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Show oo WHEN VON BUELOW APPEARS. Another peace attack la to bo made by Germany. The next move will be devoid of outward show of victory. There will be an open admission "of Germany's serious strain, accompanied i by a declaration that, while Germany recognizes the tremendous odds against her, the German army Is far from beaten and the allies, before they can bring her to her knees must pay a great price In precious lives. Count Von Buelow' Is to be tho spokesman for the enemy. He Is to throw off the false and speak without reserve. Whnt will the answer be? A prominent American. In anlyzing 'the situation prior to Bulgaria's collapse, col-lapse, said; "Tlioro is, of course, no reason to doubt that the German military machine ma-chine is Wily appreciative of the real meaning of events that have taken place in tho last three months. It is only arguments of a practical character charac-ter such as these events present that the Prussian can understand, as they still scorn so imbued with the idea that they possess the exclusive privilege privi-lege of inaugurating and of ending tho iwar at any time they please. President Presi-dent Wilson's recent masterful reply that our minimum aims have been so J clearly and frankly stated that there Jis nothing to discuss does not appeal to old fashioned ideas of diplomacy. They cannot realize that the president means exactly what he says and that the only avenue left for them is to comply frankly with our conditions before asking the cessation cf hostilities hostili-ties or seeking negotiations around a council table. The Prussian machine must of necessity be thoroughly beaten beat-en before it can negotiate. It contemplates contem-plates nothing but the use of force in its own plans ana win dc mucn more amenable to arguments when finally it realizes what our president means by his recent statement that our answer an-swer must be force, force to the utmost ut-most and force without stint." |