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New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Theatre of Opera
tons in Asia
Minor.

To surrender them is not merely to lose a
war; it is to lose for all time, as far as it
is possible to see. the chance to build a
Teutonic empire in Europe and Asia; it
is to surrender the Balkans and Asia
Minor to the Slav, just as she has been
compelled to surrender the use Of the seas
and her colonies beyond the seas to the
British.
Germany is not, so far as any one can
Judge. at the point Of complete exhaustion,
and the terms that are asked Of her are
the terms that are asked only of nation
that is not defeated but crushed. Yet to
obtain anything for her great sacrifices
Germany must hold permanently French,
Russian or Serbian lands, leaving Bel
gium out Of the count; this the unbeaten
Allies will not consent to, could not now
consent to; hence there is no basis for
peace. Some of the issues of the war
have been simplifed, but none have been
eliminated.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Conditions Upon
Which Germany
and Her Foes
Might Come
TO Terms.
Rv FRANK H. SIMONDS,
Author of The Great War.

With the coming Of March the time ap-
.,hes when it will be possible for the
.,ro;es in the West to begin their cam
r.;gns. A year ago the first days Of
y.rch saw the first French offensive IN
Champagne. and the second week that
-.... British effort at Neuve Chapelle,
=. first Of the long series OF British
failures.
This present, then. is moment for TAX
40 account Of stock. If peace is to be
r.as A. AL If the terrible struggle Of
,.r summer is TO be avoided, a beginning
uust be made with small delay. Once the
e,mpsigns have been started the chance
for settlement by negotiation will be ad-
iourned until a decision has been had on
n. battlefield or the approach Of another
winter. with the deadlock still unbroken.
brings the nations of Europe to the very
verge Of exhaustion.
Is peace by negotiation possibility
oow? What arc the terms on which the
contestants might make peace? What are
he terms Of a Germany still victorious
but msnifcstly willing 70 discuss? What
are the terms Of the Allies, as yet de
feated on the battlefield, but as determined
70 90 forward to victory now as they were
nineteen months ago?
In tho present article ! shall endeavor
20 discuss the terms on which Germany
and her allies would make peace, the prob
able rice the Allies would put on a gen
eral settlement now. and then briefly indi-
cate the reasons that make it seem un-
likely that we can have peace without more
months Of terrific struggle and sacrifice
Of life greater than anything that has yet
been known in this, the most costly Of all
wars in life as in treasure.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
The Lost Provinces.

Believing that they can win back all OF
the lost provinces, the French are not like
lv now to take a portion. They might
waive all claim for indemnity, but this is
a remote consideration, anyway. On the
other hand, there is no reason TO believe
that Germany would think of giving up
Alsace at the present moment. She holds
all but a tiny corner of it, and she holds
a portion of Northern France even larger
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27

The surrender Of these provinces, possess
inc enormous economic value because OF
their mineral districts. could come only
with complete defeat and Germany is no
where near complete defeat; she IS not
even beaten on the battlefield.
In the East
The situation is not different in the
East. Russia will not cedc Poland; Ger
many cannot agree to return to the old
condition without giving up the real prize
of the war for her-security on her
eastern frontier and the abolition for long
wears. at least, of the Pan-Sav peril. But
she is even less likely to consent TO Rus
sian annexation of Galicia, because this
fortifes Russia's southeastern frontier,
and by bringing the Russians to Cracow
threatens the whole Of Silesa and throws
the German military frontier behind the
Oder.
Compromise in the Balkans is only less
likely. Conceivably Serbia's allies would
ask for her only what she had when the
war broke out, but this would close the
Austro- German road to Constantinople; it
would cut the Berlin n-Constantinople Bag
dad line, and it would block the way to
German land expansion toward the Near
East. In reality it would leave the real
victory of the war with the enemies of
Germany because the occasion Of the war
was the Serbian incident, and the issue
of the war has been and remains the con-
test between Teuton and Slav in the
Balkans.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
HYMNS of Hate.

Yet, grave as are the obstacles IN the
pathway of peace on the side of territorial
arrangements, there is an even more con-
siderable obstacle to be found in the present
temper of the enemies of Germany. Here
is where the German method Of conducting
the war has had its deepest effect. To-day
the bitterness toward Great Britain in
Germany has lost much Of the fury that
marked the era Of the Hymn of Hate. Re
turning British prisoners report that Ger
many is no longer "strafng" 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 a grim and unmistaka-
ble determination to crush Germany, to
carry into Germany the campaign which,
by Zeppelins and submarines, has been
brought to British shores and cities. There
is cold wrath which impresses all visi-
tors, and that 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 Brit
ish would consider a peace discussion that
did not begin with the restoration of the
situation before the war in Western Eu-
rope. the return of Asace- Lorraine to
France. the surrender of the German fleet
and merchant marine to the British and
the payment of indemnities which would
cripple the Germans for generations
Great Britain has recognized the German
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
world
Conclusion.

| am not seeking here to analyze, justify
or condone British and French tempers. |
am here concerned only with discussing
them as they affect the question Of posi-
bic peace But they do affect this discus
sion; they are the chief obstacles, and there
is no apparent way in which change can
be had without a new campaign and an
other six months of struggle. II the
French and British cannot in that time
accomplish their ends, conceivably their
own bitterness will diminish, as has the
German, and an exhausted Europe will
come to the discussion Of peace, forgetting
passion and ambition in its WEAKNESS.
But this time is not yet, and nowhere out
side Of Germany, where the French and
British temper is not understood, is there
any talk of peace.
To me the most astonishing thing in the
present situation is the fact that the Ger
man does not now seem to have the least
comprehension Of the state Of mind Of
those who are fighting him. He cannot
understand why they will not talk of peace
when he offers terms that are at the least
generous on the face of the present battle
lines. But the reason is not merely found
in the fact that the Allies expect TO win
it is found in the reaction TO German poll
cies and methods of making war as they
have been revealed in Belgium, France and
Great Britain and described to the non
Teutonic world
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27

There has always been a chance, bare
chance. that Turkey, by making separate
peace with the Allies, might save Constan-
tinople. The chance remains, but it is
slight. Indubitably the British and the
Balkan states, notably Rumania, which is
still to be reckoned with, would prefer TO
see the Turk in Byzantium rather than to
witness the arrival of the Russian at the
gates Of the Black Sea. But Russian sac
rifices in the war have been so great and
the Russian millions form so necessary a
portion Of the armies. which the Allies
rely upon to wear out the Germans that
there is every reason to believe that Rus
sia will be able TO fix her own reward In
the Near East.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Possible Dismemberment.

In sum, the Allies plan to dismemoer
Turkey and partition the Osmanli terri
tory among themselves. In almost any
settlement that it is possible to conceive,
short of Allied defeat, Russia will get
Constantinople and most of Armenia, since
it would be impossible to return this
stricken land to the Kurd and Turkish
butchers. But it is quite possible that the
mutual jealousies of Italy, Russia, France
and Great Britain in the eastern end of
the Mediterranean may make it impossible
n divide the Turks Asiatic estate and
Turkey will be continued as an Asiatic
mower.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
BitternessC Caused by
German Methods
a Serious Bar
to a Speedy
Settlement.
Copyright 1916
THE TRIBUNE ASS N.

challenge as a threat to her existence and
she is preparing to face William II as she
faced Napoleon.
In France the difference is considerable,
but the effect of the French suffering Is
unmistakable. France is fighting for her
existence. Her people believe to man
that until Germany is thrust back and the
lost provinces restored there can be no
security for the future, and that unless
Germany is now terribly crippled there
will be new German invasion at no dis
tant time and new sIffcrings like those
which the French knew in 1870 and know
now in the devastated districts. The
French do not believe that any peace on
the basis Of bargain now would make for
real peace. They, like the British, are
firmly convinced that only by decisive Ger
man defeat in the field can there be at
taincd a peace that will stick, and they
have set their teeth and are determined TO
hold out for that time.
AS for Russia, she will probably never
again have France and Great Britain both
fighting for her and both aiding her in the
realization of her age-long ambition to
hold Constantinople and carry her empire
to the warm water. She has men, her
Allies furnish money. her resources are un-
limited. If Germany is crushed Russian
supremacy OH the Continent can hardly be
challenged again by the Tcutons for gen
Grafton, and by that time Russian popula-
ion will far exceed that of Germany and
Austria, s far as to make her greater IN
power than any European nation since the
fall OF Rome. Present injuries and pres
ent perils serve to determine French and
British attitudes; Russian policy follows
Russian aims with greater calmness but
equal tenacity.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Compromise?

Having set these two views side by side,
do they offer any hope for compromise?
Two weeks ago discussed the possibility
Of the elimination of Belgium from the
war by means of separate treaty of peace
with Germany. Such an arrangement was
sought by the Germans and fell through.
Conceivably it might come, but only If
Belgium preferred to withdraw rather
than endure the perils Of new invasion,
this time by her friends.
Would France consent TO modify her de-
mands as to Alsace-L Lorraine? do not
believe it, but the Germans, evidently be-
lieving otherwise, have, so the London cor
respondent of The Tribune reports, made
the proposal to cede certain Lorraine dis
tricts. presumably the city Of Metz and the
French speaking communes about that
town, and there is even the suggestion
that Alsace would be erected into an au-
tonomous state. But the French believe
that they can retake their lost provinces
and that the possession Of them is the only
assurance they can obtain against new
German attack in the future. They also
regard the reunion Of Alsace-Lorraine to
France as a moral duty.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
The Allied View.

Based on the present status Of the war
and on the &c man view Of the probable
future progress of the war, this is not an
unreasonable peace proposal. 1t leaves
France and Belgium without territorial
loss and it leaves Great Britain enhanced
by the addition Of several German colonies.
There is not even the suggestion, made
earlier, that France or Belgium should
cede African colonies in return for Ger
man withdrawal.
What now are the Allied terms? These
have never been put forth with any degree
of accuracy or authority, and it is doubt
full if there is as yet any general plan on
the Allied side for peace demands. Ger
tain details are, however, quite clear. 1t
is necessary TO assume at once that the
Allies will insist upon the evacuation Of all
lands now occupied by German soldiers,
whether French, Belgian, Russian or Ser
bian. To such an agreement the Allies
stand pledged by their mutual agreement
to make no separate peace.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27

garia. Austro-German hegemony is to be
recognized in the Balkans and German
economic supremacy in the Turkish EN-
pire, which is not to be diminished on any
frontier.
Finally, there Is reason to suppose, al
though this has not been said in any Wash
ington forecast, that Austria would cede
to Italy the Trentino and a few miles Of
land along the Isonzo, not including Gori-
za. Trieste, Of course, would remain Aus.
trian.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
The Real Obstacle.

Difficult as are all the conflicting inter
ests and ambitions, believe there would
be peace and no spring campaign, so
greatly do all the nations hate the thought
of the butchers bill, were there not among
the Allies this bitterness which flows from
the application to their own territories Of
the German "terribeness.' For both
France and Britain the war IS not like
other wars; this is the common testimony
of all Frenchmen. In France and in Great
Britain there is precisely the same view
among millions of people, the belief that
there can be no safety or security until the
German policy has been wrecked on the
battlefield. until it has been demonstrated
that "terribleness" does not pay in war,
and that those who use it bring destruc-
ton upon their own country.
Zeppelin raids, the destruction Of cathe-
drals and art treasures, the never ending
story Of "atrocities" have given
form and strength to the present temper
of the French and the British. These ma
tons do not yet talk of peace or think OF
peace save at the end Of struggle which
shall have established certain things in the
world.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Demands on Russia.

AS &c Russia, Germany demands that
Russia shall cede all her Polish districts,
these TO be Joined with Austrian Polish
ands in Gahcia and erected into a state
having German prince and becoming
thus German protectorate. Russia In
addition is asked to cede the province OF
Courland, with its valuable Baltic ports
and It's considerable German population.
There is thus demanded of Russia the ces-
son Of some $4,000 square miles and above
i6,OOO,000 people. Such an arrangement
would create buffer state on Germany's
open eastern frontier and abolish the Rus-
san peril. Practically all the territory
asked for is now occupied by German
armies.
ror Austria Germany asks the whole Oh
montenegro and most Of the old Kingdom
serbia; Macedonia and certain eastern
"sgments are to fall TO Bulgaria. For
"uS'ria there is also asked the northern
"sn Of Albania; the southern half is TO go
1reece, with a morsel of Macedonia
sash includes Monastir. Presumably
s'eece will be asked in return to cede
als and the Drama district 10 Bull
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Some Reasonable Presumptions.

I'm addition the British have long ago
announced, and their Allies have concurred
in the announcement, that the evacuation
of Belgium must be followed by the pay
ment by the Germans of an indemnity
equal to the cost Of repairing the ravaged
districts and repaying the war levies.
France has set forth with absolute clarity
her decision to fight until she has regained
Alsace-Lorraine, and to this purpose the
British are equally bound. For France,
too. there is to be an indemnity for dam
age done in the occupied districts, If the
Allies win the war.
Turning eastward, it may be assumed as
certain that Russia will insist upon OBJ
tanning Galicia and Bukovina from Aus
tria. thus carrying her frontier TO the Car
pathians. 1t is probable that if Germany
were conquered Russia would demand the
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Germany's Terms.

In recent weeks there have been put
forth in many neutral capitals. and par
ticularly in Washington. statements Of the
terms on which Germany and her allies
would make peace that can be accepted as
pretty fair indications of the present view
in Berlin. Particularly can those state
ments coming from Washington be reck-
oned informed and authoritative, because
without exception they come from Count
wn Bernstorff, the German Ambassador,
whose declarations certainly do not mis-
represent the attitude Of his government.
Thus there have been printed from
Washington several times clear summaries
Of the main conditions which Germany ac-
cspts es the basis for peace negotiations.
These differ but little and may be con-
densed as follows:
Germany is prepared to evacuate France
and Belgium, to recognize the situation
ina. existed in Western Europe before the
var as satisfactory to her. She no longer
demands indemnity from France OF from
Belgium in money or colonies In the same
way she is prepared to lay aside her an
cent contention for guarantee of the
freedom Of the seas" and TO recognize as
fnal British conquest Of her African colo
MES and her Pacific possessions, save only
With respect TO one African colony, pre-
Sumably German East Africa.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-27

norton Of Prussia east of the Vistula and
the Polish districts in Silesia and Posen,
but this is hardly a price that would be
fixed now. AS TO the Balkans, Russia would
demand for her Serbian ally the rcstora-
ton of all the territory taken recently,
and in addition the Austrian districts Of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, with portion Of
Dalmatia and the northern half Of Al
bania.
Italy, on her side, would demand the
Trentino, including Botzen, the Isonzo dis
trict, with Gorilla and Tolmino, Trieste,
Istria and most Of Dalmatia north of the
Narenta River, with the islands of the
Adriatic. She would also ask Southern Al
bania and the port Of Valona, which would
give her the mastery OF the Adriatic.
As to Turkey.
As to Turkey only a soothsayer would
venture to forecast Russia's claim to
Constantinople would probably be honorcd
without protest. The Russian capture OF
Erzerum suggests that before the war
ends all of Armenia, perhaps all of ASA
Minor. including the upper valleys OF the
Tigris and the Euphrates, will fall to kus-
sian armies, and in this case Russia Will
probably claim what she holds.
France has long looked upon Syria, with
the Lebanon district as her own sphere OF
influence. British occupation Of Palestine
as a protection to Egypt has been fire.
quently discussed. Italy and Greece are
rivals for the possession of all the Agean
shore from the mouth of the Dardanelles
to Rhodes, and Italy has laid claim to the
shore from Rhodes to the Gulf OF Alexan-
dretta. AS to Mesopotamia, the British
are patiently attempting to set up the claim
of possession to the whole region as far
north as Bagdad.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-03-28
DISEASE ON THE DECREASE
Association for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis Has Good
Reason to Be Proud.

While the latest report of the bu-
reau of census shows that in 1914
tuberculosis caused over 105 per cent
of all deaths in the registration area
of the United States, the National AS
scciation for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis points out in state
ment that the death-rate from this
disease is steadily decreasing, having
declined from 200.7 per 100000 popula-
ton in 1904 to 1868 in 1914. This
would indicate, the association claims.
that the antituberculosis movement or
ganiZed in the last ten years is hav-
ing a marked effect on the mortality
of tuberculosis. especially since the
death rate from this disease seems to
be declining more rapidly than the
general death rate from all causes.
Commenting On this decrease in the
rate from tuberculosis, the bureau of
the census says: las a result of a
more general understanding OF the
laws of health, the Importance of fresh
air, ETC., due in part, no doubt, to the
efforts of the various societies for the
prevention of tuberculosis, there has
been most marked and gratifying
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-03-28
Exact Copy of Wrapper
Americans Great Match Users.

Every man, woman and child in
this country uses an average Of ten
matches each day." remarked j. A.
Hunter of New York, representative of
a large match company. ~ is es-
timated that the match manufa lecturers
of the United States turn out every
day moro than LOU, 100000 matches.
OF this output 1000, 100000 are con
sumed in this country. Our people
have come to be very eXtravagant in
the use Of matches. A decade ago a
pipe smoker might keep his pipe go
in. by way of the kitchen fire and a
pipe lighter; today he wouldn't think
of it. The greater use of cigarettes
also has increased the consumption
o. matches, as have gas and gasoline
stoves, which are continually turned
on and relighted.
There has been an increased manu-
lacture of patent lighters and a new
style Of gas stove with p1ten, lighter
attached. and these have helped to cut
the sales of matches, but only to a
small extent"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-03-28

Just as coal, when It burns, leaves
behind a certain amount Of incombus-
tible material in t. , form Of ashes, SO
the food and drink aiken day after day
leaves in the alimentary canal GER
tain amount of indigestible material
which if not completely eliminated
each day, becomes food for the mil
lions of bacteria which infest the bow
els. From this mass Of leftover waste
material, toxins and ptomaine-like poi
sons, called uric acid, is formed and
then sucked into the blood where it
continues to circulate, collecting grain
by grain in the joints of the body
much like rust collects on the hinge
as shown above.
Men and women who suffer from
lumbago, rheumatism or sore, stiff,
aching joints should begin drinking
phosphated hot water, not as means
to magic relief from pain, but to pre-
vent more uric acid forming in the
system. Before eating breakfast each
morning, drink glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonfUl Of limestone
phosphate in it. This will first neu-
tralize and then wash out of the stom-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-03-28

ach, liver, kidneys and bowels the pre-
vious days accumulation of toxins and
poisons; thus, cleansing, sweetening,
and freshening the entire alimentary
canal, each morning, before putting
more food into the stomach.
A quarter pound Of limestone phos-
plate costs very little at the drug
store but is sufficient to make any
rheumatic or lumbago sufferer an en-
thusiast on the morning inside bath.
Millions of people keep their joints
free from these rheumatic acids by
practicing this daily internal santa
ton. A glass of hot water with tea
spoonful Of limestone phosphate, drank
before breakfast, is wonderfully invig-
Grating; besides, it is an excellent
health measure because it cleanses the
alimentary organs of all the waste,
gases and sour lamentations, making
one look and feel clean, sweet and
fresh all day.
Those who try this for one week
may find themselves free from sick
headaches, constipation, bilious at.
lacks, sallowness, nasty breath and
stomach acidity.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-03-28

age, but it will probably pay to spray.
Lime-sulphur at this time continues to
help prevent rot, scab and blotch
In the average year this system of
spraying means that one spraying
must be given in late April or early
May, another one about the middle Of
May, another the latter part Of May,
and another about the latter part of
July. You can figure out for yourself
how much spraying at these seasons
of the year would interfere with the
rest of your work. If you would like
to spray, but feel that you have time
for only one spraying, give the sec
ond one, just after the blossoms have
fallen