Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-06-04 | Page 6 | A Pan-German Peace

able to recruit the Hermans and the Moslems of Kussia for the kaiser's armies, but if such a work is planned, it has not yet begun, ami several years would be required before the ignorant recruits could be fitted for battle against trained Americans and western Europeans. It is a propitious time for the pan-Germans pan-Germans and for all factions in Germany Ger-many to begin their peace offensive and for the government to formulate terms, bnt we have not the slightest fear 'that the , entente powers will ac-icept ac-icept any terms Berlin can offer. A PAX-GERMAN PEACE. ' When tho pan-Germans begin to talk of peace, we must beware of "the Greeks bearing gifts." We ask ourselves why the pan-Germans, those who drew the nations into a war and who have preached the doctrine doc-trine of world dominion to the Ger- ; mans, should now be urging their gov- i ernment to formulate peace proposals-Several proposals-Several conjectures can be supported with plausible reasons, but perhaps the Eafest conjecture is that, in the opinion of the pan-Germans, their war machine has accomplished all that it can in this i conflict. 1 The pan-GermaDS probably argue that to prolong the war will be to give Ger- ' many's enemies a chance to grow ever , stronger, through American co-operation. They can point out that Germany has attained practically all the objectives it expected J.o secure throngh a short war, lasting not more than six months. In the process of fighting a long ' war it has suffered losses many times heavier than were anticipat- ed, both in men and wealth., and it ' cannot go on with the conflict with ; confidence that it ever will be in a "hotter situation to obtain a satisfactory peace. , In a word, Germany has reached its 1 maximum, rcali.cs the fact, and would make peace as speedily as possible, on ' its own terms. The situation in France bas tho appearance ap-pearance of justifying this view. The - battlo atill 1 in a critical stage, but it i ?. u n I i 1: e 1 y that, the foe wi I break throuyh to Paris. J to has used up a ! larjre part of the re:-:erve3 brought from i .Russia and he sees tho tiino near when, vri'h a constant stream of soldiers com-in;.' com-in;.' from tho United States, his armies will be outnumbered by millions. Un- lc:-s he can recruit his man power from 7;;j.j,Ha or nn induce one of the allies ; to ni;J:o a separate peace, ho will enter the next fititin; season assured of re-vTHrH re-vTHrH whif,h will end in utter defeat, j sooner or later. There is little likelihood likeli-hood that any of tho present bellier-enf1) bellier-enf1) will make peaee, for they under-1 under-1 stand ax v.'ll a: doci the CJermah hih ,' command that U;ij T'-utons never will be .trori;"-r in a military sen ho than th'y are today, and that. al't'T midsummer, midsum-mer, at the farlh'stp they will be in a f lal e of Kwil t d'-Hine. It if por-iMo that Germany may bo