Evening star., 1918-06-30

gle. flying directly in the face Of at
tempted efforts to center German
hatred upon England. The speech was
an unfortunate one for Won Kuehl-
mann. for he openly snubbed the doc
trines of the pan-Germans. which has
been. 1--WE will win by the sword" and
"Gott strafe England" The hatred Of
England has been particularly
whose destinies absolutely hang by
the slender thread of military SUI
premacy over the allied cause. should
mediately take up the cudgel and
go after the foreign minister was to
be expected, iaasmuch as the an
and the "grab-everything" school
have grown acute since the Brest-
,Litovsk negotiations in the east.
ChancellW Won Hertling. also ap-
that the war must go on and that
Germany would not further discuss
peace. particularly that principle so
stoutly espoused by all allied nations.
safety of the world through the
crushing of Germany's lust for ag-
grandizement.
Won Kuehlmann enlarged on Ger
many's policies in the east and passed
over Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine
with mere intimations that their fu-
ture would be dictated by the Ger
mans. Certain German newspapers at
for negotiations with the allies. 1t
was even reported in European capi-
tails that neutral rulers were planning
ON the strength of the Won Kuehl-
mann speech and the recent one Of
Foreign Minister Balfour of England
to make tenders of mediation.
That such a move would fail. that
any peace offensive Germany may
usher in will be barren of fruit, is
plainly indicated by responses in
allied capitals. Everywhere there is
definite fixed intention Of seeing this
war through to q complete. victorious
conclusion.
There is to be no temporizins.
The principle Of German militarism
must be buried with the history Of
the present war. Germany must be
shown her place in the array Of ma
content to rest under the menace Of
German doctrines of asgrandizement,
terrorism and disrespect for all things
that are not essentially German. It's
to be war to the finish now, and
even though England. France and
Ing with the enemy contingency
extremely unlikely-Germany still
has America to deal with, and Amer.
fca never does Job by halves and
she is not going to see this little Job
Of scotchinE the Hun fail.
3hCiO GIG lOO ludHy 6ulHlnk 61AlnOIoS
OF German barbarism and breaches of
faith before the eyes OF the allies
not to proceed with the task at hand
In systematic. orderly and effective
fashion. Germany cannot be trusted.
Perhaps when she Is whipped she will
at least assume an attitude of genu-
| Inc docility. All he peace utterances
Of Won Kuehlmann, Won Hertling and
| the kaiser himself will bring nothing
as long as the allies are in their
present frame OF mind. When Ger
many admits that she 10 whipped then
peace will be discussed. Not before.
AM
IN Austria-Hungasy there II arunser.
There Is utmost privation among civil
Austrian Revolt tions already
Would Be Massacre. by By multi IT.
tudinous sacrifices to further the cause
Of Germany. Chaos daily continues more
marked. The whole political fabric OF
the nation is rotten. The government
the discomfort Of the peoples may be
great, though there may be strikes in
protest against conditions. though there
be talk Of revolt and though there be
pIedcnmentS IOf complete lnQepenQence
Of the various racial elements Of the ma
t1on. nevertheless the cardinal fact re-
mains that with all their tribulations
the peoples of the dual monarchy are for
the moment impotent in so far as bet
tering themselves 10 concerned. They
cannot throw Of the yoke that is CALLING
them until conditions are 30 extremely
bad that they can obtain the support oil
Austrian armies. for. under present con :
ditions. tho actual ushering in Of q re-
volt would result In nothing but . mas
sacre Of innocents.
Germany. rather than see the cause oi
the people survive over the present
form Of government, which moro thar
once has shown abjectness in its de.
sire to please the powers that be IL
to command the situation. Should che
be unable to do 80 the Austrian armies
mo matter how serious their tasks at the
front. could be util.11i to a great extent