The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-10-27
A WAR FOR PEACE

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fall Germany is defeat and disarma.
ment. For her disarmament would
mean the dismantling of all the for.
tifications on both sides OF her from.
tiers and also general European dis
armament.
Germany would then be unhamper-
ed by military strain and taxes and
free to re-enter more fully the race
In which she naturally belongs--the
commercial race, in mining, manufac.
turing and shipping.
Her standard Of living and wages
would gradually rise and she would
be for all the world not only a great
producing but one of the great con.
Stunning nations. On the other hand
her military success over all Europe
would burden her with the mainten.
ance of a war machine and a war
diplomacy which might in the end be
her total destruction.
Although official statements from
Washington and elsewhere are that
1t is too early to talk peace, such dec
larations are not supported by the
facts. From all sides II Is conceded
that this is war for peace. Ger
many says she is fighting tor the
peace of Europe and that she has had
to maintain her war machines and
taxation to that end. England, France
and Russia, likewise, each and all,
declare they are fighting for the peace
of Europe and the world and that this
desirable end can only be attained by
the destruction Of German militar.
ism.
Therefore, what Is there to talk
about save peace-how best to at
tain world wide and lasting peace and
In what terms Of settlement Is this
peace to be expressed?
II the thought Of the world Is to
avail anything in this matter 1t must
be clarified by an intelligent discus
sion of the facts and factors bearing
upon the case.
No Dismemberment Of Germany
Nobody really wishes the dismem-
berment of the German empire and
yet there are foolish proposals that
Germany can only be held down as
a war power by ACKNOWLEDGMENT as
we'll as the destruction of the Prus-
sian military party and the house of
Hohenzollern. Dismemberment would
mean the Gripping of Germany COM
mercially, and thereby a damage to
the whole world. 1t might mean a
return to old systems OF coinage and
finance, broken transportation and
unrelated systems of tariffs and tax
es-a loss to the whole world Of all
1t has gained through German unity
and German commercial progress.
There are those who believe Aus
tria should be carved up, the north
ern part made a province of Ger
many, Hungary reestablished and Po-
land put together again as an auton-
omy, while some of the Slav parts of
Austria go to make a greater Servia
with outlet at the Adriatic. But how
far have Americans proper knowl-
edge to participate by discussion in
any such settlements?
Take the case of Alsace-Lorraine,
that looks so simple. The bitterness
over Alsece Lorraine does not come
from those countries. 1t comes from
the contending nations either side Of
It.. For centuries Alsace-Lorraine
have been alternately German and
French and for the most part Ger
man. II 1t was crime to make 1t
German forty years ago would 1t not
be crime today to attempt to make
Il French after 1t has become large
ly German? Germany has improved
the transportation, the highways, the
industries, and the wages and econo-
mic conditions In Alsace-Lorraine.
Ask almost any man from Aisace Lor'
raine how these provinces would vote
II they could have free choice and
he will tell you they would vote to
be independent like Switzerland; but
II this were impossible they would
prefer German rule and administra'
ton.
How Is America to enter into any
such discussion as respects details OF
settlement?
American Principles
Some people believe that II the al
lies are successful Belgium should
not only be paid full damage, but a
double indemnity. and France shouie
get back her billion dollar indemnity
OF 1871 with compound interest.
This is just where American prin