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Show ERZISERGER AGAIN. Mai iTS Krzberger i not one of th1 n -v (.crman apostles of pca--, but he 1 ;. - joined the chorus no.v welling up urn all over thr central empires. Krz-! Krz-! i'Crgrr's vie-As are not entirrly original, but aro put forth as an appral to Amer-I Amer-I ican and Kugli.-h pacifist. Thrv are likewt.so made known at this timo fur the pur,vi: of raising1 doubt in the i minds of Americans and Knglilinien s th- wisdom rf continuing the war. i'iit- of Ins a;:'unift.t is to the effect that economic lif- of the I'nitr, States is endangered by the world war, and that, this country will alwav.s be more or les at thr rnrrcy of submarine and aircraft bo Ions; as international questions are d'idc by .'orrr of arms. Hp e vidt n t.ly forgrt tnn t tho allies propo.v to make the wnrid r-afe for r mocracy without further appeals to arms, and that, in all probability, thrv will fonn a r;igiie f;(r tho settlement, of all international disputes which threaten to ca-jfe, hostilities bef;vren nat ion I A not lie r artiir.ent in to the effect that KngNnd will b..n hrr position .n the fir : power of the vt,t, if tho war continue-, imd that America vvill step into thr place. Mt Anierieans believe that this i.s bound s otiit in nnv rvrnt, and nmny l '.u' n.eri prdiablv enter- tain the some opinion. There nre nr Kigns of jealosy on thnt I'.ount. Kn-I Kn-I gland oerupies a favorable portion for con t i nen t ;il t;a!e, and her rolonien ix tend around thr ar;'n. rno will always al-ways enjoy i l.i-ir' fop-ign trade and l.on-lori will eo-ili:me to Im a yre.tt fi naro ill re.,ter. The ('niter) Slate- will become i gie;iter pD.v-r than f.'n-nt I '.i i a i ii , 'i ui ; 'I y ber.-r..1 -a ini r vr t ,--l In be a debtor M : iori , I ,rr a u :-r we nre lo ha e a i;r- iV iner-'ianr innrine, and l-r-au1!' the country is r'ch in natnnil r Kin r- f It v hoo Id a 1 o be no I r-l that, the 'atid i." filled v ii). ma n u I r.n M r in;,' plant i u ho-e pmduct'i niirt find an o.itlf I. All the-,. tlnnM linv,, been .ji', ' 1 1 l' 1 1 1 ( i r i r f ' the a il four cjin jm, f ii- i r I d i fin ip te. f.i r n f I r en t I'.l It.llll n i i i-r ne I. T he no i , Mrllull' nuole, luit . ! W 'II l.ot ha x e I he ,: -.1,, -I , ) r, ., ,,t , ! Ur (nil. , .'-.I al : ml l,f.,il I'.rilain nr,-pruiiaily nr,-pruiiaily inlef d in fii urjan;;iri t!m affairs of tho world that none of the nations will live n constant alarm ; that development will not bo restricted; that the high seas will be free and that competition will bo fair and above-board above-board in all matters of trade. This cannot can-not be accomplished by making peace with Germany without destroying her military power, and no amount of sophistry soph-istry will change the attitude of tho administration ad-ministration at Washington or the demand de-mand of the people of this country that fierce and unrelenting war be waged until the victory is won. Questions of j trade and financial supremacy will have to await solution until that time, aud then it is probable they will solve them- j selves to some extent. Krzberger has ; been au advocate of peace for a long ; time, and is probably sincere in his ! desire . to extriete Germany from the mire. Had his warnings been heeded, the empire would not be in such desperate des-perate straits at the present time. But that fact cannot possibly influence the people of the United Stages and the entente en-tente countries who are now confident of being able to do the work before them. The German Socialists will probably prob-ably soon begin "a peace propaganda. Uut Socialism has been practically killed by the war and the appeals will fail upon deaf ears. |