El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

. so-sr t o'clock in the morning than at s, and for
the powers arTayed against Germany ana tne aeS u
Germany o'clock has arrived It is the hour "hen
Stsuch hearts and resolue spirits put to the Test
The Russian breakdown the invasion Of Italy tne Rus
iauGean peace discussions the rumor that Ruaania mas
also asked Germany 10 enter INTO peaOe sI
SemoffcsI Japanese declaration that It would be nlay
mpractcabe and financially impossible to send japanese
army the Russian front and the LansaoWne PSeCs
ali these things have had their effect IN the aimed eoun
tres Now always when opportunity occurs there
arises that gTlSy old skeleton-peace Dy neBOaOH II
ears its qrnniEz skull among whenever setback oocu
whenever there is any depression. Ii subsidies when We
have achieved considerable victory like the Byng DIVE
sirst Cambria At the present moment the feeling Of
depression has after the Byng drive because the ku
san 5e fscto qoveument-the Bolshevi be termed
that so far as we can seehas actually entered into peace
negotiations with Germany and because the Byng drive not
only did not penetrate the last German fortified POSITIONS
but If was actually thrown back considerable distance
with loss Of 1000 men and number OF guns by me
weight OF fresh which have bee1 resting and gaming
strength On the Russian front.
We are inclined feel Just that while our side has
the greatest strength and while, If that s--eT0th e
properly used victory would be certain beyond any doubt
weakened by Decentralization; tl1t mos q Cir
moves are late and that effectiveness is thus
neEatTed TO the point where It seems doubtful whether we
can realize the victory to which the strength Of our several
nations entities Us More shame for being short
sighted as to believe fail and waveng IN purpose
as TO consider fer a moment negotiated peaoe
The peace and must have Is that Of complete
military victory and 1t is if we but stand last and lay
ali hands to giant sledge hammer instead Of welding
We all know very ven what were Germany's aims when
the war began how defiant how an-cOnquering the
general deUeanOT emperor down 70 SUI
der But now despite all Germanys admitted territorial
gains It is Germany first last and all the time Germany
who is seeking peace Enthusiastically Germany makes
OF causes to be made formal peace offer Never week
passes but that Germany puts ont what Whelmstrasse
calls "feeleTs" peace offers made indirectly.
Of these, the speech last week Of Dr. Won Kuehmann
imperial foreign minister before the rechstag main
mtee, typical Of he glored the recent &C
copshments Of the German army IN grandiloquen YER
bage boosted Of the occupation Of Riga and Of the
0esel and Dago islands and rnapSodzed the italian
deba But what he did not say was that Riga and the
0ese and Dago Islands occupied because the German
forces encountered all tod less opposition than single
brigade Of English French American troops would have
given and that the great German garanTur-
ishGTeek army able invade Italy chiefly because
struck that part Of the line held by the Second army of
Italy and It knew precisely where 1t hitting and why.
The Second army had been thoroughly corrupted and opened
up the front with hardly shot fired The line having been
penetrated the rest Of the Italian army had fall back
II it able again 70 make stand It halted at the Tag
Hameno line and held temporarily for the purpose Of be-
ginning reorganization Of commands It dropped back TO
the Piave for its initial defence and had foTeseen that
might be obliged to drop still further back to another line
before completely checking the enemy. Fortunately, the