Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-08-01
Only British Statesman of First
Rank Who Is Listed as a
PacifiSt Would Take Steps
to End the War,
WORDS DO NOT CARRY
MUCH WEIGHT AT HOME
Letter Branded by British Press
as an "EIongation of Ills
Previous Announcement on
This Subject, ls

lay HorNrHa JoussAL SPECIAL LEASED wIast
London, July 3i.--Another letter
upon peace prospects, written by the
Marquis of LansdoWne, was read at
q conference of his supporters today.
Lord Lansdowne is the only British
statesman of first rank who is listed
in his own country and abroad as a
paciflSt, and it is thought his words
Will be given the greatest publicity In
the countries of the central powers,
where II Is insisted they represent a
powerful portion of British thought.
The Lansdowne letter has been
alphabetically received in political cir
cles. The general parliamentarian
opinion is said to be well summarized
in the comment of one member of the
house of commons:
THE letter is simply an elongatlon
of Lansdowne's previous announce
ment, but IL is an elongation leading
nowhere"
In his letter Lord Lansdowne said:
I'VE are about to commence the
fifth year of the great struggle for
liberty and next week we shall reaf-
firm solemn resolve not to desist
from the effort until peace with honor
is in sight W
Toll Becoming Heavier.
Meanwhile, with every month that
passes the toll which the war is
claiming becomes heavier and heay-
Ter. The civilized world is being
drained of its resources. is spending
its energies in purely destructive ef-
forts, each of which involves the fur
ther domination of its reserves of
power, and the further inatilation OF
the machinery OF production"
Lord Lansdowne referred to the
estimates placing the casualties of the
belligerents at 100000 Of which
7,000 900 havet been killed and G,000,-
900 made prisoner or numbered
among the missing, and to the decline
in the birth rate. which according to
the registrar general In IA recent pa
per Is costing the belligerents 12.500,-
600 potential lives. of which 650,000
have been lost to England and Wales.
sooner than accept dishonorabls
peace" he says, 1--WE are all ready to
fight to the bitter end"
Enemy Nations Want Peace.
After referring to the loss of life
he said the desire for peace was wide
spread among the enemy nations. N
upon no other assumption is II
possible to explain the language OF
those Austrians and Germans who
are in a position to speak their minds
freely, or the constant feelers launch-
ed by the governments of the central
powers.
But we are apparently as far as
ever from the end, The tide of car
mage and destruction continues to flow
and carries all before il. From time to
time ray of reasonableness illumines
the gloom, only to be followed by a re-
lapse into recriminations and controv-
ersies in which each side, instead OF
searching for points of agreement 10
apparently content with dialectic sue
cesses. Rt
what is it that stands in the wayg
1t iS with no N1esire to embarrasS the
government that / ask the question.
But many of us are sorely perpiexed
and feel it our duty TO give them q
chance Of affording US some measure
OF reinsurance and enlightenment "
Desire for Explanation.
There il in the first place. ! am
convinced, a deep seated desire for
further explanation as to the condt-
tlons on which we are prepared, not to
make peace, but to open a discussion,
which might lead TO peace.
1T is assumed that such a discus
sion can not be commenced without
some measure of preliminary agree
ment and our leading statesmen con-
stantly bid us congratulate ourselves
because, although our enemies have
refused to define their terms, we are
supposed to have defined ours in un-
mistakeable language. Has IL been
really unmistakeable? No one will sug-
gest a discussion Is impossible until
each side has obtained the assent OF
the other in an exhaustive catalogue
of its requirements. But there are evi-
IDENTIFY certain cardinal points which
neither side will treat as open to ques-
ton. II is really the case that we have
done all that can be expected of us
in the way of q definition of such
points,
Lord Lansdowne admitted the diff
culties of formulating such list
Many Problems 10 Face. s6
Divers and possibly conflicting ms
terests have to be reconciled," he con-
tinued. we must make sure that we
are in line not only with our allies
but with our great dominions overA
seas, We have to face problems, polit-
ical, racial and geographical. of sur
passing intricacy.
There is a temptation to use vague
language and broad generalities and
slide over awkward questions. But
what has been the use of our inter-
allied conferences and the meetingn
of the imperial cabinet IL there has
heen no coordination OF our aims 2"
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