Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-12

| Nh'ihrf moral or inhtcrlhI VIC
tory In war In moro important
| FOR tho future | leave to the phlloso.
Pliers. The central powers will be
moro exhausted nt the end than their
| onoml'H ana their position VIII be
wofHo because they played for great
Htnl,ca ana lost. whllo the entente In
tho main was fighting simply to hold
what II already possessed.
Moment of Exhaustion.
| Tho terms OF peace VIII depend on
, tn" positions OF the armies at the
| moment when exhaustion impcla
| both coalitions 10 accept what each
| VIII regard. ana rightly ns "A dlHas-
| iiouH peace. That moment VIII come
! when the cumbutnntA realize that to
| go on VIII hc still more disastrous for
| th"mHclVca na well uA their enemies.
| lr ! am right about the draw, the
! following are pretty sure to be among
| the terms Of settlement:
creation Of an independent Poland
a" "A buffer state. with It's own army
| ana neutrality guaranteed by Russia
| Germany ana Austria
Evacuation Of belgium. with repair
! niion Tor the damage done, but "A
| commercial treaty giving Germany a
| favored position at the port of Ant
worp
No ludcmnitios.
Evacuation of conquered territory
| 10y both Sides excepting In the
l balkans tWhat Will happen in
| hnuthtaHlorn Europe | refuse to pre-
| dirt lhc program OF each alliance
, IN the Balkans IN the event of victory
iS clear enough. but with the war u
draw nothing but political chaos can
bc forcscrn for that unhappy region
Roturn of the German colonies.
These terms contain concessions
mat each stdo at present would re
gard lH spelling defeat and humiln-
iion for itself, but iHkcu together they
do not tu a neutral spell victory for
either Eroup | have ignored the all
important problems of Alsace-L Lor-
ruuo, Trieste. Coustautinorlc and
Asia Minor as wen as the Balkans. SO
the terms mentioned represent Il
forecast not of the treaty ms u whole.
but OF certain features of the peace
! OF Washington. Fern or Madrid.
~. lloW long viii the war last
Military men Ignore unuiVcrsa ricS
aud divide tho calendar into good and
bad frhtlug weather The first major
campaign of this war lasted from
/ AUGUST tn NuNcmhcr 1914 Then
cnwc a relative mll, despite the hard
! fighting I'm Poland. ana tho second
great campaign opened in April 1915,
nud lasted until tho destruction of
Serbia In November Tho third cam
pWru has opened and will continue
IN VS. i"rn uulI no\t N"N'mnor
believe that Whilo the fighting in
INC iul'd campaign W.T. not ne dc
'lH'N' Su''',NrS Will hr gained on
ne "'l''d "1' "t tr''' local lnp"r-
t3Htc ami ih0i Nh'n the comhatS
die down uc\t autumn the peoples of
the cutcrtc countries will insist on
another cumpllrn unless Germany
WI va " i' huWuUuinE terms H'r-
many wv N"N,'Nn't' III u't od io' ="
"''is!vn mas l3'Icd, VIII nave gwen
wv ~ n,'v "t Nlun'uC ""u WI" ne
",I 'N' "'i'NHN'. IlHONhf To prove
'uN' S"' ''''N'' h' n''''n'
\ Fourth Cnmpagu.
Thcrc viii hc. I'm my opinicr "A
fourth rrc1t clnp1irn. op,n,uY i'm
the ,urir,, nf lQI.
THAT tho countries OF Furopc can
endure a fourth war winter is to me
urpnrriv4hfr Starvation revolution.
Iauarciv I'm Austria Hungary and dis
turhauctS ,lScWhcrt, so violent as srri-
rusN to rudlurrr the fabric Of the
warrinr sintcs would hc the ineNitah bic
result ot the AGONY among the civilian
popunuons In the fourth winter.
These thiurs MAY harmon in the third
winter. / think IL is certain thcv
would happcu I'm the fslrth The
fourth wtnt,r of war woold omen in
NoNrub,r lqt-
NI> cstin9tc th,r,forc is TINT the
war win rnd SOM, tiuc between the
hr,irnir. rr thc fourth .,au,p,irriu. +.
season IN Nprn l9lt. and the hcriu-
nina. " IN, fourth winter in \o\rm-
her lpl-
This NrItf is ruttr,lv too avtiv,iSti,.
a. sut mo hest military ooiuinn
N>it,hrncr's orirtr,l estimate thot the
var N>nuld last thrr, wears has b,,n
raisrJ bv allied Strlt,.ists b,,rsuSc ~
the urrNpcrteJ Russian defeats last
war to f,ur wars stx vrnrS. ana even
s,,Nrn NtsrS lsut These rNp,rts l
thtok f,N ,n takc irt, ac,oupt Tho
.,,,i, ~ rv5oraor, or me mart ~ Inc
..,Nif.,Ns II ~, p,,,'N vs~, faced
Vtfh ,.,.Ss,.,r,, ,~ Sls,,r, IL tNc@ tid
,,, NeNt ,r 'NN var would las, in
srf,~-,', r,. Ney,r,, tNe ,,urth
..s,,,,sir, is r~se- Wv tND lrns l,it-
a~rs ~ .Nr sr..-.N ..,,-+-i,s v.i'l
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,,,,st,.> r~,sD..., ~ f, -,,,+,,, ~ tNs
,.,~,,,s~ ,,.~,' they viii s,v ~ me
last. we crruct VCriSh yc- our
tc~cvNtartS II GERMANY cAnro; BE-
cruShci now ant VIII again raiSc her
head to strike ~ thirty wears let thc"
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