The Washington times., 1917-08-08
Forces For and Against Peace
The Most Powerful and Effective Peace Worker in This
Country Is w. R. Hearst.
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nation humiliation for another.
The world, it is true, wants THE RIGHT KIND OF
PEACE We do not want truce and then another
dozen wars.
But any intelligent man knows that peace now would
be certain peace for century and probably for all time
Let the Germans find peace and Hohenzollsrn will be
able to lead them to war again. while one German Of today
Let the English nation find peace and commercial greed
end Jealousy will find itself subordinate to human life and
happiness.
man is bleeding to death, he wants one thing-to
stop the flow Of blood When the world bleeding to DEATH
as it is, IT WANTS PEACE.
Peace must from the heart and will Of the peoples
from the mothers and fathers whose dying the
tattefelds and whose young children lack food
Peace will not from rulers in their palaces each
scheming for glory and for the right to say, 81 won.
Americans want peace before the river Of American
blood begins flowing on European SOIL they can have it
And they CAN have it hOnOraby For it is in their
power to decide what kind Of peace would be Just and get
that peace.
The fight that W. R. Hearst is making for peace in his
newspapers is noble effort it commands the nations atten
tion and deserves the peoples gratitude
Fathers and mothers should realize the nature Of the
forces that oppose peace advocates.
We cannot expect sincere peace advocacy from the
or the corporation to whom million dollars
profit day Such and such corporation loudest
in their cry that only some particular Kind Of peace is &C
cepabe They most enthusiastic in the statement that
Germany must be crushed out Of shape humbd In the dust
made to beg on her knees, accept any kind Of peace
This newspaper wishes that the Kaiser might be thus
for this He driven by his haidiot half miltarist
heir could not resist the temptation to the knife he had
been sharpening for forty years.
Peace with the Hohenzollerns Inundated and elimi-
mated? Yes you can get it NOW.
But suppose such peace must cost million or two
American boys Is that reasonable price to pay for the
humiliation Of HohenzoTern family?
Let the rulers ask the fathers and mothers what THEY
think.
Government here and in Europe wants Reconsideration
dead
The mother here and in Europe wants her son alive
Are we to have peace that will millions Of mothers
from broken hearts and millions of young from death
or deformity?
Or to continue reading the lists of killed and
wounded for two five ten years. while Govern
acty defined humiliation for the German ruling family?
Nothing could be more Infamous than to call unpatriOtc
the man who sincerely works to end the
Editors, safe In their Offices, far from anything
v and , sS
tons figuring their future millions of profit denounce Hearst
because he makes himself leader Of the peace movement be-
cause he emphasizes the Importance OF saving millions Of
lives, and billions of dollars The people will thank him.
This newspaper wishes that the allies efforts might
FROM WITHOUT put down HOhenzolernism and humih-
ate 1t.
But that work will be done FROM WITHIN when peace
Is restored
Germany has learned her lesson Marvellous intelligence
BLooDTHIRsTY AUToCRAT have landed great nation
in the ditch of failure and despair with defeat ahead in
evitable.
Germany never again will submit to such leadership
The spiked helmet will not again be the highest thing
among the great German people
Give the Germans peace and they will attend to their
Hohenzollerns.
Give the Germans peace and believe that the German
people will gladly restore Asace and Lorraine to France as
indemnity for the that forced upon France and
make full restoration to Belgium which Is all that the allies
should ask
You have criminal profiteer1ng headed polite
ians and editors denouncng Hearst's for peace
But In him and his newspapers you have the force that
Win hasten tia peace day and the people will recognize in
dine tina.
This Is a Verv Sad SnnO