Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1918 — PEACE DEMANDS SHOCK TO BERLIN [ARTICLE]

PEACE DEMANDS SHOCK TO BERLIN

Speech of President Wilson Gets a Gold Reception. LABOR FURNISHES A SURPRISE < Concerted Moves of the Allies to End the War Demoralizes the German Junkers. Washington. Jan. 11. —President Wilson’s speech, setting forth the war alms of the United States, lias received a hostile reception in official circles nt Berlin, according to Information reaching diplomatic circles here. The principles enunciated by the American executive came ns a shock following so closely on the terms laid down by Premier Lloyd George last Saturday. Labor Furnishes Surprise. But this was not the only blow. The statement given out by Arthur Henderson, the British labor loader, Indorsing the terms given by the British premier, proved a stunning surprise, for the German people had been led to believe that British labor was out of sympathy with the war alms of the government. A Gorman socialist, whose name was not given, but who was said to be a member of the relchstag, wns quoted in a Berlin dispntch as saying: “We would never consent to such a one-sided arrangement as is proposed In the Llovd George program.” Criticize British Terms. German newspapers continue to criticize the British premier’s pence terms. The semiofficial Cologne Gazette was quoted ns saying that, if the terms were accepted, they would strangle Germany for an indefinite period and mean world domination for England. intervention Not Wanted. The Norddeutsche Allgemelne Zeltung of Berlin says: “The fourteen points do not form a program for world peace but a real symphony of will to no peaee. Mr. Wilson’s Intervention Is not wanted. Having the opportunity of serving peace, lie has not only failed but has clearly expressed a contrary intention. "Appealing to the self-determination of nations, he presumes to interfere in the internal affairs of Austria-Hun-gary and proclaims the policy of doing violence to nations with disregard for all historical and racial facts." Like Lloyd-George's. The Kolnische Volks Zeltung says: “President Wilson’s program substantially squares with Lloyd George’s. It is as unacceptable for us as is the British and is more brutal still than that of Lloyd-George. He demands the severance from the German empire of Alsace-Lorraine, which is ninetent lis Inhabited by Germans, and he undlsguisedly demands the severance from the empire of parts of Prussia Inhabited by the Poles."