Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-14
Will SON DEFENDS u. S.
ENTRY IN WAR


bHt Single OVER. Nt-IN IL is at
its mercy, should its hands be hut
for a moment freed Bulgaria has
consented to its will. and Rouman
Ia is overrun The Turkish arm
les. which Germans trained. are
serving Germany. certainly not
themselves. and the guns of Ger
man warships lying in the harbour
at Constantinope remind Turkish
statesmen every day that they
have no choice but 10 take their
orders from Berlin From Ham
burg to the Persian Gulf the net
is spread
Il is not easy to understand the
eagerness fer peace that has been
manifested from Berlin ever since
the snare was set and sprung
Peace. peace. peace has been the
talk OF her Foreign Office for now
a year and more, not peace upon
her own initiative, but upon the
initiative OF the nations over
which she now deems herself to
hold the advantage 4 little III
the talk has been public, but most
of ii has been private Through
all sorts of channels 1t has come
20 me, and in all sorts Of guises.
but never with the terms disclos-
ed which the German government
would be willing to accept That
government has other valuable
pawns in its hands besides those
| have mentioned II still holds
a valuable part OF France. tho
with slowly relaxing grasp. and
partically the whole of Belgium.
Its armies press close upon Rus
STA and oyerrun Poland al their
will II cannot go further; il
dare not 60 back. 1t wishes to
close its bargain before it is too
late and it has little left to offer
for the pound of flesh II will de
mand
The military masters under
whom Germany is bleeding see
very clearly to what point Fate
has brought them II they fall
back or are forced back an inch.
their power both abroad and at
home will fall to pieces like
house of cards 1t is their power
at home they are thinking about
now more than their power
abroad II is that power which is
trembling under their very feet,
and deep fear has entered their
hearts They have hut one chance
to nerpetuate their military pow
or or even their controlling politi-
cal influence II they can secure
peace now with the immense adj
vantages still in their hands which
they have up to this point appar-
emily gained. they will have justi-
fed themselves before the Ger.
man people; they will have gain
ed by force what they promised
to gain by 1t; an immense expan.
sion of German power. an i'm.
mense enlargement of German in.
dustrlal and commercial Opportun.
tiles Their prestige will be Sc
cure. and with their prestige will
grow their political power II
they fail, their people will thrust
them aside, a government acc
oountable to the people them.
selves will be set up in Germany
as 1t has been in England in the
United States, in France. and in
all the great countries Of the
modern time except Germany. If
they succeed they are safe and
Germany and the world are I'M
done, If they fail Germany Ia
saved and the world will be at
peace II they succeed, America
will fail within the menace We
and all the rest of the world
must remain armed. as they will
remain, and must make ready
for the next step in their aggres-
sion, If they fail, the world may
unite for peace and Germany
may be of the union.
DO you not now understand the
new intrigue, the intrigue for
peace, and why the masters of
Germany do not hesitate to use
any agency that promises to eff.
fect their purpose, the deceit of
the nations? Their present par
ticular aim Is to deceive all those
who thruout the world stand for
the rights Of peoples and the self
government of nations; for they
see what immense strength the
FORCES of Justice and Of liberalism
are gathering ont of this war.
They are employing liberals In
their enterprise. They are using
men. in Germany and without as
thelF spokesman whom they have
hitherto despised and oppressed.
using them for their own destruc.
ton socialists, the leaders of la.
bour, the thinkers they have hith.
erto sought to silence. Let them
once succeed and these men, now
their tools, will be ground to
powder beneath the weight of the
ETnHt military