The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-07-12

rope in the time Of Frederic the Great To what extent the warning countries would accept peace at any price, which would apparently be the condition under which Germany today would relinquish the sword it is not known. It is highly un- likely that such a peace would be tolerated in any country, When the Russian people themselves repudl- ated the war aims which were aims of conquest, and insisted upon the masses having something to say in the matter ot peace, they removed peace or q separate peace practl- cally outside the realm of practical politics.
 So, it is quite apparent, that this war will go on until one side or | another is defeated. That the En- Irente Allies will succumb before Ger
 many does not appear possible.
 The greatest and most effective |
 weapon that Germany has got is the l 1 T.. Boat It proved itself a terrible 1
 weapon and a weapon of despera- 1 tion. It is upon this factor in the war that Germany has placed it's | final hope. Why the hopes should
 all be pinned to that weapon is not
 clear. IL has not hit single vital
 spot in the Allied armor. It has
 done tremendous damage to British
 and neutral shipping. It has anihl- ! lated an enormous tonnage. But it has not seriously hampered the
 movements of troops. IL has not
 seriously hampered the cross-chan-
 nel supply ships. It has not to any
 great extent seriously affected the
 steady movements of men, muni-
 tions and supplies to the war zone.
 It is an effective weapon, but. is
 slow to deal deadly blow. And
 the question is whether the Central
 Powers can maintain the fight until
 such time as the | boats have
 stifed England and smothered France and starved the Allied na-
 tions.
 These are matters which will have
 to work out themselves. Yet just
 as it is apparent that Hollweg is
 preparing to hold out so have the
 Entente nations and the United
 States made up their minds to pro- long this war into 1918 or 1919. , Accordingly then we have the stage made ready for the contnua- , other year. This presupposeH that the masses which have been led } blindly into the slaughter will ac- } quiesce in this state of things. Pres [ umably none of them seem to re- } cognize that in this world war, the . many things which have been taken ) for granted at the outset have
 proven matters of disappointment. : Ominous murmuringS are coming - out even now from the Central Pow , CTS. Severe discontent is hardly able 5 to disguise itself, Many as have been the thrilling victories which tke . Teuton nations have won, they = still have brought no nearer the day { of final victory. Any people. such l is the lust to conquer, If assured of n a final triumph, if certain that ulti- { mately there will come a day when { victorious troops will return home, - garlanded with the flowers to wh ch l. viCtors are entitled, will march be 0 tween the serried rows of a wildly
 cheering populace, will ere depart n ing for their homes taste to the full - est the wild intoXication of popular s ovation and national applaudtngs t they will under such circumstances ,. persist through thick and thin fc e the desired end.
 $ But there is no such prospect ir ( sight for the Germans. Each day a seems to make the vision of victory t dinner. Every day seems to post h pone the probability of victory and r to usher in the prospect that lives r. will have been sacrificed, maimine t endured, suffering undergone for 2 h victoryless peace: the peace that r comes to the Gying as relief o1 Il agony.
 j. Accordingly, there is scant likeli n hood of the domestic status quo l. ante bellum being even maintained c It is far more likely that before tht