TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-12-04

merchants long ago nave tound
that out, when their vessels
were driven from the oceans
and their contracts with Chinese
and other business houses were
declared null and void by the
British and the Japanese.
While we acknowledge the
impossibility Of conducting our
diplomatic intercourse with for
eign powers publicly, we must,
at the same time, admit that
secret diplomacy has its limita-
tons, and the limits are reach
ed when American interests are
suffering under the unduly usur-
patton Of commercial privileges
by foreign powers.
We said at the beginning that
the American people are about to
learn the truth about the war.
It will not be long before they
see all Of the truth, not because OF
any admission on the part Of
the American press that it has
deceived the public but because
the Allied governments them
selves are beginning to see the
total failure of all their efforts
to conquer the Central Powers.
Today, it is an open secret that
the military plans Of the Allies
have failed on all fronts and
their starvation plans and their
economical war on Germany
took no effect whatsoever. It
is needless to emphasize these
facts, they are established as
such, no matter how hard the
Allies even today yet attempt
to convince the world that Ger.
many has been conquered.
Look at the map" That is
the only answer an unbiased OBJ
server will give when asked
about the war, and the map
speaks the truth. Nobody, not
even Lord Grey, the arch liar,
can get away from that.
Great Britain has INDUCED in
boasts which her copyists have
reechoed that she had an army
of 100000 men. It will be
interesting to see what answer,
possessing this army, the queen
of the surface Of the seas makes
to the French appeal for help.
1t is safe to say that such
reply will not be what the
French expect, for the good rea-
son that Great Britain has not
now and never has had $780,
900 men in her army, even in
Guiding all the colonials. But
the time is drawing near when
she must show what she has
actually got, and the American
people will have a chance to
learn the difference between
bluff and fact.
The fact, that the French
have called out their last class
of able bodied men, that they
are frantically crying for help
to England has been suppressed
by our press although the in.
formation was passed by the
British censor.
Since months Russia has not
been able to conduct an often.
sive war, and the rumors that
she will seek a separate peace
are not at all without founda.
ton. Rumania's fate is sealed,
settled in spite Of the hysterical
reports Of victories from Buka.
rest. The new year, at the
latest, February, will see Ru.
mania eliminated from the rank
of the belligerents, and with
that the last hope Of Russia will
be shattered. The Balkan-ex.
petition Of General Sarrail can
only be compared with the
childrcn's crusade in the middle
ages, and British sea power
proved a dismal failure when il
came to a real battle.
There is nothing left for the
Germans to overcome but the
stubborness of the British states
men who are scanning the
world for more nations to die
for Britannia. But even they,
Lord Grey and Sir Herbert AS
quith, are beginning to see the
light, no more do they
speak Of crushing Germany, nc
more do they speak Of crushing
German militarism which means
preparedness in the American
translation.
And the day of the great
awakening is also coming for
America. II will be a day Oh
shame for that section Of the
American press which even to,
day. in face Of all signs to the