The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
BY ROLAND c. USHER.
.Aathor Of ..Pnn-Gcrmanism" au,,
''The Challenges az the T~uturc.'

ttA'iE N'.N', bf'sI ~ ldN1
- Of peace ever since the way o..
gan-on their terms. Both e.
them unQuestionab!y fee the sam"
way about 1t now
The terms which the German clan-
Cellcr proposed in his r-ruI. speech.
which Mr.. .\sGuith and NJ. Mds:crnur
of the British Govcrnmcn: have h."''1
az. as We'll as those wlhiCl HAY, bcAp
described AZ greater lzaG;h In ths
various periodicnls Of ali cpu.t",-s.
rest upon the assumption of 4 final
sweeping victor, fo- ono siGc a.. tlo
other II the eNaction from the van
udished o. the very last unc of flesh
which the victor nigh; find useful
According 10 their present declarations
they mean To carve out o. each other
after the war enough decidedly TO CIV
'tehle the vsnGuished.
The one says German ni,itarisnl
must he destroyed: the other says TINT
the British control Of :hc seas must
come to an end. The enc says Bel
GUM MUST hc compensated for her
suffering: tho Other insists thai the
true aspirations nf the minor iatior-
a,itios. IKE Poland ond Turk,g. must
he satisfied. There seems to =" No
reasonable doubt. however, That un,'s-
the war is a very long war neither
side will he able. after the vi'aory. to
enact any such terms of peace Gs their
official svokesmcn have described
No~ is 1; desirable. in Wow nr tho
future. tina, either coalition should
succeed in such cxtrcnc d"'nrnis -
ti,cy are now Declaring s~l;'afnrto"".
srl,o,, n,I l.,- -, .hr .p.I. ,f flfur,,
war, because IN cari, ease tho; arc
completely ~hisrrrarding national amhi-
tons and III" defensive claims "f no
other side. What We ar" rnaiit inter
rs'c,I ~ . tho comprumisc which VII!
sventAsiiv appear aud how nln"h ihn
Allies will ice willing :" ,rnCrd' 20 4
vanQuishcd Germany.
They cannot and they know II We'll,
dcstror Gcrrany without layi1. waste
tic land ana numbering i'N N.lau'iant"
~" German" is neither ka'."rS mo-
empires nor poli'ica! communities. y
consists Of between sixty ami seventy
millions OF souls and their bones and
factories. and 30 long as thos remain
Germany will be there.
In Nhe same sense Germany cannot
wipe out England without destroying
10 country. and it is no m"r" I" h"'
terest to do that than i Is To- Eng
lands 10 lay waste the ltl..uc Valley
T.iere will be no settlement, in other
w"rds. which does not aCc"p, the c%!';'
emrc Of both nations as drslrahl" i"'i
shlch in addition does not produce -
tsnse OF security throughout Euroi"
tor the vanqnish-d az we'll as for the
victor.
In that one word We have III. sum
a. the terms which the Allies vii. at-
,~tpt-security. But We need I" de-
! fine that term ana he explicit about
provisions which can he written dow
ir a settlement and executed hy snci
political and military entities as VII
win the var.
For England security means positive
assurance Of ihc continued stream %
| supplies and raw materials ioF mex
{~.G'cries upon winch her life deb"nG>
IS difficult 10 see thar anNthInS car
d. satisfactory 10 her short OF pre-
ronderant control of lhc seas iie'
contact with the outside world cannon
l." made certain without an EnGllsh
N.e. predominant in European waters.
r-~r security from INVASION again DC
4 ends upon keeping belgium ont "'
n Gc,miu uands ag 4 military or n'Na
n factor ana also Ul,pn the territorial N
Y t,critN IA continued atiun s,i"n-ti
of Franc. This rates ~ i minimum
the mora obi cation which IL" EnGlisf
feel 20 Belgium.
The minimum which viii spell sc
curity for France, so Ions Az a Ger
man army exists, 10 the eession Il