The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-10
Lest Results of Our Exer-
tons Be Brought to
Nought
BY HUN CAJOLERY
Every Act Must Be De
voted to Helping Heroic
Soldiers Come Home
Victorious.

London. Oct a.--winston Churchill,
minister of munitions, speaking in
Glasgow, declared;
The only way we will terminate
this disastrous struggle will be by
increasing our efforts until complete
victory is obtained. We now have
leader IN whom we place full conf
dence.'
In the last four years we have seen
this peaceful civilian population so
out and take the mighty German
army by the throat. Most remarkable
of all, we have seen the proud kaiser,
who in all our lifetime had been keep
ing Europe in a ferment with his
antics and gestures, with his mailed
fist and his shining armor take refuge
behind an appearance of parliament
tary government and almost pitiably
sue for peace at the hands of those
whose dearest treasurers he had de-
stroyed and defiled.
I'VE must be on our guard lest the
results of our exertions should be
brought to nought by Hun cajolery.
We must not allow ourselves to
be coaxed by smooth words out of
victory which our men had deserved
by the shedding of their blood and
our women by their tears.
ut would be foolish to underrate
the significance of what had occurred
and what was occurring, in Germany.
1T would be wrong by any head
strong spirit TO fall into a mood which
would unnecessarily prolong the war;
but there were various ways OF pro-
longing it.
Help to Victory
Our every act must be devoted to
/ helping to bring nearer the day when
our heroic soldiers can finish their
task and return victorious to their
native land; nor must one word be
spoken which could hinder that event.
we must make the idea OF peace
| more attractive to the enemy than a
continuance OF the struggle in the
/ field Therefore, we should neglect
no opportunity Of bringing home to
! the great masses of the German
4 nation by all means open to us the
! fact that they were not fighting for
| their existence but only for the pride
OF their kaiser: that they were not
hghting for the fair future of Ger
many in the world. but only for the
Of mankind.
There were certain elementary
I rights we claimed for ourselves and
mere were certain elementary rights
! whlcn would be secured to GERMANY.
however great the extent OF our vic
tory. That we should always keen
in view
Has His Suspicious.
But / am bound 10 say very plainly
mat these latest German proposals
fill me with misgivings and susniciops
new government has been form
ed IN Germany out of what were sum
posed to be moderate elements. bur
is 1t a government of repentance or a
government of manoeuvers,
We cannot accept smooth words
in -xpiation OF foul deeds
one word is in my mind--guar-
antees We could not proceed a stem
without guarantees We started r.
put this business through and must
continue 10 develop to the utmost
every resource that will make cer-
tain that the foe will he unable n
resist our legitimate and rirhtf,,l
claims
pr. Addison. minister Of reconsfruc.
ton, sneaking Monday at Nerthvr
referred to Germany's peace note as
follows:
There were several reserva flows
which i hehooves us to examine care
tnliN There was no mention OF Scr
qua or A'sace. and no material men
',of, or reservations. believe we
Shall not see any secure peace in tho
world unless we hold Ia our deterrE
ma ''11 quite clearly TO the end
/ me man who committed tbesa
crimes against humanity must he
mn i~red AS a criminal
lhe note will he answered reason
ably and carefully in d4n time Put
we must not he inveieled after all the
sacrif,res we have made. Britain and
- n lfns