Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-04
G lssu,ne st. sssds 1924
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1913,
on Course Berlin Wants Peace.

The twice repeated plea of the German
Chancellor for peace recently IN Berlin
i doublv interesting; first IN showing
how keen the Kaiser is for q chance 10 end
the war and save his sword, SINCE America
has shown that she is in the fight now
and will be three times as strong IN
short time. Secondly, Hertling's peace
talk WAS interesting as further revealing the
diabolical deception Of the German people :;
the willingness and ever eagrrnoss OF
Berlin to lie when the lie IS obvious and
already proven to be lie nv proof fur
nishctl bv the Germans themselves.
Won Hertlings two peace talks or one
divided in two sections by his Berlin press
agent to give his uttcrances the widest
possible reading IN this country, IS but one
at a series Of ovcrturcs that are likely 10
como IN quick succession from ono source
or another at this time Berlin : s,-callcd
pleas tor peace have been So obviously
ridiculous that the neutral powers have
declined io present them 10 the Allies. 50
the kaiscr probably will use his Socialist
friends and thus renew his cndeavor 70
stir up feeling and break the soliditv Of
the entente.
HertIng declared IN his speech few
DAYS ago that Germany IS ready for peace
and had So indicated in response 10 Prcsl-
dent Wilson's fourteen fundamental pm
ciplrs requisite, and that he had had no
reply from Washington Probably no
other statement IN Herthngs address Is
20 near TO the truth as that the Germans
are ANXIOUS to have pcacc and long hsvr
BEEN ready for peace
But before Hertlngs voice will he
recognized Germany will have to lay
down her arms She IS in no condition
now 10 suggest round table conferences
Mess she elects to voluntarily leave the
trenches, dlsarm her men stop lighting
the Allies VIII snatch the sword from her
hand, as they have iudlsputahly proven
thew can now do or coursc Germany
wants peace conference hut the one she
participates IN VIII seal thc fate Of PrrIs-
sisnism, and the kaiscr VIII be helpless TO
escape the doom pronounced upon his
sccursed country
or course Germany wants peace Her
armies are beaten and routed on every
bar tie front-.n Siberia ID the Holy Land,
- Macedonia. IN Italy ID France and in
Ahica, everywhere
OF course Germany wants peace and
wants if at once Her Aires are threaten
ny 10 fall away from hrr Austria and
Turkey are ready 10 follow Bulgaria, and
Der own people bolstered Up on lies Of
welcomes that are defeats. charges that
are routs, cannot much longer be deceived
So obvious Is the spirit of unrest liz
Germany that the Kaiser has been com
peIled TO rush hither and thither and
EXHIBIT his Imperial mightiness TO the
common people and assure them that
God has not deserted the Fatherland and
that Me and Colt" vii see that the |
cause Of kultuI shall Dot perish from the /
oarth In ms addresses the Emperor has |
quite changed ms tone to his warning sub /
Jects, and does not refer 10 my but
calls things ours All this IS significant /
OF course Germany Is ready for peace
She is bankrupt, hungry, outfought, I'M
done. Every day she continues in the
war the worse will she fare when th,
dav OF final settlement Is reached
OF course Germany is anxious for peace. /
bu, she Is not yet repentant. even though
she knows she is beaten She leallzes that |
he peace must come after the surrender +
Of her armies their disarmament, but /
sine puts off this final stroke ID hope OF the
unexpected happening something any |
thing TO save her face
Won Herthng IN his dense audacIty and
stupid lying repeated the old, often dis
proved charges that England cau.e the
war, and that the late Gar set the CON
migration gong. Responsibility for the
,aturnalia OF blood i fully located at
Berlin, by German records and by con
Idants and persona friends of the Kaiser,
who havr darlngly expressed their cxecra-
ion Of the whole horror, ard have shown
hat the blow agairlst the iiDerties q the
world had been prepared months and
months before the Huns were scr march
NJ into Belgium.
Won Hertling accuses Ancrica oI ny
oocnsy in expressing her detcstatlon al
he taking Of Belgium while passing
Ireland's plea unhcedcd aud sanction
ne the dethronement Of the kuiser>
ubtie ally the K.ne Of Greece nho
urned a deaf ear 10 his subjects calI ID
light his armies IN opposition to the llun
# Berlin. Such are Won Hertllngs argu-
nents. We're there ever such Grass mis-
tatements and attempted deception
ssued from high official before? II shows
nat the Germans are in desperate
traits and that they have no case with