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New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

There seems to be more encouragement
to hopes for peace behird the speech Of
Chancellor Hertling than in it's terms. The
tore OF pacation and candor which he
adopted indicates a desire for further ap-
proaches"
"The New York Evening Post" said:
"The German government is still labor
irc under delusons. One Of them is that
the world-crisis can be declt with by evasivc
phrases; that the time calls for clever diplo-
macy instead Of for honest thought AMI
clear statement. Chancellor Won Hertling's
speech contained many indications that the
German government was trying to be 'dev-
ilish sly"
"The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" wrote
similarly:
The German Chancellor's statements are
evasive, ambiguous and calculated to de-
celve the Allies as we'll as the German people.
Count Czernin's speech, while
cq1ally ambiguous, is much more concila-
tory and contains some highly suggestive
passages.
This more conciliatory tone" at Vienna
arouses suspicion in some quarters. "The
st. Louis Republic" surmises that it is
"probably by agreement" and "The St.
Paul Pioneer-Press" concludes that Aus
tria is "a mere tool, rejecting Berln's
wishes" And the former paper said of
both speeches: "The Teutonic peace duet
Won Hertling on the trombone and Ger
min on the fute-leaves US cold. The af-
fair is too perfunctory." "The Dayton
Journal" dismissed both speeches as "more
|camoufage." "The Wheeling Intelligent
Ger" found Germany's reply vague, but
the Czernin speech "in widely different
and much more conciliatory vein.'
''The Detroit News" had a good word
for Hertling: Count Won Hertling has
shown disposition to be more reasonable
than his predecessors, but he is still a
long way from the American idea."
"The Chicago News" also saw certain
moderation: while his tone was concili-
atory, the substance Of his remarks leaves
no room for illusions. The peace efforts
of the German moderates, stimulated by
the generous terms that were offered by
President Wilson and Lloyd George, have
failed.''
"The Philadelphia Public Ledger" was
disposed to be charitable, seeing that Ger
many was "heginning to be reasonable;
but it's neighbor, "The Philadelphia In
|quirer," concluded that the speech
brought into the limelight the fact that
the military despots are still in control of
Germany and that they intend to hold on
to everything that they possibly can and
continue the fight with that object in
view"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Last Weeks Labor News in Para&raphs

Newspaper Delivery Company" has been
formed by the newspapers, its function be-
ing to work out a plan of distributions.
The labor committee of the House Of
Representatives has made favorable
report on the Nolan minimum wage bill,
which guarantees to every employe of the
Federal government wage not less than
So day or 81 4 cents an hour
At a meeting Of officers of the New
Jersey State Federation of Labor and it's
affiiates it was agreed that the General
Assembly be asked to pass severa! laws
beneficial to the workers.
Samuel Gompers, in letter to the
heads of organized labor in the various
states, calls upon them to cooperate with
other workers to prevent the suspension
of labor laws. Information" he writes
REACHES me from several states that an
effort is being made to suspend labor
legislation under a plea of war emer-
gency."
Nearly 1000 union electricians en-
Tloyed by Dodge Brothers, the Packard
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
New Scents Along the Trail of the Austr
DEVELOPMENT of prime i'm
pOrtance in the raalns of the

4 DEVELOPMENT of prime i'm
- portance in the realms of the
two kaisers since the outbreak of
the war has been reported within a week
IN the shape of growing evidence of fric-
ton between Germany and Austria-H Hun
gary This news came, indeed, in driblets
and as a mere sideught upon the general
situation, yet it has quickly attracted at
tention from the press in all countries, and
many editorial pens have within a week
been recording prophetic visions of an
Austria not only at peace with Russia, but
with the Entente as we'll Of course,
all this involves the disruption of the Dual
breaking away of Austria from Germany,
and not few editorial minds actually see
this large hope already taking solid shape
while you watt
The rift within the lutte appears to have
been caused by the divergent purposes of
Germany and Austria in the peace nego-
tiations at Brest-Litovsk. Count Czernin
declared with great positiveness that Aus
tra was willing to make peace without an
nexations or indemnities. while the Ger
mans professed 2 similar purpose. But
they showed, when brought to book, that
they had ulterior designs for achieving
the annexation Of Courland and Lithuania
later on by indirection. That position of
the German crypto-anneXationsts was the
chief motive power behind the Austrian
strikes that looked so threatening fort
night ago. The strikes were protest
against continuing the war for the pur.
pose of aggrandizing Germany in accord
ance with the plans of the Pan-Germans.
But the strikers were by no means alone
among the Austrian people in taking that
attitude; they evidently had the govern
nent itself on their side, for the Vienna
Fremdenblatt," which is understood to
maintain close relations with Count Ger
mn, made a bold attack upon the German
ahnexatonists and their designs at Brest-
Lltovsk This assault called forth storm
OF bitter speech from the Pan-German
organs and even one great German organ,
Which is by no means Pan-German, re-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

This harsher Interpretation finds ex-
preston in many papers. "The Memphis
Commercial Appeal" said it is "a bar to
any peace which can be had (by Germany
except short of force" "The New Orleans
Times -Picayune" interpreted it as mean
ing "in plain language German peace "
"The Ithaca Journal said "Hertling talks
war, not peace" and accused him Of
"camoufaging for home consumption and
to divide the Allies" "The State (Co-
lumbia, S. c., found the speech "a
boastful restatement of her aggressive
policy Of pillage and oppression" "The
Cleveland Plain-Dealer" said Hertling
was speaking for militarism, and his
peace plan was sham, and 1.-THE Chi
cago Herald interpreted the speech as
meaning that if Germany should win ''the
next European era would then be that Of
barbed wire frontiers" "The Washington
Star" said that both speeches leave con-.
elusive, permanent peace to be determined
by the verdict Of future battles" and "The
Washington Post" wrote: Germany
stands defiant, loaded with loot, with drip
ping knife, still unconquered, still looking
for more conquest. The world has not
brought the beast to bay, nor even def
nitely checked his ravages''
"The Cincinnati Times-Star" said: "a
reading of the speeches is convincing that
the world has not made much real prog
ress toward peace. The Berlin speech
was the defiance Of conqueror.'
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

conciliatory discussion among all the
states which have not yet entered into
peace negotiations"
An interesting episode in connection
with the speech was the report cablcd
from Vienna, according to which Czcrnin
said that he had caused his speech to be
cabled to President Wilson in advance Of
its delivery. This report created a great
sensation not only in Austria, but cspe-
clally in Germany, as indicated in another
article on this page, but it was subse-
quently denied by Czernin. He had only
said that the President would receive it
by cable, meaning through the ordinary
news channels
The reception that the two speeches ro
ceived at Washington, London and Paris
was almost wholly unfavorable. At Lon
don Hertlings pronouncemcnt was re-
garded as war speech, and his sugges-
ton that the freedom of the seas should
be accompanied with the abandonment by
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

Germany is not yet ready for a peace by
ncgot'ation--if negotiation is not to yield
results comparable to those which she still
ropes to attain by continuation of the
wsr. The real answer to the Herthng pro-
posaIs cannot be constructed in any Cabinet.
1T must be given in the field"
THE New York Tines said that Hert-
llng's speech "reads like a lecture by
Treitschke," and delivered this verdict:
ut is false in its historical statements.
Its tone is very German, it is not an advance
toward peace or an invitation to discus
sion of peace, but mere repetition of those
defiant and arrogant presentations of the
German position Of which we have had so
rlany."
The paper saw "an unmistakable peace
overture" In the Czernin speech.
"The New York Herald" thought that
Hertling's speech Knight have been die
tated by Hindenburg and Ludendorff, and
probably was," and summed up it's opin-
ion thus:
ut is open defiance, defiance of the ma.
tions upon which Germany is making war,
defiance of all. those elements in Germany
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

minded the Austrians that they were en-
dangering the Dual Alliance.
But the Pan-Germans soon found an
other occasion for pickering. Count Ger
nin's statement that he had taken care,
prior to the delivery Of his speech in the
Reichsrath, to send a copy Of it to Presi-
dent Wilson, "was received with an out
burst of rage and contumely by the Pan
Germans" Reventlow thought that an
exchange of views between Vienna and
Washington would "endanger Germany's
life-interests," while "Die POST saw in
the speech "Czernin's fraternal kiss for
Wilson," and the "Kreuzzeitung" drew the
conclusion that "Austria must be aban-
doned." Later it appeared that Count
Czernin's statement had not been sent sub
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

Company, the Aluminium Castings Com
pany, the Detroit shipyards and the Lin
coin Motor Company-all in Detroit
have suspended work to enforce the gov
ernment regulations contained in the con-
tract with these concerns, which arc doing
war work.
A bill has been introduced in the New
York City Board Of Aldermen proposing
that the employees of the Street Cleaning
Department should receive the same ad-
vantages as we'll organized labor union.
The teachers in Cleveland high schools
voted by an overwhelming majority in
favor of forming union if the school
board rescinds the Westenhaver-B Bushnell
rule against organizing.
An increased efficiency of the Dallas,
Tex, Police Department is result of
the eight-hour system inaugurated the
first of the year, is the. opinion of the
city's officials. 1t is planned to extend
the same to other employees of the depart
mcnt.
Organized boiler pakers in Baltimore
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
was given out at Washington. Kuhlmanr

was given out at Washington. Kuhlmann
said:
"Our relations with Austria Hungary are a
cornerstone and pillar Of our whole diplo
macy. Austria Hungary has stood at
our side in diplomatic battles in an abso-
lute!y loyal manner, and will continue to do
so. This must prove to those who have
stated that our demands are excessive that
our demands are compatible with the most
| serious and urgent will for peace which pre-
walls in Austria Hungary"
The Austrian news rehccting friction
with Germany and peace yearnings has
been treated with much optimism by the
American press. Most editors have inter
preted the dispatches as registering the
beginning of big developments along the
road to peace, and as particularly ominous
for the Kaiser. In this sense "The San
Francisco Chronicle" interpreted the
strikes in the following terms: "Thus
Wilhelm, having eliminated the enemy on
the East front, is now faced with a new
and much more menacing enemy in his
own people and those of Austria"
"The Providence Journal said this:
"The Discrimination of the Dual Monarchy
to go the lengths OF the Hohenzollcrn aims is
quite clearly illustrated by the simple cir
Gums mstance that the Vienna censorship allows
the world fully to know all about the Aus
tran clamor for peace"
"The Nebraska State Journal" gave a
similar Interpretation:
"Thc Austrians now begin to see that they
are being asked to fight for the greatness,
not OF Austria, but of Prussia The Pan
Germans are the declared objects Of their
present wrath. They are being forced to
fight of conquest for Germany, and
signs Of refusal appear
"The Milwaukee journal" wrote;
"Regardng the present incipient revolt
in Austria Hungary, two conclusions seem
justtable: that German treaties with Rus
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
from The Columbus Evening Dispatch

Hertlings bait to France, involved in the
assertion that questions affecting French
territory must be discussed between Ger
many and France alone, appears not to
have attracted even nibble at Paris.
Rome saw no hope in Hertling's speech,
nut took much friendlier view of Ger
nlns. At Washington the general view
|ln government quarters was that neither
or the speeches registered any progress
toward peace. Hertling's in particular
was commented upon as in a line with
German military ambitions, and Czernin's
feeler thrown out toward Washington. il
was said, would elicit no response from
this side
The reception of the speeches in the
American press was for the most part un
favorable, with tendency to see more
moderate tone in Czernin's than in Hert-
llng's speech. "The New York World"
was almost alone in seeing some good
points in Hertling's speech. 1t was "a
complete reversal Of German policy in one
respect" the publication of Ger
many's peace terms. The paper also finds
"a change in tone and temper" and adds
that "al the old-time Prussian defiance is
gone; nevertheless, it cannot see in the
speech a straightforward answer to the
proposals of President Wilson and Lloyd
George. Of Czernin it writes that he sis
even more conciliatory than the German
Imperial Chancellor"
The New York Tribune regarded Hert-
ling "clever but insincere." The clever
ness is found in Germanys attempt to
break up territorial questions, demanding
discussion exclusively between the two
states involved in each case. The conclu-
sion is as follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

rosa to the President, nor had Washington
received it,
Against this wild fury of the Pan-Ger
mans it is important to record the views
OF German newspapers which very likely
reflect the attitude of the government. Tho
Berlin "German:a," which is the leading
Catholic organ of Northern and Eastern
Germany, and which is in a position to
know Hertling's views, interpreted Ger
nin's communication of his speech to the
President as follows:
"1n view of the happy accord between Ger
many and her allies in all questions of war
aims and tactics can take it that Count
Czernln never would have made his offer if
he had not been certain Of our governments
concurrence"
Precisely the same view was taken bv
Georg Bernhard, the managing director
cI the "Vossische Zeitung," and other Ull.
stem papers. Nevertheless, the same
paper expressed the fear that "Austria is
drifting toward an Anglo-Saxon peace,
With the possible result that Germany will
DC left alone in the war; without present
or future allies"
1T is highly interesting to note that the
powerful "kolnische Zeitung" also pruc-
tically connected the German government
with Czernins declaration about colnmuni-
eating with Washington. Its Vienna cor
respondent telegraphed that Czernin's
words Represented step which had al
ready been taken along a line to lead the
Western powers to come to discussion of
terms with Germany" In other words, it
was another German bid for peace
Of course, all these newspaper utter
anccs from the government press run
counter to the view that the friction be-
tween the authorities on the Spree and
those on the Danube has already seriously
disturbed their relations. At present,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

sian Socialists have proved a boomerang upon
the autocrats of the Central Powers, and
that in political offensives the Kaiser has
more than met his match in President Will
son."
"The Kansas City Star" thinks that
Austria is beginning to "fnd out what
Germany went to war for, and what Ger
many is using Austria in the war for.
Austria is dupe and tool and begins to
see that it is going to get dupe's
deserts''
"The New York Evening Post" finds in
the news reports convincing evidence that
the Austrian worm is turning" 1t also
concludes that "there is growing diver
gence between the official views of the
Austrian and German governments"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

rants of the state, and maximum hour
and minimum wage scale will be fixed.
National registration of women avail
able for work on farms is proposed by
the Department of Labor as one of the
advance steps in a campaign to obtain
sufficient farm labor for every part Of
the country during the coming season.
The women school teachers of New
York City are again agitating for equal
pay. At an executive meeting of the
lnterborough Teachers Association it was
voted unanimously to take the question to
the Board of Education, and, if no satisfac-
tion was obtained, to go direct to Albany.
Women will be employed as ticket
takers hereafter on the trains running
between St. Louis and Memphis
Practically all harvesting in Illinois is
being done by women and girls.
There are approximately 1,266,O6l
women in the United States engaged in
industrial work which is either directly
or indirectly necessary to carry on the
war.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
"The Cleveland Plain-Dealerv said this.

"The Cleveland Plan-Dealer" said this.
Count Czernin at Brest-LitovsK voiced
Austria's desire. His voice WAS drowned by
the roars of Prussian diehardS. Now the
people OF Austria are speaking and no one
IN Vienna is seriously attempting to roar
them into silence or to prevent their words
from passing the frontiers
1t may be that Czernin. the high advocate
OF peace without anneNat]on,' has been the
forerunner of an Austrian declaration of in
dependence. 1t may be that the strikes and
other manifestations Of opposition to the
German imperial programme are looked upon
tolerantly if not with active favor by the
Vienna government"
THE Butte Mont Miner" feels that
Austria is facing gloomy present and
certainly gloomier future. No wonder
the people there are rebeling against
Kaiser dictation." The Fort Worth
Record" exclaimed: Happy omen; hope.
full sign! Is Austria Hungary preparing to
break away from the Kaiser and his
hordes?"
Other optimistic interpretations might
be cited without end. A few editors, how
ever, kept their heads many degrees cooler.
Thus "The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote:
"If Austria were free from German cua-
troll, if she were not under deep obligations
to her powerful neghbor for military 49,
sstance by which she has more than once
been saved from a disastrous defeat. we may
be sure that protfer Of peace terms from
Vienna would not be long delayed; but the
circumstances being what they are. such a
proffer will hardly be made, except as the
result of revolution, and 10 revolution,
despite tho multiplying cries of protest and
distress which fill the air. is yet in sight"
And "The Salt Lake Herald- d-Republi-
can" shut out all optimism in this fashion:
Even if unrest exists in Austria on q
small scale, we know too much OF Prussian
schemes and methods to believe it will 20 by
unnoticed Germany holds the club in ths
alliance Of the Central Powers, and she is
not going to permit IA civilian uprising to
seriously hamper her military plans
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
'Begnning To Be Reasonable but "Despots" Sti

0NE Of the most interesting events
in last weeks peace movement
~ in Europe comprised tho speeches
= Count Won Hertling, the German Chan
.e,lor. and Count Won Czernin, the Austro-
hungarian Foreign Minister. These were
,,ade, in all form, as answers to the re-
..,t utterances of President Wilson and
Iloyd George, and all the discussion of
hem in the American press has treated
them from that angle.
Chief attention has naturally been given
"a the speech of the German Chancellor.
d. took up the Presidents fourteen peace
ismands and replied to them in formal
ray. He agreed with the President that
there should be no secret agreements be-
tween nations, that the high seas should
he free in war. and peace, that there
should be no barriers to trade, and that
the limitation of armaments was fit
ubiect for discussion. On the Presidents
fifth point, the adjustment of the rea-
lions of states and their colonies upon
democratic basis, Hertling intimated
plainly that England, the greatest colonial
empire, should take the initiative, al
though Germany absolutely demanded the
reconstruction of the worlds colonial pos
essions."
In respect to the Presidents demand
that Germany evacuate Russian terri
tory Hertling replied that this was a
auestion that concerned only Russia and
he Central Powers. Also, as to Belgium,
At no time, he said, did its annexation
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

therefore, it appears necessary to inter
pret that friction as a secondary force
There is evidently much ill feeling in Aus
tria, hitherto more or less pent up. but it.
IS not yet sufficiently strong TO shape Aus
.rlan policy in matters affecting the war
SO austria still acts in harmony with Ger
many in war policy, though growing visi
bly more and more restive in the leading
strings of Berlin.
That this is also the point of view taken
by the German government is evident
from passage in the speech which Won
kuhlmann, the German Foreign Secre-
tary, made before the Main Committee of
The Reichstag last week, the text of which
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
OF LABOR WILLIAM
~ B. WILSON, it is announced, will

B. WILSON, it is announced, will
indulge in virtual reorganization
of the Department Of Labor, establishing a
war labor administration which will formu-
late a broad national labor policy for the
duration of the war. The war labor ad-
ministration will be centred in the reor-
ganized and enlarged Labor Depart
ment Secretary Wilson will be supreme
labor administrator and seven new labor
bureaus will be created.
More than 1900 1ongshoremen working
at the Southern Pacific Steamship Com
pany piers in this city have gone on strike
for higher wages.
New York City's newsboys are on strike,
that the newspapers be sold to
them at $1.20 hundred instead of $l.4O
a hundred; also that the newspapers
should be returnable. A concession cover
ing this phase has already been made by
the publishers When The Review went
to press the strike was still in progress.
An organization known as "the United
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

that have sought something in the nature
"f democratic peace.'
"The New York Sun" found in it "a
little more sunlight than there is in a
cucumber, but not much more; still it
notes a difference Of tone as compared
with previous utterances from Berlin.
And "Czernin's discussion of peace terms
is very mild in tone compared with that
of Chancellor Hertlng." On the other
hand, "The Evening Sun" was a kindlier
critic of Hertling:
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

Great Britain Of Gibraltar and other
strategic strongholds in various parts of
the world called forth a chorus of angry
comment in the London press. At Paris
chief emphasis was naturally laid upon
Hertling's refusal to discuss the surren-
der cf Alsace-Lorraine, and from that sim
gle aspect of the matter Paris editors
found the speech highly unsatisfactory,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03

and Los Angeles have been increased in
wages.
Metal tradesmcn in the Wyoming Val
ley, in Pennsylvania, have increased
wages Is per cent and reduced hours to
so a week. This lessons the work week
FIVE hours in many instances
The BARRIERS of New Orleans are organ
izing into q union.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
What Women Are Doing
in War Time

ME- street carmen's unions in Kansas
City and in Boston are denouncing
and protesting, against the employ
ment of women on the street cars
After a six year fight the women and
girls working in the laundres and stores
of Kansas have won shorter hours and
living wages. An investigation is now be-
ing made into the wages and hours of the
girls employed in the hotels and restau-