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not going to revolt until Germany is
defeated. Those who believe that
the day is near at hand have nothing
to offer in support of their belief
1t is the unanimous opinion of mill
tary experts who have been on the
firing line from the beginning that
of her resources, either in men or
material. 1t is impossible to know
the exact condition within the Cen
trail powers, but we do know that
they have as many soldiers on the
field as the Allies, and that the popu-
lation of the Central powers is as
large as that of the allied countries
of Europe that are now actively in
the war AS for food they cannot be
much more in distress than Italy
and now that peace has been declar-
ed between the Central powers and
the grain producing section of Russia,
the German and Austrian people will
soon secure additional food. At the
present moment Germany's position
is equally as good if not better than
that of the Allied powers. Her de-
feat will come only after long months
of hard fighting and sacrifice in which
the American people must bear the
greater part of the burden.
Can the United States and the
Allies afford to accept peace based
a peace would be a German victory
1t would leave Germany and Austria
decidedly the controlling powers of
Europe. and would force all nations
to maintain perpetual preparedness
on an enormous scale. With Russia
eliminated from the Quadruple En-
tente. and with the male population
of Belgium, Serbia. Montenegro, Rou-
mania and the captured provinces
of France almost annihilated, what
would prevent the military despOts
of Prussia from forcing their will
upon all Europe? Germany plans
well and If she cannot secure peace
with conquest she will ask for peace
without annexation or indemnities and
then by recovering more quickly
than the countries she has so system
atically devastated and depopulated
she expects to conquer the nations
of Europe one by one. There is
always method in her madness. Her
horrible conduct towards the young
men and women of the countries she
CO revenge. nor altogether for the pur-
pose of terrorizing neutral nations,
hut is the execution of a deliberate.
diabolic plan to render these coun-
tries sterile by deporting and destroy
ing The child producing and child
bearing portion of the populations of
those unfortunate countries. She
hopes by this means to render an
increase in the populations of the
captured sections difficult and slow
She knows that the Germans are a
prolific people and she is now work
ing out plans to increase her birth
rate. Since the German Chancellor
upon the invasion of Belgium. pro-
Gained that necessity knows NO
law" II is not unreasonable to ex-
pect Germany to find ways and
means by which to increase her pop
ulation which would violate the moral
conscience of any other civilized ma
ton The establishment of the stat
us quo would mean that in twenty
five years Germany and her vassal
nations, all made military, efficient
and war-like. would dictate every
move i'm Europe and defy the Monroe
Doctrine. There can be no safe nor
permanent peace by understanding
unless at the same time we can
secure league of nations for the
enforcement of peace and that is an
untried field and one that 1t may
take years to secure or perfect. Hor-
rible as 1t is, there seems to be but
one thing to do We must fight Ger
many to her knees. We must strangle
her till she releases her hold on Rus
STA and all other captured sections.
We must overthrow the military
caste by force of arms and teach the
German people that their war lords
are neither infallible nor unconquer-
able. They must be taught the fall
lacy of the teachings of their war
philosophers that war is brutal. that
It brings nothing but suffering and