Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-12-14
ANTAGONISM TOWARDS GER
MANY'S PEACE MOVEMENT
BY THE PRO-BRITISH
PRESS.
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the case. The majority of the lead
ing newspapers are taking q hostile
stand towards the peace proposition
of the Central Powers, and the show
ing they are making bears out what
the Baltimore Sun said in its issue
of December j., that 1T may be that
there Is more opposition in this coun-
try to peace than there is abroad.
few paragraphs taken from editor
ials OF different newspapers Of Bal
timore, Washington and New York,
prove it,
The New York World 1T may be
taken for granted that the terms pro-
posed by the Imperial Chancellor will
not be accepted by the allies Neither
the British nor the French Govern
ment could consent to any terms
which Germany would now make
without the certainty of revolution at
home. The sacrifices made by the
British and French peoples have been
too appalling to admit of peace im-
proyised in Berlin to suit German
eXigencies until at least ono more
desperate effort has been made to
break the military power of the Teu-
tonic empires . 1t goes without
saying that the United States will
perform it's part in transmitting the
German terms to the allies whose
diplomatic interests it is representing
in Berlin. Further than that it can
not 80. 1t is not within our power,
even If we were so disposed, to i'm
pose upon Great Britain and France
a peace that is not acceptable 10 the
british and the French They did
not begin this war, but it Is they who
must now say when it will end. They,
not We are its victims All that can
be reasonably expected from the Ger
man peace proposals at this time is
a general discussion Of terms, and
the terms cannot be confined to terri
torial questions. The vital issue Of
militarism Is still to be considered.
The war is the product Of that issue,
and until Germany Is prepared to
consider the matter Of ornaments
the allies will have right to assume
that what the Imperial Government
has proposed is not a peace but a
truce"
The Washington Post: Germany
chooses q most inopportune time in
which to propose peace negotiations.
She knows the time is inopportune;
that she makes the proposal not in
the hope that 1t will be accepted, but
knowing that it win be rejected. The
purpose seems to be to hoodwink the
world into believing that the allies
are responsible for a continuation OF
the war; that Germany generously
offered TO make peace, but the allies
spurned her overtutes the defeat
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tho war. 1t prolongs and intensifies
the struggle instead of paving the
way to peace. Russia is more de-
termined than ever to overthrow the
Turk Tho Grand Duke Nicholas is
massing his forces for another adj
vance toward Coustantinople, and the
weather conditions in Asia Minor
will soon be auspicious. Greece must
be throttled by the allies and King
Constantine seized or driven from
the country. Gen. Snrrail has almost
700, ,000 men at Saloniki. Premier
Lloyd George viii energize the allied
campaign in the Balkans, which Pre-
mier Asquith smothered. The obvious
duty Of tho allie6 is to cut off Bull
garia and Turkey from Austria and
Germany Once this is accomplished,
the outflow of Russian food and the
inflow of equipment for the Russian
armies Then the Russians can or
ganize a final drive against Austria
or Germany with good hope of sue
cess. The war is merely entering
upon another phase as winter closes
in. The end is not in sight Every
battle front indicates that the war
..4 IL.
at least"
The Baltimore American; Is
Germany sincere in its attitude? Tho
matter Of world peace under existing
conditions Is too grave for a PROPOSE
tion TO secure this to be treated light
" or with outright scepticism. Cor
many has internal reasons OF momen-
tous nature to move toward peace.
Germany has underworld reasons:
the reasons that reside in the utter
failure Of what it set out to do;
reasons found in tho invctoratc spirit
Of the opposition; reasons to be seen
in the steadily increasing war resour-
ces OF the Allies. These are reasons
that the prudent and careful German
mind must consider as determining.
The theses upon which Germany en-
bii1A liz WdA UdNt ptt0 oUdiLtItn.
Not one Of it's theories Of strategy
has been found valid The aims OF
Germany as wrapped up in the clab-
GRATED plans of the General Staff have
been frustrated What Germany has
cotton has been cxgental instead Of
deliberatod. But Germany IS not de-
fcated. Germany secs that il may
even gain much closer approximation
to its national ideas through eject
ing a peace with the enemy than by
further fighting The proposal OF
peace Is q carefully studied piece OF
war diplomacy. wiAl inc garmenture
Of humanity in which to guise il.
England and the others Of the Ally
group will scrutini2c the tentative
proposal from all ahgles And even
the neutral powers win not tumble
over themselves at che word peace
or the cOncomitant word humanity.
Dear as are these words to the
vocabulary OF the times. they must
not DO made words to cover any form
OF aggrandisement and deceit. II