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Show OSTENSIBLE BY BOCHES 1 Outward Show of Com- pliance With Term of 2 Wilson Seen in New Political Move of Hun I By Robert J. Bender Unitad Praaa Staff CorroapondanL VT7 A SUING TON', Oct. 18. VV Both Cormany nd Aus-tria Aus-tria are now poirjjf IhrouRh s proresa of meeting, in part at leant, Prpsidrnt Wilsoa'a peace torma. 8oma of thla "hnuckllnc down" may ba only outward ahow; and anma of It juat anouah to pravrnt tha lii-" lii-" tnultiiBin pnmual' fiiWiii rontral amplroa from bollln nvr. That waa tha "view hrra today rm-1 rm-1 itardlnff reported Oerman and Aiiatrla Hungarian political roforma, and ro-a-ardlna; paralxtfnt, thnuch unofflrla1 nnorta that Germany waa applying no torrhea to her path of retreat and waa calllna horn har U-boata. WAV BE SINCERE. Tha political refnrtna may ha alncera, ft la admitted. On tha other, hand, 'there la much queatton aa to whether I tha Teutona have undertaken a auffl-iciently auffl-iciently broad couroo to meet tha praal-Idant'a praal-Idant'a terma no Hohenxnllarn rule, or at loaat. a powarteaa Hohenaollarn rula. For Inatanr. Oarmany apparently ia aylna tha IcaJaer eajinot declara war ' axrept whan (rftrmnny la Invaded. Thla vroat war atartodon tho falaa claim that Oermany waa to bo Invaded and It la foraaean that tha preaent reported reform, doea not prevent tha kalaar from atartinf war on a vary meager provocation DECEIT SCENTED. .- Thaao refortna may ha regarded In ' 1 norma ny as meeting tho piealdent'a damanda; on tho other hand, they may mean that fJermany and, Auatrla aro appeaaing their own people and then ara going ahead In a laat endeavor to i atlr them up to tha "war of defenao." ' Tha military requlrementa appartot-1 appartot-1 ly ara balng met for tha moment. Av cording to all re port a tha lateat avaeu-allona avaeu-allona from tha weat lino hava been without tha ruthleaa militarily uaeleaa doatructiono that marked tha earlier retreat. I'realdent W'llaon decreed that auch barharlllra ahould ceaao aa a peace preliminary, j BOLSHEVISM GROWING. -J Bolahaviam appeara growing throughout through-out O arm any and la even penetrating j tha army, according to entente and I neutral diplomat her today. Thrlv- Ing on military defeat, food ahortage and general war wearlneaa, extreme Hoclallata aro growing bolder aa they eee popular auppnrt Increasing accord. Ing to meager information aeeplng nut through tha tight German censorship. PEAR SPREAD. Hopea were eipreaaed guardedly by neutral and allied diplomats that Germany Ger-many would head off thia movement by rslabllehment of a liberal government. Diplomats aro openly apprehensive test ! a growing Bolshevik spirit In Uermany Inrade aurrounding neutral and allied countrlea and reault In a reign of dla-order dla-order throughout Kurope. Reported warning by Ixrd Mllner. ' British war nilnlater, that It la to tha alllee' It.tereel to aea a atabla government govern-ment maintained In Germany aroused ronaidorablo apeculatton In diplomatlo clrelaa hare, fetlmllar views have been expressed here privately on several oo-raalona oo-raalona by entente and neutral repre- entatlvea. . PEOPLE ARE ANGRY. Da!egaUaa to tha Hun chancellor openly proteated against tha food hortafe. demanded ahorter working houra to "paralyso undemourlah-ment undemourlah-ment and regarding tha falura to make franrhtee reforms declared: "Tha people ara turning in angry am-bitterraenl am-bitterraenl away from the comedy In (ha Herranhaua" (tho upper I'russlan chamber). Repudiation of tha pan -Oermane waa dams ad ed by another delegate. Tha tradea unlonlala and 8nclallsta wanted a hearing In tha determination of tha peace policy of tha government. WHAT ERZBERGER SAYS. Thefnllowlny evcerpt from Frsher- ger'a organ, tha Nana Eurrher Nach- , rlchten, waa read with Interest: "Soma time ago wa ware Informed in a quarter In very close touch with the entente, that Britain. Franca and Italy were resolved In avoid a fifth war winter. We now learn that high placed neutrala In Berlin are confident that the war will not survive 1I. These atatementa ahould ha received with caution. Tha military and political situation sit-uation by no meana pointa to an early termination of the war." Thla organ remarks, however, that "thera la the growing anxiety of European Euro-pean financial elrclea at the proapect 0ntTttmiUjBBBmm |
