Show 1 ft turning there is no doubt that the thoughts aft of the nations arc are turning definitely toward an and t that at t the c desire es re for peace is increasing rapidly even eyen among those who arc are actively en in war i unfortunately there I 1 is a difference u between the desire for peace and the fy acceptance of a definite peace pro t position ei A the warring nations nation all declare i 1 that before they stop lighting they 11 4 must lave ave some assurance that peace will be lasting and the period of war will not be followed by a period of ll 11 16 ac active tive preparation for another war t if peace is to come within the nest next year there must be either elther the tile mill tary triumph of one party parti and the tile military defeat of the other pirty p or 1 1 Y else there must bo be some agreement of compromise and conciliation by or 1 f which justice may be secured for all 01 I 1 1 10 parties to the great war 1 no lusting peace is possible unless 4 the german nation is recognized 3 ot T aj hav ng equal rights and anti equal independence pen dence with other members of the tile family of nations and on the other hand no lasting peace i possible un less some ome power is established that is strong enough to prevent another outbreak such as the peace h of the orld in july 1014 1914 it is 19 highly highl significant that the american plan foi fot a league to enforce peace seems to be meeting with growing favor both in germana and on in england there seems to bo be a universal sentiment that the peace is not a matter that con i corns cerns the tile warring powers alone but that it is a matter that concerns all L the nations na tiona neutral as well as belligerent li and therefore all the nations f would bo be made parties to the agreement and should give to it their pledge of support pueblo chieftain |