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Show II ONLY A DICTATED I , PEACE. I l : Having little faith in the German im- perial government, a distinguished HI writer advises the allies to go on with wl their military operations until the ene- i my is willing to accept whatever the H leniency of the allies may dictate. 11 . "Germany," this writer says, "arro- H gantly was a war specialist for many Mi years before it began the present H world conflict at a moment carefully IH chosen by Us kaiser at the historic H Potsdam conference with his military HI leaders, statesmen and diplomats ear- flj ly in July, 191-4. It is part of the busl- H ness of the war specialist to know HI when to quit making war. This branch HI of military science becomes pnrticular- jHI ly important when the fighting is go- lffl Ing bady or when the people at home fcffll are becoming dangerously restive. Ger- rlli many has suffered an amazing succes- 111 sion of defeats In the last' three months Jfflj at the hands of the allied armies all I I HI way irom tne North sea to the I Hi ijloselle. One of its allies has surren- ifwi Uercd unconditionally and the other Imi 0n 6 VerEG f CaPSe disintegration. In these circumstances the eagerness of Germany to change its activities from war to peace may be easily understood. "Now this great specialist In war operations, this connoisseur in conquests, con-quests, seeking sanctuary from the avenging sword of Foch, cries for a peace conference- It Is significant, however, that in the heyday of Its power pow-er Germany sought to entice Its opponents oppo-nents with the lure of a negotiated peace. In this moment of its extreme peril It asks in assumed humility for what it pridefully offered to its foes in more prosperous times. Meanwhile, as President Wilson reminds the German chancellor, the forces of Germany on land and sea, continue to commit the most barbarous atrocities. Clearly it seeks peace in no repentnnt mood, "Germany has endeavored" all along to sow dissension among the nations that stand against it in fight array. It has conspired night and day to divide and so conquer them. Its success in making peace with Russia filled it with particular happiness. Rumania, forced to give up nfter Russia's ignominious igno-minious desertion, was thrust into slavery by Germany. Against the western west-ern nations German arms and German intrigue alike have2 failed. Yet the Caporctto disaster to Italy and the exposures ex-posures of the Bolo trial, to mention no other developments, show how persistently, per-sistently, how Insidiously Germany has ' wrought in secret for the downfall of its enemies." |