The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-05
FHs RfoHNoNp vIRaINiAN-sUNDAY, DEonMB1s & 1916

THB RICHMo Nd VII
taen d to have open ana free dis
| cunDdon some time or other before
| the last shot ID fired, We do not know
but what the discussion should take
place at the present moment.
Marching From Success to Success.
During the past sixteen months
what Germany In able to achieve and
| of the end of the war In which Ger
many's interest lies. and nobody can
say that tho military situation forbid
| the discussion Of the aims of the war
on the battlefield. Germany and her
allies are marching from success to
| success. From the military point Of
view At any rate, We have long ceased
to be In Q state OF defense. In the case
1 Of tho onicers and soldiers a
| quetion about the end OF tho war may
! receive the answer. War unto victory.
/ But tho politician has the right to
| demand . closer definition OF victory.
and to express his own opinion about
It. It ID entirely wrong to say that a
+ discussion Of tho subject in the
Reichstag may create the impression
abroad that Germany wants peace at
/! any price. Anybody who says this
puted foundations OF any Sociaiistic
/ and democratic program. When the
German Social Democracy gives ex-
! preston to It's longing for peace, II
/ does 80 in the firm conviction that the
great masses OF all countries are In
| spired with the same burning desire
| to avoid the perils and unparalleled
sacrifices Of the attrition OF war, When
in expressing q yearning for peace
= thA nnHVann Social narrnry0 n y
sketches the basis upon which. ac-
cording to the program common to
| Socialists Of all countries, an agree
J ment could be reached, nobodr VIII
honestly clings to the principle of a
/ defensive war can reproach the So
+, cialists with placing themselves by
| their action as obstacles to the Just
claims Of their nation.
Finally. the question Is asked, OF
| what use OF interpretations II the
chancellor answers only with an eva
| sion, or, perhaps. interprets a defen-
| sive war in a sense like that of Couy
| Won Reventlow and his friends? That
| certainly would not bring us nearer
i to peace, but would at any rste get
us out OF the fog in which we at
| present are growing. and would create
/! q claarness which is doubly necessary
! at the moment. when. in spite OF the
calculation issued in August, new mii.
l.ards are being demanded for ,ha
| continuation OF the war.
I'VE repeat. therefore, in spite OF
1 everything, let there be fres discus
s,on."
As to Disarmament.
| The Karlsruher volks freund saws.
| "A rood deal OF attention has been
| bestowed lately In Soc.al Democratic
| circle. on the question of disarma-
ment. We consider that II there Is to
| be any disarmament IL must be inter-
| national. However. unless all appear
ances are deceptive, England will, II
| not during the war certainly immedi-
/ ately. proceed to arm rather than dis
! arninE. So ions. therefore, as those
+, two countries do not do 20. Germany
| cannot possibly disarm. however much
! she may wish II. II must not be for
gotten that A. long A. the capitai'stic
j manner Of production ontinues In
| universal usage. 30 long the danger of
war continues to exist Therefore, In
| view OF this permanent danger, a
/ country like Germany must ALWAYS
| teeth. This not In the interest OF cap
itaiists only, but also OF those In the
working classes. We must saw to
/ England, Take the first steps. Show.
/ the world that you are earnest, and
make a serious effort toward dfsarna-
ment. Germany will eagerly do her
| part tn relieving the world Of It's
| heavy burdens.'"
Wants England Punished.
Count Won Reventlow, writing in
the Tages zeitung. continues to In
| sist that England must be punished,
and that the main condition of peaca
treaty must be the total defeat of
Great Britain. He says:
For many reasons which cannot
| vnfv we'll h. exnlsinaA hare fha mr.