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Show SAYS GERMANY IS WILLING TO DISCUSS PEACE Statement by High German Official Is Believed to Reflect Re-flect Views of Imperial Government. OVERTURES MUST BE MADE BY ENEMIES Declares From Political Standpoint There Is No Wish for Settlement in Fatherland. By International News Service. XKW YORK, Sept. 4. The willing, neas of Germany to negotiate for peace through President Woodrow Wilson was announced today by one of the highest high-est German officials in the United States. This is the first direct expression ex-pression of the German government looking toward cessation or international interna-tional hostilities through a third party. The International News Service informant in-formant is a man of the highest standing, stand-ing, both in the United States and Germany, and Mb views reflect those of the German government. He said: I have no hesitancy in telling the International News Service that overtures by the allied enemies of Germany for peace on a basis of ' ' live and let live ' would be favorably fa-vorably looked upon. From a political standpoint, of course, there is no wish for peace in Germany. The German empire did not court this war, but Bhe is willing at any time to consummate consum-mate peace upon a basis of international interna-tional equalization. Great Step Near. If President Wilson can importune impor-tune the allies to change their programme pro-gramme of German national destruction, de-struction, a great step will be taken ta-ken in the direction of cessation of hostilities. In effect Ibo peace terms which would be set forth by the Berlin government are those given in an International News Service dispatch dis-patch from Washington, dated September Sep-tember 2, TheBe terms include: 1 The establishment of Poland as .an independent kingdom, to be comprised of all Russian Poland, a part of Austrian Poland and a small part of German Poland. 2 Absolute freedom of the seas for maritime powers. 3 Belgium to be restored and her sovereignty and future neutrality neutral-ity guaranteed. 4 All French territory held by Germany to be restored. 5 German colonies seized by the allied powers to be returned to her or an indemnity for their loss paid to the German government. These are the principal peace conditions of the German empire. Questions of further indemnity for Germany s losses during the .war would naturally arise, the amount, of course, depending upon the injuries in-juries inflicted before peace is restored. re-stored. It 18 also the intention of Germany to demand civil rights, and freedom of worship for the Jews in the newly-established kingdom of Poland. Favorable Sign. To my mind the moet favorable peace sign is the recent collapse of foreign exchange in pounds sterling on the stock exchange. England has been financing this war and this decline de-cline points to her financial straits. There has been much said about the desire of conquest on the part of Germany. This is untrue and should be corrected in the American Ameri-can mind. Germany as a whole wants and intends to be only a national na-tional state. She doesn't want to govern aliens am? doea not intend to do so if her right of commercial expansion is guaranteed. Only the (Continued on Page Three.) t abtf- and the consequent logs of two persons claiming to be American citizens made it expedient to an sure the United States that the Berlin Ber-lin government had sanctioned visit and search by submarine commanders. comman-ders. Germany is yet in the dark as to the cause of the sinking of the Arabic. The only submarine known to have hewn i n that zone of operations op-erations has failed so far to report. re-port. Her commander had orders which forbade an attack such as is 'liiimed. Ask for Evidence. If this submarine does not return within a week, the only thing Germany Ger-many can do is to ask the Uuited States for her evidence that a German Ger-man boat caused the sinking of the ship. The Lusit.ania matter has been hold, in sftieyance. It may be that the late note of the United States will not be answered. At present it seems that the course of Germany will be the expression of regrets and offer of payment for damage to American life and property. It is probable Germany will ask that this matter be referred to The Hague for settlement. SAYS GERMANY WILL NOT TAKE INITIAL ACTION High Official Asserts Berlin Ber-lin Will Make No Over-tures, Over-tures, but Will Consider Any Suggestions. Continued from Page One.) I jingoes in Hermany believe in t' Keeping anything not German. The cry of Germai, sovereignty in Belgium ' alao is an English fake. The kingdom nf Belgium was formed for English purposes. Germany Ger-many will evaciiftte Belgium as soon as conventions of peace netwoen the warring governments are signed. What Germany wants most ia commercial freeefnm of the seas. The oceans of the world should be as free as the air we breathe. With this guaranteed, the natural commercial com-mercial expansion of Germany L would be assured. As far as the present campaign is ermcernod, it is utterly impossible to gain more from a German point of vjew. At no time has the result of the war been in doubt. Germany, the flower of her army corns en 9 gaged in Russia, has been able to hold the western front against the allied armies. 6,000,000 in Field. Military experience shows that it is impossible to dislodge strongly intrenched in-trenched troops except by employing employ-ing five men to one. Germany and her allies now have from six to seven million men in the field. J Shortly the invasion of Russia will erase and she will intrench there. Do vou think her allied enemies tan bring to hear 3."), 000, 000 men to dislodge German armies from their intrenchmeuts ) Shipment of arms to the allies by American manufacturers was uext dis-' dis-' cussed by the in formant, who said : Officially Berlin admits that the United States is within her rights in manufacturing and shipping abroad war munitions, hut the open designation of J. P. Morgan as an agent for the allied enemies might easily be accepted by this nation as a breach of neutrality. Under Mr. Morgan's direction an entire new industry is being built un in the Uuited States. He in openly in charge of buying here for Trance and England and Russia. Rus-sia. The German sentiment is that thene countries are too inefficient to make their own war supplies, and they come to American manufacturers. manu-facturers. Pay for Munitions. When they can no longer pay for arms and ammunition tney came also to A mcriea, as is evidenced evi-denced by the forthcoming collateral collat-eral loan' of $500,000,000. Therefore, There-fore, the United States is virtually paying for these munitions by buying buy-ing back American securities. It has been said that Germany hoarded guns and ammunition during dur-ing the veurs of peace. This is untrue. un-true. Two months after the war began the first supply of German ammunition was exhausted. But her factories and her workmen were able to supply her wants. German popular opinion upon the L question of manufacture of arms for the allies in the United States is another matter. Naturally when one is told that one's brother or father has been killed by an American Amer-ican bullet, one is tempted to blame the country that sells these supplies. sup-plies. In many instances the people and certain statesmen take a broad humanitarian hu-manitarian view against the shipment ship-ment of arms to belligerents, but in the actual practice this government observes only the letter of the law. Sums Up Issues. Summing up this and other questions ques-tions at issue between Germany and the United States, the International News Service informant said: f regard a break of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germanv as practically impossible impos-sible now. "there is always trouble with neutrals in time of war, but sentiment in America has undergone a vast change in relation to Germany Ger-many during the last few weeks. This change is largely due to Germany Ger-many 's submarine policy. Tn the ordinary or-dinary course of events the Lusi-tania Lusi-tania incident would have been handled through diplomatic channels chan-nels and threshed out in the usual manner. The untoward sinkinr of the Ar |
