The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-12-07
ONLY LACK OF FOOD WILL
 END WAR.

Ii we gre to assume that tine 1o allied notions that signed the an swer to .He Garmen peace proposal. m,ast vhst they altd the answer 10 the question; "Peaee or War?' Cepcads entirely upon whether CT not Germany and he@ allies are r such dire straits that they must E~ya 2a~ca even at the p~ice of ma 7ioua Humiliation.
 This "humuliadoa" would iu- c.uda virtual admission that they and The payment of huge -dylroshr are defeated, accompanied by speci- fife pledges securely guaranteed, for iha restitution of all conquered ter ritory and the payment Of huge in demnity certainly to Belgium and Serbia. probably to France and Rus sia udopsstbla to Great Britain and Italy
 On, must 6e more than optimis- t.e to raad into the "peace' sitaa- lion as fl HOW exists anything ma.e hopeful tum this.
 rna aasasr ol adf- wez esoeyH r .ae. a6a .,. Ias. ly.la1.- ot ... vsr r-edte,ed .t womb he. II vas ea3. aaali#ad rejection o1 aa erm.o neco#.taa .or 3 .... ro.ee unie.a Germas @.d ar .Ht. are. admit da.aa gra thea. t" a5fa- eaer.atead 1lelea- 10 r.ga.e 90 far 4a taeT oaa inc wrongs ha1 have done. .4a. gdm.t that hcy began th. war. IL l. uot esae#.ga6le that rlse cn- e..aa- .3 aae ao.rg ta permit ,hens..y.- ,o fe diplonauealiy jo.N.y.d tito madeiH-Germauy peace conference.
 If there is to be d peace confer ,uoe in the near future the basis fer it would be dictated by Ger mauv's enemies
 It would seem to be outside ol the rasm of possibility that Ger many will give the pledges aad @uaranteas that here enemies de- mand unless she and her allies are 90 Eear the breaking point that they realize the uiter hopeless ness Of their position.
 Scorer or later, Germany and her allies have got to say yes or no 10 this question: "Arc you licked? Until this point is ra@chna we car only speculate as to Nu.,4yr .c not there is the possihai! Of peace il she near future.
 If the answer is "yos" Great Bri- tain and her allies will probably corsent to send delegates to a con terence to discuss the details of Gcrmany's restoration ana r2stitu ton"
 If the answer is mo-, the wal no. only will continue but will bC waged with greater vigor and fer petty and less regard tor thc rights of nuctrals than before.
 While the exact conditions il Germany Austria, Turkey end Bul garia are net known to the outside world. there are enough "leaks' tC warrant the statement that the peo l,Ie of those countries are suffering terribly because of the lack o1 food
 lt is also known that the people are becoming more and more rest less with each reduction in Inc qauntIty and quality of their food more and more msistent that thcil rulers dc something to relieve then of their burdens.
 it is extremely probable that ;h, situation of the central powers il respect Of ammunition is net favor able. The base of all explosives i. cotton. \ bale oi shell is the aver age. The use of ammunition il this wa, has been SO much graaJc. thar was anticipated, even by Ger many foresight, that il may well b' that lack cf cotton is as vulncrahl, point with the central powers a' lack of food
 One thing is whatever the quantities of food and oottol are they are growing less. f fol lows with equal certainty that un lcss Germany can crush her enemiei on land or break the grip of Brit ish sea power ueilhor of which seems possible) she and her allies