The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-15
WARNS u. S. OF GERMAN PL LANS

1he dream had its heart at Berlin. Ii
could have had heart nowhere else!
1t contemplated binding together
| racial and political units which could
| be kept together only by force
Czechs, Magyars, Croats, Serbs, Ru
| manians, Turks, Armenians - the
proud states of Bohemia and Hun
! gary, the stout little commonwealth hs
of the Balkans, the indomita BILE
Turks, the subtle peoples of the East
These peoples did not wish to be unit
ed. They ardently desired to direc;
their own affairs, would be satisfied
| only by undisputed independence.
Plan Almost Carried Out.
i And they have actually car
ried the great part of that amazing
plan into executioni Look how things
stand. From Hamburg to the
Persian Gulf the net is spread
''Is it not easy to understand the
eagerness for peace that has been
manifested from Berlin ever since
the snare was set and sprung? Peace,
peace, peace, has been the talk of
her foreign office for now a year and
more; not peace upon her initiative.
but upon the initiative of the ma
tions over which she now deems her
self to hold the advantages. A little
of the talk has been made public, but
most of it has been private. Through
all sorts of channels it has come to
me, and in all sorts of guises. but
never with the terms disclosed which
the German government would be
willing to accept. That government
has other valuable pawns in its hands
besides those | have mentioned. it
still holds valuable part of France.
though with slowly relaxing grasp,
and practically the whole of Belgium.
It's armies press close upon Russia
and over-run Poland at their will. 1t
back 1t wishes to close its bargain
before it is too late and it has little
left to offer for the pound of flesh
it will demand
"The military masters under whom
Germany is bleeding see very clearly
to what point fate has brought them
If they fall back or are forced back
an inch. their power both abroad and
at home will fall to pieces like a
house of cards. 1t is their power at
home they are thinking about more
than their power abroad. 1t is that
power which is tumbling under their
very feet; and deep fear has entered
their hearts. They have but one
chance to perpetuate their military
power or even the controlling poiiti
cal influence If they can secure peace
now with the immense advantages
still in their hands which they have
up to this point apparently gained
they will have justified themselves
Before the German people. . If
they fail, their people will thrust
them aside; a government account
able to the people themselves will be
set up in Germany as. it has been in
England, in the United States, In
France, and in all the great cour
tries of the modern time except Ger
many. If they succeed they are safe
and Germany and the world are I'M
done; if they fail, Germany is saved
and the world will be at peace. If
they succeed, America will fall within
the menace We and all the rest of
the world must remain armed, as thev
will remain and must make ready for
the next step in their aggression; #
they fail, the world may unite for
peace and Germany may be of the
union.
The Intrigue for Peace.
do you not now understand the
new intrigue, the intrigue for peace.
and why the masters of Germany do
not hesitate to use any agency that
promises to effect their purpose, the
deceit of the nations? Their present
particular aim is to deceive all those
who throughout the world stand for
the rights of peoples and the self
government of nations; for they see
what immense strength the forces of