The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03

rha, bind her 10 hey master and act for
herself. 1t IS Il contingency 10 b" hoped
sor, but nut {" be relied upon. We have
gone sa far in tn" war that VIZ cannot
take chances. W" must play safe. The
only sure way Is To prepare 10 deieit
GERMANY through weight Of shell and
quantity Of high explosive. IAN tn" war
be- won by the allies through economic
PRESSURE Previous To the pertcctinS nt
the blockade against the German coast.
the answer 10 this question would haFo
been positively. no. Germany WAS re-
ceiving inodStuffS from Holland. Den
mark and the Scandinavian countries In
sufficient quantities To prevent StarFa-
tiun. ii not enough |" permit normal
consumption. Til" RritiSh blockade
broke w this traffic It. - considerable
.A:cut: when tho Unitr! States entered
tho war II ceased almost Entirely. Thor"
IS no neutral III EUROPE who can snip
any material quantity OF food Hupph""
into Germany. ii tho United states III
turn sees fl To embargo shipments 10
that NEUTRAL. In other words. no nation
in Europe is Sclf-suS tanning as Tar -
food is concerned. but all must draw Tor
much Of th"ir supply from an "verSea
land Turkey ami Bulgaria. needing
" hat they save. ra! add nothing |" INC
general shar,' "f IN" Central Powers
In considering tn" strength of the Teu-
tonic ;,llianrr to resist such pressure rs
can D.. brought in this: way We need con-
slider only Iiermany and AUSTRIA since
only these countries C;tn nave any Dear
ing on tho war situation.
Shortage Of War Materials.
Th.-. - first the question of those
materials which arr pure war Materials
Among them might b" mentioned cop
per rubber. leather and cntt"n--the use
Of copper for bands on shells. tnr MAX
ing brass for $t"lI cases ard small
arms amnunitiuns. for wirr--t"r Il
dozen other uses is known. Germanv's
resources. Including those Of Austria.
arc Uoll Known. and ar" entirely ln-
:.dert,at.. Rubber must be- imported 10y
ii-rrnany and none ran l." imported.
ASIDE from n'l other factors. the allies
control practically every S"uTc" ~ TINS
aia:rrlrl 4; its origin. Tho same th,nS
- absolutely tr,I.. II cotton. As u food.
with tn" singh, exception ~ :rts. there
is no reason ~ zeal that a shortage cal!
he produced which would b. fatal to
-. -many's war plans
t;srnauv'S domestic supply Of pork
and beef products has been greatly TO-
ducaI through the failure ~ imported
food for animals. Again. there the to-
tai pupula,i"u is included. whereas chill
dren. up L. nr : years seldom consum"
,rrh. The per capita redurtlon would
th.rsfor> pr greater from both causes
Nevertheless. II would seem that tn" to-
tai reduction spread over Erar would
not b. sufficient to cause collapse.
Wc. therefore. com" back TO the
prinrirl" that Germany must b" beaten
tv force nf arms. tn this all our enor-
GIGS mast be cxcr;"d. Under no circur-
stances should there b" Il peace con-
:rrenrc until "" are in Il position to
dictate terms ny virtu" of An established
and recognized military SuPcrnritY.
Better no peace ut all than premature
p.acc---f"r Il compromise means our de-
feat NJ man has ever compromised
with his conscience or with his honor
without paying the price of iGn"miny-
and il is not otherwise with nation.
GuIr d. sire for peace must not be per-
ini,;"d to. lead US /" opportunism. and
il must not outweigh our duty L" fu-
,ure generations. Germany mus: be
beaten.
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