Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-08 | Page 19 | Increasing the Disappointments

Increasing the Disappointments C EFFORTS u of German leaders to io re reassure their people that all is well with their cause can ean only serve sene to cut cult off the avenue a of escape Each endeavor of the theP P Prussian militarists to assure the German and Austrian p people ople that they arc are fighting a noble cause brings bring us us closer to a n clean peace The menace that wo we have havo to fear from the central powers toda today is a premature campaign campaign campaign cam cam- camI I of peace The more the they stir their people to war warthe warthe war warthe the greater are arc our assurances assurance that the allies allies- will not be he b betrayed by hy a treacherous peace It makes little difference to us whether the Prue- Prue leaders m misrepresent present conditions to their people or not As a n matter of fact we e derive strength from these misrepresentations because we nl are are not called upon to show mercy When the Hun is thoroughly whip whipped hipped hip hip- P- P ped he lie will abandon threats rind and come to us seeking merciful merciful merciful mer mer- treatment It will be a dangerous period in in the history history history his his- tory of the world war Avar warr for we must determine whether h his appeal is sincere or not I Every evidence e in the thear war ar is to the en end that the first campaigns for peace inaugurated by the Prussians willbe will b he be in the tho interest of military efficiency For that reason rea rca son fan it will be dangerous to give serious consideration r to th their ir proposals until we know that that- their appeals come from I the heart V T We e are arc not to be destroyed as Russia Russin b bv a premature peace negotiated on false representations tf ns made by the central powers For Tor that reason we wei i ty y feel a certain security in the present campaign of the Prussian leaders While hile it lasts w G c cannot annot be betrayed be bt in a treacherous peace pence Admiral von Yon Hintze devotes otes the major portion of oL a r recent ent address to the necessity of the people placing lacing implicit im ha- trust and confidence ence in the Prussian war program While he shades the present situation he docs does riot not paint It it black and by past successes seeks to assure the people o of ot the ultimate mate success of Prussian arms H He e misrepresents the allies while discounting the reverses of the Prussians In the end this is going to 10 make the disappointment disappointment disappointment of the German people greater because it establishes hopes on a n fal e. e foun r Ve We e believe that the more the Prussian leaders combat documentary Y efforts ef ef- forts to arouse t their cir people to opposition the thc quicker qu-icker will Rill we get the kind of peace pence we fight for because it it leaves s us free to the only safe course to the German mind the mind the force of arms LA