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Chancellor von Bethman-Hollweg
iiiinounced that peace without an
nexation is undesired by Germany
-.tnd refuses to dedart tlie aims of
Central Powers in the war.
This might have been expected.
.None of the nations are going to
show their hand when they are not
sure of what the others hold. None
.,f them will willingly admit that
they are getting down to the last
brass tack or the final rnoujik. None
of them will he willing to admit
that they are as hard pressed as
they really are.
The Chancellor went further and
said that Germany would win the
•war if the nation and its Allies held
out, which is like the wintry ad
vice of the firmer to tiis starving
horse "live, and you will eat grass”.
There is a lot in this holding out
business. And it is to lie freely ad
mitted that if Germany ran hang >511
and hang on. Germany's chances ot
•aoming out 011 top are not so much
ro he sneered at. The question is
van the Central Powers hold out—
can they resist domestic strife, hun
ger. and a world of foes and despite
everything put on a bold trout
There Inis been recently put for
ward a striking parallel between the
situation of the Central Powers now.
.and Prussia under Frederick the j
Great in the Seven Years War. Uelu- J
srively the same array of powers
tkeTo massed against Frederick as
-tre today masse<i against the Kaiser.
Iiis powerlul descendant. France,
Russia, Austria several smaller j
German states like Saxony and J
others, were lined up against the re
doubtable King of Prussia. The i
-story of the Seven Years war is one '
which is harrowing in detail and the
remarkable man who led the forcesj
of Prussia against the combination j
of Allies against him. owed much
more to a fortunate set of circum
stances than should be attributed to
his own marvellous capacity. A
general election in Great Britain it
is true took from him the unswerv
ing support which I’itt had always
given him, but a change ot monarchs |
sn Russia also removed one of his
most inveterate enemies and placed .
instead a friend upon the Muskovite
throne- Similarly as the years went
on France tired of a war which was
Austria's fight and the end came
about by sheer weariness ot' spTrit j
among the enemies of Prussia, while
the indomitable spirit of the Hohen
jm'lern remained still determim d to
flglit to the last.
It is not impossible that Germany
suspects that in the ranks of her en
••■'Wiies just now there is nothing
•which assures that the alliances
vigainst her will remain permanent,
fx is now almost certain had no re
volution taken place in Russia. Rus
-ii would ere now have ooen at
jiesue with Germany and Kaiser and
The Tzar would have reached an
pmlerstanding. For this reason, it
Blight reasonably he inferred that
what was possible of happening be
fore may happen again and the poss
ibilities of separate peace are by no
•means remote.
Unfortunately lor the German
powers and tlieir Allies, the situa
tion for Prussia in t lie Seven Years
Wir is something different and that
something is of vital Importance.
Tiuring the most vital years of the
Seven Years War, Frederick was
harked by Great Britain, then- the
srichest country in the world and a
'country which then had the most
powerful fleet at sea and which
•nc-pt open • the Prussian ports for
Krederick. Today the Central Pow
ers have the richest nations against
them. They have the nations which
possess greater man power, greater
•money power and greater naval
power all opposed to them. More
over they have nations against them
which are less susceptible to intri
gue than the practically autocratic
.•governments which existed in Eu*
rope in the time of Frederic the
Great To what extent the warring
countries would accept peace at any
price, which would apparently he
the condition under which Germany
today would relinquish the sword,
it is not known. It is highly un
likely that such a peace would be
tolerated in any country. When the
Russian people themselves repudi
ated the war aims which were aims
of conquest, and insisted upon the
masses having something to say in
the matter of peace, they removed
peace or a separate peace practi
cally outside the realm of practical
politic s.
So, it is quite apparent, that this
war will go on until one side or
another is defeated. That the En
tente Allies will succumb before Ger
many does not appear' possible.
The greatest and most effective
weapon that Germany has got is the
1'. Boat. It proved itself a terrible
weapon and a weapon of despera
tion. it is upon this factor in the
war that Germany has placed its
final hope. Why the hopes should
all be pinned to that weapon is not
c lear. It has not hit a single vita
spot in the Allied armor. It hat
done tremendous damage to Britisl
and t. utral shipping, it has aniln
lated an enormous tonnage. But it j
has not seriously hampered thei
movements of troops. It has not i
seriously hampered the c ross-ehan- I
nel supply ships. It has not to any J
great extent seriously affected the *
steady movements of men, muni- •
tions and supplies to the war zone. I
It is an effective weapon, but. is j
slow to deal a deadly blow. And I
the question is whether the Central
Powers can maintain the fight until
such time as the U boats have
stifled England and smothered
France and starved the Allied na
tions.
These are matters which will have
to work out themselves. Yet just
as it is apparent that Hollweg is
preparing to hold out. so have the
Entente nations and the United
States made up their minds to pro
long this war into 191S or 1919.
Accordingly then we have the
stage made ready for the continua
tion of this war over and fn'.o an
other year. This presupposes that
tlie masses which have been led
blindly into tlie slaughter will ac
quiesce in this state of things. Pres
umably none of them seem fy re
cognize that in this world war, the
many things which have been taken
for granted at the outset have
proven matters of disappointment.
Ominous murmurings are coming
out even now from the Central Pow
ers. Severe discontent Is hardly able
to disguise itself. Many as have been
the thrilling victories which the
Teuton nations have won, they
still have brought no nearer th? day
of final victory. Any people, such
is the lust to conquer. If assured of
a final triumph, if certain that ulti
mately there will come a day when
victorious troops will return home,
garlanded with the flowers to w h'eh
victors are entitled, will march be
lt ween the serried rows of a wildly
j cheering populace, will ere depart
j mg for their homes taste to the full
I est the wild intoxication of popular
ovation and national applaudings,
they will under such circumstances
persist through thick and thin 'o
the desired end.
Hut there is no such prospett in
sight for the Germans. Each day
| seems to make the vision of victory
■dimmer. Every day seems to post
pone the probability of victory and
to usher in the prospect that lives
will have been sacrificed, maiming
endured, suffering undergone for a
victoryless peace: the peace that
comes to the dying as a relief ol
agony.
Accordingly, there is scant likeli
hood of the domestic status quo
ante helium being even maintained,
it is iar more likely that before tlie
end of the year, even under the
most favorable circumstances, the
German people inspired by the ac
tion of tho Slave across the border,
will resent their condition and re
sist the despotism that sacrificed
their lives so freely.
When that comes about, likely
enough, the war will have speedy
ending. It is not at all probable
that revolutions will take place!
within any of the Allied natins be
fore they occur in Germany. That
they are also brewing in some of
the former is indicated in news re
ports coming out as to the attitude
of powerful organizations on the
peace terms and the greetings which
they extended to the New Russia.
But withal, there is not any manifest
anxiety to end the war and no great
wish to end it upon a condition
which is named by Hollwtg
that “peace without annexation
would be undesirable to Germany.
That the Chancellor has in this
statement strengthened German op
position and aided in bringing about
a coalition of sentiment even in
anti-war circles can hardly be de
nied.
Russia has definitely proclaimed
no annexation, no indemnities as
the absolute zero of lis peace aims.
The Labor Congress in Great Bri
tain has done the same. With Ger
many insisting upon annexation
what can the Kntente nations do
but insist that there shall be no
peace as long as this view is upljeld.
Quite clearly there will be no an
nexations when this war is over.
Quite clearly also this war will be
flra'.ly settled by the masses. And
in the final settlement the work be
gun by the revolutionists and radi
cals during the war will be pressed
to a conclusion.
An earthquake comes and shakes
the perfect city Xoble structures
become ruins. Gardens are de
stroyed. Palaces are wrecked stone
from stone. Thousands are en
gulfed in the ruins. Tidal waves
wash the ruined city and drown
survivors in the swirling mael
strom.
This is a world war and its effect
upon the social scheme is similar
to the effect of a ruinous earth
quake upon the perfect city. Insti
tutions which were believed to be
eternal crumble to the dust. Beauti
lul privileges are destroyed. The
levelling of destruction is universal
and a new theory of society sweeps
the creatures of hereditary notions
into a maelstrom whence they shall
never return. Ir. every country that
has been affected hv the World
War, and which cne has not felt the
blister of its scorching breath?
each has felt profound changes ef
fected as it were over night. Cher
ished illusions went by the board;
ioftv privileges were laid low. Divine
rights proved their mortality. And
from it finally all the people, the
workers, the toilers, men of callous
ed hands and bent bodies, the youth
ful as well and the strong and lusty,
will stand to the world masters of
themselves in communities of free
men.
CHINA PREPARED SEND
HALF MILLION EUROPE
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 11.— j
It is announced that China is now]
| ready to send five hundred thousand
! trained and equipped men _to fight
; Germany The Chinese government
j also advised the American Ambass
ador that the lepublie has twenty
■ million men ready of age to fight
for the battle of world democracy.
The Chinese republicans blame
German agitators for the effort to
foist an emperor upon them, and
it is charged that documents found
upon the military leaders at the
back of the movement prove this
conclusively.
PASSED TRADING WITH
ENEMY DILL IN HODSE
WASHINGTON. D. 0., J.ily 1 1- -
The House passed the trading with
the enemy bill, giving the -'resident
power to prohibit trading with the
enemy or firms allied with tin my
states.
It is announced that ‘he first of
the two great aircraft bills will lie
reported out of committee on Fri
day and probably passed on Satur
day.
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