Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27

Some of the issues of the war have
been simplified. but none has been elm
| mated.
! Hymns of Hate.
! Yet, grave as are the obstacles in the
| pathway of peace on the side of terri
torIal arrangements. there is an even
'aore considerable obstacle to be found
! IN the present temper of the enemies
| of Germany. Here is where the Ger
| man method of conducting the war has
mad Its deepest effect. Today the bit
terness toward Great Britain in Ger
many has lost much of the fury that
marked the era of the Hymn of Hate.
returning British prisoners report that
germany is no longer "stratinS the
British at all times. But the situation
In Britain is quite the opposite.
NO one who has been in Great Britain
lately fails to report that there is in
the whole country now grim and I'M
mlstakabie determination to crush Ger
paign which, by Zeppelins and sub
marines, has been brought to British
SHORES and cities There is cold
wrath which impresses all visitors, and
mat cold wrath does not make for
peace, but against it, Nowhere is there
the smallest sign in quarters from
which such signs must come that the
BRUSH would consider a peace dis
cusslon that did not begin with the
restoration of the situation before the
war in western Europe. the return of
-Alsace-LorraIne- to France, the sur
render of the German fleet and mer-
chant marine to the British and the
payment OF lndemnities which would
cripple the Germans for generations
Great Britain has recognized the Ger
man challenge as a threat to her es-
1stence and she is preparing to face
william II as she faced Napoleon.
France Fighting for Existence.
In France the difference is considers-
BILE, but the effect of the French suffer.
ing is unmstakable. France is fight
ing Tor her existence. Her people be-
ileVe to man that until Germany is
thrust back and the lost provinces re-
stored there can be no security for the
!uture, ana that unless Germany is now
Ierrloly crippled there will be a new
Serh man INVASION at no distant time and
new sunerings like those which the
French knew in 1870 and know now
IN the devastated districts. The French
90 not believe that any peace on the
pass OF bargain now would make for
Ieai peace They, like the British. are
nrmly convinced that only by decisive
herman defeat in the field can there be
q STAINED peace that will stick. and
.nsy nave set their teeth and are de-
'ei Az eo 70 mold out for that time
never again have France and Great
Britain both fighting for her and both
ase-Ieene he an, IN the realization of her
nople and carry her empire to the warm
water. She has men. her allies furnish
money money, her resources are unlimited. If
acv on tbs rs crushed crushed Russian suprem-
snaiienged again by the Teutons for a
generation, and by that time Russian
p mInu nt, VIII far exceed that Of Ger
her greater in power than any Emrne
Pean nation since the fan OF Rome
sar INJURIES and present periis
attitudes: Russian policy follows Pns
sian aims with greater calmness hut
equal tenacity. oo'
The Real Obstacle.
Dihcuit as are all the conflicting in
terests and ambitions, l believe there
would be peace and no spring cam
paien. SO greatly do all the nations
nate the thought of the butchers bill.
were there not among the allies this
bitterness which flows from the appli-
cation to their own territories of the
German "terribleness" For both
france and Britain the war is not like
other wars: this is the common testi-
mony Of all Frenchmen In France
and in Great Britain there is precisely
the same view among millions Of peo
pie the belief that there can be no
SAFETY or security until the German
policy has been wrecked on the battle
field, until it has been demonstrated
that "terribleness" does not pay in war
and that those who use it bring de-
struction upon their own country
Zeppelin raids, the destruction Of
cathedrals and art treasures, the never
ending story of 'atrocities"- these have
given form and strength to the present
temper of the French and, the British
These nations do not yet talk of peace
or think Of peace save at the end of