Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-15
Believe That Victory to Eco
nomic Pressure VIII Bring
Finish Soon.
MEN AT FRONT SAY LONGER
one Says Germans Must Pay
Annual Tribute for the
Next Generation.
Upy JOHN h. HALpERsToN)

] Z.
syndicate
LONDON, Jan. l.--Will the war end
/ this year?
/ Civilian opinion in London, as dis
/ unsuished from military opinion at
th" front, seems to believe that it will.
! / give below brief comments on the
| prospects of the new year obtained
from ten members Of parliament. a
| bishop, a seer. Il novelist. a prominent
historian and publicist. Only two OF
I those men think the struggle will con
tiuuc boyond-uoXt Christmas. \ sun.
lar Investigation which | made at the
| hcginuing of 1916 showed that few of
the men questioned believed peace
would come in the year that has Just
passed.
II is of interest to note that three Of
the ten members OF parliament quot
ed are soldiers and that all of these
expect peace within the year From
comment madc To- me by officers of
high rank I'm France, ! do not think
their opinions are representative Of the
army, where a war of from two TO five
years is expected by those who look
forward to a fight to a finish and
! pence dictated to a PROSTATE Germany,
The views obtained follow:
Matter OF Killing Germans.
W. Joyusun Hicks. NJ. P-"G Iravcly
doubt whether we shall have peace by
| Christmas. 1917. The only way in
whicn we shall have anything other
than a patchcd-up peace is by killing
German and then killing more Ger
mans fully agree with the blockade.
the economic pressure on Germany
will do much but nothing Will ever
conquer Germany except our army
Lieut.. cob VI. Archer Shec. NJ. P
"lu my opinion. the war will end in
! 1917. because in that year the maxi
mum effort of every warning nation
viii he eXcrtcd. ! believe the central
powers VIII hc forced to withdraw 70
shorten their lines; that their eco
nomic exhaustion will force them to
make peace, ana in order To do So they
Will have to comply with the allies
terms
Philip Snowdcn. NJ P-"My view
now Is that we shall have peace long
before the end of 1917. The move
mcut for peace has now got under
way. and President Wilson's note has
! given 1t great impetus. | ann not an
! ticipating peace as the outcome of a
military victory, because ! do not be
| lievc that possible. ! believe the war
will be ended 10y negotiation. The ne
| gotiations have now gone SO far that
| 1t will be impossible 20 go back"
Faith in Lloyd George.
] Sir Il. 4. Cooper. Bart NJ. P.-"I
certainly believe we shall have peace
| i'm 1914 The great fact that viii
| change the situation next spring is the
/ change of government. In proportion
as the force of the blockade is eXer-
! ciscd so viii the duration OF the war he
I shortened"
col Walter Fabcr. NJ. Pr know
nothing about peace. My job is war
and a fight TO the finish. But beyond
/ that I think We shall have peace by
next Christmas for Germany is beaten
/ internally"
col II. NJ. Jessel, NJ P-"Germany
/ is evidently shaken, otherwise peace
| terms would not have been suggested;
| for the man who knocks another
down II he really has him at his
/ mercy. does not ask him to give in.
/ he makes him"
Harry Hope. VI. P.-"The present
military position does not encourage
us to hold out any definite eXpccta-
| ton 4 any early termination Of hos
/ tilitics But taking IL all over there
are few of us who do not expect Il
! happy ending before the end Of 1917"
Sir J. D. Recs, NJ. p.-"I think we
shall have peace by Christmas next
J because the strain is too great 10 be
! borne. Whole nations cannot. or Will
not. maintain warfare as did profcs-
sional armies, The people thcr let
the legions thunder past, but now they
are themselves absorbed in the leEions
/ Nav pcaCe be brought about over the
| PROSTATE Prussians without whom the
rest Of our enemies would never have
drawn the sword "
All Will Get Tired.
4,
Of opinion that the war will be over
next Christmas. | have some doub.
as to military victory. Rather I
think peace will be brought about by
economic pressure on both the Centr1i
powers and the allies"
w NJ r. Priugle NJ. Eff the
present policy is pursued peace will be
necessity before another six months
are over
Lord plvmCuth-"lf We throw every
ounce of effort we are capable Of into
the scale, and II the government thor
lV urglniZcs all the resources Of the |
United Kihgdom without delay, the
war will be over In 1917, and ii we fan |
iU doing SO 1t will not"
Israel Zangwill. the novelist-"We |
shall have peace long before next
Christmas. because the world is not /
utterly insane
ltU'l az llAl iN''llt nlHlVl ltll Nv r /
since war began 7 have publicly in /
sisted that II would last until the end .
Of 1917. | still hold that active fight |
ing will cease by then That will come .
about 10y the physical. mental and |
moral exhaustion Of the enemy Y We /
screw up the blockade. even to the /
point of driving the small European I
states to declare war, and II We call out /
all our material resources and all our /
man and woman power. | do not say /
peace will come by 1917. for treaties |
cannot he made with saVages. The |
crushing forever of the Prussian mon |
ster and reparation for its crimes can |
only he obtained by systematic occu- |
patton of their capital cities, their mil |
itarv factories. and their navies with |
an unusual tribute Of goods (they are |
utterly bankrupt OF money! to be eN- |
acted for a generation"
slow to ACkowlcdcc Defeat.
Sidney Low, political authority-"l /
should say that the war is more likely /,
IN some places or another to go on |
into 1918 than TO conclude in 1917. |
Germany is on the down grade. and |
tho descent may be ridiculouslv rapid |
during the next few months. long |
after they are beaten. and know them |
selves 10 be beaten, "A reluctant. but de- |
ttrnined peoplp may I'm some fashion |