Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-07
War Work to Be Pushed
Regardless of Apparent
Desire OF European Ma.
tlons to Get Together.
Unless Peace Comes Within
the Next Thr ree or Four
Months the War Will Be
Fought to a Decision, in
Opinion of Diplomats.
BY CARL d. (iROAT.

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Washington, Jan. T.-America will
push her work without thought that
peace may be drawing nearer.
Secretary Of War Baker and other
officials held today that there must be
no letting down in preparations Peace,
they said, now is up to Germany. Lloyd
George has stated the allied terms and.
here go, these are Americas terms,
too.
-ssslfs lfs.Germanyt-AEaAtst to reform herself
and accept these terms, the way is
open. But If she wants to fight on,
the allies and America are fully aware
OF and ready for the bloody sacrifices
in so far as unofficial expressions
involved. all officials agree.
FooLHARDY TO SLOW UP.
They added that it would be little
short Of reasonable and foolhardy fo-
this nation to slow up now, merely pe-
cause Of a growing conviction that the
allies and Teutons re getting more
nearly together through a process Of
unofficial statement of peace aims.
True, authorities here, including men
high In the military councils, do be-
lieve that peace is coming up more
rapidly than is the general belief. But
if they had their way wholly. there
would not even be a statement of war
aims. Instead, there would be a pol
icy of blood and iron which would ul-
timately make the German lines crum-
BILE and the kaiser beg for peace.
PEACE DESIRE SHOWN.
Some military men, however, are in
clined to feel that already the war is
shifting into the diplomatic field. that
by the mere fact of statement of
terms from both sides, desire for
peace is manifest which sows the seed
for actual negotiations. Not that they
think Germany is going to accept
Lloyd Georges terms right away, but
they believe that Germany now knows
that she can not win and is willing,
therefore, to go far to get an adjust
ment.
ONE NEUTRAL DIPLOMAT SIZED
UP THE SITUATION TODAY AS A
CASE OF PEACE IN THREE OR
FOUR MONTHS OR A WAR OF
THREE OR FOUR YEARS. THAT
MAY BE SAID TO BE A MORE OR
LESS PREVALENT OPINION HERE,
THOUGH THOSE WHO VENTURE
INTO PROPHESY VARY IN THEIR
MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM FIG
URES CONSIDERABLY.
The thought here is that Lloyd
George cleverly offset German propa-
ganda by disclaiming any intent to
crush the German people while at the
same time he made distinct bid for q
separate Austrian peace and skillfully
Unanswered to draw the Russians back
into the allied fold.
II Austria finally heeds the cry for
peace and the Russians definitely set
themselves against Germany so she
cannot get supplies. then will peace
be little short of a reality. experts say,
Russian officials are skeptical. how
ever of any permanent alignment be-
tween the allies and Russia. Her cry
Is peace, peace and regardless of what
party comes into power they feel that
the slavs will stick to their separate
peace program. unless a general peace
is maneuvered in the meantime.
Officials anticipate that Germany
will modify her positi on toward Rus
| sia, having failed to bully the slavs al
Brest-Litovsk. Teuton threats to use
force in accomplishing their demands
are regarded as camouflage.
However, further allied efforts will
be made to induce Russia to return to
the flock. These attempts will be d.
rected toward showing Russia that her
salvation lies only with the allies.