Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-21
WRECK Of ALLIED PEACE PLANS
WILL BE ATTEMPTED BY GERMAN
DELEGATION; FORMER TACTICS
AND BLUFF may Be EMPLOYED
Tactics Similar to Those Which Brought America Into War
Two Years Ago Expected to Be Employed; Germans Be-
lieve Allies Will Be Unable to RetaIate if Met With Re-
flSa to Sign Peace Terms.
By FRANK J. TAYLOR.

BY FRANK ]. TAYLOR.
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent }
Berlin, April 20. Via Paris,
April 21.-The German peace dele
cation is going to Paris, conf
IDENTITY expecting to wreck the al
lied peace machine. This is
plainly evident today from state
ments in the Berlin press, as we'll
as the attitude of the foreign Of
flee.
The delegation is expected to leave
FOR Paris on Tuesday. Some reports
have been circulated that the govern =
ment may hold a pleblscite to decide
whether the allied terms will be ac-
cepted.
OLD TACTICS LIKELY.
Oddly enough, the Germans
plan to employ the same tactics
which brought America into the
war two years ago. The foreign
office theory is that the allies will
not call Germany's bluff If the
delegates announce their determi-
nation to refuse to sign the terms.
The oiPlomatists here figure the
allies will not and cannot retaIiate
effectively if the German repre-
sentatives balk-the same as
Count Won Bernstorff and other
members Of the foreign office
crowd calculated in the spring Of
1917.
The new republic has entrusted its
destinies to a group of diplomatists
who have not changed in any way
from those who directed Germany's
Dn1ipeS hnfpra ho
I'VE believe the terms reported from
Paris are just entente propaganda to
prepare the German people for the
hardest possible peace so they will
appreciate the terms actually offered
which undoubtedly will be much cas-
fer.' a member of the foreign office
told the United Press. ut is clever
peace propaganda. but, fortunately, we
see through It,"
THREATS ARE MADE.
Foreign Minister Brock dorff- Rant
Eau is prepared to interpret President
Wilson IA points in an entirely differ
ent light from that of the allies. and
Wilson's viewpoint regarding Alsace-
Lorraine, Posen, the German colonies
and other disputable questions.
1t has been reported that the
German plan to tear up the peace
terms and refuse to sign them,
then make counter peace propos-
ais according to German ideas,
threatening to turn Germany over
to the Bolshevili if the allies still
stand pat. The foreign office is
expected to frighten the allies into
believing Germany will pay no in
IDENTITIES if the Bosheviki get
control Of the country.
This is purely bluff, because the
foreign office has absolutely nothing
to do with Bolshevism in Germany.
Neither can the allies be blamed for
present conditions in Germany. since
the present government is wholly re-
sponsible for trouble with the work
men. The government is deliberately
ignoring the unrest saying 1t will dis
appear as soon as the allies grant q
favorable peace. The fact Is, Ger
many's internal troubles will no more
disappear as the result of peace than
they faded when 1t was announced
that allied food had arrived.
MAJORITY FAvORS TERMS.
Most of the German people say the
present government will not lest any
way, hence If it threatens to quit IL
peace Is not made in accordance with
German ideas 1t will be an excuse,
and nothing more. 1t is safe to esti-
mate that the majority Of Germans