Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-02-27 | Page 2 | No Sign of Peace in German Talk

NO SIGN OF PEACE IN GERMAN TALK WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 Chancellor von Hertling's speech in the reichstag, continuing the diBcussion of the war alms of the belligerent powers, has not changed tho situation, in tho opinion of high officials here. Instead of marking an advance toward peace, it is regarded rather as deliberately of the German militaristic party by endeavoring 'to convince the German proletariat of the impracticable nature na-ture of President Wilson's war aims as disclosed in his last address to congress con-gress on February 11. Whilo extending his readiness to accept the president's four fundamental funda-mental principles for a basis of peace, the German chancellor dismissed them as idealistic and unworkable by insisting in-sisting that they must depend for their application upon tho realization of conditions which cannot be mot. In the official viow, his treatment of the subject was Ironical and designed for very different ends than the advancement ad-vancement of peace. Thoro will be no immediate formal comment upon this latest contribution to the debate on war aims and p'eace aspirations. Experience has taught oflicials that Important qualifications aro to bo found usually in tho full toxt of the speeches of the spokesmen spokes-men of the central powers. Attention was directed by officials to President Wilson's former characterization charac-terization of the German chancellor's utterances as "very vague and confusing," con-fusing," and it was said that the president's pres-ident's comment had a peculiarly apt application to the speech of Monday in which von Hertllng signified his fundamental agreement with President Presi-dent Wilson's four principles.