Show 5 BERLIN ERLIN IS GREATLY GREATLY- CONCERNED ABOUT AUSTRIA Lloyd loy Georges George's Prediction of Early Military Mo Move Moye e Arouses Speculation By H. H H. H Stansbury Staff Correspondent Inter International Newt Service W WASHINGTON June 25 25 Confidential Hal reports received at the state de department department de de- today show chow the kaiser already has taken to prevent the collapse col col- lap lapse e of ot hi his armies such such-as as resulted In the tho Austrian debacle on the ItalIan Italian Ital Ital- ian front The German people are being told not to expect the campaign plans of or 1918 to end tho the war Vague promises of victory Ictor in 1919 are being held out by the inspired press The threatened withdrawal of ot Austria Aus tria as aa the chief ally I la Is shown to be the thc matter of oC chief concern at Berlin Tho The hurried departure of General von I from tho the western front for I I Vienna la Is Isto to prevent a desperate peace I uy oy lOt monarchy The speech made by Foreign Minister Minis Unis- ter Dr Richard von Kuehlmann before tho the reichstag on Oil Monday I is 18 j accepted as Indication that Germany sees ees th the handwriting handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing on tho the wall President Wilson Vilson In the address addrel s announced for tor Jul July 4 at Mount Vernon Is exp expected to make mak s known that all ail such false pretensions will receive a a negative response so 80 long lorg as the policy of oC aggression In n the tho east eat is maintained Meantime l while the Italians are following fol- fol lowing up their splendid d victories along the thc PIave there is talk of new of of- being started on the western front OFFENSIVE WELCOME Military l men assert that German Germany must strike again within a a. w week ek orten orten or orten ten days days' It if for Cor no other otner reason than to divert the attention of their warI war- war wear weary soldiers from Crom the disaster which has befallen their Austrian comrades I I Such an offensive would be welcomed by the armies of ot the United States I and the allies according V 0 o information which has been received from General Foch The Germans would not dare make maki such a move without concentrating their entire forces for tor the attack it is believed This would enable Foch t to strike back with a maximum of ot strength If It German Germany tails falls to assume the In Initiative In the allies will not stand idle Washington ashington Is filled with rumors of ot plans for tor a general offensive lve by the allies In this connection Secretary I of War Var Baker made the tho significant statement today tollay that between 60 and I 70 per cent of ot th the United States troop troops now no overseas were effectives He meant this percentage represented nt d fighting righting men u U. U S. S PROGRAM M PRAISED By simple deduction the statement revealed that of ot the American AmerI Amerlean Amer Amer- I lean ican soldiers who who- will have been landed landed landed land land- ed In France by July 1 I one week from rota now fully Cully of ot the total will be fighting gh men The saUl satisfaction felt in n England and France over the WR way In which the American program of ot participation participation par par- is being carried out Is re reflected reflected reflected re- re in the last address o of Lloyd George before the British parliament The Tte spirit with which the British prime minister gave full credit to the war efforts of or the United States I I is understood to have been the subject of or most pleasing comment at today today's cabinet meeting The one certainty of the present situation is that as discord discord dis dis- cord grows among amons- tho the central empires empires empires em em- pires the entente allies attles h have l e reached a stage of ot almost perfect understanding understand understand- ing Ins and cooperation Th The reference ce made by Lloyd George to an n n impend impending Ins Ins- military move of ot great Areat consequence on the western front was generally accepted by tho public as a warning warning- of ot another blow from Crom the German army Officially It Itis Itis itis is regarded ed as a veiled announcement that whether or not the kaiser forces his troops to continue on the aggressive aggressive aggressive sive the allies are arc read ready to start forward forward for tor- ward at the same time and are not afraid of ot the outcome FORCES EQUAL Lloyd George Georg-e It is ob observed er ed said the allied forces are equal to tho the en enemy enemy enemy en- en emy and amI that the time to attack was wa when the enem enemy was demoralized The demoralization existed in the German army opposing General Haig Halg before the Austrian defeat because of failure o of the German thrusts to pierce the central and anti south Bouth end end ot of the western west- west ern eT front The Dr von Kuehlmann speech only excerpts of ot which have been received here is regarded as the most transparent transparent transparent trans trans- parent splash of ot that has ha yet ct come out of ot Germany German The section section section sec sec- tion believed to have been a bid for peace and uttered for consumption both at home abroad follows We wish for Cor the tho tho- tho German n people and our allies a free tree strong independent existence within the tho boundaries drawn for us by history We desire overseas po possession corresponding to our greatness greatness great great- ness and wealth the freedom of or theseas tho the seas carrying our trade to all nit parts of the west A spokesman of the administration made this comment after reading the tho quoted paragraph paras Dr von Kuehlmann me means if It Is not were sincere that Germany waging was a n war of ot aggression that the security of oC the former boundaries of ot the fatherland is all that Is desired Still in th the next breath he says with regard ard to Belgium We e must decline to make as ns It b giving a were a a. prior concession by statement on the Belgium question which would bind u us without in ih the least binding the enem enemy enemy |