Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-11

an honorable desire for agreement, that
u. a knigfitly way in which to do JUS
tice to foreign motives. rights, inter
ests and ideas, can create the psyche
logical ethical foundation for the re-
sumption of all economic connections.
1T is by being carried upon the back
| Of the British world empire that we
| have acquired our greatest riches; only
by the help Of that gigantic expor'
| could we pay for our Indispensable
raw materials example, for the
wool which we import from England
| to the value of about sS1,500,o00 a
year"
Sees Anglo. American Hope Blasted
During the few weeks Immediately
J preceding the opening of peace neSo-
| tiations between the holsheviki govern
| ment in Russia and the kaiser's agents
| the German press was filed with long
articles discussing the value of the inn
pending move and giving vent to d.
verse opinions regarding the relative
merits and dement's Of Russia ana
Great Britain. Copies of German news
papers reaching London contain many
articles experimenting the brief cable
notices on these differences of opinion
August Muller. the socialist under
secretary in the food department.
writes in the Sozialistische Monat-
shefte:
mo antagonism. economic or milf
tary. need exist between Russia on the
one side and Germany and her allies
on the other side The eastward oricn-
tation OF our policy, as the presuppoSl-
ton of the solidarity of continental Eu-
-, Of
mic and political independence not
only for the time present but for the
time to come. The recognition of this
translated into political action and &C
conplished by the organization OF GER
many on the lines which tend to her
greatest possible economic self-suHi-
cheney during the time OF transition
will blast tho illusions which the bri-
fish and Americans cherish in their
economic schemes"
Then comes Dcutschc Politik with a
lengthy reply to Muller by Dr. Paul
Rohrbach. a spokesman OF those Ger
man ImperialiSts who see the main
enemy in Russia He is Very Contemp-
tuouf OF the way in which the German
government FASTENED 10 open its
arms" and 10 cast !arguishing chances
at the Soviet" He says that it would
he folly for Germany 10 interrupt the
process OF disruption of Russian
society. which is about to secure for
lis the immense advantage Of having
our rear in the east made free. an ad-
VANTAGE which will Immediately change
our whole position in the world for the
better.
Manifesto That Caused Riots.
The manifesto issued by the indie
pendent Social Democratic Party OF
Germany early in November, calling
upon the German socialists 10 hold
meetings to demand that the kaiser's
government Immediately begin TO treat
with the bolshcvist government IN
Russia FOR general peace on the basis
Of no anncxations or tndemn!ties. &C
cordinc to Amsterdam CahleSrams
dated Nov. 90. was the cause of several
serious riots in Berlin and other Ger
man cities on Sunday, Nov. is. The
program which the voters attempted 10
carry out was outlined in the Liepzlger
NolksZeitung as follows:
IN Russia the proletar!at has seized
the political power an event of i'm
portance in tire worlds history. Never
before has such a mighty task been
placed before the pro!etariat as at this
moment. As the enemy Of capitalism
and OF all !mperialistic efforts, the pro-
letarian government of Russia wants 10
propose general armiStice for the
purpose OF etTecting n peace, excluding
anuexations OF all kinds, open and
yelled, on all sides.
This strengthens the hope of avoid