The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-05-03
MORE PEACE TERMS.

talk of peace and to report peace resolutions come within the mental domain of the rulers. That at least is something. When belligerents begin to discuss peace possibilities it is at least some sign that the war is not going to last for ever.
 It is true that it has every ap pearance Of longevity. The nations with fine skill have so ordered their houses that given food enough to maintain existence, human beings enough to bear arms and produce munitions, the war can proceed to indefinite lengths.
 The beauty of this war is that il has introduced the credit system into it's financing, whereby the fin ancial side can cause no immediate concern. Enough can be borrowed to pay interest upon what has been borrowed before, even though rates of exchange collapse, and so the system proceeds in a financial circle plain people may feel is not all right. but which none the less works out all right just the same.
 The complete interruption of the ordinary peace activities would ap- pear to be somewhat embarrassing were it not that the pro- fit making perists in war just as we'll as peace, and thanks to the removal of free and voluntary actions upon the part of the people and paternal di- rection upon the part of the govern uent of the regular activities, the recalcitrant are not able to do any harm by way of interrupting the re- gular order already ordained for them to pursue.
 All these things make for per manence and when the war shows signs of being interrupted by peace talk, it must be because there is danger that the regular order oi things is in danger of rupture.
 1t may be presumed that after so long a period of slaughter human nature would weary of the struggle. While triumphs and victories and heroic acts may for the time being condone the somewhat sordid kill ing and maiming on the battlefield, there comes a time when the less of kith and kin occasions the inter- rogating consideration whether or not all this suffering is worth the price.
 Even though the Israelites were on the road to the Promised Land, and to a Land flowing with milk and honey, the sufferings in the de- sert solitudes and the privations of their nomad existence, led them to sigh for the flesh pots of Egypt. It was all very well to be Gods Chosen People. but when the empty belly set up a rumbling and mumbline of discontent, and the dry and dusty route over the desert made the children of Israel somewhat doubt ing, the old time flesh pots eaten even under the slavery of Pharoah, looked good to them.
 Among the European nations they have idealized war for long, long time. The one and the other felt that they were the annointed of the Lord to spread His kultur. His ci- viliZation or His democracy throughout the world They flashed their swords and fared their ar tillery in this noble cause. Victoria Crosses, Legions of Honor. Iron Crosses, Order of the Black Eagle and the Red were distributed to those who had distinguished them. selves in these great causes. Goo many sided and nationalistic, fought with all and the spells were showr to a people bent upon drinking tc the full the strongly intoxicating draft of the Conqueror.
 The realities were perpetuaill even from the beginning, corrodine the fine sheen of this steely ideal ism. And the loss of loved ones the suffering of those near and dear the mutilation and maiming oi those strongly thewed and lusty muscled men in their prime, seemed to breathe a curse when the ideal ,uara al mar prayarS