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Show DR. SOLE AGAIN. While the official text of the latest German plea for peace has not been received in Washington, the wireless version contains evidence enough to convince con-vince every intelligent man that the Huns have reached the last ditch. In other words, they cannot go on with the war any great length of time without risking overwhelming disaster. Therefore, There-fore, they have patched up some kind of a government, purporting to be of the people, have ordered their submarine commanders to cease sinking passenger boats, and have agreed to do. business with the allied military authorities on the armistice proposition. Incidentally, they deny having committed atrocities and ask for a neutral commission to investigate in-vestigate the charges. The note has not altered the situation to any great extent, although it shows that the Germans are ready to concede almost anything in order to secure ' peace. A step further and they will surrender unconditionally, which "is the , outcome desired by a great majority of the American peop"le. The Berlin authorities au-thorities have nothing to gain by writing writ-ing peace notes w-ith strings tied to them, for, while they are debating upon what to say and waiting for a reply, the allies are smashing forward all along the line and more Huns are being slain. This will continue until they lay down their arms. It is no use for them to ask for guarantees regarding the preservation of their national honor. If If they had any such, thing, it would not need preserving. We do not believe this latest communication signed by Dr. Solf will cause the pre'sidenfc to exert himself to .stop the war at this stage, as the conditions he laid down are not fully met 3b far as we. are able to interpret in-terpret the wireless version. The kaiser kai-ser is still one of the stumbling blocks to peace. |