Evening star., 1918-08-21
PEACE WILL Be MADE
ON WILSON PRINCIPLES
Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Social
ist Leader, So Declares in
Discussing War.
BY BAsSETT DIGBY.
CableGram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1918.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 1s.-
'The fighting forces will make peace
on the grounds and principles an
nounced by the leader of the most
powerful people of the entente-Presi-
dent Wilson" declared Htalmar
Branting, leader of the social demo-
Gratis of Sweden. in his first lecture
since his return from the front In
France. Speaking before a large au-
dience in Stockholm Saturday. he said;
''I talked with Gen. Pershing, who
highly praised his boys of Swedish
descent. Americans naturally are the
heroes of the day in Paris. The
French firmly believe that they have
shifted the center of gravity definite
ly to the entente. The emigration OF
the new world back to the old is re-
garded as a holy war against mill
tarism and not the least among the
Americans themselves is this view
prevalent.
Cites Two Viewpoints.
"one need not formulate an equation
between the side considering itself TO be
fighting for liberty and justice and the
side which. to put the best construction
upon its motives. considers that IL is
fighting for its country, but in any event
not to free the world. The truth lies
not somewhere between the two view
points. but on the side which is fight
ing for liberty. In Germany power rests
with the great army headquarters. In
the western lands military power is
everywhere subordinate to civil power.
West Wants a Right Peace.
"The western lands long for peace.
but for the right peace. The wide
spread view that the German people are
the victims Of rnilitarism moderate the
hatred toward them. 1t is significant
that the balance, even military, Is be-
ginning to be restored. The time should
be approaching for the swing OF public
opinion in Germany, then IT will be
time for the international (the inter
national organization Of the socialists)
to get busy. The people must on this
occasion, get control OF the peace nego-
tiations, which must not take the form
of the new Vienna conference with
maneuvers in the murky shadow"
Describes War Machinery.
Branting said that during his re-
cent visit to the front in France he
was strongly impressed by the ex-
traordinary precision with which the
war machinery was functioning. He
praised the spirit of equality and
| fellowship observable everywhere be-
tween officers and soldiers alike. both
at the front and rear. There was an
automatism in the drills. Among the
Australians SIS per cent of the officers
| began their military careers as pri-
Yates. Here, declared Branting. was
realized to a striking degree Jean
Jaures' conception of a non-milita-
ristic nation in arms.
| Hjalmar Branting, leader of the
social democratic party in Sweden
and later minister of finance there, is
regarded as the strongest popular
figure in that country. During the
war he strongly opposed any pro-
German tendencies in the Swedish
government and strongly castigated
the cabinet for permitting any pos
sible violation of Swedish neutrality.
which was suspected in the Luxburg
| case. Branting frequently declared
that he was thoroughly neutral. and
his conduct bore him out, but the
allies always considered him friend.
The above address puts him sQuarely
on the allied side.