The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-08
WILL NOT Be DUPED.
bRiIISH NEWSPAPERS REFLECT
DETERMINATION OF ALLIES
TO SEE WAR
THROUGH.
Neutral Emissarics Reported to Have
Arrived I'm England to Push Propa-
gnndn.

OF which have begun to appear re-
Gently. the newspapers reflect the de-
termination OF the British nation and
Its Allies to see the war through.
They say IL Is impossible that Ger
many should succeed in duping the
Allies into peace which does not
fulfill the principles for which they
are lighting.
The Times says the general expec-
tation that the Germans, failing to
obtain a crushing victory in France
and Flanders. would inaugurate a
peace campaign In the Allied coun-
tries. seems likely TO be fulfilled. 1t
continues:
Neutral emissaries as we'll known
antecedents and tendencies are un-
derstood to have arrived recently in
England and other Allied countries
for the purpose OF suggesting that 10
the Allies will only show pacific
disposition they will find Germany
ready to meet them on moderate
terms
1T need hardly be said that origin
OF these manoeuvers Is quite as well
Understood as was the purpose of the
military offensive I'm March, and that
she Allied governments are likely to
present as firm front to any peace
intrigue as the Allied armies present
ed to the German military attacks"
The Daily Mail says: THE irrup-
tion OF amiable neutrals into England
with no visible business. has already
begun. including the arrival OF a pro-
German friend OF the German foreign
secretary. DIR. Won Kuehlmann, who
is not charged with any official mis-
sion as far as the London legation is
aware. These neutral emssaries
should save themselves much trouble
and some personal danger IL they
recognize clearly that Great Britain is
not to be. duped like the Bolshevik and
Ukrainian dupes."
The Express adds that the first
peace offensive agent In London laid
his proposals semi officially before
various officials. The newspaper SAYS
II understands on high authority that
this agent Is a Dutchman. with i'm
portant financial connections and that
he came as a friend OF Won Kuehl.
mann; that is to say. his inquiries
we're made on behalf OF the civil and
not the military party in Germany.
This agent represented to the au..
thorities here" the newspaper con.
tinues. that by our refusal TO con.
slider peace last year we deprived the
civil party In Germany OF the chance
o, ousting the military party. and
also that the most we could hope for
now was peace by arrangement He
was told there was no such thing in
tie English dictionary as peace by
arrangement. He was told also: Very
soon there will be no such phrase as,
raw material in the German diction.
ary'
There is no doubt that the present
peace offensive Is inspired largely by
Albert Ballin> director OF the Ham
burg-American Lne). and other mag.
mites of the German shipping world
who forsesee that determined En-.
tcnte can easily cut them Off for
many years from all markets of the
outside world. as we'll as from Allied
ports
The failure OF the first envoy to
find sympathetic hearing will not
end the peace offensive. IL Is known
that other neutrals have been per-
suaded to undertake the task OF lay.
ing further suggestions before the
British government without any ap.
parent inspiration from Germany. Bur
the business associations OF these en-
voys are too we'll known for any
doubt to exist that they are deliber-
ately inspired"
The Daily Express says:
IF the present feelcrs are being put
out by Won Kenhimann the obvious
answer Is that Won Kuehlmann has
no power TO pledge his country TO any
thing. Germany Is today absolutely
in the hands OF the militarists. When
the militarists have given up hope OF
vistory In the West let the Kaiser
himself approach the Allies as n
whole. Let him admit he cannot win
the war, catcgorically abandon his
scheme OF conquest and withdraw his
armies within his own frontiers. At
ter that the Allies will talk. but the
Germans and Won Kuehlmann may