Show S SI I Creating the Problem dent Wilsons Wilson's reply to fo tho G German peace t f J noto does not shut slut the tho doors to future futuro discussions is ie in al all editorial comment relating to the generally b r agreed f bJ ct Opinions diverge on whether hether holding the sub sub- is b bad ll diplomacy open to further r argument good or Wilson demands that tho Prussians withdrAW with- with drAW Om In invaded d territory before 8 sei serious rious ious consi ora- ora S f ion on h ill given their proposal for a n general peace We Ve u e that Hun and nd Prussian t treachery will con con- t-fonn t fortL to his term embracing a demand whicH is lucy lucy- ablo Hinder tho fire firo iro of war ivor During tho last three Germans have been forced to withdraW from Inv invaded de l territory Their retreat has boon been marked market I by tf esst the proportions of which were never neverin r in in the onward march f X e t h has baa e been forced by hv tho the of or tUe sWe arm With each ach succeeding c eding day of the new now struggle gle ge e pilled arms ht Ve ha-Ve stronger and German 10 do- 8 mow pronounce pronounced ond and retreats retreat's more numerous 5 G knows that this military pressure will ill drive 0 her het et t rt fio coat to th the Y very ry terms torms that President PresidentS S imposes rS' rS is saM said to have have- admitted to tho tb kaiser kaier that ft n retreat on a n. wido wide scale scale- i ia i ino inevitable lo ind what is the course une to be bo taken 7 Thero is but bat one course ourse and that was thoroughly evidenced in the recent proclamation of the kniser wherein ho be declared that r 1 p must recognize Prussian honor Since the Hun Hunto J 1 ii 1 to be he forced from invaded territory Prussian Prussian- honor lies Ie in n n- n making this retreat in pea pee peace e In Iti the fac face faco of these theo facts fe wo va are not to t-o be bo surprised i if takes take tho the course which means moans most roost to it 1 Ve We e believe that tho safest course course- for or U us would 1 have hac been to demand complete surrender because wo fO are now 1 placed in tho the light o of treating with brigands and out out- laws s Discussions pave va the tho fa vay to negotiations and andS S negotiations open the doors to the Huns Hun's trickery and md b tre treachery h which oh are aro his greatest possessions The withdrawal with with- from in invaded de territory cannot right rig the wrongs S of It Is as aa if f we 8 demand that German Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many return tho house bouse after she has d destroyed the librae Wo We V 0 ea can conceive of no rio manhood that could see anything of value in the tho shell of the house once the home homo hadS had'S had t. t been wrecked by bj- tho abuse abuso of tho the mother the rape of j the wife the tho disfigurement of the child and the ensIa 54 ery of the aged inhabitant He lIe would not meet our 1 standard of manhood if he would fould sit at nt the same table W with tl the power that wrought this havoc 1 Fine Pine distinctions between the German Gennan people and the tile Gorman rulers will win not alter the fact that we are ro treating treat treats S ing n with tho the kaiser and Wo Yo have hae tried in vain nin to establish two levels one for tho German people 5 nud d one for the tho government go which they endure They 1 are and have always been one and the tho same and the kais kaiser r and his 1115 ilk have 1130 always been beeb ae as 8 they are aro today 1 the ruling factors V We 0 have havo barely sipped of the bitter i 1 draught of war we kno know n a few Low of its sorrows but hut butI I I those things thing that hol hold l the tho beast east up for what he is are I II b better known by France and Belgium where the de degen deen- degenerate cn- cn 1 erate has run ron wild What do the they say to negotiations J 4 which permit recognition of which enable J 3 the Hun hordes to retreat unmolested and cud which accord the brute a n semblance of honor he ho does lees not possess j i Diplomacy today be in the interest of humanIty humanity human human- H ity rather than national in its scope Y We e n as ni a n people 1 1 I must not help to a n peace penco which does not provide e justice Tho The first test of tho the honorableness of fillY any peace must be applied by the oppressed Our national na- na f ti nal position amounts to naught if the peoples of the earth fail to get a satisfactory peace a peace which rights rig the wrongs of the world and makes i it clear that Germany retires not as er alo of peace an and not from 4 na national desire but bu as a foo of humanity vanquished on on the tho field of battle The Tho ho next peace paco note from Ger- Ger J tD teeny many ny will place us cold col up against the greatest pro problem lem cf f the tie war rat J 51 S h b q ii |