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Show The War Against War I During tho Inst week or so rumors of pcaco In January havo been cur rent, especially In semi-official circles Thoro can bo, In our opinion, only throo reasons which would servo to bring nbout peace, nnd thoy arc theso: Tho complete defeat of Gor-mnny, Gor-mnny, the defeat of tho Allies or n condition of gravo Internal trouble in either Germnny or Austria, or both. Wo aro not suro that gravo internal trouble, approaching that experienced ex-perienced during tho Paris Commune will not bo folt in Berlin, but wo scarcely think that It will bo Just yet. Germany Is scarcely likely to suo for pcaco on othor terms thnn thoso mndo posslblo by a drawn game. Wo do not bollovo that Germany Ger-many will be beaten earlier than the late spring. But the allies aro not setting tholr faces towards defeat, but ultimate victory. Hating war as we do wo yot say, and say deliberately, deliber-ately, that there must bo no pcaco until Germany's military power is so utterly shattered that It will bo a generation nt least bo lncapnblo of another such colossal erlmo as has been perpetrated. Let thero bo no mistake. Thero must bo no peace until thero Is a good hopo that thoro will bo no moro war. Wo aro not H out to crush Germany, but Gorman H military power. There must bo nn H end of that. It is a upas treo under H whose baleful shadow neither Gor- H , many herself nor tho rest of tho world can novor hopo to flourish by B peaceful arts and beneficent progress. B British Congregntlonallst. BB |
