Show FREEDOM OF SEAS IS PEACE PRICE OF at KAISER JAISER Also Demands Demand Liber Liberation tion of Poland and of j Jewish Race VATICAN IS ACTIVE E I Co Concerted Action May Be BeTaken BeTaken BeTaken Taken by U. U S. S and Catholic Church By J. J W. W T. T WASON Written for the United Press NEW V YORK Sept A. A The Thc tentative peace pac movement which has been trying frying to create a serious serious seri seri- ous impression for more than a fortnight has been given added emphasis this week by the Vatican at Rome nome and the German embassy at Washington Wahington An approach pres presumably mably m- m ably for tor concerted action made to President Wilson by Ca Cardinal Gibbons Gibbons Gibbons Gib Gib- bons on behalf of ot the tho pope has been followed b by a ai declaration fr from m a spokesman of the German ambassador dor that Germany demands as a basis for fol peace freedom of ot the seas freedom freedom freedom free free- dom of Poland and freedom of the thc Jews What tho the G German government o means by free freedom om of ot the seas has hUB 1 not yet ct been made mado known Despite its Ita apparent Importance to Germany I a a. definition Is withheld The Thc seas ar arO always free rec In peace time so 80 the tho assumption assumption as assumption as- as must be either that Germany Germany Ger Ger- many wants them free In war time or she sho wants to make thorn them permanently permanently permanently perma perma- free by abolish abolishing Ins Ins- war altogether alto alto- gether If the first Interpretation Is true truo Germany Is planning to do away with contrabands and blockades so that In future wara wars belligerents rents shall not interfere with each others other's trade A preponderance In naval nl strength would thus be limited In usefulness to protection of ot transports and preventing pro pro- venting oversea Invasions If the second assumption Is thorl tho the rl right ht one freedom of ot the seas would become a 3 great cl civilizing ln force torce and would be acceptable to England Sir Edward Or Grey y the British foreign minister has declared that freedom of ot the seas acas would bo be a n negotiable matter if It tho the objective was to abolish wars through mutual mutu and binding pledges s. s How much the thc allies ames are willing to concede at this time In the interests of peace is not known All reference reference reference refer refer- ence by y the allies to peace terms arc are vague There might be a 8 return to Germany of ot her lost colonial empire but Germany would have to ransom thc the colonies colonl s by largo large concessions on her own part More Moro importance to Germany however than tho the recover er cry of her colonies would be the two automatic results of ot peace under present conditions the restoration to tho Germans of their Interrupted transoceanic commerce and the removal re removal moval mo of the d danger nger that Constantinople Constantinople Constantin Constantin- ople may fall giving the allies control control con con- trot of ot Asia Minor which Germany German has marked for future sphere of in in- in fluence With so 90 many conflicting I Interests at work the details of a peace treaty would seem m impossible I were It not for fot tho the fact that accordIng accordIng accord- accord Ing Ins to German estimates the war is costing all tho the belligerents seventy- seventy five million dollars per day or more than five hundred million dollars per week The capture of this week by bytho bythe bytho tho the Germans Is not nota a a. victory of large Importance It has no more blocked the tho German advance toward Vilna and Petrograd than Novo held back Ithe the T after tho fall of ot Warsaw The Thew w weeks week's Ok's evidence ric of ot fighting along tho the Eastern Eastern East East- ern era front has hM indicated that Marshal von forces are meeting with Increasing ob obstinate resistance Ch Changes of tactics have been more more frequent In this this' fighting ar area 1 than thann anywhere else along the Russian front Th The menace against Riga for tor instance has been abandoned and nd re resumed resumed re- re so so frequently that the forward and backward movements ri enta are like tho the continued swings swings' of ot a a. pendulum Despite Russia's 8 huge hugo losses I In men an particularly in machine m guns uns tho the defensive lve qualities of or th the SlaVs Sla's Continued continued con con- to be admirably displayed The Thc A Germans Austro-Germans resumed their offensive In Eastern Galacia this week and ar are moving along the northern border for tor the principal purpose e of ot driving the thc Russians southward through This maneuver if successful not only will Isolate the czars czar's southern armies but also will wilt permit the s to keep near Rumania's flank as a a. per perpetual r- r menace to that power As s long aa as a large Au Austro German German tro-German force torce Is prepared to carry the tho war quickly Into Rumania it is probable probable- that the Rumanians will require pledges of ot a avery avery avery very largo reward large reward before breaking the peace This influence too will have an appreciable ett effect ct upon Bulgaria |