The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-24

New York, August 2.-(Special)-Presl-l | dent Wilson's reply to the communlca- tion in which the pope suggests pasls upon which peace negotiations can pe made, will probably be clear intimatlon that the United States and heI allies eN- pect to conquer a peace.
 Of course, the President will not make this statement buntly and his reply 10 the pope's communication will undoupt- edly reflect his characteristic dignity and courtesy. But if the view when prevails in this city, at least among those who have been in touch with affairs at Washington, is correct, then it Will be made plain that the President and the allies cannot contemplate any peace which does not follow complete victory, since any other peace would be merely temporary.
 There is also beginning to be gooo understanding here of the sWiftness With which the government, in cooperation | with the great business forces of the United States, is co-ordinating the stu | pendous resources of this country in such manner as to compare favorably With that German efficiency of which so much | has been said and more than favoraoly
 when it is borne in mind that the United l States declared war only four months 1 ago.
 There was a day or two ago march
 upon Fifth avenue, New York, of
 fully equipped regiment which probably | before the winter snow comes will be l somewhere on the line in France It was
 a splendid body of men who seemed to | ad fo
 tions established by the famous Sixty | ninth regiment in the days of the CIVIL 1 war Many thousands watched and cheered these soldiers from the sideWalh and there appeared to be one thought common to all and that was that the march of these troops was symbolic or | what is in progress all over the country
 which will be represented in short time , by a million American soldiers under
 arms.
 Public opinion has sometimes been
 thought to be rather indifferent to the
 war and to the preparations that are
 under way for meeting it. But that IS
 spoken of here as misapprehenslon. !, Public opinion here and throughout the |, country, according to information re- received from Washington is strongly set in favor of utilizing all the resources Of
 this country that it will be necessary to
 do in order to conquer peace
 Well informed men of finance who are going to aid the government say that l they have no doubt that Germany has :, been well informed by this time that the United States is determined to fight thls
 issue to the end. For it is the suspicion in financial circles that it is in no small measure due to the realization by the German leaders that the United States
 is not about to play at war, but is to en- ter into the conflict with the grim deter- mination that characterizes England
 France and Italy, which explains some oi | the anxiety that is known to prevail n financial circles in Germany.
 Q Should the war be continued for an :, other year the United States will prob
 ably have raised an army ot about two
 million men, well equipped, thoroughly provided with supplies, which Will eo-op crate chiefly with the armies of Franc t and of England Behind these two mil K lion men stand resources which, repre- Il scented by money, aggregate about $250
 ooo, ,oDo, 900. This is estimated to be abou
 
 entire world. We never shall be dis
 turbed as Germany is now disturbed b.
 reason of lack of coal, for our supple 'i of that fuel are from 10 to 15 times a. Il great. developed and undeveloped, as ar T. tbe coal possibilities of Europe Tn D. south is to produce this year considerably r, more than one-half, probably more thal in two-thirds, of the worlds cotton crol le We had already astonished Great Britai in and France by the swift developmen ye since 1900 of our iron and steel industry ae We had at that time made 1t clear tha O. the prediction of the late Abram $. Flew ,l- itt that within l5 or 20 years the Unite in States would surpass England in the pro
 duction of iron and steel would be just
 fled Now we have considerably mof it's than one-haif of the iron and steel pro to ducing capacity of the world and upo e. this we can rely in >confidence. for sue IS, assistance as ciir government needs ng maintaining the -4pAeN 1Ae fttituue st the. steel indus is fegafA as proc it. of that.
 he The governm at SNB@Vis Yf at ieas a 1 hopes that the aFNesf ~ As~t year " " be so abundan tnal *t eA iniiilu in,
 bushels of whe AfiN tehi 9iilon pusi ,~ l els of corn wi FH iiAeNestp ana eiis f the aggregate pf tAe FAfNet eAelusi. .ln |1 of cotton may aaAa l@F SNe''on 'iiae