Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-10 | Page 3 | German Maneuver

(German Maneuver. I WASHINGTON, Met. f . livrma ny's re-i re-i quest for an armistice is another maneuver ma-neuver lo weaken the solidarity of aided countries, in Ihe view of Samuel (hunpers, preside ni of t he A meriea n l-'edera t ion of Labor, who is 'Tu.nv in Lome with the American laboi mission. .Mr. t.bcnpei's's views were set forili in a cablegram received re-ceived today at headquarters here of the American Federation "f Lahor. "The offer of an a r A) ist u. e. " said .Mr. (bmipers's message, "is notlilnir more than aiiol tier maneuver of I erma ny and the central powers to weaken. Ihe solidarity of the a'lied demo.-racirs and their w'-l to liuht for the desiriaqion of imperialism, militarism and autocracy, and thereby to patch tip a peace that will . menace the peace of the world aqain when ; r he ( ; or ma it government is even better prepaie.j. "The flernian. Austrian and Turkish militaristic svMem must he beaten and Ms makeup must know it has been thoroughly thor-oughly beaten. The snu--v of htPor and of the pcop'e pcner-ally dr-mands from the entrai i-woi's their u iicnd i t tona I surrender surren-der or 1 1 their military menace ho crushed. This is the jud'-rmenl not onlv of- t he American lahor mission now in Koine, but of ail with whom ve have come in contact,"