TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-04-26
Says Peace is Near.
N. Y AMERICAN PREDICTS END OF WAR IN
A VERY SHORT Time.
FOOD SHORTAGE AND REVOLUTION FORCE END.

Iseething with revolutionary sentiment,
The example OF the Russian reyolu'
ton has had a profound effect upon
other peoples. The torch lighted In
Petrograd has set fire to all EuroDe..,
The common people no longer
reverence their rulers or their
privileged classes, and, what is more
to the point, they no longer fear
them. Practically every able-bodied
man in Europe Is now a veteran
soldier and has arms. There are
no standing armies to COW the
people, because the people them.
selves are the armies. The spirit
Of liberty is abroad, not whispering
furtively Of hope and freedom, but
boldly proclaiming the eternal truth
of liberty and equality under the
laws to applauding millions Of men
who have guns and bayonets with
which to make good their aspira'
tons and purposes.
MORE FREEDOM IN PRUSSIA.
Nothing is more certain than that
this new resolve and this new
power Of democracy have powerfully
impressed the rulers and the priv
LEGGED classes in favor Of peace at
any sacrifice.
We see this strlkIngly demon.
strsted right now in Prussia, where
the Kaiser is o backing up Beth.
mann-HoIlweg's declaration In favor
Of democratic political institutions
In Prussia, to correspond with the
more liberal institutions In other
States of the German Empire.
We frequently hear the statement
that the German Empire is an
autocracy and the German Emperor
an autocrat, but that Is far from the
truth. 1t is not so far from the
truth, however, when said OF the
Kingdom Of Prussia and the King OF
Prussia.
The electoral and other political
reforms which are about to demo.
eratize Prussia and make that lead.
ing State of the German Empire
very much a counterpart Of Eng
lands liberal monarchy ~ ought
to render peace much easier to
negotiate, If it is indeed true that
the allies are wagIng war against
Prussian institutions. -.
OBJECT OF WAR vANIsHEs.
The object Of the war will vanish
II the Allies WI declarations are
sincere.
A proclamation of liberal govern,
ment in Prussia, followed by a bona.
tide invitation to a peace conference
might very easily meet the approval
OF all the war-weary governments.
and would certainly be in strict &C
cordance with all our own deelara.
tons and tentative offers.
We suspect that the world will
hear just such a proclamation and
such an invitation In a very few
days, and it will not surprise US 9
bit if peace negotiations are under
way before the flowers Of the May
month have faded.
We do not, indeed. believe that
peace is near at hand. And If the
preliminary step is the democratiza
ton OF Prussia and of Austria, and
the firm establishment of free gov
eminent in Russia, the world mas
agree that after all, the war was
worth its cost..,..,
With this menace ~(autoeratic
Russia) removed, and with Austria,
Germany, Italy and Turkey practical
ly d~emocratized, Belgium restored,
Poland and Finland freed, the Balkan
States reorganized and the Bosphorus
and Dardanelies internationalized,
and Middle Europe's natural right
to access to the Near East rec.
ognized, there is no reason why all
the European nations cannot dwell
together in amity for many, many
years TO come and aid each other
In mutual progress and development,
Of wasting their peoples and
substance in recurring periods
destruction and slaunhter....A
PEACE VERY NEAR.
We believe that peace is nearer
most Of US dream; that the
tempest Of war which arose
so suddenly is about to subslde as
suddenly; that the skies which were
darkened In such startling fashion
on that dreadful day In Summer
that now seems such a far-off horror
and surprise will clear again before
another Summer has rlpeped the
fields, and that the reapds that
the coming harvests shall
bring In their sheaves with rejoicing.
every man unafraId and the whole
wide world glad in the sunshine OF
peace streaming down on the war.
weary earth and lis %IubIlsnt peoples.