The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-16
THE PEACE PROPOSALS

SEEMS reasonably certain, reviewing more less
definite statements coming from the chanceleres of
the worlds that Pope Benedcs peace proposal will from
the of the terms upon which the war
may be brought 0 a close
This will be something gained When every people know
what the other peoples there be crystazaion of
public opinion not possible
There sat present nothing that reaches the degree of
sound public opinion about the People support their gov
ernmen while hoping that peace will very large
group In every nation quite convinced that the should
until somebody is soundy whipped nobody not
the heads of have the specific
ad OF which men can decide whether peace advisable or
even possible
United States perhaps has the casting vote The pow
to make the decision exist Russia this
STA has declared for without annexaon
ndemnies If Russia should make peace upon this basis
would leave difficult task the other Allies because Russia
neutral would restok the failing and scanty food supplies
Of Germany.
But so far as the mind can se the president can
decisive influence He anybody else
in the world His vision is not obscred by proximity and he
represents country yet addened b,s
the slaughter of its people, and the destruction of millions of
its subjects
make peace its Whatever conditions
before Alliance formed with other they
different The United States must fight until
Allies satisfied, strong determine
the period and the conditions that shall make that sasac
ton
that must be decided is the prospect Of future
victory. If Germany approaching exhaustion it less
to have peace with concomitants than
would pc Germany in position to fight for indefinite
period
Statistics less unreliable. those that
most reliable indicate that modern between highly civz
ed peoples tends to- state of deadlock This
view Of M Bloch the Russian, writing than scoreSof
Of the power Influence of modern
the view of Bernard Shaw and H. Wells great English
writer's EXPRESSED at the beginning of the
HxctofzBaztp the best minds among the Allies not to
be of the possibilities of the immediate future if fighting
only result in the destruction of treasure the
of millions then there strong
But if the foe is weakening if his fighting powers
approaching exhaustion then better terms be had and the
future can be more safeguarded by fighting
has done much to bring comfort to Amer
lea 46s1soaton country is increased by modern de-
velopmens That quality in modern which keeps
nations steadfast along line drawn straight countries
an that the difficulty Of attacking America has
1reased rather than decreased the revolutionary period
Americas safety for the future has been further developed
by the manufacture munitions and the creation large
body of experience in this field.
The country has army, will have, adequate
to repe invasion that could theoretically be
fore the ends this army will be permeated by body
veterans who have had actual of European
tons, as they exist at this very hour.
The submarine another guarantee Of the isolation of
United States The self nations with power
to build under boats by the thousands this people,
event Of with European could drive its
from the in comparatively boodless warfare unless
deed should under water in which
endously diminished because of the under
water carriage. .s
Americans may feel that the United States will do
itself the people will support
the president in any he may Pope Benedcs
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