The sun., 1918-09-20
GERMAN PRESS
VIEW IS VICTORY
OR DESTRUCTION
Unwilling to Surrender to
IA Prerequisites Laid
Down by President.
SITUATION NOW REALIZED
Count Karolyi, Hungarian Op-
position Leader, FavOrs
Yielding to Allies.
SITUATION NOW REALIZED

AMSTERDAM, Sept 19.-Peace demon
strat!ons organized by Social Demo-
Gratis were held to-day at Essen and
Cologne and in a large number of towns
in Saxony. according to a despatch from
Cologne to tine Dutch newspapers
Thousan nds Of persons are said to have
attended the meetings.
The German press generally, from the
Socialist TO the Conservative, regards
the American answer to the Austrian
peace note. taken in connection with the
speech Of Foreign Secretary Balfour, as
final proof that the Allies. go the news
papers charge. seek to complete the de-
struction OF the Central Powers and
their peoples and the dismemberment OF
their territory.
The Socialist Vortoderts Of Berlin is
bitter and pessimistic. 1t declares that
the American answer and the utterances
of Secretary Balfour compel the con-
clusion that the Entente will not hear
OF a peace by agreement.
"Mr. Balfour's speech" says the Tor-
icde-ts, contains two points which a
grea. part OF the German people are
ready to discuss and two others which
will evoke powerful opposition from
every German. The first two points are
Belgium and the Brest- -Litovsk. The
other two concern the German colonies
and Alsace-IIorraine.
III Mr. Bslfour wishes that these
last two points should be fulfilled, which
would be possible only through com.
plete military victory by the Entente
there would be feeling left among
the entire German people that they had
been made the victims OF a robbers
warfare"
The ForUuerfs says that even II the
Entente does not admit the Justice OF
the German standpoint its rejection o!
the Austrian invitation is nevertheless
an ''act OF stupidity and brutality"
Calls Peace Talk Hopeless.
The Lokuldn=eiger's comment is Of an
II told you so" nature. The newspaper
says that President Wilson'S answer
makes 1t necessary to walt and see wha,
the Entente nations will say. 1t de.
clares II Is evident from Mr.. Balfour' s
speech that negotiations are impossible
unless Germany Is willing to accept in
advance all the conditions laid down by
the Allies. The newspaper adds:
'If the matter OF giving our colonies
back to us is closed incident for Eng
land then any peace talk also is pur-
poscless as far as We are concerned. "
TIE Dcitsche Td0esse.tung referring
to the demands regarding the colonies
and Alsace-Lorraine declares:
What does this mean IL not that the
Entente intends to dlsmember and
crush the German Empire? .
There is but one thing left for us--vic.
tory or destruction
The Hamburg FremdeRbidH Is in
censed because. as 1t says. the United
States refused even to consider the mat
ter and took no time for reflection
Like madmen." 1t says. they howl
their force to the uttcrmost' when other
people exert themselves to find way
out Of the slaughter OF the world war"
The Td0ebldtt. commenting on Secre-
tary Balfour's speech. says: 1T is true
that the German policy in the east has
created an unnecessary obstacle to
peace. but nevertheless the real hin
derance to peace Ia the Entente"
The TGgeb bldtt refers to Mr.. Balfour's
programme as "indemnity for Belgium
without a trace of readiness 10 pay in
demnity to the Germans injured through
out the world by the Entente. the sur
render by Germany OF her colonies and
the surrender of Alsace-Lorralne tc
France, in connection with which Mr.
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