point to the request for peace
Which comes at a time when German
rmies are wantonly destroying towns
nd villages In France and Belbium'
'hile politicians in Berlin and Vienna
re working for German peace" ID
ddition, German armies still occupy
ther alien territory and the eyacus'
lon of all occupied territory Is onV
ne Of President Wilson's IA prln'
iples.