The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-11

catspaw Of Kaiser.
| by Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. IL. Ger
| many is playing sinister double
game of peace and war, according
to information here today. Her peace
, game is the use of Baron Burian.
Austrian foreign minister, to put out
"get-together" feelers.
Her war game is Indictment OF the
BolsheviM to war on the allies In
the north.
The peace game offers no prospect
ct fruition.
| Government authorities assured to-
day that there is no desire on the
part Of the United States to listen
to any proposals from the German
! pawn-Austria- this time. The
allies and the United States are in
| full accord as TO prosecution Of the
,.war. Hence 1t is certain there will
be NO listening to the Austrian sug-
| gestion now as there was on a pre-
vious occasion. when it appeared for
time that the Austrian might be
| sincere.
1t is possible, however, that Burian
f! is going on his own accord in sug-
costing that the allies and the cen
trail powers try to clear away basic
differences as a peace preliminary.
But no one in high authority here
believed that his talk as quoted in
Vienna dispatches was other than
German inspired. @As for tie war
game, it is understood here that Ger
| many took the initiative in forcing
the Bolsheviki treaty whereby the
discredited regime in Russia Is to
n ,lya - ~,
| north in return for certain projection
from Germany. Like all other Ger
man promises, this one appears to
| be certain to be broken or solely to
| Teuton advantage, for its terms are
balanced heavily against the FOL
| sheviki
In the matter of Burian's feeler, st
| is held that he is the feeler or cats
paw for Germany IN her start Of her
long expected and extensive peace
offensive. Burian uses soft words
! to snare the allies, 1t is he'll. but all
authorities here agree that peace
talk is useless with victory in sight
that will insure enforcement OF right
and elimination of Hohenzollern hor-
rors.
Austria's Tragic Condition.
| MILAN, Sept. 11.-According to 500
lpapatraited Italians, the economic and
political situation in Austria is abso
lutely tragic A repatriated professor
said that the populations preoccupa-
ton Is to end the war soon at any
cost.
Since the battle OF the Pave and
the German reverses on the western
front, the hope of winning the war
has completely vanished. The profess
sor also confirmed the reports Of po-
litical disorders in bohemia and bread
riots IN Vienna, which forced the gov
eminent to grant concessions and in
crease the rations of bread which Sc
however still unpalatable.
This years crop is a failure on ac-
count of the fact that most of the
crops were consumed before they
were fully ripe. There are few pota-
toes. This has prevented a general in
crease in food rationing with the ex-
ception of bread.
Speaking OF the situation in the oc-
cupied and unredeemed Italian prov
inces. the professor stated that the
hardships and priyations there are in
describable. He said the crop
of Fruili Undine, and Belluno
province was forwarded to Vienna by
Monsignor Ffaudfth who was appoint
ed chief requisition agent.
! At Trieste the nationality fight con-
tinues undated. 1t recently received
new impetus by the return of a party
81 interned civilians. The Trieste so
cialist party, formerly divided on the
nationality question, has now epoused
the Italian cause.
Navy Also Called In.
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 11.-Admiral
Won Scheer chief of the German ma
val staff, and members of the staff
! have been summoned to headuuar-
ters. according to Berlin advices to-
day.
IAN earlier dispatch said Foreign
Secretary Won Hintze had been call