The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-10-18
BY EDWARD w. PIcKkRD.

Kaiser Wilhelm reminds one Of the
Oid-fashioned pedder of notions vino
would keep adding packages of
ueedleS, watches, and even silver coins,
go his little bundles of bargains until
u sale was effected. With northern
France and no indemnities already In
his bargain Offering. the emperor has
added Belgium-with conditions
now 1t is reported he and Emperor
Charles OF Austria Hungary are pre-
pared to throw In AlsaCe, the, price
being peace and the return of Ger
nUny's colonies. In word, the Ger
man peace for which the kaiser shows
10 consuming a desire is becoming less
German every day and If the allies
Just say nothing and saw w0Od-as
they probably Wilt may finally take
on an appearance that will warrant
their consideration.
10 be sure, Chancellor Michuelis
says that peace is impossible so long
as Germanys enemies demand any
German soil or try to drive wedge
between the German emperor and his
people but the chancellor is hard
pressed to save his political fortunes.
lie aud Vice Chancellor Heltferich are
being bitterly attacked because Of the
policy of fostering pan-Germanlsm in
the country and the army and at the
same time making promises of mild
ness in return for peace. Michaelis
70 "a
that he did not stand for the extreme
demands of the pan-Germanlsts, and
for The time being his opponents were
satisfied; but his failure rs chancellor
il pronounced,
Foreign Secretary Won Kuehlmann IL
more yielding than the chancellor, for
lac told tia, reichstag that there now
exists mo impediment 20 peace, no
questions that could not he settled by
negotiations, except for the French
demand for Alsace- Lorraine lie
added that Germany could make no
concessions with regard to those prov
iuccs.
Premier Lloyd George was quick TO
take up this challenge of Won Kuehl-
mann's. 81 do not think that any
statement Is more calculated to pro-
long the war" he said. However
tong the war may last England in
tends to stand by France until she has
redeemed her oppressed children from
their foreign yoke"
Reasons Many and Plain.
The reasons for the kalsers In
creuslng moderation In demands are
not far to seek. They are found in
Che daily dispatches recording the re-
peated successful thrusts of the allies
ia Flanders the advances Of the Brit
ish IN MesopOtamia and Africa; the
shortage Of German shells; the grow
ing unrest IN the armed forces Of Ger.
many, reaching the stage OF mutny
sn the fleet the scarcity of food In
the central nations and, perhaps most
potent Of all, the steady, irresistible
progress of the United States toward
full preparation for war to yictorl'
Gus conclusion.
Then. too, the kaiser sees added to
the list OF his enemies more Of the
fasi dwndllnE number Of those not
hitherto on that roll of honor. Though
President IrigOyen managed 10 staye
OF warlike action by Argentina, Peru
and Uruguay last week broke or dip
I}matc relations with Germany and
sent away its ministers.
The European nations that remain
neutral are suffering more and more.
Holland pleads win America for feed
especially. with the open threat HAT II
n is not sent. she VIII have 10 ,luugh.
Ter nj least half her cattle aud hu,-
ing no means Of preserving the meat