Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1917 — Says German People Are Desirous of Peace. [ARTICLE]

Says German People Are Desirous of Peace.

Amsterdam, Sept. 7.—The overwhelming majority of the German people are for a peace by conciliation, according to an article by Phillip Schiedemann, published in the Vorwaerts. The article urges the imperial chancellor to discredit the present pan-German maneuvers for “a Hindenburg peace.” The socialist leader says no one in Germany wants peace at any price, but that those who live with the people know the real feelings of the army and navy. They know Germany will defend herself to thfe last drop of blood, and, at the same time, they know also that Germany is ready today to sign a conciliatory peace. Therefore, Scheidemann considers that the propaganda for conquest now being preached reaches the limit of consciencelessness. _ _ ‘■' He adds that most of the German people favor peace by conciliation, and declares that it is the first duty of the government to state solemnly that it has nothing to do with the Pan German tactics. A dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeitung credits Dr. von Kuehlmann, German foreign secretary, with an attitude similar to that ascribed to the majority of the Germans by Scheidemann.