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Show DOUBLE BARHELEDJ DIPLOMACY -. .. ,v "! , U ' . . n-v' - ""( Germany knows sho Is- licked. Why, then does sho ask for -an arm-istlco arm-istlco to prolong tho conflict? In tho hope ot escaping due punishment. punish-ment. Tho Toronto Mall & Empire (Canada), In a recent editorial on "Why Wilson "Was "Chosen"'? asf'mcF- Jy iMnw"-'.1.' ' r iw'hi.' i.' iiiip,iiii I dlator, gives two reasons: Firtt,he-. cauo ho "specified fourteen points which tho Allies would ".Insist upon as conditions precedent to flicestah-llohment flicestah-llohment of peace, presenting what one might regard as a platform built of planks instead of a single I block of granite. Second, bocnuso ho j i believed- by tlio -German goirn- ment tonKjYe In an atmosphere aloof fiom human Strlfo and passion that ' isnot tJ be' found nmonij tho var-rlng var-rlng nations of Europe." The Toronto Tor-onto paper; declares "This may be tin .!,.. . rtl'..-..... L..4 .A. .1..' not eeo how ii la an advantage to"' the Allies.-, Thoy do not ftsk IT3l-dent IT3l-dent Wilson'' to bo the cool, dlspas j slonato Judge b'etween them and' ' their adversaries, but their stout j champion und supporter, Just as the , American people lire." Nor Is thoro-j thoro-j anything In tho fourteen prlhciplea enunciated by Mr. Wilson1 calling for Ocriuariy'R condign punishment.- Certain Cer-tain wrongs 'are .to" bo righted, 'and the European -piap Is to be Jig saw- ' I ' L ed.. , That's all. ' '; (-. Tlicro would appear to-be eoino merit In tho second reason advanced ... J . by the Toronto paper, which, read . between tho lines, ;m(5ans that-.Gof-. many bxpct3 better terms from ,Mr. Wilson. than sho could, get' from" a, European power. .It Is, Indubitable . that another, reason for approaching - J Mr. 'Wilson' and utterly ,.,!gn6rluj! Lloyd George, Clomonceau and above 1 ail Foch, tho only proper authority to pass on tho military question ot an armistice, is the hope of creating "discord and Jealousy among the allied al-lied leaders. Is a third reason suggested? Tho kaiser onCo boasted that ho controlled con-trolled our elections. That was a ayperbollcal statement. Can he, Jjowover, intlucnco them? From 1 1911 to 191C, and after, German propagandUm was. industriously at w6rk in this country spreading Its deadly nightshade gottatraflng the i Allies.. It budded In tho movies and in the press and it.f lowered. In tho Hearst: "yellows." Elsewhere its roots 'found -fertile Interstices and tho plant'reared upward, Tuv Democratic Dem-ocratic party, whose somnern representatives rep-resentatives wero prejudiced against England for, seizing' shipments of cotton to Germany, found In It a political pol-itical toxic,-and, following tho beer-hall beer-hall conferences of the lato Senator Stone, pacifism became Its cultivator and "ho kept us out of war" tho manure which nourished it. The party of peace was retained In power, pow-er, .and tho propagandlsm cont!nu6d to flourish, until popular wrath at German 'aggression tore' out most ot the plant, although' it still found a1 I breeding' spot In the Hearst press. But It had performed Its work, well aft Lord Northcllffe testified. Now that another election Is. on, Germany talks, armistice and appears ap-pears to lean, toward peace. Any treaty entered Into by' this country musUho with the advice and consent of the senate. From which side might the Germans naturally expect ex-pect the most favorable terms, the Republicans, who stand for unconditional uncondi-tional surrender, and1 the dire pun- ishment of Germany, or - the party which, however patriotic its motives, I Is utterly subservient to the Chief Executive, who Is "aloof from human hu-man strife and passion?" Might not Germany flguro It both ways? Even It she daes not get an armlstlco now the prestige of our Chief Executive might bb so enhanced as. to aid iho Democratic party In maintaining control of Congress, The, Hun' must come, to his mpdlclne within the noxt two' years, nnd with the Democrats Demo-crats in control is it not reasonable that he 'should expoct a lesser' penance, pen-ance, and a chance to recoup'himself somowhat in a free trade American market? ' With the 'Republicans In control of .Congress and passing, on tho treaty of peace,he fan sea nothing noth-ing but tho. gibbet. With a subservient subser-vient Democratic majority in :cpri-trol, :cpri-trol, ho believes ho has a" chance. Khali ho bo permitted "to. hug that bellof? Shall Potsdam Intrigue again savo the Democrats on Novem-eY$U,ttH$ Novem-eY$U,ttH$ ' ' ? ?'" l ,asw5' '-. --. |
