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AUSTRIAN CABINET QUITS; PLANS FOR
;$ RUSSIAN SEPARATE PEACE PREPARED
CenUiwM from rtr On
t'yotaib1e successor to Bcthmann-IIollvyjg, predicts that the Allies will be ready
Jjo talk peace seriously by autumn.
v". The international Socialist pcaco conference at Stockholm, called for early
licxt month, nnd delegates to which ore already beginning to arrive at the
Swedish capital, may lead to interesting developments. Dutch and Scan
tllnovlan Socialists at the conference arc said to be collecting written state
'inents of peace terms of the belligerent nations, obtained by Socialists of these
countries. These terms will bo announced nt the conference.
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA , WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1917
PEACE OFFERPLANNED
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AMSTHIIHAM, "May 23
Count Tlia" Ministry lia rMlRnfd, nc-
to nmlnpest illfpnlclipii rfctlxcd
ere toelny by the Central Ntvvie.
t There h.Te been frequent rumor of lain
J fcf friction In the Hungarian Cabinet, re-
(ponding to the unrest In Hungary ami
J tirogres of the peace movement Count
Tlnia linn been Privy Councillor ant) preil-
cent of the Council, n the Hungarian iij.
net Is called, since 1013
J cording
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That Austria-Hungary Intends to make
! n, peace offer to Ttusla was Indicated bv
I Advices received here today This offer
vvflg discussed nt the recent conference of
J fount C'zernln, the Austro-llungarlnn Vnr
I elgn Minister and (lermnn officials at Her
J nn Oreat Headquarters. It was s.ild Ao.
1 cording to the prev ailing belief In Vienna,
J Emperor Charles Is disposed to offer 'kph-
irou terms" to the Ilussians, Including
J the freedom of the Dardanelles and the res-
toratlon of Poland
! Peace talk Is becoming more and more
Insistent In the Central Empires and vlr
Liually all over Kuropo outside of England,
France nnd Italy
"r Socialists In the Scandinavian countries
JM) working with might and main and their
! Influence Is not going entirely to waste,
',! It Is reported from Home that the f.er
J man nllles made a secret pence offer to
I! the Allies nnd that It vvns rejected
if The peace movement Is gaining strength
Jj In Turkey as vvell ns the Hilkan conn
J! tries, and certain factions of the Young
Turk party are becoming cr iiotlve In
that direction
jj Count Hertllng, the Itiuarlnn Premier, is
tj again In the peace limelight lie predicts
!' that "tho statesmen of tho Ilntcnle countrloi
will see the error nf their vvnvs bv nutuinn
nnd be ready to talk peace serlouslj "
The llavarlnn Premier Indicates his belief
that the Allies will modify their peace
terms
Kmll Zlmmermann, editor of the Local
Anzclger of Berlin. Is contending th.it Hoc.
J, tor von Bethmann-Holiweg, the (lermnn
I. Chancellor made a mlsleatllng statement to
JJ the Hclchstng when he said that he was In
I complete nccord with the high command of
JJ the army In political matters, sijs thn
it Lokal Aniclgcr. the Chancellor ts responsl
Jj ble, but In military nffalrs he has tu give
.' formal consent to an thing Field Marsh. il
' Von Hlndenburg sajs whether he approves
" of It or not The Int inatloM Is tint tho
Oerman chief of staff Is not barking the
i, Chancellor's personal views
i' The Cologne (iazettc is publishing an
JJ appeal for signatures to u petition demand
I Ing a "Hlndenburg peace ' According to
Jj this newspaper the Hermans are not llght
. . Ing a war of widespread conquest, hut must
" annex Delglum for their own good
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to America's position, there seemed scant
likelihood of any headway In the German
mole
France's formula for pence, ns outlined
by lllbot was "no forced annexations' nnd
no contributions," and "restitution nnd
reparation" as well.
Amsterdam reported, as against this, the
growth of a "Hlndenburg peace" plan In
rlcrmnn. presumably fostered bv the Jun
kcrltles, urging "no annexations nnd no In
demnities" as n catch phrase, but paradox
ically. In the same connection, urging re
tention of Trench mill Helglan Iron districts
and the Austrian court
From Home came reports of secret peace
"feelers' sent forth by Central Powers'
emissaries to all Its representatives In Swit
zerland Other Holland advices detailed "gener
ous terms" which. It was said, Austria-
Hungary was nbout to offer ItUMla These
terms. It was rporteci, were ror free pas
sage to Hussla through the Dardanelles, re
establlshment of Poland ns an autonomous
unit nnd possibly a loan to the new Ilus
slan regime
In the meantime the Cermnn-ngllnted So
clallst peace conference at Stockholm Is be
Ing actively boomed b tho Central Powers'
propagandists
L'nlicrsil approbation was expressed here
today of Premier Itlhot s speech ns epi
tomizing the Allied nlms and clearing up
for Itussla's benefit some of tho questions
Invoiced In tho ' no annexations and no
Indemnities phrase
lllbot made It dear that a restoration of
Alsice nnd Lorraine was not "annexation"
and that there was a sharp difference be
tween "reparation1 whhh Germany mut
make for her wanton destruction in France
nnd Ilclgliim and ' Indemnities "
"No conquests nnd no covetousness1 was
the flop-in which the Trench Premier
Founded
? BERLIN RENEWS PLOTS
I! FOR GERMAN PEACE
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J LONDON. May 2.1
J Germany Is actlvelv pence-plotting ngaln,
after a lull In propngand i efforts to thli end
j, consequent upon Initial repulse of efforts
ii to coax Hussla Into n separate peace com-
f. The Teutonic effort' to bring nbout the
j. and of tho war' on Germany own terms
r-vvere revealed In d'tpatches received to
"Tlay from half n dozen Kuropean cities
;omlng at a time when Premier lllbot h
, firm nnd unjleldlng inieinent of Trance's
i alms In tho war were piomlncntly dlsplard
1 here, n well ns additional statements as
SOCIALISTS TO NAME
NATION'S PEACE TERMS
Ky ARTHUR K. MANN
STOCKHOLM. May 21
Delegates ilr"id hero In advance of
the International Socliltst peace conference
began figuring today on the possibllitj th.it
representative Socialists from belligerent
countries might lose tlielr freedom, If not
their Hies when thev return home, ns the
price of their attendance on tho meeting
So far onlv delegates from t'candlnavlan
nations and Ilulgnrla and Austria are here
Dalli ( onferences are being held between
these groups liver persuasive effort Is
helng made to coax attendance of Hngllsh
nnd Trench delegates The Socialists would
also like to know exactly bow tho American
delegates will stand nt the meeting
Seiietnri Cainllle Huvman nf tho Inter
national hoi lalist Iliirciu, cabled Morris
Hillqult cbilnnin of the American dele
gation todav seeking light In advance on
tho American feeling In the meantime
Dutch and .Scandinavian Socialist leaders
said thev were obtaining written peace
terms of all belligerent nations from their
respective Socialist delegates these tetins
to bo announced nt the conference
Lack of Information from German and
Kusslnn delegates as to tho date of their
arrival here still prevented any announce
ment todaj of the exact date of the meeting
The fact that Allied Governments have
driven home repeitedly that the Stockholm
meeting was called bv Geiman Socialists
and that Germ in Interests would dominate
the sessions led somo neutral delegates
prliatelj to expies the belief tod ii that
attendance of Allied Socialists was fraught
with considerable peril to them personally.
RIBOT INSISTS ALSACE
MUST BE FRENCH AGAIN
PA It 18. May 23 Premier lllbot. In a
discussion of tho llusslan situation In the
Chamber of Deputies, said It was neces
sary to combat dangerous sophisms which
sought to treat the restoration of "our
lost provinces" ns being a question of
annexation, and which also confused the
question of Indemnities for ravages In the
Invaded provinces
"This Indemnity Is a contribution which
Is Inflicted as a fine for wrong done, said
the Premier "It Is a requirement which
both law nnd equity demand The same
reparation should be required for nil small
nations which have been crushed, for liel
glum, Serbia Rumania nnd Montenegro
"No conquests nnd no covetousness
that, In substance Is what the Russian
Government declares Franco replies that
It could not oppress nny nationality, even
that of Its enemies It will call to Its aid
to defend the small nations not vengeance,
but Justice.
"What France also wishes Is a durable
peace We do not wish military despot
Isms to endure which can destroy this
peace when It Is once made. If the Ger
man people comprehended this It would
mnkn peace easier to attain That Is the
view of Hussla at the moment when the
United States Is making prepirnllons to
enter tho war Now let Hussla make her
offensive and we will be able to talk of
peace not In nn equivocal manner, but
openlv and this peace. If the do not ask
It of Us we will Impose"
M lllbot prefaced his reference to Rus
sia by asking for a postponement of the
debate 'because of conversations to which
the French Government haB been Invited
by the Russian (lovernment
"We nre following the development of
the Russian revolution with the utmost care
and simpath.v, he continued- "The emi
nent and courageous statesmen of Russia
were surrounded for n time by Influences
which rendeied their action difficult but
tho men of Intelligence, who now have taken
In band the Russian Gm eminent, have,
made declaiallnns which give us complete
nitlsfnctliii) They say that thev wish
strong Government, nnd thev desire above
all to establish In the nrnjv that severe
discipline which Is nn Indispensable condi
tion of the etlstence of the Russian nation
Ho created Intense Interest by reading
n telegram received from the Russian Minis
ter of Tore'gn Affairs, which said
Russia will never forget tho elation
with which Trnnco entered the war on
our side and will nlwaj remember that
at the moment of tho pretent crisis In
Russlu s existence It was the splendid
effort of the Trench people which at
tracted the enemy masses toward the
west and thus permitted our Russian
forces to gain time for reorganization
Long-contiiiued cheers greeted the rending
of tills telegram after which the Premier
continued
I .ici'ipt frr my roimtrv thc-e word"
or confidence and gratitude Ves we march
li'ind in hand with Russia, ever faithful
Ves at tills moment Frame retnlns on
her front all those German hordes gathered
fiom the Russian fiont. permitting Russia
t" recover herself nnd prepare that con
fraternity of arms which will demonstrate
tint thero Is no question of a separate
peace
As to the conditions of that peace the
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs has
himself exposed the sophisms whereby Ger
many s formula of no annexation is made
tho pretext for Germany's holding the prov
inces she tore from France She nnnexed
these provlncos, nlwas French until es
terdnv There stands Germany, the cul
prit guilty of annexation We ask slmplv
for restitution of what helongs to us nnd
riot for annexation "
"REPUBLIC OF PEACE"
LVOFF'S PREDICTION
NKW YORK. May 23
Predicting that n republic of peace will
rise In llussli after tho wnr. Premier LvofT
of the provisional 'lovernment, today sent
a message to tho American people, through
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"The newest nf democracies greets Amer
ica with peculiar fervor, because It feels
that the American people can readily under
stand what tho great Russian revolution
means," talcl I.voff 'Autocracy In Ru
sln Is dead forever In Its stead will soon
rise a republic of pence
"We wish America to realize thoroughly
that there can be but ono result of the great
upheaval, and that result a real democracy
modeled nlong tho lines of the American
republic, creating n government by and for
the whole people It will mean Justice nnd
opportunity to tverybody
"The namo Russia once meant darkness
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nnd freedom The now Russia will be tho
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brothers.
"We want America to know that Russia
will continue the war to n peaco dictated
by Allied victory. The revolution, which
wiped out tho pro-German conspiracies
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U. S. PLANS TO REPLY
TO RUSSIAN PEACE STAND
WASHINGTON, May 23
The United Stites Government plans be
fore long to make a statement nf Its at
titude toward tho Russian (.nldlcrn1 nnd
workmen's slogan of 'no nnnevntion and
no Indemnities" This statement while not
vet reveiilcd. will doubtless take n form
similar to that of French Premier Rlbofs
statement jesterdav In Paris
This nppnrently means Judging from
Rlbots remarks, that the t'nltcd States
favors the return of Alsace-Lorralno to
France and restoration and indemnities for
the small nations. Inc ludinit llelgluin which
Germany has ruthlcsslv overrun
Tho American statement will I'm nn In
dividual pronouncement of pohltlnn. though'
it will be In nccord with tho general Ideas
of Amorlca'H Allies This statement of
America's vIcwh probably will tin ludo a
moio ucnnltc nnd concrete announcement
of America'."! war nlms than anv thing to
date
DROWNING OF SOLDIER
DECLARED ACCIDENTAL
Finding of Coroner's Jury in inquest
Into Death of Oscar S.
Forsstrom
Oscar S Forshtriuii tho twentv-three-vear-old
guardsinnji of Company C, Sixth
Pe1inslmnla Infantry whoso body was
found In tho Helawnre River Inst S'atunlay,
was sild bv Hie coioner's Jury, nt nn In
ciuest Into his death today, to havo been
ncctdetitnlly drowned
Forsstrom. who hnd been missing from
his homo nt 1420 North Wllllngton street,
for more than n week heroic his body was
lecovercd. was believed In Ills father,
Charles O Forsstrom, to havo been the
victim of foul plav At the Inquest today,
Mr Forsstrom ngaln declared that ho knew
or no reason that would prompt his son
to end his life, but said that ho believed
that ho had met his death ns a result of
nn accident"
Samuel S Watkins Lanmtt, Pa., was
nbsolved from all blame In tho death of
nfteen-yoai-uld Peter Vnttlmo. Iljs car
penter street bj the coroners Jury n
nutomobllo driven by Watkins on the after
noon of Mny Hi stnn k nnd killed the hot
near Ht J.ukos Hospital Testimony
tho Inquest showed tha' Witkins was In
no w.-i) to liliuni for tho m cldeiit
I'KIESrS BEQUCSTS VALID
Decision Insures $35,000 for Charities
From Schuylkill Haven Pastor
POTTSVILLL. Pa, May 1.1 Judge WIN
helm presiding In the Orphans' Court
decided that the will of the Rev .7 P Mul
Jouiiv former pastor of St Ambrose's
Catholic Church, nt Schuvlklll Have, Is
legnl This wilt Insure t nfollc charltablo
Institutions throughout, the State moio than
fSG.OOn from the estate ot the priest, who
was wealthy
It was objected on the part of relatives,
that the will was Illegal because It was
witnessed bv inetnlr- of St Ambrose's
parish and fie latter was n be-.eflclary
tinder the villi
TENNESSEE MOB, QUIET,
FREES NEGRO SUSPECT
Criminal Prosecutions Improbable Fol
lowing Durninp; of Young Girl's
Assailant
MHMPIIIS May 23 The nmh spirit
which ruled this district vesterdny died
down overnight Where jesterday a mob
estimated nt moro than 7000 persons
cheered ns Kll Person, n negro, was limned
at the slake tho situation todav was quiet
Hewitt (t'umm) Ford nnd Pan Ann
strong, both negroes nnd Implicated In a
statement bv Person ns being connected
with the killing nnd assault of flfteen-.vear-old
Antoinette Rappnl were set free early
todnv Roth had been in custody ".f the
mob slnco j-csterelny afternoon. HeputaM,
vvhlto citizens of the district where it.
Itappal girl was murdered furnished .m ,
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nty or city nuthorliie. .- ". "'
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Mny Grand Jury of Shelby Count.. ..
siinin in, but no mention of the moh ,i
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Ing nnd by gestures nsked to bo placed ,;
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