Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-11
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL
Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation Is guaranteed Py me
Audit Bureau Of Calculations.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Germany and Austria desire peace, but they want 1T or
terms made by Germany which will never be granted un-
less she makes such offers as the allies can consent TO
The loss of man power, the scarcity OF food, which IS caus-
ing much disease from mal-nutrition, the continued addl-
ton of countries arraying themselves against them IN
ever increasing numbers, the. success OF the ltahans VINO
are threatening Austria, the failure OF submarine trlghtr-
fulness to accomplish its object, and the abandoning Oh
hope in that direction, the cutting off OF supplies through
neutral countries and above all the entrance OF the
United States with her tremendous resources against her,
have combined to make the outlook utterly hopeless
Prussianism is as aggressive as ever, but It's resources are
becoming exhausted, both in men and supplies. The
miitarists at last realize they are beaten. NOW tney
would save the control of the empire for themselves-l1
they can. To do this they realize that peace must come
soon. The promise has. been held out to the German peo-
pie that there would be no war debt to pay, that Germany
would win and the original program OF making other
countries pay the bill would be carried out. Inns nope
too. has gone glimmering. Every day the war is con-
timed adds to the burden the German people must carry,
and when the war ends and they discover tnelr conoluoh
the Hohenzollerns may well tremble for their crown.
It is not for any consideration OF humanity. or Tor 1he
German people who are spending thousands OF lives use
lessly, that the leaders of the two empires suddenly as
cover they want peace. ~
The German press is bitter against the vlce-chancenor,
HelIferich, and also is criticising Chancellor Mlchaells
severely. They are both pronounced failures" and potn
NAV be compelled to resign. On top OF the peace offer
r,mors. it is said they will contain a proposition to sur
render Belgium and France. This is going much further
than they would even consider a month or two ago. III
shows how strong is the feeling that they are beaten, ana
how much they would like TO make peace WnAe uey rel
tain countries thew have overrun, and which the hand
writing on the wall shows them they must give up. Ger,
many has not felt the sting of war on her own sou, ana
fears that more than anything else, because the mllltarlsts
know when this happens the people will rise up. against
Them and make peace for themselves. The kaiser and
the Prussian militarists might as well accept the TACT thatt
no peace can or will be made with them by the terms OF
which thew will still control Germany and still be an UNI
ceasing threat to the world. There is no war against Ser
many, or the German people, but there is war against
kaiserism, bitter, relentless war, when can only emu WIZ
the kaiser dethroned or the kaiser triumphant and the
dictator of the world. We have an army already IN
France to assist in accomplishing this and we have a
liberty loan on here at home to assist the boys at the front
in doing what we have sent them across the ocean TO 40
Il is up to us to leave nothing undone to accomplish this
and the one. great important thing just now IS to over
subscribe the liberty loan and show Germany that Amer
lea is in the war with her last dollar as well as her last
man to remove forever the danger she is in along with
the balance of the world so long as Prussian autocracy
exists. A subscription for the bonds is a shot at KAISER.
ism and a blow struck for the freedom and peace OF
the world.
rho Ranton Comfy Courier, a sort of /. w. w. weekly
paper, printed at Corvallis, processes absolute loyalty tol
lu- ~uultry, then proceeds to abuse and misrepresent the
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