Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-06

HE LEAvEN OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE IN GERMANY
On the face of things President Wilson's rejection of the
Popes peace proposal has had effect Numerically opposite
to that he intended the promotion Of enduring peace guar
however illustration Of the poets philosophical utter
Which have rejection
language vehemen to conceal the undercur
The first and reassuring feature of this whole
uaon that the German did not dare to keep from
They knew airshps would to them and preferg their
own version preparatory That simple fact in Of itself
pS ad the spirit Of the OF the
German people since this an struggle rug ks began a
would have hesaed to order the newspapers ignore
the American mote e"oe 4 rT Amy
would have been nconneny suppressed To-day the
declaration that not trust the present German
ent to give guaranty Of enduring peace unless it en-.
it for themselves at their leisure
Instead Of trying to the the German
tenor Of the American note and thus accomplish by ndrec
on what they did not dare undertake openly the Of
The President sought merely to gain what prudent
Of Ss by
not the unss the peon we h
note
Let what the German government organs are
saying and analyze the situation in that light The Berlin
LokaAnzeger for example, says: eve told the is
s bsute mendaciy Mr. Wo ae
ology becomes apparent when his dcum the rights of
these very masters"
America not desrous Of fighting the German people, but
their masters the chief idea seeking disseminate
the German people the in effect admits that
German people not in position to give such endorse
ent and takes the position they do not want to be in posi-
ton to speak for themselves 1t thus voices the sentiments
stated varying phrase by most German Of autocracy
The chief exception is the Coosne which
wanting nothing but the destruction of the enemy.
The Berlin Tagebls another exception to the majority
Of Germany which also DESIRE but it an
internal question and consider forbidden verbote
manifesy have right say what kind security shall
take and that is one point the German war lords
Not all German papers taking the position of autoc
acy and this brings US to the second great point Of
one Of the most remarkable features of this whole stua
which the portal the democracy itself that the
ration
Wilson in the direction of making possible for the German
America Vorwaers the note says proof Of an ab
hostility to the German people which could be furnish
not be robbed made tribute to their enemies The
note gides cautiously over this point which is of de-
pressly disavowing them.
regards the language of the note however, clear
long as the present system continues and in de-
andng guarantees that the will of the be backed
by the will of the people.
"A certain section of the German PRESS continues the
socialist twill hasten to declare that is unworthy of
the German people to give such We believe the
contrary It would be unworthy of it to refuse them.
"The German people is not fighting this hardest of all
struggles for the rights of individuals families for
particular form of government but for it's existence
Vorwaers declares that the German people than
ripe for democratic The peace settlement
be wrecked the terms of the negotiations but
must not be wrecked the question of who shall negotiate
inc German nation points out has an authorized repre-
sibility to that body
In conclusion, chagrn that this Reichstag,
which characterizes the most ong-suferng of all Par
laments has far lacked the will to 1t
must however muster this WILL declares the newspaper
because it's path to is the worlds path peace
This language is thoroughly in keeping with the cable
printed in the Free Press Tuesday that Amer
lean rejecting unless the peo-
pie themselves has made profound impression Germany
The truth of this assertion indicated by the
that Matthias Erzberger leading member of the clerical