Show PREMATURE PREMATURE PEACE V N ODY that beIle believes es the me permaN permanent perma- perma i N nent occupation o of Belgium by Germany would be an n Injustice should seek eek e k to promote peace at t this time Nobody who hopes this stupendous conflict shall be the last should countenance coun coun- the Interference of ot the United State States government to effect a compromise com com- V promise pr Iso between the struggling pow pow pow- ers There could be bo but one ono condition condition condi condi- tion worse than the war now going forward and would be found In Ina Ina Ina a peace that comprises anything but thc thoc restoration of ot th the status quo quo- prevailing before the debacle bean bein be- be in an V I Pea Peace e will be he advisable only when Germany Is finally convinced she can can- not her national nf aspirations through ugh war Germany must realize 8 th t place In the sun cannot be at attained iI 1 d through war war else this war v been treen fought In vain 1 If Germ Germany Ger Ger- m many emerges from Irom this struggle with nn anything thins of ot profit In her hr grasp whether r r. that be bo Belgium or what not V I another war will wm be as Inevitable as as we we nb now know this one was Permanent V peace peaCe depends wholly holly upon the thc Germa Ger- Ger V VV ma mai c conviction that militarism lacks lack I mat material efficacy a as a weapon that and the road to national ambi- ambi V s not Ho lie over the bleeding p prostrate bodies bodles of sister r states slates r io 1 Ke allied troops and navies arc are fighting something more than a a. ter ter- efficient nation They are fight Is-ht- Ing an Idea an obsession slon They arc are m the Prussian ilan belief betic that tha shall haU be e the la last Ian t court of or appeal I anO J 1 t might becomes right whet when it J as pr proven v 1 It its p power per er They ar are battling to extinction n with wIth the theor theory p th that w ak shall become the pre prey P ot rong g that the smaller inde nde- V pel 1 un ri s' s may not Inot exist ex ex cx C Pt r J the the- 7 sufferance ur e. e of ot a more pow neighbor Unless that theory v lies Ues In ri ru runs ruins when the l last hist st sI shot t Is I S I I fired th the final filial rc sounded war must come again as-aln and the nations of ot I the ho earth must redouble their preparations preparations prep- prep rations for tor It U. Germanys Germany's attitude towards peace proposals is vague and obscure Nothing Noth- Noth Nothing ing ng authentic or authoritative e can be he learned earned The a assumption is that she means to hold what she holds Ba- Ba arla's arlas king bluntly said a few ew days lays ago go that Belgium had permanently b become be- be come German property ti ions ns from Emperor William to his friends reach the public lUbliC In a n. roundabout roundabout round- round about bout about Wa way to reveal that the autocrat t tot ot of f the German Germait empire contemplates nothing that might be bc construed a as concessIon to his enemies Notice from the German government government government govern govern- ment V I In not ot however necessary to I recognition of or conditions Gorman German troops are pushing operations on op the caster astern front preparatory to repeatIng repeat repeat- inS inS' ng them in the wt west vest t. t The allies appear appear ap- ap pear ear unable to ama amass s sufficient war munitions to drive their antagonists from rom the long line JIne V of or tl trenches In An Any nc negotiations for Cor peace that hat do not admit Germany German is better than lian holding her own own V would be he laughed Into nothingness In Berlin an and ml l the people or person making them wo woUld ld bo be characterized Is Impertinent Germanys Germany's government go would not dare are make peace without securing material concessions from the Triple Entente Emperor William could not not notice face ice his people after atter their exhausting sacrifices s. without bringing them something to compensate ate However weary eary of war the Germans ma may be It would bo be Idle to suppose thc they aro are not 10 loyally alJ supporting their government even if the they welcomed a cessation o of hostilities without profit for tor the sake or of f bloodshed the they would demand an accounting from their emIn em- em I em-I who failed In the tha consummation of f r the plans ho h has been making since sinco his ils accession to o the throne The war should go on to Its nation atlon It would not serve sene the cause ot of f peace to terminate It with the great Issue still undetermined When the thene theone theone one ne nation that considers war the highest manifestation of human energy i and nd efficiency i is at last List convinced it it has as been mistaken the tho resultant peace will endure for man many generations perhaps per per- haps forever |