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Show A M E li . G A LIKELY 10 in tins Pfi! DEAR Ambassador Sharp Making Mak-ing Personal Investiga- tion cf Havoc Wrought S by Huns in Retiring. j American Officials E?:- j pect an Early Response j to President Wilson's j Note to Chancellor, j i v .-i i: N ; i '.v. i . a T! v i ! ed by An:, r:. an ofh- ...S. W bil'' :.vths-:iv: j j : n. t an a !i or t'- t'. e t i r- p-rt .'i--n : j j .;i,-:.Hif p .: to the l'r.r- e f !?a.lm w ib j t : . d : i". if : he or . n i ' p: ;.. -a 1 i ! d : i r s ia i n'.ai'i a '. 1 l 'i- tre- 1 ; n o is e:--:. "f th-' j; .l.ta-v 'wa tt. n wi.l f-Ti e ?7 e-iy a, t,oi .?.an-. .?.an-. e.:or :f he hop. - to pi., ens tli-- r-.;i:i,v of h:s cabira ! U -r; i a fe-. d.iv . So f.- r a- l-.o bold of izo tinKUt iron t'i t'eoplo is ort crn-d. na.iilions in Aj-tra are c.-mi far worse tbnn th.e :n ;erna n v. T''us fa 'l is cah-u !.:.! to stronsly a.T.- ' t!- German co.ernment. whi-'h is u:'i'i-rioid .o t-ntervain arrive do.jbta "f the Mrr-iir.h of purp-e of the dual rr.orart j.y and to f-ir that Austria, or p--rh.ips Ti.:fsary a. tins inde pendentl y. foi'ow r, ;i-:aria m seekmc an un-'un-(!;tiot;al P'-a. This uo.,ld leave German" j to wae the war alone, for it i- a foie- yone conclusion .hat Turkey a. ready is j ios: :o tV.e entra! alhanee. j WILSON'S POINTED ! INQUIRY TO PRINCE. i Ti e pointed inquiry directed to Pr:n e Maj-armiian as m whether he is speaking merely for the constituted authorities of ihe emDire who have so far conducted the war will, it is helieved, be very embarrassing. embarrass-ing. If the response i in the a ffirnui-:ie, ffirnui-:ie, German's proposal will l.e rejected. , as the president has already eivn notue that he will have no dealings with su h . authoriiie.1. The powerful Socialist elements in tiie 1 rei- hsias also are counted upon to resent any suoh statement hy the chancellor as l directly in conflict with the reichslaic i r. -solution of .hiy, 1017. and wiih tiie very recent pie ics to make lii" caidnel a representative rep-resentative body, under which the Socialists Social-ists were enti -d to take part in the government. gov-ernment. O n tiie t.t he r hand, if Maximilian at- J tempts to repudiate the military pany. he unrioubted'y will brins flixut a demand de-mand from that still powerful organization organiza-tion for his retirement. MAY SEEK OUT MIDDLE COURSE. The. general 'nrjcf here is that the chancellor will endeavor io rind a middle course and confine himself in his reply to half -way admissions, hoping t hus to iej;in a lon diplomatic diseussinn which miht develop difliculties l-ctween the entenie allies and America as to war aims, and t o lower the inoraie of the armies opposed to the cenLral powers. Anv su'-ii move is certain of failure. Tiie fact t ha t A meriean A mba.isador Sharp is makim; a personal investigation of tiie iiaoc wrought by the Germans in their forced retirement from Yencli and l-tclLtian territory lias kd to the belief that it is i he purpose of the sta io de-p.irtmciit de-p.irtmciit to support fully the enormous i laitns lor damages which Germany must meet as a condition of peace. So far the America n govern men t ha s not indicat e-1 a disposition to join wi:h tlic entente .tllies in continuing a threat to destro- n German cit or town in nnaliai ion for .-i-fry su . h community desti-.yed by the Germans in c'rance and Itolqiurn. but Mr. Sharp's invn-t Rations misht he regarded ;. ; ;imi indiiaiim; a purpose to join in sucii renr-?. enia I ions s'lould the fa- is sustain sus-tain the press reports of tiie etent of l lie i P rica n a t rocj l ics. 1 |