The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-07
THE END OF THE WAR.
Editor OF The Reformer:-

Editor OF The Refomef:-
| think very highly of The Reform
er; frequently agree with the ed
itorial opinions OF the paper, and when
don I ] respect them rs being
thoughtful and well-considered. ] am
therefore the more deeply grieved when
read as l sometimes do, statement
like this taken from Mondays paper:
Men who are i'll a positios to have
good judgment, both here and abroad.
predict that there is long war ahead
Iof Us. Talk Of early peace comes from
those who know nothing about con,i
lions from first hand observations.
Not being one Of those men wno
are III position to have good judg
ment, whatever that may mean, /
shall not venture to predict when the
war will end. merely want TO call
Your attention to the fact that there
is the best authority for the belief
that il will end before Christmas and
EQUALLY good authority for the fear
THAT il will continue for from three
ito seven years. And when it comes To
making predictions about the approach
of peace, one mans guess Is Just about
las good as another S. If there is any
thing that has been proved beyond dis
pute by this war it is that expert opin-
ION as to the future is not worth n
tinker dam.
4 despatch from Amsterdam to the
New York American recently stated
tthat Herr Hoch, q member of the
Reiehstag, informed the Socialist con-
ference at Wurzburg that unless peace
will experience revolutionary convul-
sions.
| A Washington despatch to the New
York Tribune says that an official cable
gram on, conditions in Germany received
ut the national capital says III general
that Germany S population wants peace
and the people declare it will be con
Guided in November because a German
victory by arms is felt to be impossible
of realization. German workmcn boldly
state that they will leave the factories
necessary for the conduct of the war if
the war continues during the winter.
| Washington correspondents say that
many United States army leaders look
for victory next year and that there is
constantly growing feeling that Ger
many and her partners cannot hold out
beyond the winter of 1918.
! On the contrary Admiral Won Tirpitz
says the Germans can continue conf
IDENTIFY to hope for victory as long as
they can continue to sink ships faster
/ than England can provide new ones.
| And there you are.
OF course many of these predictions
are made by those to whom the wish
/ is father to the thought. But to say
that talk of early peace comes from
those who know nothing about condi-
tions from first hand observation = is
rather strong statement.
! We can all agree on this, however
1t makes no difference whether the war
F, ends this winter or continues for seven
! years more; it will not end until the
triumph of democracy is assured. Aud
we shall not fail i'll any single partie-
ular to put every ounce OF effort We
can into the prosecution of the war.
/! If we prepare for seven years of fight
ing we are all the more likely to get
| the thing settled III seven weeks. (
] | should like to amend your editorial
70 read:
Men who are in a position to have
| good judgment, both here and abroad,
ipredict that we shall end the war as