New-York tribune., 1918-10-07

unanimous III returning The reply of
mo compromise" to the latest German
peace offer Even "Thc New York
Tines which thought so fnvorably Of
Austria's former and less definite bid
has apparently suffered a change Of
heart and now heads its leader "No
Peace With the Hohenzollerns." Its cdi-
torlal follows in part:
Ii Germany wants peace lc. her do
away with her irresponsible, braggart
Kaiser and speak by a government OF
hel own people TO Ihc governments Of
the Allied peoples. 1t is not from
frlncc MaNimiliAn, arswerable only to
imperial authority but from a minis
ter responsible 20 the German people
that Germany's plea for peace must
come. He does no, even describe HIM
SELF. in his Reichstag speech. as such
g minister. Compliance with the terms
the Allies are agreed in insisting upon
as indispensable to a lasting peace de-
mands OF Germany an enforced or
voluntary change OF heart and pur-
pose. There can be no change so long
as the Hohenzollcrn, combining the
political and military ideals of Cen
ehls Khan with the moral principles
OF Attlla, holds in thrall seventy
command to butcher their ncighbors
ant, seize upon their possessions.
BY that test the new peace ovcrturcs
O., Germany and Austria must be ex-
amined. Is it peace Of righteous
ness they suggest. a peace of assured
permanencc? Or is it a peace that
would leave imperial Germany unre-
pentant, harboring her old plans for
evil. free to seize the next favoring
Coz,
tons of the world? That is a peace
the nations arrayed against her will
never consider. The arms they took up
to make the world safe they will never
lay down until the PcUssian scourge
is utterly extcrminated
Terms by negotiation are ''impos-
sible." The Central Powers have made
them impossible by their fai1hlessness.
"They arc without honor and do not
intend justice" In any transactions
with them there must be a bond with
sureties. As the very least guarantee
Of their good faith it would be de
rnanded of them that they evacuate
all occupied territory, restore to
France and Italy the provinces they
: took from them, set Russia and Ru
mania free from German control by
tearing up the treaties of Brest-
t.itovsk and Bucharest-in short, that
| they execute a general release OF spoil
they have acquired during the war and
of all engagements that have made
other states partners in the. infamy.
This is surrender in advance of all
negotiations" but surrender is the
condition the Allies impose, the rcn-
.ince by which alcne the Central Pow
crs can make themselve fit fer con-
ference. 1t must come to that. The
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+ up the consummation. Bulgaria has
fallen out, Austria totters, and Luden-
dorff's shaken forces are every day
retrcating further toward the German
frontier.
The World
II has taken the Imperial German
Government more than four years to
learn that it is easier to begin war
conflict such a thing as defeat was not
! considered. Now it finds its armies
overmastered its subjects at home sui
len or revolutionary, its allies beaten
or disheartened and the vast delusion
that it could not be conquered ever
lastingly shattered. To save what it
can from the wreck, to preserve the
dynasty. to restore as far as possible
the lost prestige Of miitarism and to
ther motive can have inspired it and
its Austrian vassal in renewing so
soon and in phrases SO little changed
a proposal for a negotiated peace?
The answer to this question, we be-
lieve, is that autocracy is whipped and
knows it is whipped, and that present
lS it will be compelled to acknowledge
the fact Autocracy knows that it can
not hold its lines in France and Bel
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great provinces of which Russia was
treacherously deprived; it knows that
it cannot hold its allies, and it knows
that at home as we'll as abroad SEN
tence is presently to be passed upon it
By the one tribunal for which it enter
tains any respect, and that is force
Knowing these things, autocracy will
be heard from again and again with
increasing humility, no doubt, before
its guilt and failure admitted-it
finally sues for terms.
The Herald
1 1t is the same old trap. With a sim
gle pick President Wilson disposed of
it upon its recent appearance under
Austrian auspices, And in the very
+ speech to which Prince Maximilian re
dent replied in advance to this new
effort Of kaisersm to get its legs un-
/ der a diplomatic table.
Owe arc all agred that there can be
no peace obtained by any kind Of bar
gain or compromise with the govern
rnents Of the Central Powers" said the
President. "bccause we have dealt with
them already and have seen them deal
with other governments shat were
parties to this struggle al BrestLitovsk
and Bucharest. They have convinced
US that they are without honor and do
not intend justice They have observed
no covenants, accept no principle but
force and their own interest. We can
not come to terms with them. They
have made it impossible. The German
people must now be aware that we
cannot accept the word Of those who
forced this war upon us. We do not
think Che same thoughts or speak the
same language OF agreement"
With Americans the one aud only ore
thought at this time is that there can
lie no peace until the enemy is beaten
and acknowledges the fact as bulgaria
has acknowledged it. The only possible
language Of agreement is comprised in
the two words, Unconditional sur
render"
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