The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-11
VICTORY INSIDE
OF SIX MONTHS
IS ALLIED HOPE
Washington Already Busy With
Gossip Over Names of
Peace Board.
TAFT HEADS NOTED LIST
Brandies, House, Straus, ElOpt,
Root, Lodge, Williams
l." in Galaxy. l..
TAFT HEADS NOTED LIST
BY A. E. GELDHOF, -"
(t!ar Editor of the Newspaper Enter
~ prise Association.)

X -, BY e. GELDHOF. ~ ,4
(Nar Editor Of the Newspaper Enter.
3 prise Association.)
y. E. A. Washington Bureau, 1872
33-4 Munsey Bldg, Washington D. c.
VICTORY INSIDE SIX MONTHS!'<
s' That is what Washington today ex-
poets.
The capital feels certain that THE
GREATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF
THE WAR ARE AT HAND, AND
THAT THEY WILL LEAD "" THE
END OF THE WAR WITH A VIC
TORIOUS PEACE FOR THE ALLIES.
IN LESS THAN HALF A YEAR.
The refusal by America and the allies
to consider the central powers latest
maneuver in their peace offensive will
be followed first by the collapse OF
Austria and Turkey.
With an allied army rapidly press
ing toward the southern border of
Austria Hungary. the Danube will
soon be reached, and Franchet d'Es-
perey's forces will advance through
Rumania to the Slack Sea. thus cut
ting off Turkey completely from her
allies. -
The sultan will-have no other choice
than surrender to save his capital.
Occupation of Bosnia, Herzegovina.
Croatia and otherRJugo-Slavonic prov
inces of southern Austria and Hun
gary by the allied army of the Bal
kans is matter of only a few days.
Once the allies are on Austrian soil,
emperor Carl will throw Emperor
Wilhelm overheard and do his best to
placate his enemies.
Still another peace "offer" may be
expected before Austria is ready to
surrender. The HUNS will exhaust
every possibility Of securing a peace
by negotiation before they give up.
Burian probably will turn his next
peace offensive against Italy by Of
fering to give up Istria and the Tren-
tinO. But the allies will not be caught
napping\ '@
When Austria finds that her efforts
are in vain. she will surrender rather
than fight great allied army on her
own soil without German reinforce
ments.
From Berlin. also, we may expect
several more advances before the ulti-
mate and inevitable crash. The kais-
er realizes he is beaten, but his re-
cent speech to his army. and Prince
Max's bombastic address to the reich
stag, indicate the HUNS have not yet
given up hope Of bargaining for some
of the territory they have occupied.
But Austria's collapse will spell the
beginning Of the end. for the Ger
mans cannot continue the war with an
allied army in control of the dual mon
archy. That collapse is expected be-
fore the first of the new year 1t de-
pends on the speed with which the en-
tente makes clear to the HUNS its
determination not to accept any peace
other than one based on an uncondi-
tional surrender
Speculation already is beginning ov-
er the personnel of Americas repre-
centation in the peace conference
which is coming. Of course no man
can say whom President Wilson will
designate to take Americas part, nor
how many, but no one doubts that he
will comb the best diplomatic talent
and the most eminent international
law experts in the nation.
Some of the names mentioned are:
w. III. TAFT. expresident of the
United States and an authoriy on in
ernational law.
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, justice of the
United States supreme court, who has
made international law and racial
problems lifelong study.
DIR. JAMES BROWN SCOTT, secre-
tary of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, who was sent as