| Show TOLL TOLLOF OF WAR WARTO WARS S TO BE HEAVIER SAYS i iI I England Will Vill Reaffirm Resolve Resolve Re Re- I solve Not to lo Desist Until I 1 II I Peace With Honor lIonor Nears London July 31 ln l.-In In a letter written b by the lie Marquis of or former Cormer 1 minister without portfolio in the British Brit Brit- ish lab cabinet he says sa s 's he Is convinced I that there ther I Is A s dec deep scaled desire for fora a a. further explanation as to to to lie tho conditions conditions conditions condi condi- upon which we e are arc prepared noL not notto to 0 niche male peace but to open a a discussion discus discus- alert sion w which might lead Iced to peace Ii In IJ his his' letter Lord said Vc Ve ire are about to commence the lie fifth firth year ear of or the lie great struggle de for liberty and next week we wc shall shaH reaffirm a sol aol resolve e not riot to desist from Crom the lie effort ef effort ef- ef fort until peace with honor is In sight Meanwhile with e cr every month that s toll which winch the tho hewn war wal is claiming claim claim- lug InS bec become mes heavier an and ler hea The civilized t world is being drained of or its resources Is spend spending InS InS' its Hs energies ies InI in iii purely destructive e efforts each of or I which thich Involves tho the fur further her of or Its reserves es of oC power and nd the lie further fur Cur I titer ther mutilation the machinery of or P production rod uc tJ oil S Casualties Lord Lansdowne referred to the estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates placing the casualties of or the belligerents at of ot which I have ha been killed and I I made prisoner or 01 numbered among the missing and to the decline In the birth birthrate birthrate rat rate which according to the time registrar general in iii a n recent p paper per Is costing the belligerents potential lives eE of or which have been lost to England and Wales alel Sooner than lien accept a dishonorable peace he says we are aro all ready to fight on to the bitter end After referring to the loss of oC life he said the desire for peace was widespread widespread wide wide- spread among tho enemy nations Upon no other assumption is It possible possible ble blo to explain the language of br those Austrians and G Germans ns lm who arc are in iii a position to speak th their ir minds s freely or orthe orthe orthe launched b the the constant feelers feeler by g gern ern tho Jh c central n ral powers powel j. j t l But we are arc a as far Ss us s sever ever from rom the end Tho The tide of ot carnage carnage carnage car car- nage an and destruction continues to flow and carries all before it it From time timeto to time line a ra ray o of reasonableness s illumines il illumines il- il humines the gloom only to be followed by a relapse into recriminations s and amid controversies in which each side Instead of or searching for points o of agreement is apparently content with dialectic successes I. I In lit n r rI I What Is It that stands in the way ay It is with no desire to em embarrass tho the government go that I 1 ask the question But nut man many of oC us are arc sorely perplexed and feel eel It our duty to give gi theta them a chance of or affording us sonic some measure of or reassurance and enlightenment There Thero Is in iii the lie first place I am convinced con con- vinced a deep seated desire for tor further explanation as to the con conditions on which we are arc prepared not to make makepeace makepeace makepeace peace but hut to open a n. discussion which might lead le to lo peace It Is 15 assumed that lint such a discussion cannot b be commenced without some measure o of preliminary agreement a and our leading statesmen constantly bid bidus bidus bidus us con congratulate our ourselves elves because al although although al- al though our enemies have ha refused to de define define de- de fine CIne their terms we are supposed to have defined unmistakable lan Ian guage Has it been really unmistakable ble Xo No one will suggest a discussion Is Impossible until each ch sl side o has ob ob- ob- ob 0 ro lainca tile Lime u 01 UL vue kLI H 4 u v un tin A- A o catalo catalogue ue o of Its requirements nut hut there thell arc aie evidently certain cardinal cardi cardi- nal nai points which neither side aide will tr treat al alas as open to 0 question Is 11 It really tho the case that we have ha done all that lint ran can be lie expected 0 of us In iii the lie way o of a definition definition defini defini- tion o of uchi Huch points I Admitted Lord LOld Lansdowne ne I admitted the lie difficulties cuI colLies ties o of formulating such a list lIsl Di Diverse DI- DI verse orso an and possibly conflicting Interests Interest have ha to be reconciled he lie continued Wo e 0 must mal make e sure that we are In Inline Inline Inline line not nol only with our OUI allies but bul with our great dominions overseas o Wo We have liate lo to face problem political racial and geographical o of surpassing cacy is temptation to use There a vague ague language ua c and broad and slide over awkward Ions But what has been the lie use of ot our OUI inter inter- allied conferences and the tho mc meetings or of orthe orthe the imperial cabinet If there has been no ordination co-ordination o of our alms aims lie Tic went on to sa say some of the tIme earlier ear car lie lier versions or of the tue allied alms aims are aloe ob obsolete ob- ob solete soleto and the thc governing AO document for fora a long time lime was the lie allies' allies note of or January Januar 10 1517 1117 but Russia had hall since fallen out omit full and continued The he secret treaties the of oC which so seriously serious exercised the lie public public pub pub- lic lie mind In this country ma may I J as assume assume as- as sume be regarded a as ls liable Hable to revision in man many Important particulars Though lengthy thy an and elaborate he says In tn referring to the time premiers premier's I speech of or January r 5 6 it It is at nt some Home points perhaps Inevitably wanting In precision The Tue people are asking whether hethel it still tili holds the lie field whether all 11 the demands comprised in it arc arcin arcin in he same saino piar nn and whether no con nation can cami be commenced until the lie central powers powellS have signified their thell acceptance mcc o of th whole of them As H S Imi I. I I Jn Insisting there had been other In ing statements he lie continued 1 Tho The most remarkable o of Is President Wilson's Wilsons Fourth of or July Jub 1 speech speech remarkable both Loth for tor what It Ii ItI contains what It omits It Jt de derives tie tie- I rives rl additional importance from tIme the I I I fact that out our own prime minister Irni Irn- Irn l i mediately l and aud wholeheartedly adopted It i It is a i picture drawn b by a great reat II master of the time golden olden a ago 1 to which we wo Continued ContInued on Page Pago 3 3 AR TOll TO GRO GROW VI t. t WARNS t Continued from Page 1 1 den to look forward It does ot of seem however howe to provide pro those ho hoare are In search of a basis for tor pro- pro negotiations with the kind of r i after which they are nrc j If Jt Germany German should Intimate her to conform to President Wll- Wll standards a Ion long adva advance would ave v e been made In the right rl-ht direction b be speech Is IB however howe not an outline I f peace f peace terms but a very cr nobl nobly word word- description 1 of The things for fort which e. e associated peoples of oC the world 1 aro arc I n By Universal Service Danville July Juh 31 Corporal Corporal Rob nob- Rob Rob-j I rt J. J Mater of oC the the the- Rainbow ow division hose h se rJ right ht le leg was recently tt d. d In ht France as the result of or battle hattle rounds all and who abroad In hospital oday was nas nominated for treas- treas r on the tho Democratic ticket |
