Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-11
PEACE is SOUGHT BY
GERMANY WITH THE u. S.

ny IIol. heIOn, an american living
in Geneva. is told by the Swiss cor
respondent of the Daily Mail in his
dispatches dated at Annemasse, on
the Franco-Swiss frontier. Prof. He
ron is described as a friend of Pres
ident Wilson.
ouidde Approaches Heron
The German government, according
! TO the correspondent, tried to get
peace offers sent to the President
through Prof. Heron who was visited
on April 10 by Prof. Quidde, OF Mu-
mich. friend of Count Won Hertling,
the imperial German chancellor. Prof
Quidde was accompanied by the Dutch
pacifist, DR.. JOng Vanbeek
Prof Quidde said he had come to
prepare the way for merciful peace
and gave Prof. Heron to understand
that he spoke for Chancellor Won
Hertlng and the German foreign Of
| flee. He assured the American pro-
fessor that the peace party in the
! reichstag in Germany and that he
wished to prepare President Wilson
to take advantage of that auspicious
moment
Germany's Terms
Germany. Prof. Quidde said. was
willing to make the following terms:
| First-To grant autonomy to Ais
| ace-Lorraine within the limits of the
! German empire, provided the allies
would not broach the subject of Ais
ace Lorraine at the peace conference.
Sccond-The Brest-Litovsk peace
treaties not to be discussed at the
peace conference. although the allies
might submit claims for the revision
Of them and Germany might make
certain concessions.
/ Third economic war against
Germany after the war.
Fourth-German colonies to be re-
stored.
Heron Calls ouidde Down
Prof Quidde asserted that the
present offensive in France had the
ultimate objective of achieving a
| durable peace.
Prof. Heron. lie Daily Mail CORE
spondcnt writes, after listening to
the German educator explained:
Il wonder that you have the effron-
terry to ask me to lay such rigma-
role of can't and deceit before the
American people. Far from creating
spirit of ConCiliation it would sim
ply strengthen the American will to
smash the perfidious and ncfarious
offer of such proposals.
The United States intends to con-
tinuc fighting until the Prussian mil.
itary power. and. if necessary, the
/ Prusslan state along with it, is extin-
guishcd forever as a power for evil.
/ whether it takes one pear or ten.
Queer peace Offensive"
IF you call the remorseless sacri-
cc Of 2,oOO,OOOOOO men as a peace Of
| f"nsivc and il you want the United
States to recognize your shcIIing of
/ Parisiam congregations and churches
as part Of ii, you are mailing a
muuStrous and foolish blunder
when / listen to your false ard
r"aChrl Gus oycrturcs. feel ashamed
OF humanity"
Prof. Quiddc. adds the corresp N
dent, left the house weeping. The
next week Prof. Heron was bcsiCgCi
by new offers by telephone. one of
the speakers saying he was DR.. " :.
, IOlf, German colonial minister Prof
Heron talked straight to all of thcm.
telling them among other things that;
The United states no longer wants
peace, II wants to sweep out the Au-
gcan stables at POtsdam.
Germany at Last Convinced
Prof. Heron, the dispatch adds tolh
the story to the correspondent and
laughed triumphantly. He said he b.
licvod the Germans were at last con
vinccd that the United States intends
10 stay in the war until it's righteous
objects are achieved.
The Prof. Quiddc referred to above
Is probably Prof Ludwig Quiddc.
historian of the University of Munich
in the Bavarian capital. German
Chancellor Won IIcrtling is a Bavaran
and was formerly Bayarian prime
minister.
Who the Professors Are
Prof Ludwig Quiddc was n dele.
gate to the Goth universal peace con.
Il ference at Tho Hague in the fall Of
= 1918 I'm moving before that confer.
b oncc proposal for gradual disarma.
mcnt. Prof Quiddc severely blamed
. Germany for the increase in arma.
I mcuts in Europe He said that there
( would have been an increase by
p France but for the action Of Germany.
The Professor Heron referred to In
, tho dispatch ts probably Prof. George
, y. Heron, formerly OF GrInnoll College
/. Iowa. Nearly twenty years ago Prof.
$ Heron came into considerable promi.
I ncncc on account OF his views regard.
:. ing marriage Separated from his