, 1918-04-11

oh front and has returned to instruct
rthern Italy, which is believed to be
line trenches in France.
alton against attacks, while Russia
agrees to deliver to Roumania the sur
plus Of grain in Bessarabia.
Teutonic diplomats seem to be the
s%tupidest on earth, and seldom have
they been more stupid than in their
latest peace offensive" This was
launched by Count Czernin, the Aus
trian premier and usual catspaw for
Germany in such matters. It appar-
emily was designed to separate the
United States from the allies, for the
count undertook to show that Frances
claim to Alsace-Lorraine was the only
real obstacle in the way Of peace. He
said Premier Clemenceau had inquired
through an Intermediary whether Aus
tria-Hungary was ready to negotiate
and on what terms. To this Glenn
enceau replies merely: "Czernin les
The Austrian leader said nice things
about President Wilson's peace aims,
but declared his country would not beg
for peace but would enforce 1t by NOR
d right and physical strength.
The Teutonic leaders are blind II
they cannot see that neither America
nor the entente allies will for a mo-
ment consider a peace settlement that
leaves their military power unbroken
or that does not carry. as a prerequis-
lite, the evacuation by Germany of the
invaded territory she now holds. Only
a few days ago President Wilson, in a
letter to American Methodists, reiter-
ated his determination to carry on the
war until the German power is crushed.
With a rush that promised to carry
all before it, the Third Liberty loan
campaign started Saturday. In every
town and hamlet in the country the
event was celebrated with parades,
salutes and speeches, and the enthusi-
asm was such that the success of the
S4,5OO,O 1000 900 loan cannot be question
ed. Helping to make 1t a success, with
money and with work, has been es-
tablished rs a test of patriotism, and
few will care to evade the test. Most
appropriately, the opening of the cam
paign coincided with the first anniver-
sary of Americas entrance into the
war and Saturday was made a day Of
remembrance and action that will not
loon be forgotten.
Warned by their constituents that
intolerance of pro-Germanism is so In
creasing that 1t will soon tax the form
of lynch law, the members of the sem
ate have awakened, and on Tuesday
three separate measures were intro
duced providing for dealing more dras-
tically with disloyalty. One would
greatly enlarge the scope of the es-
pionage act and Increase the severity
of the punishments provided; the sec
ond would bar from the malls any pub
LEGATION printed in an enemy alien
language; the third calls for the dis
missal of any government employee
who unwarrantably criticizes the gov
eminent or makes disloyal utterances'
The governors Of the states, at the
first session of their conference Oh
Americanization of aliens, also were
reused to speech and action concern
ing the prevalence of d~isloyalty. hes-
olutions calling on congress to proViu,
for the enforced naturalization OF Az
aliens of draft age and to suppress Ill
German language newspapers for the
period Of the war were introduced anu
probably would have been adopted 70
Secretary of the Interior Lane nhu
not interviewed with a plea against ur'
terness and for a campaign OF educa.
ton. Many Of the governors did ho.
like this, and next day they resuheu
their demands thai the government
deal more drastically with disioyai
lists, spies and the German ianguase
press.
In C~ollinsville. Ill, a man OF ue,
man birth, who was OF mTA
ing seditious remarks, was hangeu W
an exasperated mob, and in many our
er places pro-Germans were rous"'
handled.
In the Wisconsin senatorial elecuou'
in which Congressman Lenroot wa wa
elected, the Germans of the state uu
not show up n too well, for they
gave the indicted Socialist, Berger,
sizeable vote, especially in Mii"au 'm.
and other German regions. Also MI
waukee reelected its Socialist mayo,
There may be nothing against SUE
men as Socialists, but the very ha"'
now smacks of reason.
Chicago did better than Wlscon,
for in its aldermanic election e'eS
| Socialist and anti-war candidate "''
defeat