Evening journal., 1917-06-14
Nation Fights for Right; Woe
TO Men Who Stand in Way

serbs, houmanians, Turks, Armcni-
ans, the proud states of Bohemia and
Hungary, the stout little common
wealths Of the Balkans the indomit-
able Turks, the subtle peoples OF the
east were to be combined These peo-
pies did not wish TO be combined.
Ihey desired 70 direct thair own af-
fairs, would be satisfied only by I'M
disputed independence. They could be
Kept quiet only by the presence or the
constat threat OF armed meni They
would live under a common mower
only by sheer computation and awair
the day Of revolution But the German
military statesmen had reckoned with
all that and were ready to deal with
It in their own way.
And they have actually carried the
greater part Of that amazing plan into
execution
Look how things stand Austria Is
az their mercy. II has acted. not upon
It's own Initiative nor upon the choice
or It's own people, but at Berlin's die
tation ever since the war began. It's
! people now desire peace, but cannot
nave II until leave Is granted from
Berlin. The so.called central powers
are in fact but single power. Servia
IS az It's mercy, should its hands hut
Tor a moment be freed. Bulgaria has
consented to its will and Rumania is
/ overrun The Turkish armies. which
Germans trained, are serving Ger
many. certainly not themselves. and
| the guns OF German warships living
( In the harbor OF Constantinopla re-
mind Turkish people every dav that
they have no choice but to take their
orders from Berlin. From Hamburg
10 the Gulf Of Persia the net Is spread
is It not easy TO understand the
eagerness for peace that has been
manifested from Berlin ever since
the snare was set and sprung? Peace,
I peace. peace, has been the talk Of the
foreign Office for now a year and
more; not peace upon her own initi-
alive but upon the initiative of the
nations over which she deems herself
10 hold the advantage. A little Of tie
talk has been public but most OF 1t |
has been private. Through all sorts |
or channels II has come to me and |,
an guses, but never with the terms !
disclosed which the German govern |
mont would be willing 10 accept. That /
government has other valuable pawns
besides those I have mentioned. II
$500 H'AAF a NaAudbAG part Oh france.
though with slowly relaxing grasp, |
and practically the whole Of Belgium. ]
It's armies press close upon Russia |
and over run Poland at their will. II /
cannot 60 further; II dare not go
back u wishes to close its bargain |
before II is too late and Il has little
left to offer for the pound OF flesh il
viii demand
THE military masters under whom
Germany is bleeding see very clearly
10 what point fate has brought them.
II they fall back or are forced back
an inch their power both abroad and
at home will fall to pieces like an
house OF cards. II ia their power at
home they are thinking about now
more than their power abroad Il is
that power which Is trembling at
their very feet; and deep fear has
entered their hearts. They have but
one chance TO perpetuate their mill /
tary power or even their controlling |
political influence II they can secure |
peace now with the immense advan-
tages still In thoir hands which they
have up TO this point gained they will
have justified themselves before the
German people; they will have gained
by force all they promised to gain by
II; an immense expansion OF German !
power an immense enlargement Of |
German industrial and commercial OPP
portunity Their prestige will be- Sc
cure and with their prestige their
political power IF they fail, their peo-
pie will thrust them aside: a govern
ment accountable to the people them
selves will be set up in Germany as
II has been In England. in the United
States. in France, and in all the great
countries OF the modern time, except
Germany. II they succeed they are
safe and Germany and the world are
undone; II they fail Germany is saved
and the world will be at peace. II
they succeed 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 ag-
gression; II they fail. the world may
unite for peace and Germany may be
OF the union.
do you not now understand the
intrigue. the intrigue for peace and
why the masters OF Germany do not
hesitate TO use any agency that prom
Uses to effect their purpose. the de-
ceit Of the nations? Their present par
ticular aim is 10 deceive all those who
throughout the world stand and fight
for peoples and the self. government
Of nations: for they see what inn
mense strength the forces OF justice
and OF liberalism are gathering out
of this war They are employing lib
erals in the enterprises. They are us
ing men, in Germany and without,
as their spokesman. whom they have
hitherto sought TO silence. Let them
once succeed and these men. now their
tools, will be ground to powder be-
meath the weight OF the great military
empire they will have set up; the re-
volutionists IN Russia will cut ofiefrom
western Europe and counter revolu-
ton fostered and supported. Germany
herself will lose her chance OF free
dom; and all Europe will arm for the
next. the final struggle.
THE sinister intrigue Is being no
less actively conducted In this coun-
try than in Russia and in every coun-
try in Europe to which the agents
and dupes OF the imperial German
government can get access. That gov
eminent has manv spokesman here.
in places high and low. They have