El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-02

and Germany would have to carry whatever opera
tons undertaken on the thousand miles of Russian
front But from all reports this would not be difficult
for the Russian army nothing but demoraized,
dsorganzed undiscpned, unfed mob incapable Of making
any effective resistance Therefore it may be taken for
granted that Germany needs military assistance the
east 'front.' if fighting should be resumed, and that
such food Austria mgh get from Russia would be worth
more than Austria's troops.
But here comes up another matter in connection with
the winter campaign Of Gemanys leaders The Socialists
who to have grown strong to speak for the
masses of Germany, demanding that Germany mske
peace with Russia not Germ2n but the Rus
sian They require that Germany drop the demands
for territorial ACQUISITION Of the Hohenzoe1ns
Hindenburgs LudendoTffs ard Tirpitzes cannot
acquiesce They trying keep the iron hands grip
Germany. They insistent the peace of military
victory
enacted in the msn committee of the rchsag last Thurs
day after chancellor Hertling had concluded his
aims speech He had been very evasve regarding peace
with Russia had declared Germany proposed no annexation
BY violence" in the BELGIUM and had declared the
future of the occupied part Of France must be negotiated
between France and Germany. This strictly Hohen
zoIlern-H indenburg speech.
Then Philip Schedemann president of the SociaLDemo
cratic party and Tentatively bearded the kaiser He
warned the military leaders that their pronuncamento
fatal He denounced the caouage thrown about German
intentions with respect to France declared the Ubcat
was failure starvation measure and calamity be-
brought the United States into the war, and
warned the imperial government that if If did make
peace with Russia it would be hurled from Herr
Hoffman,, leader of the INDEPENDENT Socialists, followed
herr Schedemann by warning the government that It
dancing a volearo
just consider what these speeches meantI Had they
been delivered when Prussiansm was at its height the
speakers would have arrested at the doors of the
chamber and would have been court maraled The maed
fist would have crushed them at But If did
lest them last week. and they well knew would not One
Of our war aims is coming trueslowly but it is coming
Prussan iron rule is dying out The of authority
Is less in Germany today than in the United States.
member of congress at his place and denounced the
government and demanded that II mse peace be hurled
from power, IMAGINE what tumult would follow. He
would be deprived of whatever immunity he MIGHT claim
and be tried traitor The people would demand it
The difference between the German and the American stu
alton is that in Germany the tide of public opinion turn
ing away from the government while in this country it is
toward the government.
What viii happen in Germany is conjectural There
reports of rong and of revolution since last Thurs
day. There probably have been food riots and perhaps
political demonstrations but reports of revolution
should be discounted in the absence of full notification
Kaiserism is waning in Germany, but it still has some
power It remains to be whether weather this
winter campaign in strength sufficient AGAIN towerd
the foreign enemies when the tine for the spring campan
Genes whether before then it viii Re OBLIGED to defer to
the wishes of the people and make peace with Russia
PROSTATE Russias terms. it viii be the first time
in history that vanqushed nation has imposed terms Of
peace on the victor.