Evening journal., 1917-01-15

the terms on which they are willing
to end t.
They feel that they are fighting in
a lust cause-to repair wrongs done
wantonly and in a spirit OF aggres-
sion They aim at imposing peace
which will be stable and secure-at
creating a balance Of power which
will give the nations and races Of
Europe a freer chance of develop
ment and relieve them OF the pres
sure Of that overweening ambition
with which German savants as well
as German military men have long
been inoculating the German people.
World power or dOwDfall!" was
the gospel preached to Germany by
its Tretschkes and It's Bernhardis
That gospel has been put to its logi-
cal test on the battlefield. Its empti-
ness must be proved to those who
have taught It and practised IL, il
there are TO be safety and tranquil
ity in Europe for years TO come. SO
the Entente Powers also aim at
abolishing the threat to their peace
and to the peace of the world which
has been inherent in the Prussian
system of militarism.
These are objects worth fighting
for to the bitter end The Allies can
not consent to a peace which does
not attain them unless they are will
ing to write off their countless sacri-
fees as futile. There could be little
hone for them of an undisturbed fu-
ture-if they should accept a mere
truce based on the war map OF to-
day.
ANY reasonable give-and-take set
tlement based on that map woulo
represent a substantial victory for
Germany. It would greatly Increase
German power and prestige and
would convince most Germans that
the war had been worth to Germany
all that it had cost-that IL was an
other long step forward toward that
domination of Europe and Asia which
the German people have been taught
TO look TO as their natural and GER
tain destiny.
From a military point of view the
purposes OF the Entente Allies may
seem to be extremely difhcult OF ac-
complishmont. The Entente has not
shown so far the concerted energy
and military vigor necessary to crush
Germany in the field But it is risht
] in deciding to go on with the wal
until the hope OF developing such
concert Of effort and such military
efficiency fades away.
Having gone so far, the Entente
Powers must go still further They
must put all their resources into the
] war tsomething they have failed t'
]
nothing better than a draw with th'
| Teutonic combination can be obtain
ed. They stin have confidence; an'
having It, il would be an unpardon
able display of weakness on tel
part to consent TO negotiate viii
Germany on the basis OF militar.
achievements to date-a basis whicl
would exclude consideration OF prac
ticallv all the real objects and pur
poses for which the Entente Allie
are lighting.
The Allies terms Of peace ar
cleancut and uncompromising Fror
n purely military point Of view the
may be regarded as extreme Ihe
are the terms which victor woui
ask-or a military combination a.
ready certain Of victory.
II Is clear enough that Germany
wishing to make peace at this tim
in order to consolidate her aoyan
tages. would consent to evacuate Be
aium and the occupied portions 9
France She would also withdra'
from Rumania. and possibly trol
Serbia and Montenegro, were IRE
passageway left open to her froi
Hungary down into Bulgaria Sh
might consent to cessions to Italy
Austrian territory in the Trentin'
and in the region OF Trieste-Trles'
being made a free port, but rehall
ing under Austrian sovereignty. ~
fore Italy entered the war Prince Vo
Bulow, on behalf of Germany an
Austria-Hungary, offered CONCESSION
OF this sort in order to appease lta
and keep her neutral. German
might also be willing to give ba'
Courland and the occupied parts
Tithuania and Volhynia TO Russ
and TO compromise the Polish que
tion by agreeing to the creation OF
Polish kingdom not under Geima
Austrian control.
But the demands OF the Allies
far beyond this They require l
IDENTITIES for Belgium, Serbia al
< Montenegro. in addition to the rel
b, statement of the Belgian, Serbs
and Nontenegrin Governments. Tn
- ask reparaton for the damage do
e through the occupation OF Northe
France and Rumania. They Won
compel a restitution OF all Russi
territory now held by Germany, I
land included. with reparation he
s also for war ravages. They wol
d force Germany to give up Alsace-N
raine TO France. Austria to give ha
au the Trentino and all Trieste
italy. Hungary to surrender Tri
sylvania to Rumania and to free
Czechs and the Slovaks. the Turk
quit Europe forever and TO loosen
.e savage grip on Armenia, Syria. A
"A bia and he Gre TX sections OF A
Minor
The terms Of the Allies, II acce'
Is to by the Teutonic Powers, would
n ideally remake the map of Euro
They would dismember Austria-H
gary and practically eNtinguish t
n key. They would isolate Germ'
10 and end the dreams OF empire VIII
the prussian militarists and the p
Germanisis have so fOndly cherish
es There is therefore in the Entente n
NJ not the least suggD stiOn Of de.
to meet the German protfer o
peace based on the present milit
he he
E~M All DAEl