Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-30
MAKE A FINISH OF 1T.


MAKE A FINISH OF 1T.
Bernard Shaw hit upon a happy
expression the other day when he said
that one OF the chief objections to all
kinds OF makeshift efforts at peace
was that the world had made up Its
mind to "see war thoroly tried out
before IL lapsed into any more
patched truces. only to feverishly
prepare for future wars on still
bigger scale. We think the expression
fits the case admirably, and the fact
that this is the prevailing opinion in
practically every country on the globe.
except that group which hasl more
to gain than lose by such a makeshift.
lis the chief reason why neither the
pope nor any other authority can
make any headway in bringing about
an armistice. The world is tired of
the experiment Of war, and no peace
that does not bear within itself the
assurance of permanence and justice
can expect to receive favorable con-
sideration.
The fact that Germany and Austria
have given their endorsement of the
pope's plan does not change the aspect
OF things in the least. They were not
expected TO do otherwise. They are
the ones who have most to gain and
least to lose by a stoppage OF warfare
at the present stage and n restoration
OF the status quo ante. They have
about extended themselves to the limit
to carry out their plans OF world con-
quest, with unsatisfactory A
prolongation OF the struggle can only
mean greater peril to them, while a
patched-up peace would give them n
breathing spell I'm which to prepare
for another and greater effort n few
decades hence. 1t is futile to imagine.
no matter what terms may be pro-
posed for settlement of the present
difficulty. that the Teutonic alliance
will voluntarily give over their ambi-
tious designs. a peace now would be
simply an acknowledgement that they
had been temporarily checked and
were not able TO complete their design
without an intervening period of RE-
cuperation. If anyone thinks that
signing n peace treaty would mean n
relief from German aggression, ex-
cept temporary respite, they are
miscalculating the German mind.
Let US concede at once that nothing
but absolute defeat can convince the
Junker powers that they cannot rule
the world and subjugate all other peo-
pies We might as well come to II. II
will be better to understand this now
than to foolishly trust further to Ger
man protestations. We all rememb Der
the quotation about how pious the
devil desired to be when he was sick.
and how quickly and thoroly he dis
missed the desire when health re-
turned. Germany is sick of the war
now not because she is cloyed on
horrors, but because her strength is
waning and her enemies multiplying.
She desires above qll things. in view
of the lmpossibility of attaining her
ends just now, TO postpone the day
of reckoning and gather up her
strength anew for later attempt. All
proposals of an inconcusive peace helm
to bring about this condition.
But the world is sick of war too
from different standpoint. The
world wants this war to be decisive
enough that repetition OF the late
horrors will be made impossible for
all future time. We want TO see war
thoroly tried out, so thoroly that n
resort to the arbitrament of arms will
be discarded as n means OF deciding
international issues And this ac-
complishment can never be realized
until the powers that have undertaken
to subjugate the world are decisively
convinced that they cannot do any
such thing. 1t is folly TO talk or peace
until the Prussian ambition for world
conquest is so thoroly crushed that II
VIII not dare to raise its head any
more. Then. and then only, may we
dSree upon a peace that holds out
nope OF permanence and international
Justice.