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Show SLIGHT PEACE PROSPECT President "W Ison s conv need that the t me s not opportune for the United fatates again to offer ts good offices as mediator between the great nations now encaged n the wholesale slaughter of each other s men and boys It is no d,oubt realized bv the adm nistrat on at Wash ngton that if the war was to end now Europe would still be an armed camp and t would only be a question of t me when the struggle would be re newed w th ncreased fury It s a melancholy fact that one side or the other must ach eve s gnal success n the field before peace will be con s dered n the chancellories It may be several months before aujth ng like a dec s e victory is ga ncd and n the meant me Pres dent W lson and becretary Bryan will be compelled to b de their t me for a rebuff from each and evexv one of the nat ons at war would certa nlv follow an attempt by an outs ie conotr e en one as r ch and powerful as the TJn ted States to settle the r d spute by arb trat on Tho conflict ng cla ms of the part es to the str f e adm t of no ompromise One or the other m st v Id to force n tead of reason Talk of (. hr st an char ty and brotherly love does not awaken a respons e throb n the breasts of emperors kings pr me min isters or even the people who are the chief sufferers when the cont nent of Europe s deluged th blood fa r fields desolated and prosperous cities and towns turned into heaps of blackened and smokuiz ruins It goes without say ng that when the proper time arnv es Pres dent Wilson will once more offer in the name of the Un ted States h s serv ces as mediator and n all human probability his offer will be accepted We do not bel eve there will be any disposit on to drag the vanquished at the char ot wheels of the conqueror and wh le the conditions mposed w H be onerous nvolving pos sible changes n the i ap of E rope the loser w 11 not be blotted out bv reason of n possible exactions It will be the miss on of th s country to b nd up the wounds of the defeat! and soften the hearts of the victors But the time is not yet Peace meet ngs are be ng held n some of the t es of the I n ted States and resolut ons are being adopted call ng upon the prendent to take some act on to bring the war to an end Cbrstian people all over this far land are prav ng for D v ne interposit on The world stands appalled 'Vet to ip te of all hop ng there is ao prospect of early peace and the adop t oo of resolut ons call Dg upon the ch ef exe ut ve to take spme action wb ch he has alrealv taken and s awa t ng an opportu ty to ropeat is a waste of t mc Pea e n L ropp n not be brought abo t by hurrah meet ngs n the LntPd States an 1 the whole matter had letter be left n the hands of the pres lent w thout any further ado |