The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-02
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I. that the war Is going TO end on some definite date-so the nation has inter.
49,. Pti.sd = recent statement Of Pre'iden: Wilson to mean that we will see
Here I, ie only thing that President wl,o, said in hi. long addp. to
"' hrmmsr,s ut mad to DO with a decision in the war at a certain time:
.rh. eliminating crisis Of tho struggle HI" come and The achieve
menn Of THIS year on one side e the other must determine the issue"
decided u. statement may ! be Interpreted Cd. a, "f " ca" &c ,i "~t ! bs iS"s q there re
70 break the western line. The thought he wa, holding, most likely at the time
he prepared The statement was that the German, were forging their master
viii reel and give with the he, shock Of the impact "%t'S when he !" il ' co%e "1 N. Pr. front will ." ool
be be sP Ss,isS. n! Tsy e"s sl W" 5,y. weather at s ,,s storm ,i.r T6f" the C Germans 1n1 will will in truth
that the campaign Of 1919 with the United States ian power excrng its trench
So keeny does the world follow any suggestion Of peace. however, that
ue wilson statement has had a greater inilueGee for confidence in Wall street
ernnIsnt control Of railroads policy on railroad stocks.
broadening trading adm " i" s,oeE .E = d.b,,s al + MAN I am 0 inclined : S9Ir nv S"Es ,' !" eon n ne
toy. with other important factors, stories OF Internal disseGson in Germany
persistence Of The St statement %f that at Count Count cscn", the Austrian f%%nS minister mini s,
has been in secret communication with this government on more than one
Until strike troubles affect the German army it il, futile to build hopes on
uahon in the United States for the German people. Fifteen idle days for a
nation due o a coal famine that has tied up the whole country A, have
The German union men striking receive no strike benefits Their surplus
earnings IRE all absorbed BY war loan, The average German lab?rcr is not
order TO keep from starving 10 death. The food of Germany is docd out to
10 a first line battalion The military controls the food and the guns The
army IS well fed No private in field gray has been forced to ut new holes in
DTe,..d enc a"y to 81 ad rs" S.i paI"R R. Ca iT ,s a G Gms 'G R+f,r wm b, '0 bbsaSd ~ III S% of
trouble with labor-that there was a time when the cloth Of harmony wa
rent right down the middle and the job Of mendng looked Impossible. Re.
anticipated that Great Britain would be forced out of the war by the trouble
the worst that wa; expected was that British troops might have been removed
use machine gun diplomacy in the streets of Berlin.
Austria the situation is far worse than Conditions in Germany II is safe to
look for worse conditions Of civil strife in Germany but /. is folly to build
which has the goods to show for its work.
II we expect the least and get the best the moral effect on this country will
be much better than If We build our hopes upon a revolution like Russias
and get an empty sack.
think il wa, Lloyd George who said there is no easy path to victory" 1t
is human nature for man to look for tn. easy way out But the safe way out
Of this is to cut Or way through, and the quicker each individual makes up
TO be OF better service in the war-ihe quicker the victory will be won-W NJ. H.