The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-05-15
EUROPE NOT READY FOR PEACE
President of United Press States
None of the Warning Nations
Are Ready to Quit

All Europe recognizes that the
great war has developed something
new in history-the siege of a nation
and has resolved itself into an en-
durance contest of indeterminable
length. An end of the war in 1915
is generally regarded as too remote
for serious consideration. The
United States will eventually. have
the greatest opportunity in the his
tory of the world to act as peace
maker-unless that opportunity is
killed by ill-advised, premature peace
talk at this time.
The above is the belief of Roy w.
Howard, president of the United
Press, who has returned to New York
after three months tour of the
United Press bureaus and field sta
tons in England. Germany, Russia,
France, Belgium and Italy. During
his tour Howard visited the front and
the foremost trenches of both the
German and Allied armies and was
given exceptional opportunities oil
first hand observation of conditions
that existed at the opening of the
Spring campaign.
"Belligerents and neutrals in Eu
rope have adjusted their life-na
tional, commercial and social-or
the basis of an indefinite war;" HI
said.
"They have eliminated every con
sideration contingent upon early
peace. With this point of view, Eu
rope-dumfounded at Americas in
sistent peace talk and her reluctance
to accept the situation as it exists
and to re-adjust business accordingly
Europe has accepted the worst as &
probability-a war of fromtwo to
five years-and at the same time i:
prepared to be happily surprised
should the trouble terminate earlier
The impression is general in botl
England and France that consider
able force is meddling in this country
in the direction of early peace. Such
movement is regarded as imperti
nence. In purely military circles, i
is regarded as pro-German. To say
that it is resented is putting it mild
ly. Peace in the near future, on any
basis likely to be acceptable to Ger
many, is unthinkable in France anc
England. Neither feels that it has
yet suggested what it can do in mil
itary way under test. Both nations
admit that Germany secured tht
jump at the outset of the war anC
still holds the advantage. France
army to-day is undoubtedly one o.
the greatest fighting machines 10 th'
field and is in splendid contrast to thu
force mobilized by the French las
August. France insists on eliminat'
ing the memory of her unsatisfactor.
showing at the outbreak of the hos
tilities.
England feels that the ability O.
a democracy to exist and to rise t.
an emergency without compulsor.
military service and without main
tanning a tremendous professiona
army. is on trial. She has spent MIN
months perfecting citizen arm.
which she believes will prove create
than any professional army. but sh'
knows this army must prove he
claims for it. Even advantageou
terms now would not tempt her to
peace with the strength of this citi
zen army improved.
Statements that Germany is tir
ing of war. or that there is peace
faction growing in the fatherland
can be put down as idle gossip.
''In no country in Europe is th'
war spirit more nearly universal o
the sacrifice demanded being mad
more uncomplainingly. Nothing bu
national exhaustion or a government