The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-07
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The United States Demands
an Unconditional Surrender.
DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN.

The startling camouhage peace offensive predicted
by the wellinformed diplomats as soon to come from the
hard-pressed Huns arrived on schedule time last satur-
day night and the kaiser. even in his widest dreams,
could not have hoped for a more successful launching
than 1t had in the Calumet region. Many people went
wild ever 1t and completely lost their heads and bedlam
reigned from the state line to the eastern confines Of
Gary. Bells were rung, whistles blown and impromptU
parades were staged.
People were reused from their slumbers Will the
wild cries that Austria and Turkey had surrendered and
that Germany had asked for peace. There were Of course
cool and dispassionate observers of the international stu
alton who place no reliance in gIaring headlines, but who
read dispatches before making conclusions, and these
we're unable to sft anything like peace or surrender from
the news. The celebrants soon found how their iudg-
ment had been misled and it was a disguised lot of folk
who went home to breakfast. Hundreds OF people from
all over the county besieged this paper by telephone dur
ing the day and in many cases refused TO believe that the
central powers had not surrendered. their disappointment
being naturally keen when they found out how the kaiser
and his agents over here had fooled them. United Press
bulletins posted by The Times gave the true facts about
the peace offensive" at 6 o'clock in the morning.
There were people who, Informed by The Times that
the rumors were false, went on celebrating, parading and
shouting their heads off.
Washington Of course refused to be stampeded by the
German peace offcasive and offcialdom sensed it that
The central powers were trying to obtain a conference
to discuss Wilson's terms of peace. The move had been
long expected, but of course as long as the Huns are sol
idly entrenched in Belgium. in France, in Russia, in Ser
6is. in Roumania, and in Italy. no offer that they can
make will ever be considered sincere. The very sources
of information in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Sweden and
5erne showed the source of peace pifhe.
As this paper pointed out on Saturday editorially,
Prince Macmillan the new German chancellor, is moth
ing but the tool of the HohenzoIlern dynasty. Macmillan
is the man who last December, when called to the presi-
dency of the grand duchy of Baden, assailed the United
States otter re-telling the worst lies uttered by his prede
cessors, Michaelis and Won Hertling. He said:
"President Wfsan has n n rfnh4 - EMAIL -, a.
name of humanity. He has allowed American in
dustry engaged in peace to be employed. in a large
measure. on death. and at d time when America was
still al peace with Germany.
He strictly maintained his formal right 10 pro-
vide the ammunition for our enemies, but he aban-
doned without any resistance Americas human right
10 take care OF noncombatants and particularly Of
the weak and sick.
He appeared Indifferent and heartless when he
assumed the task OF protecting our war prisoners in
Russia. At the time OF the late government our
prisoners in Russia died by the thousands and Amer
lea made no use of her enormous pressure in order
10 obtain, by force. an Improvement.
America has also borne with the bad treatment
of the population"
1t is not denied that the central powers are near a
crisis and are Keeling from the terrific shocks sent
against them by the allies. Germany is facing the in
evitable loss sooner or later OF Turkey. and she must help
Austria, whose frontier in periled through the Bulgarian
collapse. The Huns are hercely contesting in the west.
They show no weakness. TO loss OF morale. The allies
are a unit in saying that they are now meeting the high
est grade German soldiers, who fight with desperate re
assistance ana bravery unequaled.
Ia tie face OF al this the allied troops. though nav.
ING the toll dearly, are advancing and driving the boche
to the last ditch.
Certainly the situation is one to lift our hearts in
thanksgiving, yet one has to view it soberly without IN
due citation or light regard of the future. for treacherous