The Daily Missoulian., 1917-03-24
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH "a. 1917.
AN OPINION REGARDING THE
PEACE FEDERATION.

Missoua doubtless noticed with interest the mes
sage received in this city yesterday from the Emer
gency Peace Federation which asked that many
kilograms as possible be sent to President Wilson
and his cabinet asking that they be not "stampeded
into and pledging support in sane deliberate
methods of meeting the situation
What is the Emergency Peace Federation? Where
did 1t originate? And what. in the name of COM
sense is its idea of being "stampeled into war
and deliberate methods of meeting the situation?
Is this movelike the offer of mediation from neu-
tral European countries-but another effort the
part of the Teutons to embarrass the president; to
make him feel that the people of the United States
not behind him in this crisis. while Germany
carries on her depredations and with ruthless hand
is sending American ships to the bottom without
warming? 1t has all the earmarks of German prop
oganda or another sublimey ridiculous the
part of cur pacfist element.
We fail to comprehend what the Emergency Peace
Federation means by being ''stampeded into war;
If there anything ever undertaken with the eau
ton of a one-eyed mule approaching shaky bridge
it is with Germany. If there was ever ar
attitude justfable than that of the United
States toward Kaiser Wilhelm, do not know
where or when it existed. And still the Emergency
Peace Federation has the audacity to ask the people
of western Montana to be deliberate and not to be
stampeded. It appears to if the United States
has been as backward as the spring of 1917 in its
dealings with Germany. Few nations would have
swallowed the abuse and insults which have been
our almost daily portion with little evidence Of
hostility. 1t has been question of piling deprc
daton after Depreciation until the German nation
became convinced that the camel had no back to be
broken. The Teutons have now discovered that
there few vertebrae in our makeup, but even
the Emergency Peace Federation seems to exhibit
consummate nerve when it speaks of stamped
ing into war"
The clamor for war must be couneracted If thu
president is to be able to withstand pressure from
military and financial interests
Every time the shadow of Mars has touched
our land the blame has been laid at the door of on
manufacturing and financial classes. This time
however, there is little ground for such accusation
With commendable patriotism the shipyards, tn
muntion plants-in fact every industry which ca
be of assistance to the government in the presen
crisis-has agreed to lay aside the profitable for
eign trade and work for the United States at a tc
per profit, which is several times less than tn
amount they receiving from foreign contract
Still. the demand for is supposed to have bee
originated by our financial interests
The Emergency Peace Federation may have vel
commondablo purpose and it may be composed
very excellent men and women, but hope TIL
western Montana will keep its kilograms to itse
and allow President Wilson and his advisors to pu
the course they deem best, which, in the mn'
of overwhelmingly large number of American
is certainly not of "stampcde' undue haste.