South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-13


national ruin FIRE him TO stn more determined
resistance
VIII. TAKE ANOTHER
FIGHT To BEAT HUN.
a growing conviction that the var
is and that seeing the last phase of The
decisive battethat peace by Christmas is assured
Il may be 90 but is at least likely that we are
seeing the end OF campaign which there
has been ultimate decision. breaking OF the
armed resistance and no tanning OF The viii Of The
opponent FOR myself, expect 10 see a campaign ot
1919; believe the German Will still ana
fighting desperately when spring and that
II will take all Of our best strength 10 break his n
tary power year in full and terrible campaign.
Negotiated peace is and will remain possible. II We
are willing 10 make IL, at any moment nov" betNeeh
present hour and the opening OF the cam
paign the terms will grow more and more rea-
sonable The German maneuver 70 catch the weak the
home front IL broken IA 1917 viii be repeated
But the German is not likely 10 accept the only
which he obtain because he is almost certain 10
conclude that he would do better 10 risk ali the conse
sDcss Of another an,pafpn rather tlaD accent terms
which will have become materially harshcr II ne
fights and loses summer and may be greatly modi-
fed. he fights and postpones military decision
This much least is 10 be said and must oe said;
heighth OF folly make any calcula-
Of any based upon the assumption that this
Will the end of the struggle Two evils would
instantly flow from such calculation lnsenslny ou'
inevitably war would slacken and equally in
evitably disappointment would weaken moral
strength next year BY each OF these weaknesses the
enemy would profit by both he might succeed in es-
Gaping from the defeat which must come the war is
be ended properly.
Reading history one may see that s the Ger
mans present posture. nations have escaped from
worse as did prussia in years That
victory which now assured is only In
crease rather lessen enort and strengthen
rather than weaken our determination Two years aso
just Of immediate victory as now and
with almost sound reasons Then the German peace
offensive surprised and routed new German peace
offensive is in preparation and there Is me same perm
TOO MUCH OPTIMISM
DANGEROUS.
constant victory. the ntermnaDle reports OF the
forecasts Of captured Germans the large scale map
the catalogue Of captured positions all hese build
up an optimism, natural. within limits useful but dan
gsrous wheh II gives rise TO unoounoed cohHoence l
a speedy complete collapse Of the enemy. 10 TOOK
the Lepsic campaien Of 1913 the Marine campalgn oil
1914 and the Waterloo campaign OF 1919 TO Flo Eu
rope Of the Napoleonic legend II we have won the
Ieipsc campaign this summer we have done nothing
We have not advanced a foot IN Germany we
demanding that the German make peace on the
basis Of what expect do. not what have done
what he Believes do. Our victory is sA
limited terms absolute.
In sum. the military side no allied success Up 10
the hour Supplies any conclusive or impressive
evidence the German army be decsivey beat
year that viii surrender rather than bear
blood Of another campaign ON the political
the peace conditions. which we are agreed must
be imposed upon Germany are SUCH tnat me Germans
may mprobaby prefer 10 risk all the sacrhces ana
burdens another year in the hope Of escaping our
present satisfied that even II they lose that cam
paign they hardly face much sitter terms ON the
moral side know little. but two years ago, when We
were counting upon moral collapse or the German,
our morale broke down in Russia and italy ana
severely shaken in France and In Britain as
result OF the German peace offensive
All through this there has been nothing more
striking than failure people OF the
contending groups 70 grasp any degree the actual
state Of mind Of We have been wrong just
as often the German We have again and again been
convinced that German masses were eager for sur
render peace have been convinced that starving
Germany the point Of throwing OF IT'S rulers
and embracing democracy peace. and at the critical
moment We found that We had calculated on our
hopes rather than with regard the facts
PEOPLE MAY RISE
TO DEFEND GERMANY.
Today the German people may willing surren-
der they may compel their generals and their states
men TO abandon the struggle and pay the price az
surrender They may, the other hand. be in the
mood OF after Sedan, when the people rose 10
the defence the nation Until the German army ts
decisvely beaten shall not be assured Of peace,
and the German army Is much further from decisive
defeat than French military power AFTER me open
ing disasters o 1870. We have never set failed 10
bunder when we based military and political ca.-
culaons upon what believed 70 be the German state
Of mind and the German situation materially. all
our past mistakes have led to disastrous d-sappoiat
ments
one that cannot settled by compromise Either be or
We must surrender, and for either surrender means
the abandonment OF national faith Bernhard SAID
nearly decade teat the issue OF the next war
for Germany would be world power or downfall
Time has issues the German
now escape downfall 5y any other means than arms
Therefore il seems wiscst believe that he viii hglt
on night more conscious that his rare
then will be but little worse than ID would be sao-.3
n surrender nov.
As close this article on MonJay oct T. the World
is discussing latest German peaoe offensive Bur
nothing which yet been disclosed with respect 10
offensive mobiles the views expressed above and I'D
earlier articles Germany IS seeking 20 acquire in-
munity for the past and preserve her army and me
Frussan tradition for the future she proposes not
but very proposal bargain indicates that she does
not believe that surrender necessary.
BY the campaign OF 1915 We nave brought German
OF resigning her plan 10 impose her terms
Of victorious peace upon conquered world. see
nothing to suggest that short Of the campaign q
bring the enemy 70 accept those terms
which We all must be- tho foundation ~ the