The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-08-28
NO PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY.

On the Held Of DaGue the aimed armies have taken
Germanys and have thrust back the finest troops
Of the outlaw empire. There is no longer any question
Of the ability Of the allies to hold the enemy armies
There is possibility now Of Germany compelling the
allies by force accept peace terms So far as the
enemy concerned, the hope Of decision on the field
Of battle is dispelled
Having reached this point is now incumbent upon
the allied armies to compel Germany to sue for peace
at the point Of the sword
That cannot be accomplished for many months. The
allied armies must be much stronger than they are at
present before military decision can be looked for
DR.. Kuehlmann former foreign minister Of the German
empire perceived this spring that Germany could not
hope to force peace by military decision He said as
much and urged his associates to work out scheme of
peace by negotiation, provided always that Gemanys
eastern gains should not be yielded This speech was APP
proved by the kaiser before it was delivered When the
panGermans understood its purport they demanded
Kuehmann's retirement and got it. They thought they
Paris about to fall into the nav of the German
power and they regarded the suggestion of negotiated
peace something next door to treason.
Now there is different hue the situation in Ger
many and outside The pan-Germans are still as rapa
cous ever but swine know when they are driven
from the trough The German expansionsts begin
ming to that what they have gained in the east will
be lost in the west unless they agree to compromise
peace. Hence all parties in Germany are preparing to
get together in vigorous campaign for peace with loot
The allies have met the enemy in battle and hurled
him back Are they they equally strong in the
field of politics? Have they any political or diplomatic
triumphs over Germany equal to the splendid military
triumphs of the last six weeks? Is it not true that
the last great political offensive of Germany, namely,
the debauching Of Russia and the signing of the infa
nous treaty Of BrestLtovsk the allies were completely
outclassed? Can any one point to an effective stroke
by the allies in behalf of Russia during all that period?
The allies have diplomatic intelligence and terribly
costly experience has taught them not to shrink from
the word intrigue" when dealing with the stealthy as
sassn of nations. There is good why the allies
should concentrate all their intellect upon the military
situation and permit Germany to make nroads and pos
sbly win victory in the political field What will the
military sacrifices amount to if Germany succeeds in
inducing public sentiment in allied countries to demand
peace what will appear to be liberal terms from Ger
many?
It is false peace not war; that the allies should fear
The 60 it has gone these last weeks and
every life lost will be foundation stone in the temple of
liberty that is to stand eternal But let the war come
to end this side of victory and every life lost will have
been CHASTITY sacrifice to the derisive gods Force and
Fraud which Germans worship. More lives will have
be sacrificed later on to extrcate the world from the
ntoerabe letters Of peace Of slavery 1t is now or
never with free and men who would be free They
can attain their freedom and establish it now once and
for ALL if they will have no dealings with the enemy ex
cept battle.
There can be no peace tainetd with German "conces-
sions." The world does not want German war or Ger
man peace, anything else made in Germany. All that
the world wants of Germany is unconditional sur
render. Germany made the war, but she cannot make
peace The allies will block out and put in force their
own peace Washington Post.