Evening star., 1918-01-09
GERMAN SOCIALISTS
ANSWER LLOYD GEORGE
First, Carefully Censored, Comment
Is Permitted to Reach Out
side World.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, January s. via London. jan
uary 9-yorwaerts. the principal or
gan of the socialists. in commenting on
the war aims speech of Premier Lloyd
George, declares the premier mas
queraded in a carefully selected dis
guise. 1t says the speech was framed
in some parts SO as to meet the ap-
proval Of German workingmen.
The newspaper adds that the pre-
mier's abandonment Of the attempt to in
terfere in Germany's internal affairs is
gratifying, and that his demand that
the states which have been overrun in
the course of the war be restored to
complete independence will not call
forth contradiction.
Referring to Alsace-Lorraine. the
newspaper says the inhabitants OF
these districts are not foreign or alien
peoples within the German state.
IT the natives Of the German colonies
are to be protected from exploitation
by European capitalists, why not also
those of the British colonies" it asks;
"It would be Understanding the good
sense of the British workingmen IL one
assumed that these contradictions es-
capped their discernment.'
Hint as to Socialists Stand.
(This obviously incomplete synopsis.
which bears the marks OF having been
censored carefully. is the first indica-
ton to reach the outside world of the
attitude of the German socialists to-
ward Mr.. Lloyd Georges outline of war
aims. Although other German news
papers denouncing the premier's atti-
tude have reached neutral points ada
cent to Germany, a dispatch from AM
sterdam yesterday said no copy of
had been received. and ap-
parently the editions containing COM
ment on the premier's statements have
not been permitted to cross the border
Sees No Change in Aims.
AMSTERDAM. January o. The
Al1gemeine Zeitung, the
semi official German organ, says:
even If David Lloyd George now, for
obvious reasons, renounces the talk
about all kinds of crushing aims with
which he formerly was wont to make
an impression on the masses Of his own
people and the allies, and II those
points In which Russia had the greatest
interest were erased from the general
program of the entente. there neverthe-
less has been virtually no change in
own war aims. They are, as
before, the result of the will for un-
world power.
"Mr. Lloyd George knows today. as
when he made his first war speech. that
the territorial integrity of the Austro-
monarchy. as we'll as that or
the other allies of Germany. must form
the corner stone in the building of a
new peace. Nevertheless. he adheres to
his imperialistic war aims with their
unmea sured demands. and only by a
change in tone tries to give the impress
sion that he takes into account the al
teration of the military and political
situation It is characteristic of him and
his allies
Unacceptable in Austria. +
A Vienna dispatch to the Poster Lloyd
(Budapest) says that in political circles
the peace conditions offered by the Brit
lsh prime minister are considered i'm
possible Of acceptance.
speech Held More Conciliatory.
AMSTERDAM. January a Vienna
dispatch to the Cologne Gazette rep
resents Mondays editions of the news
papers of the Austrian capital as COM
nenting on Mr.. Lloyd Georges speech
in a rather different vein from the Of
hcial agency. While remarking that
The papers in question are pacifist, the
sazette's correspondent says the whole
tone of Mr.. Lloyd Georges speech
seems to be viewed as more conciiia-
tory than his previous utterances. The
Vienna newspapers regard the absence
II rude personal attacks a. q step
forward. and think they perceive a cer-
ain approach to the standpoint Of the
central powers. particularly in the use
# equivocal terms in dealing with the
most important questions. At the same
line they arc doubtful whether the
speech Is fitted to serve as the founda-
Ion FOR immediate negotiations. say
Ing that. although It 10 less rude. the
,ssence OF the old War MINIS 10 In mo-
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