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THE
ONA REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
10 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1918
10 PAGES
VOL. XXVIII., NO 317
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Senate Passes Liberty Loar
In Reeortl Time; Some of
New Issue to Be Available
and Distributed Shortly
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, April 3 Tremen
ious subscriptions for the Third Lib
erty bunds on Saturday, the opening
flay of the campaign, are forecast by
nil loan organization reports reaching
headquarters tonight. Although offi
cially the campaign will not open until
t o'clock Saturday morning, local time,
'i'lually it already is tinder way, with
nvrkcrs soliciting pledges for sub
tcriptions to he recorded when the
hooks open. The first hour thus may
be the. record breaking hour of the
whole campaign.
The first completed bonds will bo
'turned out by the government bureau
of engraving within a half a day after
tlie bond bill is finally enacted, and a
limited supply will be available next
week. They will be finished at the rate
of 000,000 a day and distributed to all
parts of the country for outright sale
by stores and loan workers. Already
I'.l.OnO.oOO bonds have been engraved
w ith omission of only the text bearing
1hc rate of interest and maturity terms.
The bureau will concentrate at first on
bonds of $.j0 and $100 denominations.
The length of the campaign, the
dales for installment payments and the
bonds' maturity will be announced by
Secretary McAdoo as soon as the bond
legislation is completed which prob
ably will be tomorrow or Friday.
Pass Bill in Record Time
In record breaking time, the senate
lute today passed the new Liberty loan
bill authorizing JLSOO.OOO.OOO more war
bonds, additional loans of J 1,500,000,000
to the allies and increases of treasury
indebtedness certificates from 14.000,-oo-.Ouo
to ?S, 000,000,000. The measure
already has been passed by the house,
and., slight differences now will be ad
justed in conference.
During today's debate, Chairman
Simmons of the finance committee,
said that with enactment of the bond
legislation, nil treasury needs could be
met thi year and that further war
revenue legisltion would not be neces
sary until the session of congress next
December.
Similar views recently were ex
pressed by Democrati Leader Kitchin,
of the house.
Should the war continue for a long
period, and it became necessary to
Menu three or four million men across '
the seas, Senator Simmons said, the
expense of the government of course
would be increased and there would
nave to be some increase in taxes.
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ER
i ( Republican A. P. Leased Wire
A.MSTKUDA M. April 3.-,- German
newspapers rereied here assert that
the marked decrease in th! fighting in
France was made necessary by the bad
weather, but that it soon will begin
again.
The Cologne Gazette says it learns
from Berlin that the pause was a ne
cessity. It asserts that stormy weather
has greatly hampered the transport
service of the Germans and cities as a
similar case the halt in the Italian
campaign when the Tagliamento river
was reached by the Teutonic allies.
The Cologne Peoples Gazette de
clares that the pause in the battle was
due solely to orders of the German ar
my command and not to any success
by the entente allies. The correspon
dent adds that the roads must be re
paired and munitions and victuals
sent up to" the fighting forces, and
continues:
"The bad weather may hamper our
action, but the enemy soon will realize
that we intend to go on with it."
TWO YEAR SENTENCE
( Republican A. P. Leased Wire
CoF.l'R D'ALKNE. Ida.. .April 3.
W. M. Nelson, former secretary of the
Industrial Workers of the World local
at St. Maries, Idaho, wus sentenced to
serve not less than two nor more than
ten years in the penitentiary in the
district court today, ile was found
Suilty Yesterday by a Jury on a charge
of criminal syndicalism.
Nelson's removal from St. Maries
recently caused an outbreak of the In
lustriul Workers and their sympathiz
ers wnich resulted in the calling or
federal troops and state guards.
TO EN FORCE "REGULATION.
Republican a. P. Leased Wire
KANSAS CITY, April 3. Plans for
.prosecution of food regulation violat
ors without referring their cases to
Washington and the creation of an
executive commitee to enforce food
regulations were the results of a
meeting tierc "today of food adminis
trators or their representatives from
Kansas, Missouri. New Mexico, Okla
homa. Texas. Nebraska and Flab.
l LOAN
RUNS ARE HAMPERED
BY STDRWiY WEATH
LEADER GETS
SUPER-BATTLE TO
BE RESUMED SOON
EXPERTS BELIEVE
SUPER BATTLES
nungwgn ine - Tigniing activity
along the entire front of the new
Somme offensive remains slight,
there still prevails the feeling that
battles on a large scale will begin
again soon, with the allied troops,
after the respite of several days,
strongly arrayed in battle formation
and eager to test their strength
against that of the foe.
From the Somme to the Oise river,
along that portion of the battle line
which bulges out toward Amiens.
Ailly and Breteuif, the big guns of
the opposing side have opened in
duels of great proportions, and it
apparently is not unreasonable to as
sume that either side at any moment
may take the offensive with their in
fantry in resumption of a battle
which ranks among the greatest the
world has ever seen.
Since the beginning of the present
week there has been no marked
change in the alignment of the op
posing sides from Arras southward
to Chauny. The fighting has lacked
the sanguinary character of the pre
vious days, owing in part, no doubt,
to the extremely bad weather condi
tions. Neither the Germans nor the
allies have been idle, however, for
daily there has been going on a re
inforcement of strategic positions,
both in men and gun power for the
coming engagements upon which it
is conceded so much depends for the
victors.
In the vicinity of Lens artillery
duels of intensity have been revived
on some sectors and in Belgium at
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LONDON, April 3. There was'a
sudden and marked decrease in the
losses to British shipping through
mine or submarine in the past week.
The admiralty reports that only six
British merchantment of 1600 tons or
over, and seven under that tonnage
were sunk in the week ending
March 30.
Five fishing vessels also were sent
to the bottom.
The admiralty statement continues:
"Fifteen British merchant vessles
were unsuccessfully attacked by sub
marines. "The large vessels reported sunk in
cluded one sunk during the week end-
,c
march 16 and the smaller vessels
.ported sunk, include one during the
week ending March 23.
"The arrivals during the week end-
j ig March 30, were 2,416 and the sail
ligs 2,379."
I The losses to British merchantmen
tirough submarines and mines in the
list week are less than one-half the
J isses in the previous week, w hen 2S
merchantment were sunk, sixteen of
1 le vessels over 1600 tons,
i The admiralty report for the preced
lig week showed the loss of 17 vessels,
while for several weeks prior to that
tie weekly loss was eighteen.
lESTilSOF
IS
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON'. April 3. Investiga
tion of the general shipping situation
virtually was brought to an end today
by the senate commerce, committee
with the examination of George J.
Baldwin, chairman or tire board of the
International Shipbuilding Corpora
tion, which has a contract to build up
wards of 200 fabricated steel ships for
the government at the much discussed
Hog Island, Pa., shipyard.
Mr. Baldwin amplified his testimony,
vigorously answering charges of mis
management and extravagance at Hog
Island, with a written statement, wnicn
was made a part of the records and
which explained in detail the contract
between the American International
Comoration and the shipping board.
He said the corporation is In fact an
agent of the board, and as such an arm
or thp orovernmeni. anu mai ii ittmcu
no compensation for the building of the
yard and that tne oniy money n win
receive will be tne commission ior cou
structine the ships.
In his oral testimony, Mr. Baldwin
replied to assertions that the corpora
tion will not be able to build the ships
in the contract time by saying that the
vessels will be delivered on time unless
the government fails in its delivery of
steel. The government now is some
30,000 tons behind in these deliveries,
he said, and this statement so im
pressed the committee that Chairman
Fletcher was directed to call on Chair
man Hurley of the shipping board and
.with him, to lay the situation before
the presidenL
In his statement Mr. Baldwin set
forth that the only fees paid for the
building of the yard was to sub-contractors
on what the corporation esti
mated that the work would cost, "so
that It cannot be said that the sub
contractors are interested in a large
expenditure of money in carrying out
their work."
In conclusion, Mr. Baldwin contended
that "there has been no wrons doing
and that there has been and is nothing
ito criticize." " '
BR T SH SHIPPING
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SfPISITUATl
BROUGHT TO
various points reciprocal shelling con-
tinues. In both these regions, how
ever, the infantry has kept to the
trenches, except for patrols and re
connoitering purposes. An American
sector has been heavily attacked with
gas.
In the Italian theater there still is
no indication of when the expected
big battle between the Italians and
the Teutonic allies will burst, but
daily there is increasing activity all
along the front.
Comparative quiet is reported from
other fronts.
The airmen of both sides have been
keeping up their intensive activity,
bombing positions behind the lines,
searching out troop and transport
movements and engaging in aerial
combats. The French war office re
ports more than thirteen tons of pro
jectiles have been dropped on Ger
man railways and cantonments at
Ham, Cahuny and Noyon and also in
the region of Roye in the Arras front.
The Germans last week did not
keep up their successful submarine
campaign of the previous week, hav
ing sunk only 13 British merchant
men against 28 during the previous
seven days. In their operations
against the Italians three steamers
of more than 1500 tons and ten sail
ing ships were destroyed.
The Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister, Count Czernin in an ad
dress to the Vienna municipal council
has declared that Austria-Hungary
did not intend to go begging for
peace, "but to enforce it by our
moral right and physical strength."
P
CAMP KEARNY, San Diego, Cai.,
pril 3. The Kightieth Brigade,
principally composed of Californians,
worked out two battle problems to
day. One was an assault problem,
in which one battalion of the 160th
infantry opposed the advance of the
remaining two battalions of this
regiment The other w-as the posting
of outposts for a division, whose
head was assumed to be a brigade
camp on San Dieguito river, near
which the brigade is camped on its
ten day field maneuvre.
Several types of outposts were
formed by the . regiment, differing
with the variations of the ground en
countered. The 14rth machine gun
battalion was employed in the out
post work.
Food conservation has been placed
on a regular system in mis camp.
The new orders, which went into ef
fect last Monday, call for wheatless
Mondays and Wednesdays and pork-
less Tuesdays and Saturdays, with
one wheatless and one porkless meal
each week day. Formerly each or
ganization was permitted to fix its
own wheatless and porkless periods.
Bombing platoons from the laitn
(Colorado) infantry have reached
such proficiency that they are now
practicing grenade throwing while
Tearing their gas masks.
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FATALLYIINDED
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
MARFA.' Tex., April 3. Official re
ports reached here tonight of the kill
ing of State Ranger Will Stilwell an
Pablo Dominguez, a Mexican horse
,-hief in a fight between Americans and
Mexicans which occurred a few hun
dred yards across the border opposite
Santa Helena, SO miles south of Marfa.
The fight occurred this morning when
eight United States cavalrymen, six
rangers and two civilians crossed the
Rio Grande in pursuit of Dominguez
who had stolen horses from the ranch
of John Daniels near the river. The
Mexicans fired first and Ranger Stil
well was killed. There were no other
casualties on the American side. The
horses were recovered.
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IN BO! PRACTICE
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RICAN RANGER
OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
ENGLISH
LONDON, April 3. The war office
statement tonight says regarding the
operations in France:
"There is no change in the situation."
British troops after sharp fighting
last night repulsed a determined attack
by the Germans in the neighborhood of
I-'ampoux, the war office announced
todav.
' LONDON. April 3. The British war
office pays a compliment to American
airmen in the official statement issued
tonight on aerial operations.
' During the last fortnight of intense
fighting 'in the air," says the state
ment, "the assistance rendered by the
personnel of the American air service
attached to the royal air service has
been invaluable."
FRENCH
PARIS, April 3. The war office an
nouncement tonight says:
"There was no infantry action dur
ing the course of the day. Quite violent
artillery fighting wVs maintained in
the region north of Montdidier, especially.-
between Demuin and Hangnrd-en-Snnterre.
It was quiet everywhere
else."
EXECUTIVES MEET
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, April 3. Repre
sentatives of every state, including
more than a dozen governors, met
here today at an Americanization
conference, called by Secretary Lane
of the interior department, to draft
recommendations to congress for leg
islation providing for a national . :im
paign against illiteracy.
The opening session was given
over largely to denunciations of the
German language press and the
teaching of enemy tongues in the
elementary schools.
In a speech of invective against the
disloyalty he claimed was prevalent
to a great extent in some sections
of the middle west, former Senator
Lafayette Young of Iowa, urged that
the federal government take im
mediate steps to protect school chil
dren from the malignant effects of
German propoganda.
The singing of "Deutschland Uber
Alles" and "Die Watch Am Rhine,"
he asserted, marks the closing of the
day's session even now in more than
1,000 middle western schools. Divert
ing from an excoriation of the Ger
man langauge press the former sen
ator said:
"If the United States senate would
expell Senator La Follette, it would
be like driving a whole German
division from the western front."
Up to 30 days ago in some Ne
braska schools the American national
anthem was unknown, German
hymns always having been the ac
cepted patriotic songs, according to
R. L. Metcalf of Nebraska, former
governor of the Panama canal zone.
In a few counties of Nebraska, Mr.
Metcalf said, the German-born popu
lation preponderates so greatly that
the English-speaking schools are
practically unattended. In assailing
the foreign langauge press, he de
clared that one of Nebraska's enemy
tongue newspapers gave way on July
4, several months after America en
tered the war, souvenir spoons bear
ing the likeness of the Kaiser and
von Hindenburg.
Will Irwin, war correspondent, re
cently returned from the battle zone,
told the delegates that Italy's fail
ure to guard properly against Ger
man propaganda was the dominant
renson for her overwhelming defeat
last fall on the Isonzo front.
Resolutions of Levy Mayer of Chi
cago, urging congress to suppress the
foreign language newspapers during
the war and to require all aliens
to take out first citizenship papers
Till.. 1 T,-,,... n- th, rail'n nn ! .r
y 1, were withdrawn only af-
ter Secretary Lane cautioned the
conference that these matters lay
outside the field contemplated by the
gathering.
Other recommendations offered by
Mr. Mayer included- one uring in
dustrial heads to refuse to employ
men of alien birth unless the in
tention of taking out citizenship
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Secretary Lane opened the confer-
ence with an address emphasizing
the urgent need for dealing with the
illiteracy problem, and outlining the
purpose of the conference. It then
was proposed that the conference oh--tain
special congressional hearings
for the presentation to congress of a
program calculated to improve the
educational condition of the nation's
large foreign born population. Sev
eral resolutions along these lines
were approved.
PURCHASE IS IDE
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES.' April 3 One mil
lion dollars was subscribed toward the
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third Libberty loan today by the Union demoralized by their advance and their
Oil Company of California at a meet- n en showing the wear and tear of a
ing of its directors. One-half of the prolonged offensive,
subscribed sum will be credited to the , Kor lnis reason some officers were
Los Angeles apportionment and the j,ciined to look elsewhere for the ag
olher half will be distributee, through- g-essive campaign to which they are
out counties in caiuornia wnere tn
company has interests ana in tne state
of Oregon. Washington and Arizona.
E. W. Clarke, vice president of the
Union Oil company, announced the
subscription and its distribution.
GERMAN
BERLIN, (Via London), April 3.
The text of today's German official
communication says :
"Western theater: The artillery en
gagement near and south of. Lens was
more lively at times. On the battle
front the fighting activity thropghout
the whole of the day was restricted to
artillery firing and reconnoitering en
gagements. "A thrust during the night by Eng
lish companies against Ayetto was re
pulsed by a counter attack. During the
evening the enemy attacked with
strong forces between Marcelcave and
the Luce river. He was driven back
with heavy losses. By means of a sur
prise attack we gained possession of
the heights southwest of Moreuil.
"The destruction of Laon by the
French artillery continues.
"Before Verdun and in the central
Vosges the artillery activity has been
revived. Southwest of Lizbach. a suc
cessful thrust resulted in prisoners
being brought in.
"Captain Baron von Richthofen won
his 7r,th aerial victory.
"There is nothing new to report from
.the other theaters"
Belief That Recent Speech Delivered By
Austrian Minister Is Bjit German Peace
Plan, Expressed By Government Officials
Captured tiuns
Reveal Total
oj Casualties
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. April 3. (By the Associated
Press) An interesting document relat
ing to the German casualties has been
found on a German officer of the 140th
infantry regiment of the fourth divis
ion. It records that on the second day
of the offensive'out of four companies
in the battalion to which the officer
belonged there were then in line only
three officers, fifteen non-commissioned
officers and 94 men.
" One of the most striking tributes to
the bravery of the British was the
compliment tendered by the enemy to
the famous 51st division, which was
holding a section of the line in the vi
cinity of Demicourt, near the Ba-paume-Cambrai
road, on the first day
of the battle when the Germans surged
forward. The enemy attacked in a
southeasterly direction under cover of
the mists and outflanked the 51st in its
initial rush.
The tremendous struggle continued
at Doignies, which the Germans finally
succeeded in taking the first dav. It
was here that a British officer fired a
thousand rounds from a machine gun
before his legs were shot off by a big
shell. The British immediately counter
attacked with infantry and tanks.
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PUZZLED BY LATEST
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, April 3. With the
battle of Picardy brought to a stand
11 for the time being, at least, and
tne initial momentum of the German
drive overcome, military observers
here were plainly nuzzled tonight hv
lk, ...
i: , , --""" r assauu
ihad not developed. The psychological
moment of the counter stroke under
the rules 'of strategy they think" is
passing, if it has not already passed,
without a recorded movement of the
allied forces toward throwing back the
exhausted foe before he has had time
to dig himself in.
nffinor ho .ITf t.
..v. mnmj, iiuwevei,
u.ai iney ao not know what the situa
tion at the front it. If any report has
come from Generals Bliss or Pershing
that would serve to explain the defen
sive tactics of the allies it is a cerefullv
guarded secret. Naturally nothing
would be made public regarding such
advices, even without Secretary Bak
er's order of yesterday shutting down
absolutely on war department an
nouncements regarding operations in
France. That order has served, how-
lever, to make officers even more cau
Uious about discussing the situation
Jiformally.
, It was suggested as possible that the
f an of campaign mapped out by Gen
al Foch is of far greater scope than
vould be involved in an effort to hurl
ilie enemy back to his old lines. The
German defenses there, which success
fdly stemmed the British assault in
i3H6 are still intact and even if the
tvlies were successful in rushing the
eiman lines back over the twenty or
1 lirty-mile zone he has wrested from
tiem they would face those defenses
vhen their own organization was badlv
jnninir their faith. Thpv Iijvp m,mt,i
upon ine creation ot a umtied army
under General Fosh to produce offen
sive operations and they see nothing
in the situation at the present time to
warrant the conclusion that the allies
have not the necessary reserve forces
or supplies.
It was suggested that the new pur
pose of employing American troops to
fill out allied fighting divisions might
have some bearing upon the situation.
If General Foch is laying his founda
tions for continuous operations of an
aggressive character, he would need
to be certain of his reserves and the
detailed plans for employment of
American troops would have to be
worked out.
Speeding up of American troop
movements to France Is engrossing at
tention here. President Wilson held
his weekly conference with the heads
of the war making and production
branches of the government today and
it is understood that the. ways and
means for throwing the full resources
of the United States into the conflict
this year were talked over.
One immediate step to that end is
known to be in contemplation It has
to do with the calling to the colors of
the 800,000 men which it already has
been announced will be mobilized
through the selective service machinery
during the "year. Assurances have been
given that no, great withdrawals of
men from agricultural and industrial
life would be made at one time, but the
indications are that a statement now
being prepared regarding the number
of men to be called out first under that
plan will show that a larger force will
be mobilized this month than had been
intended before the. German drive al
tered conditions abroad.
MILITARY EXPERTS
WAR DEVELOPM
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, April 3. American government
officials and the entente embassies saw another Teutonic
peace offensive today in the reported speech of Count
Czernin, the Austria-Hungarian foreign minister, declar
ing that recently peace negotiations were near between
the Austrian and the allied governments.
The movement, evidently conceived in Germany they
said, was made just as it became certain that the German
drive in the west had failed of its purpose and was in
tended to bring discord among the allied powers and to
cause discontent among their populations.
The foreign minister's statement that Premier Clem-
enceau of France had advanced a suggestion of peace dis
cussions and his reference to Alsace-Lorraine as a stumb
ling block, it was declared here, were designed to create
the belief, that the allies desire to recover Alsace-Lorraine
for France, is the only thing that stands in the way of
peace.
Officials and members of the diplomatic corps were
unanimous in their declaration that Czernin's statements
had no basis of fact and further that no peace suggestions
coming from the Teutonic powers would be given consid
eration at this time. There was no disagreement in the
conviction that Germany must be defeated by force of
arms before the question of peace is taken up in anv war.
Text Of Speech
AMSTERDAM, April 3. Count Czernin, the Austro
Hungarian foreign minister, addressing a delegation with
what the burgomaster termed "the aggravated distress of
the population" which is closely connected with the gen
eral political situation, said:
" ' "With the conclusion of peace with Rumania the "war
in the east ended. However, before turning to individual
peace treaties and discussing them in detail, I would like
to revert to the declaration of the president of the United
States in which he replied to the speech delivered by me
on January 24.
"In many parts of the world President Wilson's
speech was interpreted as an attempt to drive a wedge be
tween Vienna and Berlin. I do not believe that, because
I have too high an opinion of the president of the United
States and his outlook as a statesman to believe him cap
able of such a way of thinking. President Wilson is no
more able to ascribe dishonorable action to us than Ave to
him.
' ' President Wilson does not desire to separate Vienna
from Berlin, and he knows, too, that would be impossible.
Perhaps President Wilson says to himself, however, that
Vienna is more favorable soil for sowing the'seed for a
general peace. Perhaps he says to himself that the Austro-Hungarian
monarchy has the good fortune to possess
a ruler who sincerely and honestly desires a general peace,
but who will never commit a breach of faith or conclude
a dishonorable peace, and that behind the emperor-king
there arc 55 million people.
NOTICE TO WATER USERS
A meeting is hereby called, to be
held at the Water Users hall on
the second floor of the Water Users'
Building, Phoenix, on Thursday,
April 4th, 1918, at 3 o'clock, of all
cotton growers who have included
their cotton in the trusteeship plan,
as well as all other cotton growers
in the valley who are interested in
forming a permanent marketing as
sociation. We believe that this mat
ter is of the utmost importance to
all cotton growers in the valley,
and we earnestly request their at
tendance at the meeting.
C. GRANT JONES,
E. G. ATTAWAY,
W. S. DORMAN.
Trustees.
TO GREAT BATTLE
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, April ' 3. One of the
units which will go to Picardy came
to a temporary halt today to com
plete preparations for battle. New
equipment was issued to the men
and their rifles, guns and machine
guns were put in first class condi
tion. It was made sure that every
weapon was ready for instantaneous
work.
Many of the men took the oppor
tunity of the halt to write home, for
it probably will be the last real
chance they will have to do so for
some time.
Many of the men marched today
through miles of tree-lined roads
which were . Just faintly green with
newly budding spring leaves. AVomen
and children distributed flowers to
the singing and whistling marchers
at many, poims. The Americans
rstuck the bouquets in the muzzles
of their rifles or in their hats.
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MARCHING
f-resiaent nson savs a so rpr-
haps to himself, that this united mass
represents a force which is not to be
under-estimated and that this honest
and strong desire for peace which binds
the monarchs, governments and peo
es of both st; tes is capable of be
ing the bearer of that great idea in
the service of which he has placed
himself.
Referring to his last speech Count
Czernin explained the misunderstand
ing of his remark that the text was
already in the president's possession
by declaring that he had previously
arranged for the text to be telegraphed
to Washington from an unofficial
source in a neutral country, in order to
prevent any misunderstanding or dis
tortion. It subsequently transpired,
that the text only arrived at its desti
nation some days later. Nevertheless,
he said, the object was attained.
He then continued:
"I can only say that I esteem it
highly that the German chancellor, in
his excellent speech of February 25,
took the words out of my mouth by
declaring that the- four principles de
veloped in President Wilson's speech
of February 11 formed the basis upon
which a general peace 'could be dis
cussed. I am in entire agreement with
this. The four points laid down by the
president are a suitable tasis on which
to begin the discussion for a general
peace. Whether, however, the presi
dent will succeeed in his endeavors to
rally his allies on this basis is a. ques
tion. Negotiations With Russia
"Tlie first breach in the will of our
enemies for war has been made by the
peace negotiations with Russia. It
was a break through of the peace idea.
It is evidence of childish dilettantism
to overlook the inner connection be
tween the various conclusions of peace.
The constellation of enemy .powers in
the ast resembled a net; when one
mech was severed the others gave way.
"The Ukrainian peace led to peace
with Russia, with Rumania, becommg
isolated, was obliged to conclude peace.
We had to begin with Ukraine both on
technical and material grounds. The
blockade had to be broken, and the fu
ture will show that the conclusion of
peace with Ukraine was a blow at the
heart of the rest of our enemies.
"The peace concluded with Rumania,
it is calculated, will be the starting
point of friendly relations. The sligh'
frontier rectifications which we re-.
(Continued on Pae Two).