Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-23
ION TO BERLIN

ION TO BERLIN
One newspaper. commenting on the. German note, de-
-clares in substance that It is time to have done with ne
s%otiations and press on to Berlin. SA
There have not yet been any negotiations. and we are
moving toward Berlin as rapidly as The circumstances will
permit
The armies Of the United States are under the COM
mand of a French general. a most able one. Certain OF
our forces are doing some vigorous and successful fight
Ing. Certain others. near by, are marking time. Moth
groups are acting under orders. They are being guided
by the single mind which has planned this entire cam
paign. and. with the splendid support of British. Belgians,
sociahstic intriguers will be removed and the menace
which those activities holds tor the future will disappear.
The matter is strictly one for the individual. The
state will not be set right by a policy of letting things
French, Italians and Americans, has carried it out sue
cessfuly. General Foch was selected as the commanding
general by the Inter-Alied War Council, which is COM
posed of representatives Of all the larger nations in the
Entente combination. and his selection was concurred in
by each Of them. including the United States.
The same war council which placed one man in com.
nand OF all these armies is in touch with the political as
well as the military developments tf the war. It is in
conceivable that the men who performed such an act
Of wisdom as that Of bringing the military forces under
a single direction should be guilty Of the insensate folly
Of permitting the fruits of that wisdom to be jeopardized
through either lack Of coordination between the military
and civil authorities or by lack of coordination among
the various elements which go to make up the civil
council. ><ss&%
We have received, through the president OF the coun.
try, certain communications from Germany for transmits
sion to the group oftpowers of which we are one. We are
not an Independent factor in this war. We are in part,
|nership with a punber Of others. The events Of the wa,
are shaped by the combination, and 1t stands to reason
that when there Is received ANYTHING 40 in1portanf az z
communication from the chief power opposed to Us II
will be fully and carefully considered by all the member.
of our group, and that, If it is considered proper to make
reply, that reply will be so fashioned as to promote the
common interest most effectively, according to the bes
judgment Of the members of our council
The cry ION to Berlin voices a sentiment. It is. tha
the 'peaceN which we all desire must be preceded by the
decisive military defeat Of Germany. To that all Of the
nations in our group are thoroughly and definitely com
mitted. There has been no recession from that position
on the part Of any of Them There is no prospect Of re-
lcession. Germany will probably continue to make over
lures. In the past her overtures have been made in
roundabout way, usually in the form of addresses by he,
public men. Each Of those addresses has brought its re
spohse, sometimes from London sometimes from Paris
sometimes from Washington or Rome, some more or les
important official undertaking to offset the Germa,
speech with one on behalf of the Allies. The more direc
form Of address which has been undertaken Of late de
mands aIittle different style Of treatment, and it is re
ceiving, it. ~
1t is to be noted that the march toward Berlin ha
not been Interrupted in the slightest degree by the note
which have been sent from Germany Or any attention tina
has been paid to them on this side. Foth is still out
maneuvering the enemy. and the men under Foch ar
out-fighting him. A new note of resolution is sounde,
all along the line, and official assurance has been give,
in Washington that American soldiers will be shipped t
the seat Of war at the rate Of a quarter Of a million
month.
The .eNtdence of weakening in the field and in tn
arena Of government which is afforded in Germany's con
tinued pleas for some sort of peace cannot fail to inspir
our men in the field with the consciousness of success
and there must be a corresponding and growing feelin,
Of depression throughout Germany in the field and Ger
many at home with each new written confession>of defea,