Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-20
PEACE By NEGOTIATION.


peace by negotiation" would have
us believe all that is necessary to end
the wal Is for representatives of the
belligerents to gather around a coun-
ell table.
Unfortunately for their theory his
tory shows peace conferences" are
often the seed plots of new wars.
Probably a majority of the devast-
ing wars which have racked Europe
for centuries, originated in the
patched up treaties Of peace, in which
greedy, short sighted kings and diplo-
mats bartered away the rights of
peoples nj parcelled out national
territory as so much real estate.
On the other hand, '.peace by VIC
tory or unconditional surrender
usually settles things for good. We
nave to go no further than our own
Civil War.
If Lincoln had listened to the cop
perheads of his time and made peace,
this continent would be split In twain
between two republics armed to the
teeth and ready to spring at each
others threats on the slightest irrita-
ton.
But he preferred a with VIC
tory and today the vanquished as well
as the victors rejoice that the thing
was settled forever.
1t has not been five years since a
horrible and bloody war sprang from
a a conference called to make a
peace by negotiation"
The first Balkan war did not 60 to
a logical conclusion because of the
financial exhaustion of the belliger-
ents, the outbreak Of cholera In
Thrace IND the threat of interven-
ton by the big powers.
The diplomats of the warning states
met In conference at London to patch
up q peace by negotiation" 1t was
a typical diplomatic gathering. All
the high grade international crooks,
burglars and second story men were
there-either in the conference or lob
bying around it. A a which was
a comnromise of greedy desires. ALB
s~oiuteiy unrelated 10 Justice. racial or
national integrity or the economic in
terests of the people was patched UP.
The Ink was hardly dry on the
treaty of London before a second and
more deadly wal broke out among
the former allies. Turkey again but
ted In and Rumania FASTENED to Jump
on Bulgaria after she was down, and
loot the loser.
Another patched UP treaty was then
negotiated-and although it was moro
conclusive than the first 1t settled
nothing-it was a compromise of
conflicting avarice. Austria was the
sinister figure in the background of
this second peace by negotiation"
and In the treaty Of Bucharest were
aowed the seeds which a year later
sprouted into the war OF the world.
DO we want n more peace by
negotiations" to be followed up q
few months later by a new WARMTH
a new lineup of nations?
"Peace by negotiation" is one of the
favorite phrases of the motley ele-
ments which are trying to paralyze
the strong right arm of America and
avert the doom of Prussianlsm.
II this war Is a war Of democracy
against depotism-a final struggle of
western liberty against oriental slav-
ery--the Armageddon OF civilization
against barbarism-then peace by
negotiation can only be compared TO
a truce between Christ and the devil.
The holy book tells us that Satan
took Christ up onto a high mountain
n proposed a peace by negotiation
-and the answer OF the savior was
war to the knife.
" come not to bring peace but a
sword" said Jesus. when speaking of
the conflict Of right and wrong.
II this is a war betyeen Germany
&Ak A~1kNtAM - NhG nnbA ubE To-
The two forces nave met on countless
fields for thousands OF years. But in
all past ages there were uncivilizod
countries. peopled by free barbarians
who renewed the fight for freedom
and builded up new civilizations
based IN the idea OF individual liberty.
Today there are none such. The
whole world Is in the death graphic
and democracy must win or perish
forever.
There win never be 'another
chance" for democratic principles II
Prussia dominates the world and sets
up her system in western Europe.
The best proof Of that is the con-
duct Of the German people today
stin doeiie and misunderstanding not
the frightful tribute they have rend-
cred to their masters-unstirred By
the Russian revolution-biind 70
what al the rest OF the world sees
written IN dame across the skies,
which portend the dawn OF human
Axotherhood or the sunset Of ciyilixa- |