TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-08-15
An Advisory Peace Congress.
The Hearst Papers Propose a Method for Pro-
noting a Speedy and Just Peace.

AklE 81 PHHAA~A NH
following address TO the people
of the United States proposing
the converting Of an advisory
peace congress in order to sub
NIT to the warning governments
the basic terms of peace which
the congress believes to be most
Just and advantageous to all
concerned:
To the People OF the United
States:
Fellow countrymen, we sub
nit to your candid consideration
these truths as being self-eyi-
dent: w..
/. That the only rightful OBJ
ject of war is to secure guaran-
tees of just and honorable peace.
D. That war should never be
prolonged beyond a time when
Just and honorable terms OF
peace can be secured.
8. That peace can be secured
only by one of two methods
either by one party to the wal
conquering and imposing its
own terms upon the other, or
byuegotiation between the two
parties.
Since these truths are self
evident, it follows that the war
in which the Entente Powers
and the Central European Al
lance are engaged, and the wal
in which our country and the
German Empire are engaged
must be ended either by con.
quest or by negotiation.
No statesman Of any rank in
either of the warning countries
any longer speaks Of obtaining
peace by conquest and by the
imposition Of the will of the
victor upon the vanquished.
1t is recognized alike in Lon
don and in Berlin, in Paris and
in Constantinople, in Rome and
in Vienna, that the conclusion
Of this wal must eventually be
secured by negotiation.
The allies are not going to
march their armies into Berlin
and there dictate terms Of peace,
nor are the Germans going to
march their armies into Paris or
into London and there dictate
terms Of peace. No sensible man
any longer expects such an end
ing.
Now, since all men are agreed
the end of the war must come
and will come, not by conquest,
but by negotiation, it necessari-
ly follows that the war ought
not be prolonged beyond a time
when it is evident that peace
can be negotiated.
Granting that these state
ments are true-and we think
no sensible person will dispute
them-two questions at once
present themselves for answer.
These are:s
/. Is it likely that a just and
honorable peace can be negotiat-
ed at this time?
2. If there is such a likeli-
hood, what means can be best
employed to bring about nego-
nations between the Entente
Powers and the Central Europe
an Powers, as well as between
the Empire Of Germany and the
Republic of the United States?
In answer to 4the first ques-
ton we say this: That we be-
Iieve there has been no time
since the war began so favor
able to the negotiation Of just
and honorable terms Of peace as
the present time.
In the first place, it is certain
that the people Of every country
in Europe, whether belligerent
or neutral, are weary of war
with an exceedingly great weari-
ness that their hardships and
their sufferings have become al
most more than human nature
can endure and that they face
the inevitable wretchedness and
misery Of the coming winter
with hearts that are sick with
in them.
1t is equally certain that the
majority Of the belligerent gov
ernments in Europe a~nxiously
desire peace.
We think that this is I'M
doubtedly true Of the Austrian
Government, the Italian Govern
ment, the Bulgarian Govern
ment and the Russian Revolu-
tionary Government; and we
believe that it is almost certain
" true Of the Governments Of