Arizona republican., 1918-09-16

SiphilS Ol success.
 Points Path Considered Practicable
 inc Anstro- Hungarian government has therefore resolved to point out to all the belligerents. friend and foe. d path considered practicable by it and to propose to them jointly to examine Tn free exchange of views whether those prerequisites exist which would make the speedy inauguration of peace hesotlatlons appear promising. To this end the Austro Hungarian government mas today invited the governments Of all the belllgerent states to a cUnfi- dental and unbinding discussion at a neutral meeting place. and has ad- dressed to them a note drawn up ill this senSe.s
 rms step has been brought to the knoWledge of the Holy See in a special note ana an appeal thereby made to the popes interest in peace. Further more the governments of neutral states | taken.
 The constant close accord which ex- lsts between the four allied powers warrants the assumption that the d. Iles or Austria Hungary to whom the pioposaI IS being sent in the same manner, share the views developed in the note.'
 Contents of the Note
 me ottlclal telegram proceeds to say that the note has been drawn up Tn French and runs as follows
 The peace offer which the powers 1 Of the quadruple alliance addressed 10 thelr opponents on December F, 1916. ana the conciliatory basic ideas of Whlch they have never given up, signi- lies, despite the rejection which it cx : periehced, an important stage in tle history or this war. In contrast to the lirsl two and half war years, the question or peace has from that mo- l neht been the center of European eyes, or world discussion and dominates it III eVer-lncreasing measure.
 Almost all the belligerent states nave Tn turn again and again expressed themselves on the question of peace. US prerequisites and conditions. The Ilhe or development of this discussion. lo"eFer' mas not been uniform md steady The basic standpoint changed uhuef the influence of the military and poillicai position, and hitherto, at any rdte' It mas not led to a tangible general result that could be utilized.
 Allies Demands Modified
 It IS true that independent of all .nese oscillations, it can be stated that tne instance between the conceptions VI .ne two sides, has, on the whole sioWh somewhat less, that despite the liIuiSputaple continuance of decided ana hitherto unbridged differences. a partial turning from many of the most extreme concrete war aims is visible ana a certain agreement upon the rel atlVe general basic principles of a world peace manifests itself. In both camps there IS undoubtedly observable III Wlde classes of the population a sioWth or the will to peace and under o.dhulns. Moreover, a comparison of tne reception of the peace proposal of tne powers or the quadruple alliance on .he part of their opponents with the later utterances of responsible states men or the latter as well as of rhc hon-responsible but, in a political as- pect nowise uninfluential personalities confirms this impression.
 While, for example, the reply of the dliles to President Wilson made de- mands which mounted to the dismem- oerment Of Austria Hungary, to di Hllnutlon and deep internal transfor n,ldtlon o1 the German empire, and the ueStructlon ot Turkish European own ershlp, these demands. the realization | oI an overwhelming victory, were later modified in many declarations from of neal entente quarters, or in mart Were , dropped 9uotes baifour and Lloyd Georqe
 mus, Tn declaration made in the DllliSh house of commons a year ago secretary Baltour expressly recognized .hdt Austrla- Hungary must itself solve US internal problems, and that no onf could impose a constitution upon Ger. many from the outside Premier IIovf George declared at the beginning nj thls year that it was not one of the 9,. Iles M war aims to partition Austria. Hungary. to rob the Ottoman enDir, or its Turkish provinces or to reform , uermany internally. It may also b, 5 cohsluered Symptomatic that in Dc , cember, 1917, MT. Balfour cateeorical II, ? IePuuiated the assumption that Britisi , polcy had ever engaged itself for 1h, : creation of an independent state oI.
 or the territories of the left bank n
 the Rhine. V
 me central powers leave it in n
 doupt that they are only waging q wa
 ol ueiense for the integrity and .h n security ot their territories
 . far more outspoken than in the do
 hhdih or concrete war aims has th o approachment of conceptions proceed z ed regarding those guiding lines mo = the basis of which peace shall be con V cluded and the future order of Euror }, and the world built up. In this direr u'e ton, President Wilson in his speecbe /, or February F and July 4 of this vef | mas formulated principles which ha, o encountered contradiction on the pa
 or ms allies and the far-reaching al
 plicatlon Of which is likely to me
 Wlth no objection on the part of Il
 powers ot the quadruple alliance als
 pre-supposing that this application n general and reconcilable with the vit ', interests Of the states concerned. # Continuance Means Animation It IS true 1t must be remember ,l .nat an agreement on general principl 10 ID insufficient, but that there renal v the further matter of reaching Ia accord upon their interpretation al
 their application to individual concre
 war and peace questions.
 TO an unprejudiced observer the
 can be no doubt that in all the belli A erent states, without exception, {
 desire for peace of understanding h
 been enormously strengthened: th . the convection is increasingly sprea
 Ing that the further continuance of f 'l pioooy struggle must transform K . iope into ruins and into a state of c
 naustlon that will mar it's deyelopme It lor uecadeS to cOme-and this withC IS any guarantee of thereby bringi ,a apout that decision by arms which | U been Vainly striven after by both sic ot Tn four years filled with enormc Ie sacrifices, sufferings and exertions. le In what manner, however. can ol way be paved for an understand ees and an understanding finally attaine |. IS there any serious prospect whate, ur of reaching this ain, h,r oontinniner :.