Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19

principles which have heretofore
governed all belligerents. and much
more of the same sort.
But how much of all this stun can
our own Government and those al
lied with us accept as truth? The
whole German scheme has been
erected upon a foundation of decep-
tion and brutality and double deal
ing, so that any proposal at this time
must be regarded as doubtful until
thorouGh guarantees shall have hcen
furnished. OF course, the military
end of any armistice will be left TO
the skill and vision of Marshal Fo2h
and those associated with him in the
field. They are the best judges of how
much sincerity is back of the Ger
man retirement and the alleged evil
dences of good faith. We must not
be caught mapping nor must there
be any premature peace based upon
tenders of the Kaiser and his group
of barbarians.
President Wilson has recently test
ed the spirit and purpose of the
American people and he has found
that nothing short of unconditional
surrender and the absolute destruc-
ton of militarism will suffice after
the untold suffering and sacrifices OF
the Allied governments. We may
expect further cunning attempts to
avoid punishment on the part ot the
German group. but a world protest
is sure to follow any negotiations
that would in any way hinder the
operation OF justice when the enemy
throws up his hands. The Kaiser and
every other individual responsible
for the awful struggle through which
the world has been compelled to
pass must pay the price and no other
course will satisfy the American peo-
pie or their allies.
We must not assume that the war
is ended. OF course, the structure of
erected with inconceiv-
able cunning in the midst of L long
era of peace is crumbling. Thar is
evident. but there is still much of
peril TO the peace of the world so
long as the forces of the Kaiser are
permitted to exist as an armed men
ace to tranquility and the working
out of the peaceful development of
all nations.
1t must be obvious that the Iaili-
tary group in Germany is desirous
Of prolonging the conversations in
the hope that some better terms may
be given the authors of the world |
tragedy. They are talking now about
the conservation of German ioter-
ests, but they are not much concern
ed about the interests of those whom |
they have despoiled and enslaved. !
The only terms that will be satisfac- |
.ory to the people of this country |
ire the terms that will be imposed |
upon Germany without negotiation |
or serious interchange of views.
All advices from Switzerland and |
other neutral countries in touch |
with Germany indicate that the tur-
noil inside the empire is increasingly |
nenacing to the Kaiser. The last |
hour of the divine right of kings |
has come" says n dispatch from |
Berne, and the quotation from q |
prominent Swiss newspaper con- |
,ludes with respect to this statement
that it is not too soon" All these |
incidents indicate the trend.
Even the order of the German |
army command to cease devastating |
Af inSinParitN- |
n the modification of the order
unless absolutely compelled by mill |
tary necessity" From the very be-
ginning the destruction of towns, the |
kidnapping of men, women and chill |
iren, the poisoning of wells, the aN- |
aging and pillaging and all else have |
been excused by the Infamous rulers !
If Germany on the score of military |!
necessity
Secretary Lansing only yesterday |!
more pressure and she will break"
out that the war is not over and that !
his is'no time to slacken effort or |
% fail to do our part here at home. |
He urged the people to keep up and |
to increase pressure on the retreat |
ing Germans as the only certain way |
to win.
Otto H. Kahn, bitterly assails |
Kaiserism for dishonoring all chill !
dren of the Fatherland, and appeals |
10 the people of German birth in this
country who have assimilated our !
deals to back our government to the |
utmost; that men of German de-
scent may have a reckoning with
those who have been wronged and
hurt by Prussianized Germany and
whose spiritual inheritance has been
stolen from us by impious hands
and flung into the gutter" Mr.. Kahn
speaks for the great German element
n the United States who have proven
their loyalty and patriotism by their
men and means. Out of the fulness
Of the heart he says:
The ideals and traditions we
cherished have been foully be-
smirched. What we were justly
proud of has been dragged into
the mire. Our blood has been dis
honored. We have been bitterly
shamed by our very kith and kin.
Our names, which came down to
us from our fathers. have been
dehled. Their very sound has
been made challenge to the