Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-09-17
CRY OF "KAMERAD'


Marshal Foch's hammer blows against
The harried Germans, is a Teutonc
bid for peace, made through the I'M
-pefial Government of Austrla-hun-
gary.
The formal plea of Emperor Charles
to the belligerents for "conhdent@l
and non-binding discussion on the oa-
sic principles for the conclusion OF
peace" comes as the first sensational
move in the "peace offensive" which
has been expected since German arms
began to stagger back from the fierce
TRUSTS of the British, French and
Americans.
The call for conference on neutral
soil was another German ruse to get
better terms than they might expect
"whsn the war has been carried to
rthe Rhine. The allies are convinced
: that Austria, whose people have long
steen war-weary, had been called upon
:. to- bear the onus of making peace
overeures. and thus save the face of
Germany.
. The reply of the United States Gov
eminent to the nPte of Austria-Hun-
tgary is ample and conclusive. Amer
lea has stated the terms on which it
would accept peace with frankness
and candor. 1t hasn't one set Of
terms for the public and another for
the private ear of Austria's peace
representatives assembled in secret
sconclave. What necessity, then, for
confidential" and ''unbinding' discus
sion? Austria knows as much now
about Americas terms as it could
after any amount of solemn whisper
ing behind doors
This reply will meet with general
approval.
!. A sufficient reply to Austria Hun
gary's peace overtures was made in
advance by the recognition by the
United States and its Allies of the
-Czecho-Slovaks as an Allied nation.
We cannot make peace and betray
iicn, and their country must be
carved out Of the Dual Monarchy,
which car Ea"c peace AZ any moment
if it will simply surrender and submit
itself to the terms of the Allies.
The Allies can go into no peace par
ley in which all the beligerents will
.atct on an equality I'D dicker be-
.;r,tri Il, ration and other f1r
compromise terms of settlement. All
The Allied Governments have repeat
edly declared that they would not
compromise. If they stood firm on
that when the military position was
not greatly, in their favor. they GER
--tainly will not weaken now that they
,.are in the full tide of victory and the
American First Field Army is thrill
ing the world with it's achievement
: When there was no excuse whatever
for war. when the only reason for
war was the determination of Aus
tria to establish its supremacy in the
Balkans. and of Germany to dominate
the whole world, Germany and Aus
tria. with their eyes wide open to the
imnlinnece Of a world war. forced
that conflict. When there ought to
have been peace, and there was. no de-
cent pretext for anything else, the
two Teutonic Empires would listen to
nothing. Now that they are beaten,
and their nionsrchs are in desperate
fear of their own armies and their
own subjects, they are trying to get
ont OF the war on even terms with TIE
Allies, whom they drove into hoctili-
ties, and who are now fast winning.
; The Kaiser's self-impoSed sentence
was pssssdSin 1911: He chose twenty !.
Six words to express it,, His Hun
death Warrant was couched in the
terms Of deliberate, planned COM
n.snd. distributed or 1ccccra! cards TO