The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-01
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AS long as the solidarity of the two sides in the great
war remains unbroken, there can be but sght
of peace The Central powers must nave gwen up w
time all hope of winning by force OF arms aho' We'e
tbe Allies are prepared to admit the TACT or not' ue
chances of their overthrowing the enemy by gtea. anu
smashing victory or a series OF them, remain
remote Three wears of such conflict as the Worlu au
49, reomad If have shown that there can be war WIN
ont VICTORIAN apparent anomaly which PERMITS tle sus
pestion that there can also be peace Willou1 ~
Of course the Allies are determined on the par 'a
shall not be made except upon terms OF victory p
thew are in no way pledged to proong nor Will tey NC
justified in prolongng the battle one single hor alIef
those terms can be otherwise secured.
The detachment of Russia from the cause OF the En-
tonic movers would therefore be heavy blow to the
Allies even though such occurrence mght not prove
to be the entering wedge that would preak up ee wa
Fortunately there the most positive PROMISES lIo .e
Russian leadersand there is no reason 10 oouoC .'
thew will be kep-that such treacherous step as sep
arate peace with Germany will not be considereo lol
moment IT, on the other hand 1t were posslDe 10 Drea
Austras alliance with Germany that wouo De an inos
culable advantage to the Allies, and would unerngy
point to the beginning of speedy END. Inc halser
dream of an imperial "itteEuropa would De al once
shattered: he would be isolated, encirced and Wltmn
short time humbed completely So it is vastly more I'M
porant to Germany that Austria be kept true to her
alliance than it is to Great Britain or france taI hss
remain true If these two Austria and Russia. shoulu
come to with each other the gam would sui DE al
on the side of the Allies And even ii Turkey, hghty
though the "Sck Man is regarded as combatant IN te
European arena should make terms with RUSSIA pro
position easily within the possbtiesthe eftect on the
Teutonic cause would be scarcely less disastrous
Hence in discussing the peril of Russian separate
peace the magnitude of it depends wholly upon the ques
ton as to which nation is to be the other party to the
peace If Austria Turkey then the peril is to Germany
and not to the Allies The latter can get along without
Russia but with the loss of either of his allies, the
Kaisers days would be numbered If the Entente car
Illustrate the plans of his emssaries to win Russia ovel
to him. they can almost afford to encourage Russia to
make peace with the others Such stroke would effect
a rupture in Central European solidarity that would be
significant in the extreme.
The opinion has heretofore been expressed in thest
columns that Austria the ikeiest of all the principal
powers make the initiaory move toward ending the
conflict Nothing has occurred since to alter that view
on the contrary every development has seemed to con-
firm it. 1t not difficult to surmse that the pope peace
proposal itself had its inception in Vienna, at least that
it considered and approved in that capital before be-
ing published to the world Moreover there are many
other indications that young Emperor Charles is prepared
to seize the first favorable opportunity to sheathe his
sword The truth is-if the smile be permissble-tht
double Hapsburg eagle has undertaken too Ions
and lofty flight in attempting to alongside TIM
sngeheaded black eagle of the Hohenzolen, and witt
wounded, wearied pinOns is descending to lower STRAIT;
in search of fair spot which to aght-Deseret News