The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-07-12
NO PEACE.

Chancellor von Bethman-Hollweg | announced that peace without an n4,4ation is undesired by Germany l anf refuses to declare the aims of Ike Central Powers ill the war. i
 This might have been expected. | None of the nations are going to show their hand when they are not sure of what the others hold. None of them will willingly admit that they are getting down to the last brass tack or the final moujik. None of them will be willing to admit that they are as hard pressed as they really are.
 The Chancellor went further and said that Germany would win the war if the nation and its Allies held out, which is like the wintry ad- vice of the farmer to his starving horse Hive, and you will eat grass.
 There is a lot in this holding out business. And it is to be freely ad- fNltIGl that Il GtI many NdiA Lloho OAi and hang on, Germany's chances of .coming out on top are not 50 much 10 be sneered at The question is san the Central Powers hold out 4,an they resist domestic strife, hun ger. and a world of foes and despite everything put on a bold front.
 rppent1N for ward striking parallel between the ssitnation of the Central Powers now and Prussia under Frederick the Great in the Seven Years War. Rela- siyely the same array Of powers mvrc massed against Frederick as are today massed against the Kaiser. his powerful descendant. France, Russia, Austria several smaller s;erman states like SaXony and others, were lined up against the re- slonbtable King of Prussia. The story of the Seven Years war is one which is narrowing in detail and the semarkable man who led the forces of Prussia against the combination of Allies against him, owed much more to fortunate set of circum- stances than should be attributed to his own marvellous capacity. A general election in Great Britain it IS true took from him the unswerv- ing support which Pitt had always given him, but a change of monarchs ID Russia also removed one of his most inveterate enemies and placed instead a friend upon the Muskovite throne Similarly as the years went ,on France tired of war which was ADstria's fight and the end came about by sheer weariness of spirit among the enemies of Prussia, while the indomitable spirit of the Hohen- zollern remained still determined to 4ight to the last
 It is not impossible that Germany suspects that in the ranks of her en- .awies just now there is nothing which assures that the alliances against her will remain permanent II IS now almost certain had no re- volution taken place in Russia, Rus ssia would ere now have been al peace with Germany and Kaiser and ghe Tzar would have reached ar understanding. For this reason, il might reasonably be inferred tha' what was possible of happening be fore may happen again and the poss jbilities of separate peace are by nc means remote.
 Unfortunately for the German powers and their Allies, the situa tior for Prussia in the Seven Year War is something different and tha something is of vital importance During the most vital years of th' Seven Years War, Frederick Wa backed by Great Britain, then thu yichest country in the world and country which then had tho mos powerful fleet at sea and whicl kept open the Prussian ports fo Frederick. Today the Central Pow @1rs have the richest nations agains ahpm. They have the nations whiCl possess greater man power, greate 'zuoney power and greater maya power all opposed to them. More oyer they have nations against then which are less susceptible to intri gue than the practically autocrati' governments which existed in Flu