Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-12-21

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,ncrnory Of these things and can recall
one of the greatest of these deSpots, whose
'oVorlte device "as 10 appear III tne sarp
OF az amer Oh peace, elther WIN ''
wl"hco 'hn" TO aSalfil'a'e MS coiilues'S
/ or 10 fe''Eanl"e hla forces i"r ireSn con
quests ~. secondly Nh'h MS Nu'J''tS
+ -""' GO symptoms 0! Idtisu' "'" N''
W'o'iheSS' IN appeal was "N aIS ''l,'o' !"
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50" va" nanny ''Sp"i'S III
ANCESTORS ONCE TAKEN IN.
our ancestors were taken in once. and
bitterly they and E,urope rue it. Tho
| timc was dovoto1 to reorp,uiziur his
| forces for a dc,dlier attack than ever
I upon tho liberties of t,ilrore EXAMPLES
| Of this kird r,use ne tn ropn;f thi. NOT,
| with a considerable measure of relniuis.
cent disc,i,ictude
We fcoI that w. ought to know. be-
I fore we can give Favorable consideration
| tn si,rb ,r invi+,,io, tb,t ,,cru,a,,v f..
prepared to accece to the only terms on
! which it IL possible peace can he obtained
and maintained IN Europe Thosc terms
| have been repeatedly stated by all the
leading statesmen OF the allies. lhof
have been stated repeatedly here ana out
side. TO quote the leader of the House
last week;
80 MISTAKE ABOUT TERMS.
,pou,r,tior oud -u,rartoo orairst
ronotitiop so ,borc shall bo No mistake
nd il T., ir,rort,r, ,l,a. ,hcro ehotIJ i..
no mistake in a ,nottcr Of life or death to
millions
81 -, ma ,.,o., c,,,,lct. ,..,it,ttio,
full rcnorotion ana crfcctual ,r,aront.es
Did the German chancellor Use q sim
rlc nh-ose ,o Indicate tbo. h. was ure-
uur.d TO accent such a nooce2 Was there
a HIM of restitution WAS there a yIr-
yestion of reparation? Was there an i'm
plicntiop of any security for the future
that this outrage on civilization would not
again be perpetrated at the first profit
ahie opportunity:
me very substance ana style OF the
speech constitutes a denial or peace ON
!ne ohiS terms on when peace rs possible
rye ~ no' even conscious now that Ger
u''"A h"S to'inli'teo any "HchSc against
t"e riSh'S Oh Tree nations Listen 10 TINS
r HUM 'n' h"'c'
! SELF1SENESS OF TEUTONS.
not for an instant have they oha
central powcrsD swervcd from tho con-
viction that respect of the rights of other
nations is not i'm any degree incomnatiblc
, with their own rights and legitimate in
'cIeS,S'
N"eh qua inc! dlSc"N'r ms Where
wa" respect Tor the rights OF other ma
J ''onS IN beislum ana serbia; lhat was
S'l-ocIchcc' m'haceu, suppose, by the
N'rWheifhihS armies OF Belgium sup
= ''Sen inc Germans had been lntlmldated
INV" invading Belgium and burning Bel
, EiHh ci'l"S ANA villages INTO maSsacrihG
thousands OF the inhabitants, old and
YOUNG INTO carrying of the survivors
. I'M" bondage >eit ana they were carry
, ih2 them INTO slavery at the very moment
r When this note was being written about
.'''r NnS"'rNlhs r"'Ni."on Il" 10 'he
O..
, NOi 'io"hESi 'oi' fEA'E T.
Are these outrages the legitimate in
! terest Of Germany? We must know
That is not moment for peace. II
excuses of this kind for palpable crimes
can be put forward two and half years
after exposure by the grim faces, is
, there any guarantee that similar sub
terfuges will not be used in the future
to overthrow any treaty of peace you
may enter into with Prussian militar-
ism?
THE note ami speech proves that they
, have not yet learned rlc alphabet of re-
spect for the rights Ct others
NO REPATRIATION NO PEACE,
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= Much as We all long Tor peace, dccplN
as We are horriHed with war, this not
! and speech, which hcra!dco il, do not al
n ford US much .ncouraeemcnt to hope iol
d On honorable and lasting peace.
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