The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-11-04
PEACE STILL DISTANT,
| ALL NATIONS FIRM
President Of United Press, After
! Long Study Abroad, Sees
Years Of War Yet.
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D. quite without Justification.
Germany wants peace-admittedly
wants II badly. The French and Bre-
ish public has misunderstood and mis-
construed this.
The fact is that Germany wants peace
NOW. mot because she believes her
self defeated. but because she thinks
she is nearer military victory than
she or any Of the belligerents will
again come.
Germans admit that they are sur
feited with war. but insist that France
and Russia are equally so. They say
that at the present rate of Somme adj
vance. In time and Casualties Engiand's
allies will be bankrupt before "the
great push" can reach the Rhine. Ger
mans ridicule the idea that any often
sive can penetrate the Rhine defenses.
~ Changes in Capitals.
The last eighteen months have work.
ID great changes in the belligerent
Uapitals.
Paris changed least during the in
terval-is brighter. gayer and a shade
nearer her normal. even though the war
10 still the all-engrossing idea
Berlin has become almost somber. A
rather noisy and exaggerated confidence
has given place to a determination
truly grim.
The food situation. II not working the
havoc with stomachs that the allies
would like to believe. is having its
effect on nerves. The difficulty is not
90 much scarcity Of food as soaring of
prices and monotony of diet.
,Everywhere the question Is asked.
when is peace comingT'-but no.
where is there evidence Of fear or
voiced dissatisfaction with government
When peace is talked Of by the
average German. 1t Is a peace with full
honor to Germany
many that has conquered Belgium. Po-
land, Serbia, and the richest districts
Of northern France; the Germany
which Is overrunning Roumania. and
stu adding to It's captured territory.
The peace openly striven for by Ger
many is far different thing dnvoiy-
4tons) from the only peace ever men
ftoped In Paris or London-a peace to
- dictated to Germany.
London Changed Most.
But It Is London that has undergone
the greatest Transformation. In the
fall of 1914 the Engiishman was talk
ing slibly OF business as usual" in the
sprtng Of 1915 he was rather bored be-
cause the war would probably drag
over into 1916 and was chafing under
the upset of business routine.
Today there IL no business and no
routine in England except the business
and routine OF making war. Peace as
. topic OF conversation Is almost ia
nSS NOR Rsssss tss sassa %
tary service; perfect the organization
behind the battle line. and keep the
hands Of the politicians on Gen. Sir
Douglas Haig! These are the sole topics
The British nation. after two years Of
muddling. stumbling. and laundering. 10
finally in the war clear up to John Bulls
eyebrows.
The sest for the war everywhere EVIL
denced in London today Is only COM
parable with that tidal wave of pa
troic fervor which was Berlin's In the
Ss 81 l nr Two moS Ss paying an
sighting. at a rate which England. be-
cause of her slow mobilization, has not
yet paid, has robbed Germany of this
zest-as It has France IN a lesser meas
ure. 1t remains to be seen what effect
two years Of full participation will have
on the British.
Blight Peace Chances.
Involved in the situations developed in
factors which combined seemed to blight
all possibilities OF an early peace
Neither of these factors Is fully under
stood by the people of the opposing ma
ton. Only few of the leaders. have
sensed them.
These factors are. first. England's de.
termination to fight until the allies can
dictate peace which will not only
eliminate the menace Of German mill
tarism. but which will also eliminate
the menace of German commercialism
and. secondly. Germany's determination
and apparent ability to maintain q sue.
cessful defensive acknowledgements
the allies or to see one or more Of them
break under the military or financla,
strain.
Won't Consider Peace.
Germany will consider no peace nov
on any terms the allies would evel
mention, because what the allies wan
now Is not peace. but Germany broken
II will take years OF more severe pun
ishment than has yet been inflicted b,
the allies before any such peace can b.
forced upon Germany.
On the other hand. Germany's onl,
possible chance Of a peace on term
even approaching those with which sh,
IL now anglig depends upon her abilit,
cial ruin forces a compromise. Neithe
condition promises much for an earl!
Ypeaee.
Meanwhile. South America, whicl
whether the United States Is going 4
readjust to meet conditions as the,
are and as they are likely to remain 10
some time.