Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
KA|SER'S PEACE SObS
MERELY YCAMOUFLAGE
Gertrude Atherton Says We Don I
Get to Know All the
Huns Tricks.

The United States has progressed so
far in unity, patriotism, and generai
knowledge of internal enemies that much
of the earlier propaganda has been
abandoned. II is probably the private
ambition of every good American, no
matter what his antecedents, to catch a
spy, and III consequence many perfectly
good citizens of German blood suffer u
cruel injustice But as we do nothing
by halves that is inevitable, and they
must take their medicine, trusting to
time and a more equable frame of mind
But a great danger turks IN this very
belief that we are now ON to Germany
and all her tricks; IN the belief that the
Government has the situation so well
i'm hand 1t is not necessary for the IN
dividual TO bother; in that pride (Which
oft poeth before "a faln that scare
stories. disseminated by German agents,
are easily recognized, aud are but to
laugh
once in while one reads a warning
! arainst the new Peace Move against
| accepting on it's face value the last des-
pcrate bid Of the Germans for peace
| As even the most casual reader OF any
| newspaper, not IN German pay, can
| guess, this will he an offer TO restore
! Belgium, the occupied parts OF France -
! or If thcy are driven across the khinc,
! Alsacc Lorraine, and 80 pay ndemnlties
in exchange for Russia They also know
that the possession Of Russia would
make Germany IN another generation
the most powerful nation on earth, for
with the colossal wealth of that vast
empire and the millions OF strong and
docilc men drummcd into line the Bal
kans would become German dcpenden-
cics and the greatest Of PrussIa's am
bltiopS. 4 German railroad TO Bagdad
! and control Of Asia Minor, would be ac-
rnmplshcd After that the deluge for
the rest Of the world Let any one who
doubts this read Professor Morris Jas
trow's The War and the Baydad Rail
way
KNOW nuns ARE LIARS.
Now. we may hc prepared to reject
I. .ds offer with scorn, for Il Is case
of mind dealing with mind, and when
Il comes to brains tho Germans are out
classcd. oven IN this Young nation.
Moreover. we have now had four years
Illuminating experience with the Cor
mans. and we know that they are liars
Tho more thcv protest the less We be
hrvc them, tile more kecnly we search
for the uggcr ia the woodpllc
But while we have hralns 10 match
the best We also are 2 very soft and
sentimental people Ruthless while We
have q great war 90 win, we are liable
! to violent reaction the moment We arc
positive that Germany IS broken and can
10 no more than put ur a long and
stubborn defense Then look out for the
, danger signals
/, IS not necessary to fear the effect Of
tho glaring signals that Germany hor-
scIf viii shoot ~ They will hc rel
ami blue, green and yellow All the vio-
, lrpt PRIMARY Colors. yellow predominant
ING We may hc trusted to regard them
with cquaulnity and contempt But
What We arc not at all likely ~ classify
Nil bc thc signals compounded Of NIrt uC
and sentiment that will play lanlcntly
in our midst. in other words. an appeal
to our highest Instincts our "hu-
manitv. and a few IT her qualities We
arc proud Ia possess the prouder aS
4 thrv have bH,n r>tinct IN Germany foI
( forty wears, # they ever existed at al
w,Tcn rHr rACIrSrs FyERY noDYi
/ For the pac,tsts arr still with us
Ard IN he pacl; sis ! do not mean So
dctcs existing under that name 1hc1
shoi their holt and arr frightened int,
uuicsr,ucr besides mean thousand
oi secret pro-ticrmars Who are waitini
I th,r moment to work rpon our svmpa
tines ami insure the ultimate triumph
+ Of their otherwise doomed fathcrland
n The city Of New York there is
powerful group Of women Of German
cNtractIon who are now 10 Use sadh
oycrworknd word camoufiaging them
selves magniGccntly. and il may safel
te said there arr corresponding group
] IN every clty Of any size IN the union
These women contribute heavily AN
with the utmost publicity 10 war relic
organizations l2oforc VIC went int
the war they were equally hlat ant Pre-
Germans. or. seeing that didn't woT