Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-13
GERMAN PEACE
OFFENSIVE NOW
IN FULL SWING
Kaiser's Speech to Working
People at Essen Climax to
Proposals Made by Hert-
limo and Burian.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE Ger
man pc, offensive" Is now reeog.
niaed by officials here as being in full
swing. A progressive campaign Is
clearly indicated to them by the re.
marks OF Premier Won Hertling few
DAYS ago. followed by the more for
nal statement to the visiting German
newspapermen in Vienna by Count
Burian. the Austrian foreign minis
ter; the remarks OF the German crown
prince, and now the speech Of En-
peror William himself 10 the working
people at Essen.
Peace proposals from these sources
would appear ineongruous were the
officials no, firmly convinced Of the
iusinceri,y of the movement which
again is recognized as conceived with
the double purpose OF placating the
uneasy and restless German socialists
and at the same time appealing to the
paeihsts in the entente countries.
No New Features.
Analysis Of the abstract OF the emf
peror's remarks reported by cable
fails to disclose any new feature.
The emperor's reiteration OF the
claim that the purpose OF the entente
is to destroy the German people is
designed TO counterfeit the effect OF
statements in the American literature
that Americas only purpose Is to
destroy German militarism, q state
ment that has appealed very strongly
TO the German socialists.
Official dispatches today from
France say that the general cam
paign and peace maneuver, OF which
the speech today OF Emperor William
is regarded as part, is being ex-
tended into neutral countries. Ger
man press agencies are supplying
special articles and Information on
the subject to the newspapers of Ger
man proclivities in Holland, the Scan
dinavian countries and Switzerland.
And in ibis connection the dispatches
note that the German conservative
leader. Erzberger, identified in the
past with other peace movements has
turned up in Copenhagen where a
Scandinavian interparliamentary con.
ference is to take place and that the
Dutch socialist pacifst, Troelstras.
has included Germany In his return
trip to Holland from northernEurope.
VIII Offer Assistance.
According to the same dispatches.
some light is thrown upon the yelled
itterance OF Count Burian few days
,go that there might be opportunities
or calm exchange OF views--some
crt OF direct Informative discussion
which will be far from being peace
regulations" by what is regarded
IS an inspired article in the Dutch
,ress, which the German authorities
AVE taken pains TO republish in Ger
many. This article says the two en-
perors, at their recent conferences,
'secided that the time would be ripe |
a. the beginning OF winter when all
war operations would be paralyzed to
propose an armstice instead of a
straight peace conference and adds
hat the proposal OF an armstice in it.
elf might be an indication that Ger
many not only was ready to free
Belgium and indemnity her from an
International fund, but also to discuss
he evacuation of northern France
md the restitution of German colo
lies and even to settle the Alsace-
lorraine problem in way to save
French feelings. Finally. on condi-
ion Of certain indcmnities and con-
sessions, Germany might consent to
,cvise the Brest-Litovsk treaty.
If this proposal for an armistice
IS reie,ted, the Dutch paper holds
that the moral position of Germany