The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-14

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" APP hese'i'e only by force
o1eehs, Maygars, 3roats. serbs -,
n'an'an>. Turks armen;apx,h.
aA"'ts oi olieInia and Hum
ess' 'he STOUT &c commonwealth,
'sN baihahs tsie iudogniiablc
e'AN' we shDs peoples Of the
N's' aiiese pes4 les did not wisl,
- - ati'ea. tii@ arsiently desired
- ''s'es' u'eir own sffairs, would be
S.'is'iea bs unt fputed independ-
e"'e' iieS could hc kept quiet only
by the presence oEtbe coustan, ,b.aat
u armed men. hey would live iIn-
a'f common pXser only by sheer
soihp'hsioh and a ait the day of rev.
olution. But tht German military
statesmen had rexsoned with all thai
'tha were ready % deal with it in
their own way.
And they haie aetuaIiy carried
ehe greater palk OF that amazing
pan INTO eNecas Bn. Look how things
stand. Ausfriagis st their mercy
IT has acted, n4f upon its c,Yu mi
tiatise or upon lle choice of its own
people, but at nkrlin's dictation ever
since the war ise.an. It's peopIes nou,
desire peace. Mt can not have IL
until leave is Granted from Berlin.
The sc-cailed CENTRAL Powers are in
faet bat single power. Serbia Is
at its mercy. should its hands BE-
but Tor u rntNnent free. Bulgaria
has consented Io its will and Ru-
mania Is OVER gun. The Turkish ar
mics which Gfrinans trained, are
serving GermaAy, certainly not them
selves and thsgnns of German war;
ships lying lit the harbor at Con-
stantinopie remind Turkish states.
men every dAs that they have no
choice hut TO Take orders from Ber-
lin. From Hamburg to the Persian
gulf the net isspread.
as it not easy to understand the
eagerness fo,Y peace that has beer
manifested f,tm Berlin ever since
the snare w;ss SET and sprnngoo
Peace, peace. aeaee, has been the talk
Of the foreignx office for now year
or more; not peace upon her own
initiative, but aipon the Initiative of
the nations dper which she deems
herself to hoLl the advantage. A
little OF the fallt has been public,
but most of A has been private.
Through all sorts Of channels it has
come to me asW in all sorts of guises.
hut never wits, the terms disclosed
which the 4 German government
vould be wiling TO accept. That
government has other valuable plans
besides flsose "a have mentioned. Ii
still holds a Valuable part Of France,
though will, kIoniy relaxing grasp,
ard praeticalM the whole of Bel
gtlun, Its ARMIES press close upon
Russia and oVEr-run Poland AT their
will, 1t can ,FDt 90 further; il dares
not 90 back. Eit wishes to close it's
hargaip before. it is too late and il
has little left b. offer for the pound
of flesh it wilidemand.
"The military masters under
whom GERMANY is bleeding see very
clearly 10 What point fate has
broueht ;herns Ii they fall back or
ere forced hadk an sncii, their power
both abroad And ut home viii fall
=, ,,isces like 4 house of cards. 1t is
the;, so,yer, ae home they are think =
ipe about mefe than their power
abroad. II ii that power which is
trembling al Nheir very feet; and
deep fear hai entered their hearts
rbe, have biu one chance 10 per-
their Military power or even
their eontrolag political influence.
n they can secure peace now with
.l,a immense :hsvantage still in their
hands which they have up To this
,ojpt appareiely gained. they will
.,.e ;nstifiea themselves before the
.ierman poople they will have gain
~ lar force ,that they promised 10
s,;,, Inv il. An immense expansion
If German paHFe and an immense
..,acranoant BIZ German industrial
nd eommerciAl opportunity. Their
49,. tsA mill III secure and with their
,restiae their boiitical power. II they
81 their netkble win thrust them
an. g goveINment accountable to
he people theHsel'es VIII be SET up
=, Germany al il Mas been in Eng
and. i'll the t'Fted States' III France
nj in AT, the hreat countries OF the
,,,,le,n time. fxcept Germany