The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-09
PEACE PROSPECTS
PROF. ROLAND rsUER'S VIEWS
ON HOW WAR WILL END.
Relieves That When the German Lead
err BECOME Convinced That the Game
IL Up The, WIN Can II Om-Pcriaps
In 1919.

The Chicago Tribune presents AN au
thori,ed interview given by Doctor rsh'
or. who is an authority on international
politics. professor OF history in Wash
ington university. -. Louis. and the au'
thor Of "pan-Germanism." The sub
stance il as follows:
The outstanding facto, in Gefmany's
defeat viii he her inability TO continue
producing. II win be an economic down
fall more than military one. The de
mand upon her war production capacity
II enormous: she cannot continue indeii'
niteiy In competition with her more re-
sourceful opponents. for she is com
PEELED TO produc. not alone for herself
but largely for her allies as well. She
viii fail The war viii not end soon.
The allies certainly are not ready 20
talk terms Of peace and they would
he foolish TO do SO until they see how
badly they win be able To defeat Ger
many Especially Is this true now that
the United States is in the war.
Germany win continue 20 make peace
offers ana the allies will continue to re-
fuse To listen 10 them, FOR the very
simple reason that Germany will make
no offer before she is beaten that will
approach the terms she will have tc
make II she is beaten.
In 1919.
When the German leaders become con
vinced that the game is up they vii
lay down the cards and call IL over
do not believe that win be this year
or next I believe II may come in 1919
\ Germans have woefully misread the
other nations. but they understand them
selves well.
do not look for a revolution in Ger
many during the war do look for i'm
mediate changes in the government oi
Germany. however as soon as the wal
ends or just as soon as the end-and de
| feat becomes clear 10 the German peo
pie. If Austria breaks. If economic con
ditions in Austria. much less well or
ganized than in Germany. become in
tolerable Austria will have to stoI
! lighting or she might become 50 en-
| feebled as TO be useless. Austria is
|, Handicapped by less obedient people
than Germany. Germany would ther
have TO accept terms dictated by the
allies even though she might. OF her
self be able to hold out somewhat long
err But the great scheme would ther
have failed definitely: IL would he folly
for Germany TO continue.
The German leaders may be brutal
hut they do not lack perception. They
may sacrifice German lives without
scruple so long as il appears there is
something 10 be gained: they will Ger
tainly not throw lives away on a for
lorn hope. because they know well that
they viii need them in the future.
The 'Reichiand"
| Alsace-Lorraine will certainly 20 back
to France. There viii be territorial
changes in Europe proper and they viii
be about as the allies want. believe
that the allies honestly want 10 satisfy
! Germany so far rs it can be done con
sistent with their own safety. If the
situation in Europe is put about as the
allies want on a basis of safety there
| is no reason why a settlement cannot
be made that viii be fair and satisfac.
tory to both sides; a settlement that will
rot be dangerous to Germany's future
LOr yet more than she can reasonably
grant.
There is no reason why the allies can
not give Germany more commercial op-
portunity in certain districts. | am con
hdent that they win be generous to
Germany and anxious enough to insure
! the peace of the world to give her some
what more opportunity out Of Europe
probably in Asia Minor and in Africa.
Germany viii agree 10 IN elaborate
restitution Of Belgium. of that I am con
fdent She well knows the feelings Of
the world on that feature Of the situa-
tion. and. indeed, there are a great many
in Germany who favor this action not
from the standpoint Of good policy. but
from its strictly moral side
The key to the situation in the matter
of democratizing Germany is the fact
that the people Of Germany do not use
the word democracy IN the same sense
that we do The German includes things
we DO not; he leaves out the particu-