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Show GERMANS DO NOT WANT WILSON AS AN ARBITRATOR BERLIN, Deo. 5, by wireless to Say-ville. Say-ville. Editorials appeared In virtually all the newspapers yesterday commenting on the present political situation as influenced influ-enced by recent military events in Rumania Ru-mania and economic conditions in the entente countries, and stating that apparently ap-parently the sentiment for peace has been strengthened in these countries. A majority ma-jority of the newspapers speak of tiie possible intentions of Amhassador Gerard on his return from the United States and of the rumors that a British ministerial crisis is impending. The Vosslsche Zeitung says : "We all " feel ' the end of the war haa been brought considerably nearer by the events of recent weeks. Even statesmen seem to recognize this, although their words lack clearness." The Vossische Zeitung says peace negotiations ne-gotiations were not discussed seriously in the United States until Great Britain's plight became apparent, and that this was not a coincidence, but was due to Anglo-American Anglo-American solidarity, and continues: "We ought never to forget that it is to the Interest of the United States to support Great Britain's position for Its own sake at the end of the -war. In America everybody is conscious of the fact that a settlement of the question concerning the Pacific between the United States and Japan is only a question of time. The natural ally of the United States in this threatening struggle is England." The Tagllsehe Rundschau says the whole German nation stands behind the recently enacted auxiliary service law, to which trades unions representing the working class have consented, and continues: con-tinues: "Therefore it is evident that Germany neither will be 'killed like wild beasts,' as the London Times said, nor wjll be caged like a chained monster, according to the Anglo-American peace vision, as recently expressed by Premier Borden of Canada.' This newspaper takes to task those who expect much in the way of results from American peace mediation, as perhaps Is intended by Ambassador Gerard, and adds: "More than a year ago we pointed out that such a world peace could only be an Anglo-American peace which would take care only of BritLsh interests, and it is improbable that It could be suddenly converted con-verted into impartiality," The Deutsche Tages Zeitung protests against the peace utterances of Phillip Scheidemiiin, Socialist member of the reichstag, which It says resemble a begging beg-ging for peace and which apparently are partly responsible for the present peace movement in the United States. "We look forward," says this newspaper, "to American peace mediation with as much dissatisfaction as distrust. It ought to be explained lo our nation ttiat such a peace would mean ruin and annihilation. The German nation, if it wants to live and prosper, needs peace by victory." The Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ, says the entire world today is more inclined toward peace, but that everywhere the movement has caused a reaction of "strong men." In Great Britain the government gov-ernment has by no means shown the same desire to discuss peace as Germany and there and in other countries the advocates of war are lifting their voices. The newspaper news-paper refers to the recent statement of David Lloyd-George that the fight must go to a "knockout" and says that Mr. Lloyd-George hy this utterance confessed himself a believer in brutal force. The newspaper then refers to what it terms the universal distrust of the government in England, end adds: "The increasing success of our submarine subma-rine warfare, which is by no means an un restricted but an energetic warfare, has caused in England increasing sorrow and dlstrurt of the government's ability. To this must be added the crushing force of the Rumanian catastrophe, which threatens to annihilate the prestige of the entente allies." i |