| Show The Tue The First anti ami lie in tho the same samo bed hed rud le D DEFIANCE They hae c b nothing in common common and so long as thc they are the conflicting elements in pence peace ers we must proceed with caution Tins central imers im- im pow pow- j j ers ts' ts have hare yelled for peace but they have Im e also made efI nf- nf jl- jl I uso 1154 ns of diabolical submarine warfare wai in in tie the same hour bout They indicate that they aru rca ready y tt to come COlt f to fo terms hut t 1110 they JY belie bele their st statements 1 by J sacking t tOWI towns in iii their I The rue peace issue to today a has lias S J r resolved ul ct itself into into f a it itI i I vexing eing problem war will trill wi end CUl or 01 not not is hut but f incidental to the tit main question The Tue end of or war docs I i I not brin bring peace with justice if it fails to tl right the I i wrongs of conflict Before we can ali 1 decide lecile on un the time terms I 1 of rons peace pence we vc must st 1 determine the tho meaning of Germanys Germany's s peace maneuvers s. s Plainly there thero is much about aholt the tie Inti lat lat- j i I c vt ft t peace venture of tin th 1 central powers that wo we ul Il not do-not t I understand 1 Their peace note is not compatible with wih the defiance of the conservatives oC of the tite In u one ouo breath i j Germany legs begs for peace pence hut but at nt t the e same sale time she whis- whis pers pera that she will wi defend German soil to the last m man nian n. n 1 She will wil defend that soil oi from what from from the time terror and destruction which for fot four Jon long years cars she ha has heaped upon l French r territory What does o s she mean mean Surely these conflicting declarations do not not- menu mean that Geri Germany comes to us for p peace ace in complete humility tie lovers ers of penco peace are backed ed by a spirit of hu- hu nh n i sue defiance is not a n part of an honest move mo c for pea Germany does not mean menu both loth of these timings things pa and she has bus placed the thc burden of determining her ller mind upon n Something has happened in Germany of which we in America merica know nothing and atI this is tie the bl basis is of the of-the the dan danger er confronting S us Ve We are nrc fare face to face fare with Hh a proposition much of which has hns been con con- COl- COl The German note does docs n not t carry the word ort imperial it i wakes makes no re reference to the ally Turkey Why Thy Ger- Ger many has left tho thia answer nl er to lo our imagination to our intuition We Ye arc with an au c explosive o we wc all al know that but lut none of us knows lows the secret seret of the com corn position Germany i is seeking to force us from the field of war in which we wc have e mastered many intricate problems to a territory of which we tc know nothing Germany has the tle offensive in il this movement and nl It I distinct Germau knows what hat constitutes n a ant nd advantage o. o Germany Germau we 6 must guess and if it we guess bless wron wrong we we- we may discover a pitfall l. l What are we to do dot 1 First FIst of all al we mu must t refuse to o tamper with ih an infernal machine the key lcy to which is 15 held by the enemy Wo o cannot establish peace pence on onan oni i i an nn unknown quantity but hut we must lust stick to the time things I we e know We c know that Germany is treacherous and while we are nrc told that tho the Presidents President's terms amount I to unconditional surrender tho the enemy has not admitted this hiB interpretation Germany understands what an 1 unconditional surrender render surender w means an and aDd we know all nI it itI I means and that should hould constitute the first consideration I of peace j No Kow that President President Wilson ish indicates that note noto i writing in n adjourned let us ugo go on with wih tho the war I |
