Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-11

FOR PEACE AND THE PACIF1ST PLAGUE.
In the midst of war we are in peace Even while our
States looking ahead to the time when representatives of all
for the ending of the May it comet But
not too and thus the for another
to be expected that the fOresshtedness Of Pres
tits within our borders The appointment Of COL E. House
commissioner gather data for Of in
been tortured into for at this time by the Ultra
pacs and the as you read yesterday in the
result of course is to encourage the Kaiser and his
supporters in the belief they have only to persist
fare under the to hasten the time when the United States
will be ready to make terms This outcome in
boys as we'll as the allies to fight ali the longer and ali the
harder the influence of the coppereads and the
shadow Huns" in our midst.
1t remained fer the European war to impress upon
Of s as
board and the Kaisers subsidized scong to-day
that
tera to the forcing Of this nation into war by German en-
If we as American youth had enjoyed universal military
drill boys school and students in college and had
would sink the Eusitsnis md
drown our unoendng women and children It alb
fellow conpirators against the worlds peace think
ing the British navy and with that united to their
liquidate the debts of all the rest of the world
he al tit was for us TO be be will
we are to make peace negeny and for the welfare of the
are about We must know how to work for it. We are warn
ed to this effect by history well by recent
It is notorious fact largely lost sight in gen.
eraons that laxy the provisions Of treaty with Great
of 1912 troubles that the relations
two M for following our These
Vermont through Maine which was not settled until by the
Failure 70 secure compliance by Britain with the
visions of the treaty of concluded September 1885,
almost exactly 1874 INCLUDED the northern frontier
led to the soed treaty. which secured relief regards
tain for
even though unpopular in the extreme it was ratified
against which the American people protested earlier in the
with
directly iyf to Se a1 OF
Se & cd such ende the ar
1872, significantly enough at this time concluded Bel
gan territory the conference having been held at Client
December a. 1914 but there no telegraph in those days
ana SLOW sang ships ana by land dd not carry
defeated the British the great victory Of New Or
leans on January 8, 1916.
The treaty o. Client important for the Amer
leans OF what did not contain than for the
visions Incorporated In addition to it provided for
restoration Of prisoners Of Interpretation of the treaty
of 1888 regarding the boundary possible refer
ence to friendly of other boundary troubles and
tual promotion of the abolition of slave trade
The treaty of Client, strangely enough did not
search of American vessels by British ships the
pressmen Of American seamen British orders in council
Which mainly the War Of 1872 Five
Americans Clay Adams GaIlatn Bayard and Russell
peace for the consideration of the actual
terms of peace and the result barren harvest following
unpopular
We do not need be told that Germany will be found
thoroughly prepared for the of terms of
prepared for Indeed the objects of future
German peace lay back of the itself Crany wanted
establish great Mitteleuropa empire t cude most of
Belgium and to extend through the Balkan nd Turkey to
the Arabian gulf the SOUTH to smash the Doctrine
and open great field for German colonization South Amer
barrier against the av the east to crush
British naval supremacy and eventually to put itself in po
on to dictate terms to America Africa and Asia we'll
Europe.
If conclude peace leaving Germany in position to &C
compsh o. these Objects surely build future
trouble ourselves than did by going into the
which ended two wars against Britain not know
ing upon should insist guaranty future
It is one thing know what want in the line of