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Show gave the old regime, credit for carrying on the war. You appeal to the peace resolution of July 10, 1917. It really is time to bury that resolution. How it can be harmonized with Wilson's print! ciples remains your secret. Its real moaning is seen in the treaties of Brest- j LitovSk and Bucharest, and Kerr Erz- berger declared in this house that those j treaties were conducted within the meaning of the peace resolution."' Submarine warfare is practically at an end. at least while armistice terms are being considered. If it is revived it will fasten guilt upon the new Ger- i man government as well as the old. The Manchester Guardian, in commenting 1 upon the fact that there had beens a complete stoppage of submarine attacks at-tacks for many days, declares "the very important point arises here that if unrestricted un-restricted submarine warfare is begun again it will be the open acknowledgment" acknowledg-ment" that there is no distinction between be-tween the people of Germany as represented rep-resented by their new government and the militarists and pan-Germans who began the brutal campaign," and calls this point to the attention of Prince Max. So if the war continues, with unrestricted submarine warfare as the chief weapon of defense of the Huns, then punishment will be heavier to bear and it will be impossible for them to wash their guilt away by special pleadings. plead-ings. We doult if the warfare will be resumed under the circumstances. HUN SOCIALISTS GUILTY. The fact that ruthless snbmari no warfare was indorsed by the majority Socialists in tho German reichstag will always be rememberer to their dishonor and discredit. No matter what kind of a government is formed at Berlin the participation of these men will bring odium and suspicion upon any ministry which may attempt to square mat tors with tho outraged and indignant world. No man who consented to the slaughter of innocent men, women and ehildron upon tho high seas and the sinking of unarmed passenger vessels should have any part or lot in framing n treaty whi-h is to insure tho peacn of tho world for all time to com, llerr HftftM, leader of the minority .Socialist's in the reiehstag, is now reminding tho majority ma-jority of some unpleasant fftCtl which should havo tho effect of eliminating such men as Hchoidernan n, Kbert nnd Krzberger from taking part in the at-temptafj at-temptafj regeneration of Germany ftt this important epoch. ' ' From tho moment you declared a submarine war," declared llerr ElAAIOj 'a. drawn war was impossible. Most of the parties are now gotting away from a''ontuatod submarine war. It. Is true that at, the last moment Mm government Social! ft I issued a warninj', but in roality nil tho partial except tho Ho-fialist Ho-fialist minority share tho gulll . TIm first resolution in f;i or of submarl ne war was drafted by all th- lead ere, in--hiding Heheldernann and Kbert. The accentuation of submarine warfare was a natural consfuenf". Von Su. nili d urn guilty bemuse lo llo1 very last ymi |