The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-15
NEXT MOVE FOR
PEACE TO BE MADE
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BY HARRY 3. HUNT.

Washington u. c., Aug. 14.-The
next move for peace, according to Off
Gals here in touch with the inside
maneuvers in the central powers, is to
be made by Austria, with that country
appearing in the role of mediator be-
tween Germany and the allies.
! So farjas Austria, is concerned, this
peace movement will be in good faith.
She is tired of the war and would wei
come its end. For months she has
held in line only because she dared
not break with Germany. She sees
now that, even in event of victory,
Germany and not Austria would bene-
fit principally BY the terms of settle
ment, and German domination would
be frightened over Austria as we'll as
over Germany's enemies.
The moving factor in Austria's peace
proposals, however, is her own in
ternal situation. s2S5s - T..
Economically, Germany is far better
off than Austria. Crops have been
poor, reserves of food are low, and
war taxes have ground the mass OF
the ,Austro-Hungarian people down to
absolute want.
Austria's people, a mixture of a
score of different tribes and nationali'
ties, have never been welded together
into the solid union effected by Ger
many. Their national spirit is less
developed; their tribal tendencies are
more pronounced. Unrest and dis
satisfaction has grown with the bur
dens of the war, until it is now reach
ing the danger point.
Recognizing this condition. the men
at the head of Austria war councils
dread another winter at war. Cold
and hunger and suffering not only for
the army, but for the mass of the civil
population is certain if the war out
lasts the next four months. Will the
people stand it, or will they revolt?
That is the big question, and the
question the house of Hapsburg most
fears. Peace, or peace negotiations
that would, drag through the winter
alone promise security against
a civil uprising. sA
AS understood here, Austria is at
tempting to win Germany's consent to
undertake peace negotiations early
this fall Germany, still confident OF
her ability to maintain stalemate on
land and to make Roadway at sea,
will consent to peace negotiations on
terms that would make the war prac
tically a, draw. esg;,t ...,j
But a draw for Germany means de- |
feat for the allies For it means the
German military menace will remain,
and the peace so reached would be
but breathing spell before another
war.
For this reason the United States
and her allies cannot consent to un-
dertake peace negotiations until they
clearly have the upper hand militarily.
There can be no peace without victory
that will make the Norld safe for de-
The onlys peace that will
be effective will be one resulting from
the smashing OF Germany's forces in
the field, not from the fine phrases
of diplomats around council table.
There will be a lot of talk about
peace by negotiation" through these
next few months. 4.
That's Germany's game. Unable to
win by force of arms, she now hopes
to save her face BY plausible talk
then suddenly knife, ue in the back
when we think we have secured peace.
The sooner the American people un-
derstand this and turn dear ears to
all this talk of a compromise peace,
the sooner we will ,be able really to
win this war and have REAL peace
rimbre! Now the = Tamborine.
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