Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1917 — Peace Signs More Hopeful As Press Lid is Lifted. [ARTICLE]

Peace Signs More Hopeful As Press Lid is Lifted.

The crop of so called peace rumors that the German censor is permitting to sprout 4n leading German newspapers has convinced the London press and public that Berlin is preparing some opinion for another adroit peace maneuver which probably will take definite steps before the snow flies. Much fuel has been added to the agitation by the report that the German government would relinquish claims of supremacy and control over the territory and population of Belgium. In addition there are all sorts of rumors regarding the German answer to the Pope. A strange thing about the whole affair is that the German censors appear to be permitting the newspapers to discuss the matter' rather freely, hut so far as is known none of the discussions founded on more substantial authority than the indefinite “we understand” or “we hrve rece’vid information.” It would not be surprising to London if Germany first directed efforts or feelers to the United States. In fact, some quarters expect this move. They are satisfied, however, that, the United States, being determined to go on with the war, will not be misled by any German move which would either be designed to bring about a German peace or so to cloud the atmosphere as to enable the German government to say to the German people: “We are willing to make peace but the Enteiite allies will have none of it.”