The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-13
LOOKS LIKE STEP
NEARER THE END
.YiscGunt Believes TeutOns Are Des-
perate, Approaching Economic
Exhaustion.

London, teD. S.-s lScOunt Bryce
gave 10 tie Associated Press today
his views on the current phases CT
the war, and the IroDaDIe eject oI
!Amer:ca's actions. Speaking first or
Germ&Lys declaration OF war zones
ana tuc ti!eaace 20 neUtr2iS ue 5aEu.
This is the first definite step that
brings us nearer peace. | LOOKS Ike
the beginning of the end Cp ,ii
now naLy thought the outcome or
the war might end a drawn game
but the German government, recos
nizing approaching economic exEaus-
ton and the growing scarcity of sup
plies, has become desperate and Is
resorting to desperate measures Set
ing no other hope OF success, 1t Is
said, throwing over every remaining
restraint Of law and proclaiming It's
contempt OF neutral opinion.
Made a Mistake.
at undertook the invasion Of Rou-
mania in the belief that victory tnere
would startle the world, woIld ap-
able it to dictate peace on its own
/ terms. When the German armies
scored success in Roumania the Ger
man government thought the time fer
debating peace had come This vas
, its calculation. But the offer was
made in way which showed the
terms were to be terms imposed by a
conqueror, which would enable her IL
retain most Of her i'll gotten galns.
She ought to know the aLI1es could
not possibly admit such terms. When
the allies unanimously rejected the
offer because they knew it could NOT
secure a durable peace but woulo
merely give her time for resting till
she was ready to resume her attacks,
the German government grew despel-
ate and determined to try desperate
expedients. Hence these submarine
threats, which almost amount to Il
declaration Of war against neutrals.
| eve need not be surprised, for the
whole conduct of the German govern
! ment has been Of piece. They be-
gan by invading Belgium. an innocent
country with which they haG no quar-
rel, merely to gain a military adyah-
tage. They slaughtered thousands Of
innocent Belgian civilians, men, w.
men and children. They drowned i'll
nocent passengers and crews of pas
senger and merchant shiis, many Oh
them neutrals, 300 on the Lusitan1a
alone. They stood by and tacitly ac-
quiseced in the plan of their Turkish
allies to exterminate the whole Chris
! tian nation of Armenians with u1-
heard Of cruelties, when they could
have stopped the massacres by warn-
; ing the Turks to detest. Instead, they
have been comforting honors on the
bloodthirsty ruffian Enver, Turkish
war minister, the principal author OF
/ the rlaSsacres, and now they are
carrying into slavery many thousand
peaceful Belgian workmen.
No Peace Till Victory.
Cali these acts show absolute disre-
gard not only of international law
and treaty obligations, but what is far
worse, scorn for the first principles
| Of justice and humanity. This is what
made US in England feel that no peace
can be made with such a government
until it has been defeated 1t has put
itself outside the pale of civilization
and the interests of civilization re-
quire that it's methods be branded by
defeat.
| Nothing less than defeat will Do.
Nothing less than defeat will show
the German people that they must get
rid of such hulers. What we in Eng
land have been hoping is that neutral
nations, especially people like Amerl-
cans, which so often have shown re-
! spect for justice and humanity, will
understand what it is we are fighting
| for. 1t is not war for territory or
trade. like so many wars which have
gone before it. It is war for free
| dom and for right, war to enable
mankind to enjoy enduring peace il
the future
Lord Bryce when asked why ne
thought the German action toward
neutrals had brought peace nearer
replied:
! Because the German government,
has itself declared that this unbrid!ed
submarine warfare directed against
neutrals as we'll as belligerents to be
| it's last resource. If this fails, every
thing will have failed, so they tell Us
themselves through their newspapers.
That is why they say they were driy-
en- to it. If this does not succeed tho
war is finished.
"We in England do not believe the
German submarines can do US more
harm than they have been doing al
ready, although neutrals undoubtedly
will suffer more If there is to be a
contest of endurance We are confident
! that we can outlast Germany and We
are prepared to endure all that is