The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-06-06
HUNS START PEACE
OFFENSIVE ANEW
CAMPAIGN is BEING OPENED
WITH RENEWED VIGoR.
AGENTS PLAYING OLD GAME
Puts Up FancifuI Terms-EVidence
Proves Germany Does Not Want
to Discuss Revision of Prest
Litovsk Treaty.
(By Arthur Il. Mann.)

London, June 5.-(By Mail Ger
many is always on the offensive. When
Hindenburg and Ludendorff aren't
throwing their troops against the AL
lied line in France and Belgium the
enemy propaganda agents in Switzer-
land are besieging neutral and Allied
opinion with insidious stories Of the
Central powers peaceful intentions.
The latter campaign is being re-
opened with renewed Vigor, according
to official reports. Anticipating the
enforced cessation of the west front
battle, Germany and Austria have sent
additional legions of peace mongers
TO Switzerland and these are now
engaged in the peace offensive"
Emperor Karl is personally repre-
scented by very active agent named
hamburger, who is concentrating prin-
cipally on Italy. He is industriously
putting out stories that the much ad-
vertised prospective Austrian offensive
will take place only if Italy refuses
| to consider reasonable terms from
her enemies. So far he is not meet
| ing with much success.
The Italians are confident of victory
| if the Austrians attack. Their positions
have been splendidly organized both
| for defense and offense and this time
there are hardly likely to be any Ger
mans to assist the forty Austrian di-
visions on the line.
Same Old Game.
The German agents are playing the
same old game of putting out fanciful
peace terms. The latter include the
evacuation of Belgium and France, the
return of the German colonies. no in
| IDENTITIES, and a discussion of the fu-
: ture of French Lorraine. These are
more or less hackneyed propositions,
but there is an interesting addition
which is rather significant.
The agents say Germany wants to
! discuss the question of revision OF
the Brest-Litovsk treaty.
There is sufficient evidence already
| at hand 10 prove that Germany has
no desire to revise" the treaty against
| herself if she can help it, but the
political leaders are beginning 10
worry about the untaVOrable impress
, sion the treaty has maGe not only
throughout the rest of the world but
within the Central empire as well.
The German idea is to get a revision
of the treaty which will be sanctioned
by the Allies in order to strengthen
the Pan-German and military parties
against the growing opposition Of
the liberal and radical Reichstag
group and particularly of Austria
Hungary.
Worship Ludendorff.
Another new feature of the German
propaganda is the glorification of Lit
dendorff. Hindenburg, who has in the
past been advertised as the rough
overbearing military hero, is now
pushed into the back ground, and LII
denorff brought forward, not primarily
as great soldier but as great states
mana second Bismarck. The Ger
man game mere is very evident. The
Junkers hope, when they have no
further use for Ludenorff as a fighter.
to introduce him into politics as the
man who will negotiate a strong"
peace for Germany If he can't alto
gether help them out of the military
mess they want him to stand between
them and the more moderate German
politicians.
The Allies reply to these latest
peace efforts of the Central powers is
simply a reiteration of their previous
replies:
Germany knows pretty well what
our terms are. If she has any concrete
proposals to make, she must put them
forward through the legitimate dip
lomatic channels in plain, unmistak-
able terms. Until then, war;"