Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-08
No Halting of War By
 United States Opinion
 of Washington Officials

latest phase of the peace offensive, leaders on both sides of the chamber declaring emphatically that no sus- pension of hostilities should be con- templated. Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts, declared the only course open was to complete the defeat of the Germans.
 One indication of the president s probable action came in a statement by Secretary McAdoo, warning the country against allowing victories on the battlefield and overtures of peace from the enemy to interfere with the fourth Liberty loan. "Our boys in the trenches are not going to stop fighting because the enemy is on the run," MT. McAdoo said. Now is the time to fight harder and keep nov ing until the victory is clinched.'
 Won't Sacrifice Peace."
 Senator Poindexter declared that, once source of weakness because of difficulty in securing unified direc- tion o fthe war, the association of the allies now is source of strength in possible difficulty in agreement upon acceptance of a sacrifice peace.
 "It is fortunate,' he said, "that the proposition for a too early peace, although concealed with it's propos- itions of surrender and sacrifice. may be prevented because of the inability for agreement between Great Britain, France and the United States and other allies.
 An almistice would mean the end forever of any additional military ef- fort. I have faith that Clemenceau, the tiger of France-the greatest man in many respects of the present time-and the seer of Wales, that great statesman-Premier of Eng land-will be alert to protect agalnst any such unwise steps.
 "Would Be a Victor"
 "Germany would come out a victor, just as she went into it. If we ac- cept this offer, Alsace-Lorraine would still be in German hands, Po- land still would be enslaved; Serb ians and Bohemians in Austria still would be under the Austrian yoke; Russia, although evacuated, still would be at the mercy of Germany. It would leave Belgium and France unidentified; it would leave Con- stantinople, startegically the most important in the world in commer- cial lines with Asia, still dominated by the unspeakable Turk and leave the German and Turkish alliance stlll intact"
 Senator Hitchcock of the foreign relations committee, here interrupt ed Senator Poindexter to ask:
 "Is the senator not omlttlng a very important condition? That is that the nations makin gthe offer are appearing to accept fourteen terms laid down by the president in his ad, dress of January 8, and again lald down as modified later in February and again in his New York speech. Do not the IA conditions include re- storaJion and indemnification of Bel gium and return to France of Alsace- Lorraine?"
 "Did the president say that?" Min ority Leader Lodge interjected.
 Senator Reed of Missouri reading from an early edition of afternoon papers of German troops burning vll- iages, said there is no doubt that until they are assured Germany is go- ing to quit carrying on war worse than the Sioux Indians or the South African natives" Attention was called by Senator Borah to a speech made by President Wilson in which he said the United States could deal with the governments of the central empires because they were without honor and added: We cannot come to terms with them but thehy must come to us.'
 Senator Lodge said: "I do not be- lieve the president has the slightest thought of agreeing to any armistlce at this time. I can't imagine it.
 But Scrap of Paper"
 ''While we have no right to settle the form of German government or that of any body else, we do have the right when we negotiate we do It with somebody who does not regard treaties as scraps of paper"
 Recognition by the president of the Czecho- -Slovaks was pointed to by Senator Lodge as reason why the present proposal could not be con sidered. .,
 We are committed to that nation,' he said. Are we going to leave them under Austrian oppression and hang our heads forever for breach ot faith?" l do not believe that is con-