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Show PEACE BELLS ARE JANGLED Have you read the statement of the British, ambassador to Petrograd, made to the Russian journals, bearing on the proposed' armistice of the Bolsheviki? Bol-sheviki? We are of the opinion it contains an indirect peace proposal, as it even speaks of a possible armistice between. Jh.o allies and the central powers. Of course, there are qualify ing remarks covering a democratic peace and a peace all free peoplo could contemplate, but the utterance as a whole is distinctly one of conciliation. con-ciliation. Now, it Is just possible the ambassador ambas-sador had to assume a peace attitude In order to open the minds of tho people peo-ple to the broad principles on which the allies are proceeding, and, therefore, there-fore, .his referenco to a prospective armistice may be far fetched and not to be taken too seriously. It would not do to say -to tho war-weary Russians Rus-sians that the allies had no peace program, pro-gram, and so Ambassador Buchanan spoke of the allies first wishing to arrive at a general agreement and then arrange an armistice. An authority in the United States, who is close to the administration and has Ihe confidence of tho English, treating on this same subject, says: "As to peace prospects, there are no indications whatever of a willingness willing-ness on the part of the Germans to assent to conditions which the allies will surely impose. Unless Germany yields there will be no peace possible until the allies win victory. President Wilson, in his splendid opening address ad-dress to congress, plainly told Germany Ger-many of our determination to win this war and to reject all peace proposals until Germany was ready to give ample justice and reparation. If his plain language, placing upon German rulers responsibility for the terrible crimes of this war, could but reach the German people; and could thoy but learn the true aims of the allies, and see how they have been deceived and misled by the brutal, selfish autocracy au-tocracy which governs them, there would be some hope of a return to reason in the mind of Germany. Mr. Wilson's message to congress will consolidate con-solidate and strengthen public opinion at home, hearten those at the front 1 and convince the world of our fixed determination to win the war by unrestrained un-restrained use of all our resources." nn |