The Washington herald., 1917-04-19
How the Editors Are Viewing
America and the World War

to change the traditional sentiment, and
Prof Hart Is seconded by many who,
while repudiating all tendencies toward
the system against which the United
States. in common with other democra-
cies, is arrayed. insist upon its ability TO
prove now, as II has done In the past,
that a democracy Is no less capable than
an autocracy Of meeting a military emer-
gency. This Is something that needs
more than ever before to be impressed
upon the unthinking The theory that q
nation must squander It's resources. bur
den labor and capital alike, pile up tax
alton mountain high, and train its youth,
almost from infancy, In the use Of wea-
pons, and, worse still, In the thought OF
conflict, in order TO hold a place in the
sun" must now be upset, and forever
Germany's Socialist Catspaws-
New York Times
The Vienna government is on its knees
to Russia begging her to turn q favor
ing ear to appeals for q separate peace.
The Russians are reminded that Keren-
skis recent disclaimer of any purpose Of
territorial conquest removes all cause OF
war between Austria and Russia, there
fore the two powers ought to come to
terms. There Is a not very well dis
guised Implication that IL Russia would
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seize that pretext as an occasion for
Withdrawing from the war. leaving her
allies to shift for themselves. AS a vas
sal state, however. and her vassalage to
her powerful ally is only too evident
Austria has not much freedom OF choice.
Rent and torn and exhausted as she Is,
Germany would compel her to stasger
along until the Germans themselves were
compelled to sue for peace. 80
Boston Transcript.
Just as we were noting that the first
week OF the British and French offensive
had harvested 1900 German prisoners. re-
ports come from Paris that the German
losses greatly exceed that number. With
out accepting reports which appear to be
extravagant, 1t is clear enough that the
German losses have been very great.
both in men and in ground. This also is
to be noted, that the British and French
commanders are fighting a conservative
battle with respect to the sacrifice OF
their own men. The seizure Of Lens and
st Quentin might have been pushed more
expeditiously II Gen NiveIle and Sir
Douglas Haig had seen 1T to squander
the lives OF their soldiers. The operations
around Lens, where Haig is pushing on
with due respect for the German ma
chine guns still in commission, prove
policy is to wear away the German
strength, to sap the German moral, to
slice and slice and capture. to turn the
line by surprise attacks so that fresh
Withdrawals will be enforced. and every
where to take the fullest but safest ad-
vantage of the superiority in men and
material which has already been demon
strated. The German army Is not yet
in flight" In time II may be. but II is
still a great army in being. The British
and French are not going to beat their
brains out against its barrier. They
have made brilliant progress, and there
is no telling what may happen In the
next two months. But we must not look
for any headlong rush rum Rhein, yum
Rhein. yum deutschen Rhein." That ad-
mirable strateglst, Gen. Maude, is going
a good deal more slowly-but going still
even in Mesopotamia. where the back
bone OF the Turkish resistance was
broken month and more ago. The Turk
is still at GAIA and Jerusalem. One les
son which this war has taught the les
son Of patience, should not be lost all at
once.