The sun., 1916-12-22
Press Sees No Chance for Peace
in Utterances Of the
British Premier.
WATTS POPULAR FEELING
Writers Reflect General de-
sire for Termination Of Hos
t%ilities on Fair Terms.
Special cab,. DespctcA TO TnH srS.


10 pay no attention to the British writer's
who. the Berlin newspapers assert. fail
10 interpret popular feeling. The Munich
Post says:
WOE to Europe II such q va as this
lasts much longer. Europe will then be
to dependence upon aims flung
down to her by America. She will have
to live on tips from wealthy Uncle Sam.
Hateful words expressive Of u
for peace have been spoken.
Millions of men and women have heard
them. Proceeding as those words did
the noblest of all Kultur peoples.
they will travel and grow until they
swollen nto a gigantic avalanche
which nothing can resist. Such an
avalanche Of human sentiment cannot
but be transformed into an irresistible
moral force which must drive even the
most stiff necked M evil minded from
the path Of war to the broad highway OF
peace and brotherhood"
'ThinkinE Mode Of = Ca bier"
The F%rankturter Zeitune says: 1T is
not TO be thought that a minister rea-
sonably conscious Of the responsibility OF
his Office could take II upon himself to
push aside the responsibility for restor-
ing peace to mankind because he was CAL
culating on winning a more favorable po-
sItionl for himself six months hence.
That Ia the mode Of thinking OF a gam
bier. not Of a statesman.
Expectations Of a turn OF luck have
been constantly kindled In the course OF
the war by the leading men OF the En-
tente nations. The last instance was Ru-
mania. which. according to M. Brands
high sounding speech of welcome. was to
bring a decision in favor Of the Entente.
Germany now declares herself once more
ready for peace. She has invited the
enemy to negotiate In order to put an
end to the horror OF war.
Can II be imagined that the govern
ments of the enemy States will let slip
this tangible opportunity of satisfying
the yearnings of their people because
they regard II as possible. by the sacri-
flee Of fresh hundreds Of thousands OF
lives. to change the fortune OF war?
That would he IN outrage not only upon
their own people. but upon humanity.
which has the full right to recall them to
their responsibilities"
Awaits sober Renection.
The Hamburger F~remdewblatt says:
Not even the most %sanguine and opti-
mistic among us imagined that England
would welcome the German peace oher
with song and jubilition. Any n with
a knowledge Of the English nationa,
character and the peculiar nature Of the
English press will have foreseen the in
evitable results.
Nevertheless II would not be right to
res ard the shouting Of the English press
as In expression Of actual public senti-
ment. For the moment the shouters and
wal ~provokers have the fioor. The work
OF the friends Of peace can make Its way
only slowly. like all good things. The
next few weeks will show whether the
English are determined or not to tempt
that Prussian militarism which they
have set out to destroy to impose its
sway upon their own cities"
The Socialist organ. V~ortoaerts. says
"The peace conditions suggested in the
English press are simply such as &
could expect to emanate from a people
bereft OF their senses. A people tina,
takes it's opinion ready made from such
a press may conceivably continue fos
some time to tolerate a Government Sc.
cure In evanescent prestige. which Is
! sending II to death and destruction and
eventually to revolution. Public opinion
will occur only after a bitter struSgls
against the Dictatorship OF the pres
! despots OF the Strand. and even wher
the end OF that struggle Is In sight Il
/ will be a long. ong way to the Tipperar,
OF victory. In the meantime the un'
happy English people continue to wall
In darkness"
"Tageblatt" Bees No Hope.
The Berlin Tdgeblatt says: "Lloyt
George Ia not willing to negotiate. or will
ing only in case that Germany will sub
nit to England's demands as summar
lied In his regarding restitu
ton. r%eparation and guarantee. Thii
makes the chasm between the English
and German standpoint so broad tha'
not even the most cheerful optimist car
find a way TO bridge II. Lloyd George IN
stipulating the acceptance Of his condi
tons before he opening OF negotiation,
shows that he does not wish to nego
tiate."
The Tagebiatt concludes by askinJ
whether all possibilities OF peace hav,
now vanished and nswers its own ques
ton with a family hopeful reference 4
various French Socialist. English an,
Italian voices as showing that the peac,
o%vertures are not Judged by the publ,
exactly as by the Parliaments.
Recognition Of Failure"
In the view OF the Berlin Vossisch
Zeitung the reference to the moose |
nothing more h a recognition by Eng
land OF Germany's strength and the fail
ure OF the Entente's military enterprises
II adds that not a single word Of Lloy,
Georges speech indicates any desire I
repair the torn in"tercommunal thread
and asks why the Entente should stan
so ~stubbornly for restitution and repara
ton when IT is highly improbable tina
Alsace can ever be conquered by France
Constantinople by Russia, and that II
even improbable IL Germany can b
driven out of the conquered territor,
The Vossische Zcitun0 contends that 1t
a fortunate thing that Germany nos
sesses militarism to withstand the "Er
tente's ambition to reach its world goal.
The most Significant sentence in tn
Deuischc Td0es Zeitung IL Count va
Reventlow's comment on Lloyd George
reference to Napoleon. He says: "Cor
ditions were different a century ago, an
above all there were no submarines"
The Kreus Xeitung Is fatty pessimisti
I'VE have now learned" Il says. 'ths
our enemies 10 not IA peace but vi
to the knife. 80 we must abandon all cor
slderations and grasp all the means
war at our disposal"
SAFE CONDUCT FOR TARN0WSK
France Agrees to Give Austrlm