The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-22
BY T. P. o'coNNoE,

aGrry in GcrInany'S days Of victory and
her whining, hypocriiical appeals now
in the hours OF disaster. only whCtS the
appetite for vengeance.
This burning. lnnG-pcnt-up resentment
receives added fuel every hour from
the contrast between the ptous and DEM
ocratic prctcnSons Of Prince Max and
the injured innocence vi Austria and
the continuation Of tho worst SavaCcrtcs
even Of the early days Of tho war. OF
which the torpcdoing Of the Irish mail
boat and the blowing up of Cambria
arc the most recent examples. We think
Of the enemy us crafty m we'll rs saw
age like tho old burglar who pleads
from the dock. after many convictions.
that he is converted sinner: and thus
wo approach all his approaches with
the conviction that II is Il rogue as we'll
as n bully who speaks fair. mainly to
escape the punishment due him. With
such feelings as these We watch every
movc made by President Wilson. with n
combination Of immense confidence in
his skill and anxiety lest tho enemy may
outwtt him.
British Sentiment Divided.
Another element 10 DO added Is that
there is difference CT mental attitude
between tho different sections Of our
own population. cotcrlninous to some de-
gree. though not quite with our ordinary
political differences Tories " the
Morning Post type scott ut all attempts
TO make any answer 10 Germany but a
blunt demand for unconditional sur
render, and. therefore. eye with some
suspicion possible openings IN tho an
swcr of tho President. Liberals. on the
other hand. Of tho type Of Lord Grey
and Tho Manchester Guardian. accept
both Of President Wilson'S positions,
first. that thcro can he no negotiations
until li;LiseriSm Is dead and that the
Germans take themselves OFF the soil
Of every invaded country and secondly.
that 1T tho Samo tims a loophole should
DO loft to German democrats to influence
their own people 10 an acceptance Of
terms which, though meaning practically
unconditional surrender. at the same
time avoid all appearance Of n desire to
crush the German people and destroy the
German empire II ia held b. this Gloss
OF observers that the last hope OF the
kaiser and the 1unkers TO preserve their
fast waning power Is to unite the Ger
man people in resisting what they
would describe as fight not against
autonomy and militarism. hut against
tho whole nation itself and its right TO
exist Tho Inconvenience and the peril
OF the present situation arc that Presl-
dent Wilson TIL recently was left ap-
parently 70 play lone hand and without
previous representation OF their views
by the allies. and his appeal In his New
York speech for q candid declaration Of
either assent to or dissent from his
vie&s emphasized this Inconvenience.
Difficulty Probably Removed.
have reas{n to believe that tho
heightened consultations at Versailles
from which Lloyd George has just re-
turned. have led to steps to remove this
difficulty. 7 understand further that
the Versailles council left It's members
moro than satisfied with the immense
and rapid possibilities Of the situation
Two things exercise d dominating In
nuence on the whole situation. and. per-
haps, sufficiently guard every trench in
tho negotiations. Tho first Is that we all
believe here that our armies are break
Ing up irresistably the whole German
defense and that this process must not
be stayed a single hour by any peace
negotiation. Tho second is our ever
deepening sense in England OF tho grim
and infleSible resolution of tho Ameri-
can people. and, If possible even moro
Of the American soldier. to make
clean finish OF this whole Internal Ger
man system. Private letters reveal the
horrible experiences brought home 10 the
American soldiers of German ferocity
and the hardening erect of such cH-
perience on your soldiers.
To sum up. then We are ut once tran
quill and anxious. We have thr enemy
down, We don't want him to escape and
we watch his wTigglnEs with our conf
posture only disturbed by our sense OF
his Internal cunning and our natural
anxiety lest even your and our most
experienced fencers should miss Il pnin.
or allow single breach Of our defense.
Domestic Politics In Background.
These tremendous happenings abroad
put domestic politics for the momcn.
into the background. 4 general cleo
ton. which was certain last week. be-
comes again doubtful. as election lights
cannot naturally DO allowed To inter
vene in tho midst Of peace negotiations
and m unconditional German surrender
would POSTPONE tho election probably for
som" months IF this phase passes into
a renewal Of :, .icht to tho finish the
election must come on the last Saturday
in November. 1t will lind the political
parties. except perhaps the solid phAl1nN
of tho Lloyd George Liberals. hcstatin-.
unprcparnd>nnd pcrpl"Xcd. Tho Morning
Post Tories arc still ShrirkinG. hut th"M
Shrek into uulistaning cars for III" On
tortlon from Lloyd George of tho nc
ccptancr of the Tory terms Of protection
and the abandonment of home rule. The
on" prominent politician VIII" subsCribeS
to the protecttnnist demand is Austen
Chamberlain. who wrote a strong letter
70 the Tory gathering demanding pro-
I, nd HpnnlnrinL- 4
traders Bonnrd Law is silent and Wal
ter Long another strong recationary.
would not go further than t" receiv" in
strict confidence a protcctionist dcputa-
ton and sent them away apparently
hungry and unsatiS0ed.
Liberals Equally Perplexed-
The Liberals Seem to occupy posi-
ton Of equal pcrplexity. They cannot
put forward an alternative policy To
Lloyd George because tho only policy
he has ynt proposed Is to win tn" war.
and to win the war Is "a strongly Lib
eral as II 10 Tory policy. Tn" Liberal
confusion and Impotence have hcru
further Increased by III" uncertainty re-
card:nE Tho attitude OF III" Labor party.
some Of whom may insist III putting up
candidates IN hundreds of constituent
cirs. which. of course. means Liberal de-
frntR and Tory Successes Tho Labor
party again iS Ii"rnlrNcd mud Eprutcmt.
owing Ia intcruHl differences hvtwrrn
their pa"inStS and ih-Er hitter rud"rs
on war. The best solution would u" Il
f~nn election with any InrIiiSt excluded.
lhH this. f"nr. - MT possible. AZ
I"rinIIy iu N,w Of the Irr"cunCIlnhlc
attitude ~ TIM lah"r leaders.
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