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Show (By C. D. McNeeley) . NO PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY Nothing is more evident at this time than the fact that the allies are determined that there shall be no peace without victory. vic-tory. The terms of peace are to be dictated, not compromised. The German armies are still quartered in France, Belgium and Serbia and until these forces are vanquished the door to peace is closed. The objects for which we are fighting must be accom-, accom-, plished and this cannot be done until the armies of Germany are crushed. . ' The lights of St. Helena are now shining on the palace of the Hohenzollerns and the autocrats can plainly see the writing on the wall. No wonder they are penitent now. That is the way with the hangman when it comes to him. ! It is only a question of time until the German armies will be beaten to a frazzle and the German leaders know it. They started out to conquer the world. They have failed and they must pay. the price. . The war makers are now tired of war because they know they are soon to be beaten. After inflicting untold punishment on the weak and the helpless they, would now like to call it off without making atonement for the crimes they have committed. But are they ready for unconditional surrender? We think, not, and until such a time when they will be thoroughly converted to this idea the war must go on. The peace offensive which was turned loose Saturday night it appears was designed for the purpose of depressing the sales of Liberty Bonds. At the time many people thought Germany had actually capitulated, but next morning it was seen that there was nothing to it whatever. The only thing that it shows , is that Germany realizes that from now on the war is going against her. So there must be no let up. We must fight on. 1 When our armies are quartered on German territory it will then I be time enough to talk peace. This is no time to compromise. .Victory is now dawning and we must have the fruits. To the j victors belong the spoils. After four years of war we must not I quit empty handed. , . j The Salt Lake Herald last Sunday morning voiced the sentiment senti-ment of America with the following editorial: "As militarism calls out for mercy of humanity, let us not t forget the feindish delight displayed by Prussianism when the same humanity staggered helplessly before the Hun hordes. Let j us not forget the agonizing cries emitted by the Belgians as the I Prussians crushed forward in drunken frenzy, bayoneting ba- bies, raping womanhood and violating every right of humanity. ."Let us not forget the pillage and plunder that have marked the history of Belgium and northern France in the bloodiest ' four years of the world's history. Let us remember the German i code that might makes right and under -the "pressing demands of ' military necessity therecattbtid crime. Several weeks ago we pointed to the daggers of a pretended acceptance of President Wilson a peace ' terms, and we repeat that warning today, when Germany seeks to save her soil from the terrors and horrors - - -irhich have delighted her hordes on foreign territory for the last four years. . "Let 'On To Berlin, be the rallying cry of the allies and. our answer to the last evidence of German guile. We can talk peace terms on German soil and we can talk with an insistence that wi'l insure acceptance tha terms we .wish, to impose. Belgium and France and England, who have stood against the Prussians in gloomier days than the Germans now face, must have a voice in the terms of peace. They must say what Germany will do to redeem herself before the eyes of the decent world. We can make no quartjr with the enemy at this stage of the conflict. Germany must pay the penalty and that penalty must be measured meas-ured with a cool, realization of the crime, and it is not to forget the newer acts of ruthlessness in the recent retreats. On to Berlin, Ber-lin, and let there be, no serious consideration of peace with the brute until the flag of humanity is hung over Germany." |