The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-15
NO TRUCE WITH AUTOCRACY


Tboro shah he no truce with autocracy.
There shall be no peace until the last r"th'esS
power which by itself, sngly, or by eaguelng Win
others of it's kind, disturb world 'ra'd''''''
has been reduced to impotoncy
Civilization is not ready to treat with blood
drenched barbarian fresh from his kill, over me
terms of an armistice.
These are truths which President Wilson Keen
emitting words of yesterday must have impressed
even ,,pon the super-brutc mind Of the Pr'lssan'
The presidents message found an ccho'ng note III
every American breast. 1t was the expected ana
was the desired reply to Germany and as usual
orr president clothed his thoughts with words Wh'ch
brcathed life and vigorous vitality: words "m'h
stung and bit deep.
Peace may not be far away: but the Shor'fs'
route to peace leads the top. mat pam Ah'el
lea and4hcr allies have chosen to take, and the! Will
tread It without hnchng, even tho the wa! De
long and the going hard. When the time comes
to discuss peace. the terms will be Dictated not ny
the wiley diplomats of Potsdam, but by the pun
brunt warriors who have thrown back the nhlons
of autocracy from the blOod-salned SOIL or FRANCE
and belgium There will be no tlckery; there
will be no star chamber conferences: no private
agreements The cards will be laid on the tao'e
and the trumps will be held by Marshall foch
Marshall Hag and own BLACK Jack fersi'he
And it will be peace that will endure and that even
the most benightcd slave may understand. IL Will
be peace that is real and substantial, with German!
hcatenao her knees, s,lbdued not by diplomacy, no'
by treaties, but by force OF arms, the one po"e'
which Germany can understand and to which Il
will bow.
The shortest road to peace lies over the top. Ou
hovs are taking that road, over there in France
in Belgium, in Flanders and in Asace-Lorralne
We here at home if sincere in desire for peace
must emulate their example by sending our dollar
over the top The German peace offensive has from
the first been largely camouiage designed 70 throw
dust in the eyes of victorious democracy and to gan
time for the crushed and tottering leglons of auto
cracv. The breach of ordinary diplomatic coures.
which resulted in Germany 5 reply to the presden
being made public before it reached the executiv
Gee at Washington had but one purpose an aI
peal to public sentiment made by Germany in tn
belief that pacifsm still has place in America
and that there might be brought to bear upon GU
president public peace pressure that would Undue
him to waver in his firm determination that thl
war be ended right or not at all.
President Wilson has answered Germany. W
must back up his answer. The one big job for L
now is the over-subscription of the Fourth lhbcrt
loan Germany has triumphed to some extent /
the tagging of this loan. We must prove to tn
kaiser that he has again guessed wrong. We mus
show him we are not of cutters hal
billion dollars must be subscribed each day for tn
remainder of the week to make this loan success
America can do it.: il should and must do it. Thos
of us who have already bought should buy more
we haven't gone our limit yet: we haven't beg'
to 90 to the extent to which boys are gon
daily over there in the face of the enemy.