Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-04
Peace Pressure This Time Can Only Enrage the Allies


s-i ,hes - ,a.s some measure
g Intern esty they will demand
ana lC-ftNs receive Gc-Many's
lH-t-c. ~t che cas-. 5 i-asei on pres
t-- The h-1ato. of Greece j. ar
nt. lesson When serbia vas at
o. sei the fate q Belgium. ard the
German Victories over EIsS.a. com
r-ed w.-h the kings influence kept
Greece oct %; the var. Fear Kept
Greece neutral. alth0 Eel.zelos want
81 war. ard his par-is.4ns were .n tho
majority The country w-veret, but
, The king lad his way. since that time.
EImaEia came .n ami has been de-
s'royed j. is beyond question that
Constantine must have the bulk Of
his people hack u him now or he
'cJlii not withstand such pressure as
he has been subjected 20. His peo-
pie. 50 great j. their terror o, Ger
many since Rumauia fel, would
rather starEe under a blockade than
suffer the fate they are sure is in
store FOR thSn Il they challenge the
omn.potent legions OF HindenDurg.
An Easy sacrifice.
And 50 Germany loses nothing by
Offering today 10 restore Serbia and
Rumaua. 30 diplomat IN Europe
would deny that nothing. not even
hate. could prevent those countries
from being attracted into the Ger
manic group after the conclusion Of
peace. They would fall into the lap
I ~ central Europe Ike ripe plums
For. a. the prestige of Germany has
scared IN the east, 50 has that OF Rus
sia declined. The small nations that
/ believed before the war In the future
Of Pan-S.aviSm and looked 10 Russia
u protect them against Germany
could have no such illusions II peace
were concluded before the allies Sue
ceed In destroying German prestige
by routing her enemies.
Nor are the small Balkan states the
/ only ones that would inevitably be
I drawn into the Germanic group II
IS hard 10 see how Scandinavia, and
even Holland. could resist Germany
might let France and Russia alone.
she would certainly not meddie with
England for many years. but in the
entente view any peace league entered
into by O supreme central Europe un-
der the control of Rerlin would be
. farce. Germany would control Eu-
rope. for with her allies she would be
/ invincible. and her empire. stretching
from Hamburg 10 Bag.ad. would con-
tain such resources that sne would be
independent Of sea power
4 Germany supreme over Europe.
arl over the world. would therefore
result from any peace concluded now,
whether or not Germany saved the
4 faces II her principal enemies by
concedinR scraps ~ territory which
would enable Britain. France and
Russia 10 cain that they had won.
But II the west front can be broken,
the German armies destroyed, the
German empire In the east will col
lapse overnight the influence Of
Russia again soar, and when Prussia
has been made helpless the balance
Of power can Le restored
Can II BE Done?
can the allies destroy the German
armies? 40 one can tell. but they
mean to try 10 do it, because they
think II they fail the resulting peace
VIII leave Germany top dog and pave
the way in ten. twelve or fifty years
Tor German world supremacy The
stake is too great TO stop until victory
is manifestly impossible
The greatest battles in the history
Of the world are now brewing on the
western front and may be under way
not long after this appears in print,
for the allies in 1917 are ready: they
will not have TO waste precious
months Of spring weather while they
are piling up munitions In men
France and England will have an
enormous superiority over their enc
mics. They will have more guns and
more shells. Russia, too. will attack
with all her forces
Germany may 20 10 pieces under
the onslaught. The men higher up
In England are convinced that she
Will. The more a man knows about
man power and the state Of the muni-
tion output which has increased be-
yond the credible, the more optimistic
he is--e fact not without significance.
II Germany holds firm. peace may
icome. or the allies may decide 10 pro-
long the war a year and have an
otl er try. But when moderate terms
are advanced from Berlin which pro-
claim the generosity Of Germany and
the defensive character Of the war.
Americans should remember that
rightly or wrongly the entente powers
believe they ere fighting to prevent n
German world supremacy
I'm the event Of allied victory. vtndl-
cative terms NAV not be imposed,
altho Russia AT Cons'antinoplc is de-
sired I'm London and Paris as well ms
Petrograd 80 that Germany cannot
eot Asia Minor under her thumb The
main war object is 10 DESTROY the
fabric OF prestige upon which German
world supremacy is being erected IN
the central European block. and that
can only be done by smashing the
German armies.
What l. the Answer?
one final point, 70 which my atten-
tion was drawn by a high parsonage
TO whom this story was submitted.
FMElSIOD CsSPlNES