Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-01

THE WAR Will 90 o.:

Gefnany's peace proposals have met an Eftenf.
treply which ought to be plain to the world as wei
! as TO the Teutons The Allies have no intention Of
bartering for peace on any such terms as the Ten
! tons will offer.
Quite evidently both sides will demand the max
imum. and hope to get something between this and
the minimum But neither events in the war arena
nor developments in ministerial and diplomatic cir
cles indicate that the minimum of the two sides are
at all coincident 1t may be taken for granted that
the Allies will not make concessions. The Teutons,
to secure peace, probably would yield good deal,
bur it is entirely unlikely that they would come any
where near meeting the demands which the Allies
must stand upon as absolutely essential.
For instance the Allies, certainly would insist on
the full restoration Of Belgium and heavy in.
demnity for the outrages this country has suffered.
Germany would probably agree to restore Belgium,
but only with governmental strings upon the king.
DOM and Germany is not likely to agree to the prin.
ciple Of indemnifcation. For If Germany once
Yields on this principle she must pay indemnites to
Russia, Serbia and perhaps Rumania.
The Allies must also insist upon the restoration
to France Of AIsace Lorraine It has been said with
good reason that If the Entente group were to yield
on this point, France would break from the group
Immediately. For France has consecrated the last
dropof blood in the veins Of her heroic people to re
d6eming the lost provinces
The Allies must also recompense Italy BY giving
her the Austrian territory for which she is fighting
must recompense Serbia with slice Of bulgaria,
Rumdnia with TransF lyania Russia with the Oar
daneles and much of Asia Minor perhaps also with.
part Of Austria
These are objects which the Allies must insist
upon. There might be slight changes, hut this is
virtually the minimum below which the Entente
Powers cannot 60. sSSs
Their haxiinum put forward as basis for trad.
ing Ia the peace conference would be much more
ambitious. The despatch from Copenhagen last
week which suggested that the Allies would demand
the paititono the German navy and the neutraliza
ion Of the Kiel canal was treated here as joke but
4 the .rfeeonellables IN the British government
have their way, Gefmany is to be crushed net only
a. HAIRY power but as u commercial power Ger
tainly the Allies hope to reduce The Teutons to such
straits that they eln carry out q program rigidly
limiting standing armies and naval construction.
They would also liketo disp0sses Germany perinan:l
entity Of her overseas colonies and possessions for
they fear German trade after the war.
such drastic demands as reparation by Germany
for ships sunk on the basis Of ton for ton indeni
dcati6n for every life lost in the submarine warfare
and he characterization Of the German government
show that the Allies expect to win the war after
struggle which will totally exhaust the adversary.
The main point is that the Allies have no inten-
ton whatever Of letting peace talk interfere with
their war program Their leaders declare that Eng
land has just begun to fight With Lloyd George at
the helm; and the whole country turned into a war
machine their leaders should prophesy correctly.
The Star Bulletin believes that Germany proposals
encourage the HES in the belief that the enemy
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