Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-13
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has so far only been another giRnrti|<
failure. and will remain failure evGl5
IL the Kaiser's armies should adV60 n
still further For Ludendorff hnB risli
succeeded in destroying the French
and British forces. as ne positively Il
promised the Reichstag leaders ana
the German people he would. and
peace-either German peace or wh4} 4
Germans used to call peace Of CONF
ciliation"--is today more utterly ot1i
of the question than ever before. IN
German leaders merely have one gpo1 4
colossal psychological blunder to th9t
discredit qss5
The great German offensive. just ~
cause 1t brought the Kaiser's ar3ft9X
some unavoidable Initial successes B6R
already had, in my opinion. at le33t
one good result: II has definitelyett
masked Germany and will render f{(4 y
future peace intrigdes of the He6ff +
Government infinitely less danger0J&,
1t seems quite certain that Ludeu1or0
will follow up his abortive mil}eyxZ
offensive by great peace offenSlyGs1
There are infallble signs that th4
German peace offensive is coming AslX
is heralded this time. not by the .Hf1e
eral or Socialist press. but, whichrt4 ~
far more significant. by the Cons6fSal
tive papers. whose close relations WIN &
Ludendorff and the general stan are
notorious. The Kreuz Zeitung ar
nounced in its issue of May 81: x II,
For the very reason that our sue.
Cessful attack has placed Germany
in a favorable military situati tiQt5t
the time seems propitious fOh-q
peace offensive. OF course. this nalys
peace offensive must be entirely dft
ferent from the contemptible and M
effective peace proposals former}xf
rendered by our Government. Thjar
time we must formulate positive
conditions and clearly publish UtIfs
chief war aims, particularly against
England. The statement OF these
war aims is easy If we base them on
Germany's claim to undisturbed sd4 II
Nelopment in the future, our OHl5i}
interest forbids us to demand more.
than the protection of our vital l51si
terests and the elimination of eHrt
war losses. We cannot live alon4f
after the war. our field of action JSs
the world. and therefore we wish to
come to an understanding with rHsif
foes which will do justice to .oupN
rightful claims. ~. u,
What the kreuz Zeitung means tJyt
guarded terms like the "protectiofl a
Germany's vital interests" and SffL
"eimination of the German war 1osueH
scarcely needs any eNplanatiou:-L Lusf
dendorff, through his puppet Hertliug
is to demand an enormous war ~IT
demnity from the Allies. the ann642f
tion of the Briey-Longwy mining, dr.
trict from France, the coast Of E1alls
ders and vast colonial empir6 ~
Africa. to say nothing OF the fdrma
recognition by the Allies OF GermauEt
concuests in Russia and Rumaii3a6
But an incurable duplicity perva4
German diplomacy. and signs are sllt)le
lacking that the Imperial Chanokf ~
will shrink back from Dublishing 00F,
many's lust of territorial and hnanc3&
gain rs brutally rs the Pruss1ast C1ttk
servatives demand and will agAiSf ~
tempt 10 CamOufiage his peace pr6oJeq
sitions democratically. The day after.
| the publication of the Kreuz Zeitungt'
| peace editorial the versatile Vof
| Waerts, forgetting that it had form
acquesced to a Pan-German peaee{VI
| the eve of Ludendorff's attack Ike.
wise insisted on the necessity OF <sels
| manys attempting a new peace tsfft6s
slVe in these sanctimonious terms sasf1;r
While the military offensive in tttlas
west at last and. we hope, definitely
Gconvincess our foes that all their
| hopes of defeating, destroying 7Jf>S
disunitinG Germany are vain. diips1
| lomatic offensive should simuIta,,
| neously seek to convince them THAT
| they have no oppression, injustieeN,
| nor dismemberment of their glAs
| tional territory to fear from .,Xicfs.'
torious Germany.
If any proof were needed that ffiIif
| soclalistiC declaration Is but dust scat
tered to blind the eyes of the Allies, 4,
could easily be found in the telegfaWl
sent by the Kaiser at various period
| during the great offensive af6yAif
| which that hystcrcal monarch. like
| Ludendorf, promises his people It'd.
umphant German peace. He ,feis
Sraphed in May: . Jpul
God will help us to fight on vic
toriously and to force our foea, tSls
conclude a peace which will be "a
source of glory and profit to U6p6
many and her allies. ~ ~
Kaiser's GLORIOUS VictOries'si' 'Hs
And to the German "Iiandast % n
| general assembly of German busifeS
| men from all parts of the empjrA,
which had telegraphed him assurance
| of loyalty, Wilhelm II sent but fey
days ago the following answerinaete4s
| egram: -lts,p
The glorious victories of the ,i&Sts
| months justify our claim to stpong
| peace which Will open new roads for
victorious German commerce 'affU
| will guarantee full freedom of de-
NelOpnent 10 our marvellous inNls- Z
| tries.
| After all this. there can be UGH
| doubt what kind of peace the GerIn8f
| Government will have in mind wlaens
| Ludendorff's armies having been def
| initely stopped, it decides to lauYftfs
| its new paCifist offensive. That thesa
| peace maneuVers are more or.,Slest
| imminent is certain. According I,
my information, Count Hertling will
| in carrying them out. striyerS-ff
camoufiage the undisguised brutakty
of the kreuz Zeitung's demands witls
the hypocritical phraseology of. tili.
| Norwaerts The German peac& df A
fensive will furthermore probably, tai{a
the form of an ultimate, desperate ef
! fort to divide the Allies bv appareHt,
| favor and spare one country az I'M.
cost of another 2ElH
If the Allies repulse Count HertEneS
| peace offensive with the same unIt,s
and gallantry with which they havi,i
frustrated General Ludendorff'Hf AZ
tempts TO destroy their armies, thl
German military party will have fei)a+s
to fulfill either of the promises alss
means of which IL obtained the con
sent of the Reichstag and the Gefifi&f
people to the sacrifice OF countfi1f
thousands of field-gray warriors m III
great offensive in the west. Fasetlnk
ated by the lure of cOnauest s3(
profitable peace before winter.r IN
German people have gone fortbsil{{
death on new fields of frightfuI sla1Th
ter, but when II at last realizes TIN