The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-30
CONQUERED PEACE NOT LASTING

President Wilson uttered a ,-uism when he said that conquered peace is not usually lasting peace All history tes,les Co it's truth Poor Frederick of Prussia made peace the mouth Of NapOleons can non in Berlin. but Sedan came in 1870 Bismarck compelled French sacrifice of Alsace and Lorraine at Paris in 1871, but We have had the grea, battle Of the Narne. The Turk has made many peace treaties at Consta",uopIe. at the Hungarian border on the shores of the Adratlc and elsewhere in Eur Ope, but there has scarcely been quarter of ccn- tury of Turkish peace The a-s William and Bismarck forced peace upon Francis Joseph with the sword. but it was made lasting only when they a3eI Austria co recOup her pride and extend her d0mnigus south ward. Peace was forced on the South at Appomatox but it made lasting when Cleveland became President and the North gave up hope of a Force Bill" Grea. Britain and the United States have been peace for century. but the Gher peace was not conquered peace. The Poles have been con- Quered many tms 5~- they have never surrendered dreams oi free Poland. And so we may proceed through pages Of history. There have been wars and rUmOrs c. war throughout recorded time because conquered peace does not last
 Now and again. above -he crash of artillery and the shrisk of shell. escapes from the cou..nen, of madness and ,r.ghciu.ue.s voice cs sanity of reason of truth The adamaa,ac wall of censorship. designed 0 perm, only that which is favorable to reach the outside wo-l. s preached occasionally. and then ueu- ,rals learn che actual deeds conditions and thoughts of the masses concentrated back os the barrier Recently there mugEIcd through the censor ship statement made by Arthur P0ns0ub- M P, jus, r-or Co .hc appearance ci ,he German peace note of December l2 that for clarity Of reasoning ana sound ness of judgment continuance O, the war in Eur opc. has no. been surpassed in any governmental OF diplomatic utterancc yet made.
 Carech.suE himself, but speaking for thousands Air. Ponsonby asks.
 "I Do you expect a decisive military
 .fs such complete victory probable in
 modern war.are2 And # t could be achieved. would no. tae sacrifice be ou, or all propor-
 ta" Co i1e advantage ga!ned' Moreover. ls
 it decisive military victory that will bring
 a lasting peace Co Eur9pe' dictated peace
 has always mean. a ytndct.Tc peace. There
 can be no permanent settlement with such
 peace shat But. if decisive victory
 is not probable then the vast sacrifices which
 the continuance or tEe war mus. entail will
 be wasted. Us a gamble for possible tenn
 pC7aTy triumph oi arms-a triumph which
 cannot .n t'-eG prtvde guarantee of perma-
 ue1t peaoe-wor-I such terrible price in
 human life and suffering
 "2 Do g0g want Co punish Germany?
 You Canua. punish nation. You cannot
 even reach those who are responsible. You
 cannot. 5y punishment inflicted upon all tous cl the people, convince a nation which
 believes u the justice of cause that it's be. l. lief Is wrong. Should we believe that We were |t iu the wrong ' Germany punished us? Of Iy course. should Furnishing a nation |t means massICTeng the people and allowing
 your own people 60 be massacred at the same
 
 for TWO YEARS and still continues The |, German people are being punished severely, and are -he French people, so are the Bel Ii gau people. the Russian people and other It peoples But ao government is being puU- ished Ir
 g. Do you want to sta-yc Germany into k submissiou'
 This may take years and will cost mil. lions ot pounds and hundreds of JhousanIs Of a lives YOU WILL FIRST STARyE THE it BRITISH PRISONERS. THEN THE POOR, r WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS WELL AS O Iv LONG TIME. AND YOU WON'T REACH c THE RICH AND GOVERNING GLASSES AT a ALL. And when you have done it, and re- ( duced our country and our allies to condition of exhaustion and paralysis, will you feel that Great Britain has been the great up- V holder Of civilization: will you feel that you v have lail a sure foundation for new and peaceful Europe? If you want revolution this is a straight road to it." n That the kind of talk calculated to arouse Y -eat enthusiasm for prolonged warfare. It is so 'ually frank and palpaby true that one does not b