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Show SIGii OF PEACE . TO BOOM IIET Terms for Germans Contribute Con-tribute to Crystallize Bullish Sentiment. Pisnins of the peace treaty by the Germans Ger-mans will do a great dial to ninlto the stock market boom, states the following article ficm Staunton's Oil "Weekly: "Tho bluest general factor in the market mar-ket durins the week, coi.tributinp to crystallize builish sentlmo-it and lr.ake it more pronounced than heretofore, was the publication in tho newspapers of the peace terms with Germany. It was immediately immedi-ately conceded that tho terms were as ricroroxis a the most anti-Wilson Republican Repub-lican could possibly conceive, and that President Wilson had attain demonstnuea political sagacity of a really marvelous kind. , "Because of the signing of the 'round robin' bv the Republican senators prior to Mr. Wilson's last vcya.ee across the water, there was some doubt in the minds cf a f-'ooii many people as to whether the peace treatv would bo finally ratified. It now appears that President. Wilson permitted per-mitted l.he Republicans to believe ilu.t the te rms of the treaty were ifo-ing to be exceedingly lenient to the Germans. .al- urally. the opposite side- took the opposite oppo-site viewpoint. "A press-acented campaign followed ealllnir foi the sternest punitive kind of a treaty. Having pollen the entire Kepui.ll-ean'party Kepui.ll-ean'party committed to just such a treaty as Jiv. Wilson knew would be the outgrowth out-growth of the conference tho terms arc now published, with toe Republicans strongly committed In advance to its ratification rati-fication "In the laniruafre of a New York curb pundit, "the peace treaty takes from Germany Ger-many its right eve, its loft eye, all of Its front and back teeth, chops off both hands a.nd both feet, and permits it to retain Its breathms apparal us.' if any opposition shows itself it can come from only one source, namely, Mr. Wilsem's own followers .in his own party. "There is a possibility, of course, that the Germans will refuse to sign tho treaty. Wall street has been waitine; for the consummation con-summation of the peace treaty, and it has been expected all alonjr that when the indications favored the signing of the peace treaty and the formal endirie; of the war the lid would be off the market and it would skyrocket. "Undoubtedly within the next fifteer days there will come rumblings from abroad of dissatisfaction on the part of the Germans and attempt will be made to force a market reaction tus a result of German remonstrances. "Arrain, there is beond nry question at all considerable speculative overextension in tl'.e market, s we have previously said, the pace lias been too rapid, v.'ithout healthy recessions such as normally occur in a biill market. Any cne?,pected occur-ranee occur-ranee of an unfavorable nature is now bound to have a decided effect on prices. A nutrket readjustment may occur any daw. "There are many stocks which v.ould be highly attractive on reasonable recessions reces-sions from current levels, and we think-those think-those who have not embarked as yet should await just sucli a happer.ine; in the general list. We exclude from this the Texas oils, which are dependent for their mri'ket action on oil rievelomnents and not on general market conditions." |