Arizona republican., 1917-08-15

vent any such hideous thing from hap peuing again.
 Two days later in his Flag day ad- dress, the president, referring to the military masters Of Germany, said:
 If they can secure peace now with the immense advantages still in their hands which they have up to this point apparently gained, they will have justified themselves before the Ger man people; they will have gained by force what they promised to gain by it; an immense expansion of German power; an immense enlargement of German industrial and commercial op- portunities. Their prestige would be secure, and with their prestige their political powers
 In his war address to congress, the president dec -ared for spending the whole force of the nation, if need be, to check and nullify the pretensions and power of the German military autocracy. This phrase, now univer- sally accepted as the war aim of the allies, the entente diplomats here con- tend, hardly fits in with restoration of the status quo before the war, a return of Germany's colonies and no restitution for Belgium
 The one point on which Germany might stick. diplomats feel, is the res toration of Alsace- Lorraine. These provinces because of their mineral de- posits. are not only necessary to the economic existence of Germany, they say, but in the hands of France again would constitute military menace to the whole German scheme on the western frontier. A neutral dip -omat today ventured the opinion that Ger many, beaten, would conceded all but the loss of Alsace-Lorraine.
 Allied diplomats and American of ficials realize that an answer to the peace proposals involves one of the most delicae tasks of the war. They realize that the people of a War-torn Europe, whipped by pacifists and so- c1alist agitation must have cOnvinc- ing answer to a proposal to stop the fighting, and still be held true to their war aims. They do not wish to leave Germany in the position she has work ed so hard to attain-the position of offering peace to the world and having it rejected.
 A war which was to have been fin ished in six weeks is entering upon it's fourth year, A warfare of subma- rine frightfulness which was t0 have brought Great Britain to surrender within ninety days is entering it's sew enth month without the promised rd- suit. The group fighting Germany has widened into a world circle of seven teen nations all uniting their resources and power for the destruction of the German military autocracy. The i'm perial government which entered the conflict with aims of world dominion now would be satisfied with a restora- tion of the status before the war.
 In these events, the allied diplomats here see the moving causes for the newest proposals for peace, and ir them they believe will be found the answer of the allied governments.
 Without advices of any kind from their own governments, the entente embassies were intensely interested il the Associated Press cablegrams iron Rome.
 Diplomatic practice prevents author ized expressions of opinion for publi- cation but it was apparent at once that the peace proposal falls on un- receptive ears so far as the diplomats are concerned. The entente representa-. tives without slightest difference O opinion, declared the proposal origin ated with Germany, using Austria a.