Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-09

be done again.
This need demonstrated by Professor Anton H: Ap
pemann Of heUniversity of Vermont address deliver
ed at the international on education held in the au-
ditorum of the Pam American exposition in San Francisco
In emphasizing the part which education must play in the
prevention of Professor Appeman advocated the con-
structon Of Pantheon of Education with the great aim OF
promoting mutual understanding between nations and peo-
PIES to prevent repetition of the present world war;
He said:
with the cooperation and assistance of all countries and
educators building for which this great nation can claim
to have laid the by assembling this International
Congress on Education be erected to be known as the
Pantheon of Education It shall have similar or equal in
ternationa ideas and ideals out of which must grow what
we are lacking nova mutual understanding between ma
tons and people" This utteance received an ovation
1t possible have not yet advanced to point where
we Go not need some symbolism OF peace IKE PANTHEON OF
education If still unable to conceive of universal
and its great desirabity without some outward
manifestation that will appeal to the physical eye and so
carry the idea to inward consciousness structure like
that advocated by Dr. Appemann would be OF tremendous
value to the powers of the earth
In the meantime the is now receiving momentous
lesson tho futity of Nations being tried
by fire and far the human discern to little
pose regards the designs of After this great
world conflict ends the bellgeren powers will obliged to
send their representatives to conference and they
will be forced to reach some compromise on terms precisely
would have been possible without war; with it's sacrifice
of millions Of the flower of European manhood and the
pcndtue of billions of dollars and the heapng of
tains of misery and human
The claim is made that the Emperor of Germany is
os to secure restoration of peace while he is acknowl-
edged victor and while he is in possession of enormous
stretches OF territory of the allies in Russia well as in
France and Belgium Whether German diplomacy is behind
the recent from the Vatican to the cooperation
OF President Wilson in sounding the begerens as to the
possibility of securing peace at this time not read
lily how would be to the material advantage of
Germany to have the end The Kaiser has
thing to gain from peace and everything to lose by post
ponement of the end of the until more hence
If it is true that the Kaiser has reached the end of his
military tether in Russia result of limitation of trans
poaon and weather and marshes and other already
made familiar these columns to readers then the Ger
must postpone further operations in northern Russia
until next spring BY that time the Russians will have
had opportunity to provide vast store of ammunition and
other military supplies from their manufactures we'll
from Japan and other outside sources.
glance at various Seml-Ollclal peace programs
which purport to tell what Germany would be willing to do
to end the and note how much the Kaiser seeks what
would warrant this great sacrifice The list of terms varies
according to different but three features stand out
in bold relief in ALL One is the implied acknowledgment of
German failure to smash England and her naval and
mercia Another that Germany has abandoned all
the Germans have utterly failed eliminate the Slav peril
task which at the outset they claimed to justify the under
taking of their great sacrifice
On the other hand the Germans coming gradually
tonay should be the criterion for the boundaries of nations
in Asace and Lorane and they not likely to repeat
the terribly expensive mistake involved in the of those
provinces.
Let how the different peace programs meet these
problems According to theory Germany will ask for
territorial CONCESSIONS the restoration of her former
territory but will insist the payment of great war in
deny in to compensate her for her vast sacrifices
made and to the cost of her operations Another
theory is that Germany realizing her inability to secure
great war indemnity will insist territorial compensation
in Africa and elsewhere for he- renqsng of territory in
1t significant however, that far the great pow
this will the practical restoration of
territory to the position it occupied before the leaving
little to show for the tremendous sacrifices made.
For example, according to program published by
alleged authority from high Germany in making
peace would insist upon buffer State between her Rus
STA in Independent Poland. Polish autonomy has also
been proposed by the Car and in of the fact that for
mer Poland was despolcd and divided by Russia Prussia
and Austria by consent it ought not to have
quired this great to lead all concerned to favor
Vived Poland.
Germany would ask for the ceson Of the Belgian Congo
to her compensation for the evacuation of Belgium the
cesson Of African territory by France compensation for
the evacuation of French territory Europe we'll
restoration of the African territory taken by Britain
Another feature of the alleged German proposition and
that entirely plausible involves international agree
of the freedom of the guaranteeing private prop
at This is what the United States has always
vocac and such agreement could have been secured
without, the tremendous sacrifices of the present war;
third feature of the alleged German program en-
braces what will impress the reader to the
Balkan powers at this time the hope held out that they
would get territory in the event of German victory provided
they remain neutral at most let the Germans send aid
to the Turks through their territory One OF the proposals
in question is that Bessaraba the Black be taken
from Russia and given to Rouana and the other is that
Serva be divided between Bulgaria and Austria with pos
sbly small piece of the Servan pie to Greece.
The natural inquiry is whether Germany would be sat-
sfed with tine proposals named but it transpres that Brit