| Show I i HUN POWERS PUTOUT PUT OUT PEACE FEELER EB BEGINNING TO FEEL MIGHTY HAND OF ALLIES ALUES AND WANT TO QUIT Chancellor Prince Max of Baden Wants Immediate Suspension of Hostilities and a Discussion of I i Peace a Terms at Neutral Point Poin Amsterdam Through her new chau Max of Baden German Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many offered an armistice and nul peace to allies on October 5 The proposal was maijo by hy the prince In his Inaugural speech before the thc News of It reached here through a u dispatch to the newspaper newspaper news news- paper Dapel from Its Berlin den dent t. t The prince offered imme immediate late suspension suspension suspension sus sus- pension of hostilities an and suggested that all belligerents send envoys to a n neutral place to discuss peace lIe He asked aske the time allies to state their terns terms Further the time prince proposed that a n league of nations arbitration an and dIsarmament disarmament disarmament dis dIs- armament be among the fun fundamental subjects of discussion at the peace conference He lie offered restoration nn and In Indemnification of Belgium the Belgium the first Germany has offered to In indemnify em the outraged outrage little kingdom om Further principal proposals made by bythe time the prince in his peace pence Offer were 1 Autonomy for Alsace 2 The he peace envoys to be he empowered empowered ere ered to discuss the creation of a n fe federal federal fed fed- eral state of Austria 3 Self Self- Self determination of the Russian Rus Rums sian scan frontier states 4 4 9 Return to Germany of all her colonies Throughout the da day reports and rum rus ru- ru rumors mors m s of a n German peace pence bl bid ha had been coming thick an and fast Berlin dispatches dis dis- dispatches ls- ls patches tol told of the assembling of the reichstag for a special plenary session The Ba Baden en prince was to make his Inaugural Inaugural inaugural In In- augural speech an and In It announce his policy polley In his ills capacity as forel foreign n nu minIster minister min min- nister n- n ister which he couples with his duties as chancellor he was to cover the international in in- fIel field The first definite hint that a n sensational sensational sensa sensa- announcement was exP expected came in a Berlin telegram to the the effect ef ef- feet that the time entire press of Germany an and Austria regarded the days day's event eventus as us the turning point of the time war While the circumstances preceding and surround surround-ng the pence peace bi bid are arc as asyet asyet asyet yet unreported at nt the hour of cabling cablinga a It strong impression prevails that the move was virtually forced b by Austria Austria- Hungary The y and Berlin Berlins according to to dispatches wf was s repotted reported In the throes of excitement bordering on panic Revolt olt was said to be threatening Baron von on Hussarek Hussarek Hus- Hus had resigned as premier and with him his whole cabinet went out Herr Hen like JIke the Baden prince a reputed pacifist was sIn slated tell to take the time premiership and his first step was said salt to be to send a message to President Wison setting forth Aus Aus- tria Hungary's tria-Hungary's Hungary s s conception of the American executives executive's fourteen peace principles In Id short everything In Indicated that Aust Austria rIa would not budge an Inch in her determination to bring about p peace uce German threats an and promises had be been n unavailing Afraid to repeat her blun blunder er in the case cas of Bulgaria whose threats she had taken for a bluff Germany it is s believed decided upon the Inevitable course by hy taking the lead in Iii offering peace before she would be entirely deserted deserted deserted de de- b by her allies and be isolated a hesie besieged e fortress with Inescapable disaster staring her in the face |
