Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-22

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That mark our places; while in the
The iarks. still bravely singing, fly
| Unheard amid the guns.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunsets
Loved and were loved. And now we
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the Zoe.
| To you from falling hands we throw
| The torch. Be yours to bear 1t hish'
| If We break faith with us who die
| We shall not sleep, though popples
In Flanders fields.
We must not fail those who are
watching from the bivouac on the
other side-the thousands of brave
men who have made the supreme
sacrifice-nor must we be deceiN ed
by the apparent breaking up of the
Austrian empire. There is the fear
of merited punishment and any ap-
parent reform of government should
be regarded with suspicion so long
las it comes from the men and the
groups of individuals responsible for
the war.
All through the invaded countries
which have suffered untold agonies
comes the appeal to give the Ger
mans no peace that will permit
them to renew their harbaric war
fare at later date. During the
last week they have given us re-
newed evidences of their brutality
and also that there has been no
change of heart, as shown in their
destruction of Belgian and French
towns. A correspondent writing
from Ostend says: IF l heard it
once, l heard it a hundred times
that phrase-You will not give them
peace-tell us you will not give
them peace"
President Wilson l. he heeds the
unmistakable senLment of the
country, will promptly cease all neso-
tiations and all correspondence with
Germany in view of the palpable
evasions and trickery of the Berlin
group. Only a complete acceptance
of the decree of unconditional sur
render will satisfy the American
people. OF course, Germany will at
tempt to reopen the whole question
of submarine warfare on the score
of war necessity, but the real pur-
pose will be a prolongation of diplo-
matte fencing to gain time and
strengthen the defense on the west
ern front. 1t is manifestly the
scheme of Germans to do every
thing within her power to avert the
military disaster that is imminent.
She knows that victory is impossible
and hopes to obtain some sort of
terms for the bloodthirsty sang that
has precipitated the greatest war of
the ages and now fears just pun
ishment.
What is happening in Belgium
will certainly eliminate from any
future negotiations the independence
of that country. 1t will be restored
by the victorious armies OF the allies,
and seeing this inevitable result
Germany is naturally looking ahead
for some sort of a dicker elsewhere.
Events are eliminating rapidly.
We may expect within the next few
days developments which will indi-
cate the final trend of the military
activities on the western front and
perhaps throughout the whole area
of the war. We must not assume
that the war is over. 1t IS reason
able to accept as a fact the domi-
nance of the allied forces, but TO
jump to the conclusion that the
struggle is over because of recent
victories is to refuse to see the po-
tential strength of the. German
forces now being pushed backward
to the Rhine.
The kicking open of the back
door in the Balkans and the rapidly
developing strength of the allied
armies in that field have had much
to do with the appeals of Germany
for peace-on her own terms. 1t
side that military critics now be-
lieve the utmost force should be used
to the end that unconditional sur
render may be precipitated before
the winter months slow down mill
tary movements.
Revolution in Austria is the sig
nificant phase of the war tfat is
now attracting most attention. The
of the tie binding Aus
tria with Germany will be the final
blow to the Kaiser's dream of world
powers. He will then have to fight
it out alone, and there should be no
doubt in any mind as 10 the final
issue of such a conflict.
Even should an armistice be ar
ranged at the present time it would
require months before the actual
peace settlement could be reached.
The history of all wars shows that
the time between the cessation of
hostilities and the signing of the
treaty of peace has run from a few
months into a year or more. In the
Franco -Prussian war it was seven
months between the date of the
armistice and the final declaration.
So also in the Spanish American
war.
1t is because of these facts that
the present is regarded as the cr;ti-
'cal stage of the war. So much de-
Ipends upon the way in which the
German peace offensive is met.
Germany still prates of a "peaee