The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-06-22

has been privnte. Through all sorts
of channels Il has come 10 me, and in
all sorts Of guiscs but never with the
terms disclosed which the German gov.
eminent would be- willing TO accept
That government has other valuable
uAwns 70 its hands besides those / have
mentioned II still holds a valuable
part OF France though with slowly re-
laNiug grasp and practically the whole
OF Belgium. Its armies press close
1 upon Russia and uvcTTun Poland at
their will. II cannot go further, IL dare
not go hack. II wishes to close its bar
/. gain before it is too late aud it has
/ litgle left 90 offer for the pound Of
| flesh 10 VIII demand
One Chance.
The military masters under whom
/ Germany Is bleeding see very clearly
( 10 what point fate has brought them.
! If they fail back or are forced back an
/ inch, their power both abroad and at
home will fnll to pieces like house
/ Of cards. II Is their power at home
/ they are thinking about now more than
/ their power abroad. II is that power
which Is trembling under their very
| hearts They have but one chance to
perpetuate their military power or
even their controlling political influ-
ence.
III they can secure peace now with
the Immense advantages still in their
hands which they have up TO this point
apparently gained, they will have Jus
titled themselves before the German
l.. tI.at
what they promised to gain by IL; an
Immense expansion of German power,
nm Immense enlargement of German
industrial and commercial Opportuni-
ties. Their prestige will be secure and
with their prestige their political pow
err II they fuiled, their people will
thrust them aside; government ac,
couhtabie To the people themselves will
be set up in Germany as Ii has been
In England, In the United States, in
France and In all the great countries
or the modern time except Germany.
IT they succeed, they are safe and Ger
many and the world are undone; if
they fhii, Germany is saved and the
world VIII be at peace. II they sue
ceed, America Will fall within the
menace. We and all the rest of the
world must remain armed, as they will
remain and must make ready for the
next step in their aggression; If they
tall, the world may unite for peace
ana Germany may be of the union.
DO you not now understand the
new intrigue, the intrigue for peace
ana why the masters of Germany do
not hesitate to use any agency that
promises to effect their purposes. the |
deceit of the natlons2 Their present
particular aim Is to deceive all those |
VINO throughout the world stand for
the rights of peoples and the self gov. |
eminent Of nations for they see what |
immense strength the forces of Justice |
ana OF liberalism are gathering out of |
thls war. They are employing liberals |
IN their enterprise. They are uslug
men, In Germany and without, as their
spokesmen, whom they have hitherto
iesplsed ana oppressed, using them
TOT tlelr own destructlon-Sociali
ne leaders OF labor, the thinkers they
nave hitherto sought to silence. Let
hem once succeed and the men now
heir tools viii be ground TO powder
beneath the weight of the great mill
AIRY empire they will have set up; the
,eFolutionists In Russia will be cut off
rom dll succor or cooperation in |
western Europe and counter revolu-
ION fostered and supported; Germany
lersef will lose her chance of free
ION, ana all Europe win arm for The
lext, the final struggle.
The sinister intrigue Is being no
ess actively conducted in this country
han In Russia and in every country
n Europe TO which the agents ana
lupes OF the imperial German govern
hent can get access. That government
ms many spokesman here, In places
ligh and low, They have learned dis
'retion. They keep within the law. II
) opinion they utter now, not sedltion
lhey proclaim the liberal purposes of
helr masters, declare this "A forrfrn
var which can set England at the cen.
er or the stage aud talk of her ambi-
ion to assert economic dominion
throughout the world: appeal 10 onr
Inclent tradition OF Isolation In ua
'oiltics of the nations and seek :,
undermine the government with fails,
PROFESSIONS of loyalty to its prin.
'iples. P''"
No Headway.
kut they will make no heodvov
The false hetray themselves also In
very accent, Ii is only friends mud
ARTISANS of the German government
whom we have already identified Who
litter these thinly disguised disloyn1-
les The facts are patent to all the
world and nowhere are they moro
haihiy seen than In the United States
Nhefc we are accustomed TO deal with
acts anu not with saphiStripS. and
ne great fact that stands out aboya
'd the rest is that this is Il people,s
var war for freedom and tusffcp
ma sell government among an the ug.
ions OF the world, war To make tbe
verdi safe for the peoples who live
lpon Il and have made it their own
ne German people themselves iuclpd.
n, aud Tint with US rests the choice
. ee"hk through all these hypacrisIr,
IA aHaEHW