The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-15
have weakened the democratic forces
Germany its"lf."
Must Rostase War Aims.

have weakened the ucfnoCFatlC i"tSSo ~
Germany its"lf."
Must Eostate War Aims.
Liberal forces In England hal said ne
, same thing. The? had added: '"'
promised l;,!Ssia Il reinstatement "l VII
aims. to make her task easier ni hoio'nH
her people in line. and y"n Shn'nc'"SN
doubIr-crnsScd her. Nh wonder tho aus
,rustful element in Russia hcr"hS""'
You rrSwl about German propaganda "!
Russia. You certainly max" tho tAS''
easy with your Diplomacy.
When | thus .s2n'nHriTo' IN" posi-" ION
taken lV much liberal opinion IN r'h"
land. | do not mean extremist "P'H""
but such steady and solid views rs "F'
represented by thu Manchester ''h'lr'l''H'
the Westminster Gazette anu inc Lon
,,,, Ssws and Leader. The first nAn'"i
If thrs,, three great organs IN rhri'c"'''
hos boon almost clairvoyHnt. for months
now. In tracing tn" results that w""'"
,.ur,, in l;ussl:l from trifIn% ny the al
Iics with their promise. Il rroirt*" that
was suppuScd to make M for IN" Fr'n
~ tb,> Stovkholin conferences. Tho SAM"
r,rc-s ,nnroyrd Lord LunSlownr'S i".'
ter. 49,.
IN Itnly tho results show not onl!
Tho beauty Of a diplomacy that Is arrliH
To rlay tho game for diplomatic El"-
tory. for fear Of hcinE out-manocoFrro
nv Germany hut also "C Il censorship
that has made IL impossible Tor inc
other allies to know tn" real conditions
in italy, This Is repeating what nave
said before (Somc Of 4 many months
uro) but II is from the point OF view
Of diplomacy tho great question nnu II
can hardly no said too often. II othcr
countries follow tho path of RUSSIA ana
italy, the Socialists in Franco and n
,.rnnn of Liberals In England will have
tho tragic satisfaction of being justl-
fled as prophets.
SEQ It Through
1t Is not tho mon who have poem
unsympathctic with tho war that I am
talking about They do not count In
public opinion. Anntolc France tho
foremost literary figure in France. Is an
illustration. IIo hns said little. being
old and retired. hut what little has leak
ed out about his opinions. has had tho
sound Of absolute emotional disgust
and people discount that. So in Eng
land a man like George bernard Shaw
lnScS his audiences. because nc offers
only theories expressed with cpiEram-
,.lntic clcarncss whereas other dtstln-
suishcd literary figures. with similar
opinions like GalSworthy. Masefield.
Earric. Gilbert. Murray and Granville
Earkcr have faced tho facts in all their
complexities. 1t is their typo that Is re-
spcctcd. In tho house Of commons the
same distinction holds. The few who
hive made cranks and nuiSances Of
themselves from the beginning OF the
war, and have never given any help
in the work in hand. cannot have tho
Sumo kind of hearing rs Commander
WcdGcwood and Nocl Buxton. who have
published tcrynn of peace over their own
signature. Of the definite kind that the
government has owed 1t to the world to
publish oyer since the Russian refolu-
;iun in March
Mr.. Buxton votes almost regularly
with the government and vet lets no
proper occasion pass without pointing
out this great diplomatic need. Com
mandcr Wcdscwood earned his title in
tho field When tho war broke out he
was o member Of tho house. with scr-
cral rrown-up children. Nevertheless
he enlisted at once. fought first In Del
cium then in France. then Mt Galliroli.
where had wound sent him hnck to
the house OF commons. His simple &C
count published by the government. OF
what he saw at Gallipoli. is as moving
a war-document as I know. Such men
II is. strong supporters Of the war and
Of the allied cause. whose voices have
weight when they protest against the
fear Of dcfinitcncss and the fear OF
thought. They. with the power Of e1-
preston. think any say what n very
large part Of the masses feel hlindly,
that they arc entirely willing 10 scc
thc'thinG through to the bittcrcst end
il necessary, but they do not much like
leaving It to a small bunch Of Incn In
office to say whether it Is necessary
or not.
This small group, by the necessity OF
Capitalization for action. Incidentally
also acquire tho wholly different power
to make all the international political
judgments for a supposedly sclf-gov-
crning nation: and 1t is helped TO on
force It's views by the further weapon