The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-20
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ance of power among the allied lead
ers.
Washington has stated repeatedly
that American participation in the
,inter-allied council will be confined
entirely to military measures" No
deviation from this idea is contem-
plated. The president will reserve the
right to determine what constitutes
military measures"
The announced military objective of
all the allies is the defeat of German
militarism and the shattering of the
Hohenzollern menace to the peace of
the world. Anything calculated to
further that objective will, it is
pointed out, be classe6 by America as
"a military measure"
Evidence is already forthcoming
that more discomfort has been caused
the ruling class within Germany by
wilson's appeal on June IA to the Ger
man people over the heads of the
kaiser and his hand-picked govern
ment than by any single military blow
struck during 1917.
While no big result has yet been
recorded from this political offensive,
there is evidence that the leaven is
working. The French, especially, have
been active in sowing the seeds of
German republicanism on the Teuton-
ic soil.
Rights of Small Nations.
War leaders regard any move cal
culated to solidify and unite the allies,
to define and concentrate their eff
forts on common detectives, eliminat-
ing private or selfish hopes of indi-
vidual allied belligerents, as military
measures. Along the same line, it has
been urged of no less Necessity, that
greater consideration be given to the
needs Of and advantages of fuller CO.
operation with some of the minor and
less consulted allies.
It is understood there is good rea-
son to believe the statesmen among
the entente powers are in substantial
| agreement with President Wilson's
suggestion. Opposition, however, may
develop among certain groups of
financiers, be cauSe no attempt is made
to conceal the fact that such a state
ment of essential principles as Presi-
dent Wilson desires may necessitate
a whiting down of maximum de-
mandS by various countries. The
statesmen who have been guiding the
war for more than three years are
quite prepared to limit demands to
those essentials affecting all allies. 1t
is known, however, that certain great
| international financial groups prefer
| to run still further risks in the hope
of making good, financially and ter
| ritorially, at the expense of the CEN
| trail powers.
Russia Definitely Out.
1t is admitted readily here thai
| "A
put thru her program without incon-
| sistency.
With Russia definitely out of active
/ fighting, the United States alone of al
! the allies is in a position to furnish the
man power requisite to continue the
war to a successful elimination.
American regulars are in France
/ American volunteers are in khaki anC
| in the navy and the selective service
army is in training-not to further in
dividual aims of individual European
nations, not to make possible economic
and commercial leagues against Ger
many, but to uphold the inalienablt
rights of American citizens on lan(
| and on sea, as guaranteed under inter
national law, and, in its highest sense
| make the world safe for democracy.
It is pointed out that if America il
| to furnish the full strength and de
liver the full blow of which she il
capable, the mind of every one of he
fighting men must be made absolutel,
clear as to what he is fighting for. L
Il is pointed out that America has no
been invaded and has not been threat
ened She has been deluged for three
years with German propaganda
Pacifism, sore German and som,
merely misguided, has had free rein
| A reconSecration of the allied Gauss
has been urged by the American com
miSSiOnerS and in this they have haC
the hearty support of many of tn
British commissioners and emissarie
who have visited America within tn,
past eight months.
On ever hand Colonel House and tn,
American commission have been giveI
the most cordial reception. Their
can be little doubt but that among TIL
foremost British and French leader
the proposal of the Americans will re
ceive endorsement. Lloyd George il
particular has since their first meet
ing shared the complete confidence
of Colonel House, and while the i'm
peralistic views of Lord Northcliff
are generally understood, the ener
geIic manner in which he is fighting
for the inter-allied council, with al
that he must know it will entail, sug
gests that the publisher-peer regard
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