Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-20

ather well-informed diplomatist. In a re-
port he assures us that on the very day
of the order of your mobilization reVo-
luton win take place in Russia So you
see we have every reason to believe that
there will be no European war your gov
eminent having it's first interest in keep
ing peace at home before running to help
Serbia
THE German ambassador at st. Pc
tersburg was perhaps in error about the
time of the revolution, but he was sure
of it's eventual occurrence. Now, i ask
you, how could he and his government be
SO sure in this way if they did not pre-
pare This eventuality a long time ago?
DO / need to add that the German
spirit of the revolution from its first day
shows evidently that it has been made in
Germany?'
GAS it has been made in Germany the
leading principle of it's actual chiefs, No
anneXationS, no indemnitieS, was made in
Germany also.
Must Henceforth Direct.
81 represent q relatively very small
country and my diplomatic experiences do
not authorize me to take the liberty OF
giving counseIs to our great allies. I am
sure that men, such as President Wilson,
Lloyd George, Clemeneeau and others will
consider the situation created by the ac-
tual peace propaganda with grave seri
BUSINESS, which it demands. j feel very
strongly that the supreme moment has
arrived in which we do not dare to leave
the initiative and the direction of war and
peace WOfk TO our enemies, ,DuL take
them resolutely and strongly in our own
hands.
with the entering of the United States
in this world struggle and with the ma
terial and moral forces which you put in
the balance, we are in the position to ac-
complish what our duty and our interests
require of as.
"The Germans have destroyed Belgium,
Serbia Rumania, q great part of Russia,
of Italy, and of France. Millions and
millions of men born to engage in the
service of their countries and of general
progress have been killed on the battle
field; our fathers nave been cynicaily
haT-ed, our daughters, sisters, even our
greeSa-g randmotherS have been violated;
our fields have been desofated, our homes
burned. The TeutoniC blow which has
such fatal one that history does not rec
ord its like, and even human imagination
has not been able to conceive it.
This comes from the fact that Ger
many premeditated this war and meth
Odically prepared for it in every way for
many years and every one OF the allies
was rather taken by surprise. We do not
dare to allow ourselves TO be surprised in
the future.
IF this cataclysm in Europe should be
cenSecrated by a peace, even the best
one, in 50 years the rest of the world
would have to pass through the same
trial. Who is the man that would dare to
take upon himself the responsibility for
such q human tragedy? Who is the sim
PIE CiLlHSu Ill LHS I6iHptSSL CVI4lSI VI any
one of the allied states chat would &C
cept the responsibility of these evils for
our future generations?
$50 as you will see in my profound
conviction, we are not allowed to speak
should even say we. are not allowed
even to read-about a peace which in the
present situation could be only a German
peace. In all the allied countries we must,
on the contrary, get closer and closer to
each other, look only at the sone objective
before our eyeS-VictorY.
when we have once got it, everybody
knows that it will not mean the senslaving
of am nation, nor the persecution of any
religion. but equal rights. Justice, and lib
LertY for all"