Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-09-16
''Force TO The Utmost, Without
Stint or Limit" Is Americas
Reply to Peace Appeal Made by
AustrO- Hungarian Government
Am Mornlng Journal specIal Leased wIrel


Germany and particularly in Aus
tria.
This could be accomplished speed
ilS and effectively. ills. pointed out
hy officials here, by an open declara
ton OF full and unqualified acceptance
by Berlin and Vienna OF the fourteen
points laid down by President Wilson
as a proper basis Of peace But this
would sound the death knell' OF pam
Germanism; would mean the disgorge-
ment of huge tract of territory,
enormous indemnities and valuable
special privileges and monopolies
which the predatory central powers
have wrung from Russia, not to dwell
upon the recession of Alsace-L Lorraine,
whose wrongful seizure half a cen
tury ago President Wilson has sol
emnly declared must be righted,
Another Purpose Exposed.
Another purpose to bo served by
such discussions as Baron Buriau
purposes, it is considered, has been
detected and exposed in almost every
one of the preceding German peace
moves While the word discussions
has been substituted for the confer
ences' originally proposed, officials
here without the slightest hesitation,
identify the purpose as another
round table" conference, such as az
Brest L4itovsk marked the ruin of Rus
STA discussions" with all of the dele
gates assembled in one place Iand
open to close personal influence ami
address. would not differ very much
from formal gathering around a
table and in fact might be more dan
gerous.
So it was declared today, that the
United States would have none of
them at this stage of the war, or NJ
any other, in advance of binding ac-
ceptance by the Germanic powers 9f
the conditions proposed by President
Wilson. With that as basis there
would be no objection to any proper
consideration and discussion of even
highly important details of the peace
agreement.
Attempt to Enlist sympathy.
With much interest the government
here notes the statement that the vatiA
can and all neutral nations would be
notified of the peace offer. Officials
here presume that this is an attemp,
TO enlist sympathy for the peace
movement in those quarters, as the
fact is recognized that this propos,-
Ition, which amounts to invitation TO
the vatican and the neutral states
to participate in the peace confer
ences, would be flattering to their
pride. The attitude of the Catholic
elements of entente populations might
well be regarded as potent.
Ostensibly the aim Of Baron Burian
is to reduce the war Issue to the
simplest form by a process of elimina-
tion of many points of only sent-
mental importance, and by agreement
upon certain broad alturistic princi-
pies of self evident propriety and
wisdom as affecting international re-
| lations But officials who consider
themselves acquainted with the meth
| DDS of German diplomacy say they
| recognize a concealed design to in
cmde some very substantial German
doctrine in some apparently harmless
and high minded statements of prin-
ciple.
| It Is known from more or less of
ficial German declarations that the
central powers are willing and anxious
| to enter q league of nations to make
future wars impossible. and also to
guarantee the freedom Of the seas and
| the right of self determination of op-
| pressed peoples and immunity from
seizure of private property at sea.
Would Benefit Germany.
! But all these alturistic principles,
II is expected. would be bent TO serve
German purposes, If the discussions
| were to bear the fruit expected by
the authors of this latest peace often
sive. The league of nations involves
international disarmament according
to the German idea upon a scale pro-
portioned 50 that the central powers
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