Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-25
Settling Things

Austria recognizes that If she stays
in the war and Germany wlES, t Will
leave Austria mere subject and V1S-
sal of Berlin, and the German emperor
would not tolerate anothe., emperor.
This would mean the end of Aus.r.f as
an empire and a separate Power. See
ing this. Austria feels that she must get
out Of the war and if she does not, the
CZechs. Bohemians and Poles are going
TO dismember themselves from the AUS
TRAN empire. Under such circum-
stances, Austria reasons that Germany
~ being so driven i'll the west that she
needs every soldier to meet the Amer
can advance and the pressure of the AL
lies and will not have an army to coer2e
Austria or if she moves for peace. 10
punish her, Without Austria, the wa"
will end. The interior of Germany will
not go on Germany understands this
means the end and she will make peace.
on any terms rather than see the strug-
gle go on until she is crushed out rs
strong Power. The only thing required
OF us is that We must "eep driving on,
sending men and guns aad equipment,
and giving the enemy 10 pause.
Jim Hams talk always listens
good # it isn't analysed. A short
while ago he spoke for the admins
tration and the Democratic party. He
predicted:
l. The tariff will disappear as a par
~ issue.
2 The big issue of the next campaign
will be the question Of government own
ership.
8 Another big issue between the
Democrats and Republicans in the com
ing campaign will be over foreign poll
cy. Dilating on what he processes will
be the Democratic attitude on foreign
policy. he devotes considerable time TO
dali ,.al rtrrtv, Avn avn
cans and to suggesting that our future
policy will be dictated by these origins.
4. The farmers will be heard from
more than ever in the next campaign.
They will tell us that their profits have
been limited and their business regulat-
ed during the war. while others have
been getting rich without restraint be-
cause OF the war.
:. And, lastly, he expects the war to
be over before the next presidential con-
test. which he thinks will automatically
eliminate the question of the third term
II the senator's European prophe
cy is as reliab BILE as his analysis CT
Democratic doctrine and political
prospects the war ought to end be-
fore Thanksgiving. We are surprised
that in his lists he has hit three
points correctly. namely: That the
war Will end sometime: that the war
will end before the next Presidential
campaign, and that the farmers are
TO be heard from Che must have
heard that in Europe and not in
from and Republicans are already
framing effective measures to relieve
orage farmers, who have been bun
coed with socialistic pretense and
much advertised cure-alls that leave
only a bad taste in the mouth.
The Republican party's attitude to-
ward the tariff has been made very
clear and Republican leaders pre-
dict that if the Democrats have any
idea that this issue will cease to be
agitated in the next campaign, they
are destined to find out how much
mistaken they are.
AS to unlimited government own
ership. the Republicans have already
declared themselves in opposition to
the clouded, inefficient Democratic
views. They are taking a far seeming
stand. They declare: That while
there is absolutely nothing in this
country which should not be taken
and used for necessary war purposes,
such taking shall be for war pur-
poses only and that in such action
there must be no eventual Interior
object The Republican party. from
its inception. has stood against un-
due liberalization of industries and
activities. We always have, and still
shall endeavor to find the middle
ground so we'll defined between the
anarchy Of unregulated individual
ism and the deadening Journalism OF
inefficient and widespread state own
ership" That the Democrats. as Sen
stor Lewis predicts, are going to es-
pouse the cause Of complete AMI per-
manent government ownership. there
can be little doubt. although they
have cautiously, il not clandestinely,
concealed their policies under a cloak
of what they call war necessity"
In the Republican view, measures
OF government control adopted for
war reasons, as a temporary neces-
sity. or as in the case of the tele-
phone and telegraph lines, as an as
sumed necessity. must not become
permanent. Though the Democrats
should favor this absolute re-making
OF the government, as it is quite ap-
parent they intend to do. the Repub-
licans shall imperatively oppose
them. Senator Lewis. in his usual in
sinuating manner. indicates that this
state socialism is to become a last
ing and ever-swelling Democratic
policy.
In reply, Republican leaders every
where declare that the voters of
America will have no doubt which
party to support when they once real
ize the Democratic conception Of a
meddlin. monstrous, all-swelling
state. All Americans, Republicans
and Democrats alike, are willing, in
these troublesome times. to put up