The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-26
Other Mems Views t
An Editorial That May or May Not Square
With The Views Of The Forum
Comment on The Times editorial:

Comment on The Times EDITORIAL
In commenting on The Times editorial, the
following New York papers said:
The Globe-"Almost alone among the news
papers of the country, The New York Times
welcomes the Austrian proposal and refuses to
believe it will be declined The first veritable
peace Offer It calls it, and 1t comes in a form
which tho allies may honorably accept in the
confident belief that 1t will lead to the end of
the war.
Hearst himself, in the worst days Of his pro-
GerTnanisTn said nothing better calculated to
that some new influence has come upon The
Times that It, OF all papers, should encourage
the dishonest peace drive Germany has started
in the moment when her military defeat Ia inn
pending and her only hope Is In weakening the
spirit of her enemies? The Times In the dark
years of the war has done much to strengthen
the wavering, why should 1t falter in the crisis,
when every man Of good faith and sound knowl-
edge feels but the great object to attain which
all our sacrifices have been made is about to be
attained "
The WorId-"The Times asks the United
States to enter a conference which, according
to its own belief, is bound to end in peace with
out the slightest guarantee that that peace will
fulfill a single principle for which this country
Is lighting. 1t Is so eager for peace that it ac-
cepts Doace at any prc hoping only for the
best bargain that haggling diplomatists may
gain for democracy around the council table.
"A white flag flying Mr.. Hearst's estab-
lishment, or the headquarters of the professional
paoi1sts the lair Of local Bolshevik or Sim
cite indignation, but witnessing that emblem of
surrender at the masthead Of The Times, we
must confess TO ama@ement, Dewilderment ana
sorrow"
The Tribune-"We said yesterday that the
peace offensive was now Germanys most dan
gerous weapon. But we little knew how dam
gerous 1t was. Who could have imagined that
it would instantly touch the heart of an insti-
tuition which hitherto has been steadfast and
unfaltering in support of the cause
THE New York Times says: All the bellig-
erents desire the end Of the war, the stricken
world longs for peace
What Of victory?
20, failing comrade"
The Herald-"W cannot imagine that the in
vitation will be declined says The Times of the
Austro- Hungarian bid for beginning toward
an inconclusive, therefore. Prussian, peace.
TT is possible that by combing this country
a little handful OF persons might be found to
agree, But undoubtedly the overwhelming ma
jority of Americans agree with The Herald,
which cannot imagine how the invitation could
be accepted by this any other nation fighting
to make the world safe from the criminal Prus-
sanism for which Austria Hungary speaks.
I'VE have just begun to fight"
When Col. Theodore Roosevelt was asked at
Oyster Bay to comment editorial concern
ing the Austrian peace proposal which appeared
in a New York paper, he said:
1T Is a good deal like proposing a conference
between a judge and criminal to decide the
severity of the sentence to be passed by the
judge the criminal l should not much heed
a statement behalf Of the criminal that only
the madness Of the soulless depravity of the
Judge could induce him to sentence the criminal
instead Of holding a talkfest with him."