Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
Dutch Emissary Of Ger
many Is Warned To Quit
London In Pointed Edi-
torials By Leading News
papers.
bRITONS ARE FIRM
FOR WAR TO VICTORY

A0OtOeT AGENT Luo h6oASJ 0"'e'
believed to be on the way.
In discussing Germany's next "peac
offensive" signs of which have begu
to appear recently, the newspapers re
fleet the determination Of the Britis
nation and its allies to see the wa
through. They say it is 1mpossfbl
that Germany should succeed In dur
ing the allies into q peace which doe
not fulfill the principals for which
they are fighting.
GERMAN PLANS REVEALED
The Times says the general expecta
ton that the Germans, failing to oh
tain a crushing victory in France ant
Flanders, would inaugurate peace
campaign in the allied countries
seems likely to be fulfilled. 1t con
tinues.
"On the one hand German speaker
and agents show suspicious READINGS,
to dilate upon the food shortage ant
general discomfort In Germany VIII
the obvious intention Of lending a RIM
OF sincerity to Germanys profession
of anxiety for peace. At the same
time neutral emissaries OF well known
antecedants and tendencies are under
stood to have arrived recently in Eng
land and other allied countries for the
purpose of suggesting that II the allies
will only show pacific disposition
they will find Germany ready to NEE,
them on moderate terms. In some IN
stances these emissaries are believed
to have put forward proposals as to
the best policy for the allies to fol
low.
ENEMY'S AIM IS PLAIN
.'It need hardly be said that the
origin of these maneuvers 1s quite as
well understood as was the purpose OF
the military offensive in March, and
that the allied governments are Ike
" to present as firm front to any
peace intrigue as the allied armies
presented to the German military at
.tacks"
i The Daily Mail says:
1.-THE Eruption of amiable neutrals
into England with no visible business
already has begun, including the arriv'
III of a ro-German friend of the Ger
man foreign secretary, DR.. Won Kueh!.
mann. who is not charged with any Of
fetal mission as far as his London ie'
cation is aware These neutral ennis.
saries could save themselves much
trouble and some personal danger II
they would recognize clearly that
Great Britain is not to be duped like
the b0lshevik and Ukrainian dupes."
Mocks Won kUEHLMANN
The Daily Express says:
IF the present feelers are being put
out by Won Kuehlmann the obvious an
swer Is that Won Kuehlmann has not
power to pledge his country to any
thing. Germany is today absolutely in
the hands Of the militarists. When the
lnilitarists have given up hope of vic.
tory IN the west let the kaiser himself
approach the allies as whole. Let him
admit he cannot win the war, categor.
ically abandon his scheme Of conquest
and withdraw his armies within his
own frontiers. After that the allies
VIII talk, but the Germans and Won
Kuehlmann may make up their minds
that hole-and-corner intrigues will be
boycotted and that we shall continue
fighting until clean, not patched up
peace Is in sight"
GERMAN AGENT REBUFFED
The Express adds that the first OF
the peace offensive agents in London
laid his proposals semi-oficially before
various officials. The newspaper says
It understands on high authority that
this agent is a Dutchman with import.
ant financial connections and that he
came as friend Of Won Kuehlmann;
that Is to say, his inquiries were made
on behalf Of the civil and not the milf
tary party in Germany.
"This agent represented to the
authorities here" the newspaper con.
tinues, "that by our refusal to consider
peace last year we deprived the civil
party in Germany Of the chance Of
busting the military party, and also
that the most welcomed hope for now
was peace by arrangement. He was
told there was no such thing in the
English dictionary as peace by ar.
rangement' He was told also:
Every soon there will be no such
phrase as raw material in the Ger.
man dictionary.
COMMERCIAL POWERS ANXIOUS
There Is no doubt that the present
peace offensive is inspired largely by
Albert BALM, director of the Ham.
burg-American line, and other mag.
mates Of the German shipping world,
who foresee that determined entente
can easily cut them off for many years
from all markets of the outside world,
rs well as from allied ports.
1.-THE failure of the first envoy to
find a sympathetic hearing will not
end the peace offensive. 1t is known
that all neutrals have been persuaded
to undertake the task Of laying further
suggestions before the British gov
eminent without apparent inspiration
from Germany. But the business asso-
Citations Of these ENJOYS are too well
known for any doubt to exist that they
are deliberately inspired"
AUSTRlA'S EFFORT FUTILE.
Paris, May 4.-Premier Clemenceau
md former Premier BRAND appeared
Ron&nudnw hnfOre tho foraigu affairs