The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-10-14
Member of the Associated Press
OUR GROWING CASUALTY LISTS.


Today's reports tell of 1456 casual
ties in the American army, the largest
ever reported for single day since
the war began
The total up to and including Sun
day, was 45,176. OF these 1858 were
killed in action, fighting for you and
for me and our home and our loved
ones.
When these men have made the
greatest sacrifice man can make,
gave his life for others, will the Am
erican people, for whom they fought
and died, refuse to furnish the money
to support their comrades who are
still fighting for us?
Will you hold onto your dirty dol
lars, loving them better than these
men loved their lives?
Will you permit the world to know,
that Latah county, with hundreds of
her SONS fighting for us and for our
homes, has not enough patriotism to
take, its quota in Liberty bonds?
Think Of those graves in France
and then go like a man and buy all
the bonds you can pay for or all the
bank will help you buy.
Else these men have died in vain.
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PROBING THE PEACE PROPOSAL
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the German government that President
Wilson, being an idealist, would be
found easy" the mistake will be dis
PEELED by the extremely pointed questions
which Mr.. Lansing puts. 1t was GER
taiHly no mere coincidence that both
Germany and Austria, in practically
identical phraseology accepted President
Wilson's principles "as basis for nego-
tiarion." AS a concession that amounts
to nothing at all; the central powers
would with equal willingness have ac-
eepted the Ten Commandments or the
Sermon on the Mount as a basis for !,
German diplomacy to work up. If de-
ception was intended, it was too shallow
TO deceive a child if the central powers
mean, honestly to accept the terms laid
down by the president, he gives them a
chance to say SO publicly in unmistakable |
language.
Again, if there was any thought Of !
tricking the allies into an armistice,
President Wilson disposes of that. He
makes the only possible answer, if there
was to be an answer, to that proposal,
when he says that She would not feel
at liberty to propose cessation of arms
% the governments with which the gov
of the United States is asso
lated against the central powers SO long
is the armies of those powers are on
heir soil" A proposal for an armistice
hould have gone to the countries which
Germany has invaded; the United States
ould not possibly take the lead in sup
,orting. an armistice till the invaders
AVE been driven out. Having thus made
he good faith of the United States per-
ectly clear, the president goes on to say
hat .'The good faith of any discussion
1anifestly depends upon the consent of
he central powers Immediately to with
raw their forces everywhere from in
AIDED territory"
Invaded territory means France, Bel ;
ium, and Italy; it also means Servia, S
Montenegro, Rumania, Ru STA, the
Jkraine, Russian Poland, Lithuania, ,
,ourland, Esthonia, and Finland Is f
lat the. kind of armistice that Germany r
nd Austria have in mind? If SO the
resident gives them chance TO demon
rate their good faith. Hardly less
,arching, though the answer may not
. so simple, is his final query. whether
lie imperial chancellor IS speaking mere
for the constituted authorities of the
npire, who have SO far conducted the
ar" This really goes to the heart of T
e matter In singing words the presi-
mt has refused to negotiate with these n