Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-10
GERMANY TO RENEW
PEACE OFFER TO CAR.
SAYS LONDON PAPER
British Feel Sure Their
Eastern Ally Will Stand
Firm, Rejecting All of
the Kaiser's Tentative
Overtures.
LONDON, Aug. 10.

LONDON, Aug. 10
Germany will renew its offers of sens-
rate peace to Russia according to the
Daily Mail, but the proposals viii mont
the same fate as the others already made
The Daily Mail says editoriallv Thai
Russia's obvious self-interest. apart from
the pledges to the Allies, will compel her
to reject the offers.
German Influence has been the curse
of Russia since the days of Peter the
Great, the Mail declares. It has been
the curse of Russian society, as II has
been the curse Of the Russian Govern
mcnt
"Russias true bent is toward n kindly.
tolerant democracy" IL continues ar
1t has been prevented It is because of the
German domination Of commerce. indus
try and the governing circle. The Ger
man spirit and harsh, disciplined lliberal-
ism have stifled the native genius of the
Russian people
RUSSIA FOR THE RUSSIANS
Now the Russians have determined ia
be nothing but Russian from the ton to
the bottom, and TO throw off forever the
German yoke. Until that Is achieved-
ard It can be achieved only by complete
victory-Russia will not hear of peace
Each allied power has reasons of it's
own for taking the same stand as Rus
siG. It is their unanimous conviction
that secure. civilized life Is impossible
while Germany retains her present power
and present state of mind. She has
made herself an intolerable neighbor,
and no terms of peace she can ever pro-
pose will stand the smallest chance OF
being accepted. She has reused against
herself such passion of detestation that
nothing short of her absolute overthrow
can satisfy those she challenged, no mat
ter how long II takes, whatever sacri.
fees 1t entails. The Allies will persist
until peace of their own working is inn
posed upon GERMANY
The Times publishes the following
Amsterdam dispatch, dated August Z:
About two months ago the Cologne
correspondent of the Tijd made rather
remarkable prophecy. He said he heard
from a responsible person that the central
Powers. after freeing their own territory
from the enemy and prosecuting the war
on hostile soil would be in position to
make known their views as to peace. The
circumstances would he such as TO ex-
clude the idea that they would consent to
an unfavorable conclusion of the war; but,
on the other hand, the responsibility for
the continuance of the war would rest
with the Entente Power
"It would appear that the moment for
press campaign on these lines is con-
sidered to have arrived. In it's morning
edition yesterday the Nieuwe Rotter-
damsche Courant gave prominence to an
article which attracted wide attention in
Holland. 1t stated that 1t had received
this article from a diplomatic source
through the channel of one of it's foreign
correspondents. 1t does not require much
acuteness to see that the article is of
German origin.
WISER COUNCIL MAY PREVAIL.
THE article says:
"'It is impossible to reach a conclu-
sion on the battlefield; therefore wiser
counsels may prevail among the belii"-
erent peoples. If not among their Gov
ernments.
AS to the British. it is not impos-
sble that they, whose army and fleet are
unbeaten, will ultimately listen to the
voice of reason. There is no single rea-
son why their opponents should offer con-
ditions that would exclude rapproache-
ment and prolong the war unduly
"'The chance of attaining peace bv eX-
| hausting the enemy is small, for all the
belligerents general staff everywhere de-
sire to impose upon the enemy a peace
which would make 1t impossible for him
to resume hostilities for generations.
| There is little chance of realizing this
wish.
There is far more probability of re-
alizing the desire of the Socialists in all
! countries to negotiate for peace on the
| basis that the victors will not annex peo-
| pies of a race and language different
| from their own. though such basis
| would of course, need to take account or
| the results achieved on the battlefield.
These two claims NAV appear ir-
| reconcIable, but 1t should be remembered
that, apart from conquests in Europe.
there are many other means of restoring
! a balance and providing compensation y