Show Fight Fig ami 1111 11 More ore Fight LET L E no one make the lie mistake of spreading the propaganda propaganda ganda is is rend ready to listen to the peace pence r terms of dUd and the United States Let Lct us not be bc lulled to sleep Ic p with hopeful rumors whether the they come through Amsterdam or direct from Hades while Willie tho thoi i enemy cuemy is itt to stab us in the back hack It is not within reason to believe that the tite German leaders or the thet f t c- c German people are arc ready to talk peace pence on allied terms J A country that has hns held heil the world at bay for three years i is not yet shorn of its strength tl nor has it lost control of I its subjects I We c know that German Germany suffers as lU a result of th this war 31 but we arc nrc in th the lark dark as to the thc cf effect this has bus had bal hadon on oil the tile German people Vc We are told tola that t they are eating 1 doe s o and that the kaisers kaiser's crown is in jeopardy as a re- re snit sull of political struggles If we had 1181 the tue tangible proof we wc would be encouraged c for it would mean that the tile war end soon We Wre c have not been given n the proof and andin t in in its Us n absence we e must consider that Germany has made due provisions for her future While we know lenow that S Germany German suffers it jt t is is also plain to us that our allies are pinched by war The Tue results of the tue war do not indicate that the great military organization of is crumbling It has hns he been n damaged but hut it is not out cl of ot commission if wo we c ba base e c our conclusions on conditions in the be field If conditions in Germany were as serious as ns pictured in int in inthe the tho t hc dispatches we wc would have some sonic evidence e of it in the parleys with ith German Germany would not make a decided I ed cil stand for e cr every advantage advantage- o of the tue conference if her heron own on organization was as tottering If the tile cl crisis sis at home bad arrived the armies of the kaiser would show more unrest than has been heen brought to the attention of the f civilized i world The Tile powers that have hf opposed the world arc m not going to lose control over o their people who have made that defiance possible re Wp hope and md pray play that the German people w will ll yet overthrow the kaiser and his military system but the tile I 1 time ime line is not yet W We Ve e believe that privation and hunger ic rc terminally gradually bringing bring the German Gennan people to a new way of thinking and and that they thoy will eventually e the tle system that has made the tue name of anathema throughout hout the c Cj civilized il world but while the yoke of ot war has hns been bitter to them their lon long years of obedi- obedi nce to imperial orders and their faith in the thc cause is is not sufficiently shaken haken to warrant the belief that thc they are arc on the theer er verge e of revolution rc The worst mistake the allied all d powers could make at atthe the thc present time would be bc to assume that Germany is ready for negotiations Not only would it build up false alse hut but it lt would serve to wen weaken ken the thc lie morale of our hid n in in the field and palsy the tile arm aria of preparation Of this much ch c we m may be lC sure Germany Germany is toda today tolay gathering lively e ounce of her strength tren th for the thc final te test t and our safety lies in standardizing stand the slogan an U Fight an and More right Fight until we e arc are stile sule beyond OI d of a doubt that thai Germany has bowed its bead before the overwhelming over over- whelming force of f civilization We e c must foster a spirit of being war willing an and banish the thought of being I war nr weary iveary The future of civilization civilisation the tue fate of our children rests heavy y with u us us- Our st route to peace is to Ii make war var our watchword |