Show ALLIES ALUES WILL Ift TIRE OF WAR AR BY SPRING S BERLIN BERUN SAYS I BERLIN Oct 21 But But by spring we shall probably have peace peace This remark of one of the most highly placed and prominent state officials in conversation with the Associated Press may be taken as indicative as to the probable duration duration duration dura dura- tion of the war The Th person quoted occupies a position tion ion which lends lendi much weight to his opinion on this subject and the re remark remark remark re- re mark was made incidentally during a discussion of certain possibilities Inthe inI in inthe I th the tic Balkan alkan si situation u io u he I u he w We now w hol hold hodin Cin in the west uw conti continued a strong fortified line Une Inclosing in inclosing inclosing in- in French closing the great reat enclave of and Belgian territory We Ve shall soon have a similar line Une fortified in the east Behind these two lines Unes we can sit tight and defy all efforts of ur enemies to break through No statement whatever as to Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's peace conditions can be obtaIned obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed nor is it even certain the government gov gov- has reached any formal conclusIon conclusion con con- elusion as to the extent of guarantees guarantees guarantees guaran tees for the future security of Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- I many to which the emperor and the chancellor have referred repeatedly in public publio utterances Should it be bep p permitted however to hazard a guess based not on any authoritative statements but on personal observations and deductions deductions' and remarks dropped from time to time from official cial circles the Associated Press correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent would say Germanys Germany's terms at present in view Include neither the absorption of Belgium nor other wholesale annexations o othe of the extent demanded by the bluesky bluesky blue blu sky enthusiasts who seem bound on adding to Germany practically everything everything everything every every- thing now occupied by German armies The cardinal point S in the desires desire of official Germany if these assumptions assumptions assumptions are correct is at present a large larg indemnity The second point is the restoration of Germanys Germany's colonial empire in undiminished undiminished undiminished un un- un- un diminished form with certain add additions addi- addi presumably at the expense o ot of Belgium That nation wo would ld be permitted permitted permitted per per- to retain its independence Ind pe an antI and territories with tho tim exception of th the Meuse lino line of fortresses The de demand demand lIe lIe- mand for Cor annexation of a strip o of territory down to the coast line has ha been dropp dropped d. d S France Is looked to to provide a large part of the expected Indemnity Territorial demands against F Fj Fince inc nce apparently are confined to rectification rectification tion of the fr frontier for strategic rea rea- sons J I In the east the situation is less les clear Earlier in th the war the government government gov gov- apparently did not contemplate contemplate contemplate plate or even desire accessions of territory territory territory ter ter- ter- ter at Russia's expense beyond a possible advance of tho the frontier fo for strategic reasons to the strong de defensive defensive de- de swamp and river line formed by the Bug and rivers The steady chain of victories and th the insistence of Austria produced a change however Chancellor vo Von VonI Hollweg Bethmann-Hollweg in his August Augus speech indicated clearly a determination tion to deprive Russia of her Polish Polls territories S |