The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-24
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If PEACE CAME NOW.

Wichita Falls cTexas) Tribune: Peace
now. on any possible terms. would
leave the world In the possession OF
four great powers. Germany Ia
stronger than her builders dreamed she
might become this year. The British
empire is greater. larger and stronger
than ever. Japan is full OF strength
and is fairly pelted with great oppor.
tunities. The United States Is full OF
money and is getting an army.
Peace now. even upon terms which
restored northern France and Belgium
and made money reparatlon for dam.
ages. which even satisfied France by a
return OF most OF all OF Alsace. would
find the German scheme OF "a central
European empire firmly established with
great territorial increases to the east
and sovereignty maintained throughout
Austria.f1ungary, the Balkans and
Turkey. says the Chicago Tribune.
The greatest continental European
empire which ever existed would exist
and IL would be German. To the i'm.
perialistic idea Germany would be paid
and paid again. for now and for the
future, I'm the war no matter what its
cost.
All during the war the British have
been preserving by.products and putting
up imperial fruit In jars. The lady with
the trident now has her cellar shelves
full. Her African empire is a massive
ACCOMPLISHMENT. She is more firmly es-
tablished In Asia than ever before. Her
Egyptian possessions are better guarded
and are protected by newly acquired
territory on the flank. She has an
army. a great army. and her navy Is
greater than ever before.
Great Britain has learned social and
military sense. Even In war time plans
for the rehabilitation of England are
going ahead II is said that LONDON Is
done with the slums forever work
mems houses will take their place. Eng
land has asked her manhood to make
sacrifices. A return is to be made 10
the manhood.
In every conceivable fashion except
nossiblv. financially. Great Britain Is
stronger than ever before, and her
finances could weather any peace which
possibly could be arrived at now.
Japan to an even greater extent than
the United States. has been gatherins
the spoils of war fought by others.
These are more than crumbs from the
table They are great portions of the
choicest cuts. Japan is established in
China and chance has given her, from
the Russian sphere of influence, wha.
war and diplomacy had not won. II is
coming TO her now and she hardly
rich as well as strong.
The United States has had great
deal of money paid for its products
and shas learned, for the present a
little common sense. II is getting an
army and is putting its navy in shape.
1t does not confess that its experience
has taught it anything lasting. but
for the present il has shown benefits.
and if peace were to come suddenly this
country would be found stronger than
it has been before.
Four great nations. Great Britain and
Germany rivals. Japan and the United
States rivals. are greater and stronger
than ever before. Peace could not bring
determination of any issue between
them. If this war found its essential
cause in the rivalry of Germany and
Great Britain, peace would not only find
that cause unremoved, but would find
the rivals stronger than ever and hating
each other a great deal more than
ever.
Any peace which could be made now
would present the world with the ele-
ments of a greater war to be under
taken as soon as exasperations and OPP
portunity were more emphasized than
the weariness caused by this war.
Pacifsts would accept such conditions
and such certainties and they will work
earnestly to make the United States
unfit to assume its responsibilities, no
matter what conditions of peace are
arrived at and no matter when.