The menace., 1917-09-01
THE KAISER WANTS A
i. TRUCE NOT PEACE.
Peace Between Democracy and Au-
tocracyMust Change German Sys-
tenn Else Peace is Only Truce

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tenn Else Peace is Only Truce
No clearer setting forth of the
paramount issue at stake in the
world war has come to light than an
editorial which recently appeared in
the NetO York World.
The World clearly states what
democratic people think about a gov
ernment that claims authority based
on partnership with the Almighty
yet goes to any extremity of cruelty
to gain sovereignty over any people
whose prosperity arouse5 the ambi-
tions Of seekers after power.
While reading the excerpt from the
Worlds editorial as given below it
will be we'll to bear in mind that
the papal proposal of peace came
through the palace in Rome where
for centuries, pope after pope has
claimed to stand in the place of God
Himself on this earth, while one Of
them inaugurated and all have sane
toned burning at the stake, the wheel
and the rack and other inquisitional
tortures as means of bringing
whole nations into subjection to the
pope. =,
The papal system by a careful
study of events and with loyal sub
jects in all lands survived the re-
form period and though shorn of its
temporal possessions still maintains
its arrogant claims.
Is it not surprising then that a
truce similar to that under which the
vatican is now building for future
conquests should be sought for the
pope's rightful sympathizer, the
kaiser, and for Austria the last Of
the powerful Catholic nations.
Students of vatican relations with
the Austro- German alliance were not
surprised then when press dispatches
from Switzerland charged that the
pope's peace proposal was drafted in
a monastery at Einsiebein, where
Prince Won Buelow, Herr Erzberger
Baron Ritten, the Bavarian minister
to the vatican, and the Director-Gen-
eral of the Jesuits (the black pope)
were assembled in secret council one
month prior to the issuance of the
proposal.
With the above facts in mind GER.
tain pertinent suggestions as to that
other representative Of autocracy
the vatican, will occur to discriminate
ing persons that carefully read the
following excerpts from an editorial
in the New York World, issue fol
August 16:
"Precise terms of peace are less
important than they were year age
or two years ago. 1t is the agencies
of peace Which are vital. This is moi
an ordinary war, and it cannot bt
ended with the ordinary readjust
ments and compromises which are
the special province of diplomacy.
"How can there be a peace between
the present German government anc
the nations that are at war with it
Who would guarantee it? - Witt
Prussian atuocracy still in control o
Germany, would Great Britain O.
France or the United States dare t,
! disarm? Would one Of then
dare be anything but an armed CAM
ready to strike at the first sign of {
hostile move on the part of Ger
many?
"* If this war has been Tough
for such a peace, all the sacrifice
and sufferings lave been in vain an,
civilization is defrauded of ats birth
right.
at would be comparatively cas-
to make peace if there were a gov
ernment in Germany = 4 which wa
} responsible to public opinion.
" 4 We are told from time t
: time tk:t Prussianism has learned
: lesson from this conflict. Has it
: What proof have ,Ue? What evidenc
] can be offered? 1t has learned tha
e many of its plans went wrong an
e that world domination was not S
easy Of attainment as it seemed, bu
even out Of defeat it has consolidate
q vast empire that stretches fro,
Bremen to Bagdud and Is governe
from Berlin. That is already wo'
and that will be hold unless the powe
of this autocracy is finally broke
and free Germany emerges.
y "War is better than frauduler
!, and deceptive peace. - When I'll
vatican asks the free peoples to col
C slider a peace with Germany the
r haye a right in turn to demand
e German government with which a
4 honest peace can be made.
q "Such a government does not exi
, today, and the vatican can offer I
- assurances that such a governmel
y ever will e1ist until the whole syste
II of Gutocracy goes crushing doaon
: ruin under the military power of Il
d allies.
ut is said from time to time |
e apologists for Prussianism that v
l. have no right to dictate the kind
re government under which the &c
It mans shall live. That is not tru
J. When any form of government b
is comes a proved menace to the rOorl
l. society has a right to protect itse
"There can be truce with demo
If racy, but there can be no peace. L
N us not delude ourselves. Either tn
a German dutocrGcy must be crush
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