The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-10-14


 congress of the United States was introduced and put through by the delegate from Alaska. Can any Alaskan truthfully say that Charles A. Sulzer has accomplished nothing?
 NEED FOR A MASTERPIECE.
 There is need for masterpiece of di- plomacy when it comes to the matter of the reply to the peace notes which have been forwarded to President Wilson by Germany and Austria. There are many controlling factors that have to be taken into considera- tion that make is a difficult matter to con- vey to the German government the sentiment of the allied nations without unduly atagoniz- ing the German people.
 The allied nations and the United States are unanimous in the opinion that there can be no halfway measures in the peace negotia tions. Germany must be ready to surrender internationally to the terms set forth by President Wilson as a program for general peace before there can even be any negotia- tlons between the two contending forces. The President must steer middle course in his reply to the kaiser He must give the government to understand that there must be an entire compliance with the fourteen con ditions for peace laid down last January, in spirit as well as in the letter of the program On the other hand, he will have to avoid any thing that will give the German military lead CTS a chance to still further browbeat their people by saying that the United States is waging war of conquest, and that they must fight to the bitter end in defense of the fatherland. The German people are tired of war, without question, and are going wild over the fact that peace proposals have been sent to President Wilson, and it is probable that they are ready and willing for an uncon- ditional surrender. But 1t is also evident that the military leaders are trying to stall and hedge to gain as favorable peace as possible with as little loss as possible. It would suit their purpose to perfection if the Presidents note should give them an excuse to urge their lpeople on to greater efforts, with the plea of defending the fatherland against conquest. And yet the President must give the junker class to understand that they cannot in any way dictate when it comes to proposals of |peace.
 The German people must understand from his reply that the allied nations would be willing to treat with them directly rather than with the imperial government, and that the allied nations are desirous of peace but are also determined that Prussianism shall be SCOurged from the lace Ot the earth in order to prevent any recurrence of a like war in the future
 | It is difficult task that the President is performing, when he answers the peace notes of the imperial government, and it is one that will tax even his tact and diplomacy, to give expression to every phase of the situa- tion so that there can be no doubt of the at titude of the forces fighting on the side of democracy
 "IF THE world snarls and shows its teeth, speak kindly to it, while you look for a brick" That's what Uncle Sam did with Ger many-unt he found brick
 'IT IS Germany" says German paper, "that will speak the last word in this war" Punch agrees, and adds, "The last word will lbe KQmeyad'"
 The kaiser says that no other people is able to accomplish what the Germans have done at the front. And he might have added that no other people would attempt what the Germans have accomplished on captured ter ritory.