Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-16
Must Be Non-Binding, But
They Express Willingness
To Talk Terms.
WASHINGTON is PESSIMISTIC
Government Officials Give
Little Credence TO Sin
cerity of Nation,

Y more spccch delivered last April.
Force, force 10 the utmost, force
without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumphant forcc which shall
make right the law of the world, aud
east every selfish dominion down In
the dust"
That was tho presidents answer
tHcn, and IL was reiterated today. %
was his answer now While Austria s
proposal, reported last night from
Amsterdam. had not reached wash
ingtou In official form tonight. %
be- expected hourly thorugh some ncu.
t-al possibly sweden and In d, ls
focognizcd the long heralded peace
offensive upon which Germany is
counting 10 arouse enough sentlmcut
Tor peace among the people ot the
70 allied countries To- compel AN end OF
the war on terms winch s4bstanu-
ally would preserve the frussihu
conquest. s.. .h
the allied leaders recognize it as
an effort by Germany 10 obtain the
best terms possible.
There wlIi be no round confer
cnce, no sounding out process, such
as Geriuany proposes. and which
sno hopes Will give opportunity prob
auly 10 deal with her enemies sepa-
Iatcly.
VIII Think IL over.
n any reply at al is made. 10 Will
he after an exchange of visits be-
tween the United states and the
! other belhEeuents so inat "A reply
ff.T All I.. lr.
every side, among American officials
and allied diplomats it seems agreed
that the on.y ground on which Ger
many may have a conference ls the
acceptance ut the principles laid
Gown BY President " iisou ana which
have been accepted by all the allies
as their watchword.
-ngsAmericRn officials have been not
Ing for sometime the various steps
that have led up TO the proposition
for meeting a. somo ncutral point |
Of defelgatrs from all' the belliger- !
ent countries Co enter into mon |
binding discussions. with view 20 /
bringing about peace.
From German and Austrian Off |
,isls ~ high rank. from tho Ger
man emperor himself down 10 the /
vice chancellor OF Germany, within /
ihc last fortnight have come public |
uttcrAnccs. differing widely iu their |
tone and scope, but by singular co-
; Incidence each ana all continuing In |
come place "a declaration OF willing /
ness 90 extend the hand % peace
They were coupled with denials of
i"sponIuilty for the further con
uuuance of hostllitles.' Baron Burt
au. the Austrian foreign minister
advanced tho movement toward the.
peace offensive further than AN, y
other speaker In his recent address 2
10 visiting German journalists, and
the IDEAS he then broached are now
recognized here as the foundation
upon which has been built the pro
position which Vienna now Is pre-
Henung 10 the world a. arms I'm "A
formal way
Mind Already Made Up.
The Washington government has
already made up It's mind and
i'rmed It's opinion regarding Baron
Huran's plan and II can he stated
nat even In the formal shape In
which 10 Is now presented IL Is quite
I8 Objectionable as it was originally
and does not present single point
upon which the entente powers ana
lHo United States are likely TO agree
Wl'h the authors. Familiar notes of
inslnCerity and underlying sinister
purpose. are heard by officials.
WASHINGTON. sept l5.-Aus-
tra be- cracking. and instead of vast
Ing dime with worse than useless
peace talk. now Is tho time to strike
her hardest |his was the view OK
pressed IN official quarters here to-
Jay when word came in press dis
patches from Amsterdam that AusrlI
cd .aN D
binding" peace discussions between
I The bclligercnt nations on neutral
ground.
LONDON Sept. l5-Tho British
foreign office mp TO $3.50 o'clock
fhis afternoon had not officially re-
ucived the Austrian invitation for
peace discussions All IL has thus !
FAR received is the report telegraphed :
10 the newspapers.
Special to Tho World
AMSTERDAM. Sept 'l5-ln cE- ;
tending an invitation TO an the bc-
Igcrent governments 10 enter into &
non binding discussions at some neu-
tral place. the Austro- Hungarian !
government stated that the object of !
The conference would bee TO secure
An exchange OF views which would d
show whether those prc requisites =
exist which would make tho speedy A.,
inauguration OF peace negotiations ,
appear promising
The AustrnF proposal which IS Z
announced In Nm official communl-
cation telegraphcd here from Vienna
suggests that there he no Interrupt
ton Of the war. and that the dis.
'ussions would gu only so FAR as con
H.dcrrd by the participants to offer
prospects Of success" the proposed
calls for all bellEercnts to send dele
gates FOR confidential and I'M
binding discussion on the basic prin-
rlples for tho conclusion of peace.
100 PLACE I'm a neutral country and
az near date that would yet have
10 be agrod upon