The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-04-19

nern IIaly, winch IS DelleFSl 10 De
line trenches in France.
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alton against attacks, while Russia
agrees to deliver to Roumania the sur
plus Of grain in Bessarabia.
Teutonic diplomats seem TO be the
stupidest on earth, and seldom have
they been more stupid than in their
latest peace offensive" This was
launched by Count Czernin, the Aus
TRAN premier and usual catspaw for
Germany in such matters. It appar-
entity was designed to separate the |
United States from the allies, for the |
count undertook to show that Frances |
claim to Alsace-LOrraine was the only |
real obstacle in the way Of peace. He 1
said Premier CIeIneuceau had inquired
through an Intermediary whether Aus
tria-Hungary was ready to negotiate
and on what terms. To this Glenn
enceau replies merely: "Czernin lies"
The Austrian leader said nice things
about President Wilson's peace aims,
but declared his country weuld not beg
for peace but would enforce it by NOR
al right and physical strength.
The Teutonic leaders are blind il
they cannot see that neither America
nor the entente allies will for a mo-
ment consider a peace settlement that
leaves their military power unbroEen
or that does not carry. as a prereQuis-
ite, the evacuation by Germany of the
/ invaded territory she now holds. Only
a few days ago President Wilson, in
| letter to American 8Iethodists, reiter-
| ated his determination to carry on the
\ war until the German power is crushed
With a rush that promised TO carry
all before il. the Third Liberty loan
| campaign started Saturday. In every
town and hamlet in the country the
event was celebrated with parades,
salutes and speeches, and the enthusi-
asm was such that the success of the
| S4.5OO,O0OO0O loan cannot be question
ed. Helping to make It q success, with
money and with work, has been es-
| tabliShed as a test OF patriotism, and
| few viii care to eyade the test. Most
appropriately, the opening OF the cam
! paign conceded with the first anniver-
sary Of Americas entrance into the
war and Saturday was made day Of
remembrance and action that viii not
soon be forgotten.
/ "a
Warned by their constituents that
| intolerance Of pro-Germanism is so in
/ creasing that It viii soon take the form
I Of lynch law. the members Of the SEN
/ ATE have awakened. and on Tuesday
/ three separate measures were intro
I duced providing for dealing more dras-
I tically with disloyaIty One would
/ greatly enlarge the scope Of the IS
! pionage act and increase the severity
/ Of the punishments provided; the sec
(! ond would bar from the mails any pub
LEGATION printed in an enemy alien
language: the third calls for the dis
missal OF any government employees
( who fundamentally eriticiZes the gov
eminent or makes disloyal utterances
The governors Of the states, at the
first session Of their conference on
AmericanizatiOn Of aliens. also wert
reused to speech and action concern
ing the prevalence Of disloyaIty. Res
olutiOns calling on congress TO provide
for the enforced naturalization OF all
aliens of draft age and to suppress al
German language newspapers for the
period OF the war were introduced anC
| probably would have been adopted il
Secretary of the Interior Lane had
not interviewed with a plea against bit
terneSs and for a campaign OF educa
ton. Many OF the governors did no
like this. and next day they resumes
their demands that the government
deal more drasticaIy with diSloyal
lists. spies and the German languag
press.
In Colliusville. H., man Of Ger
man birth. who was accused of max
ing Seditious remarks, was hanged b
an exaSperated mob, and in many 9th
er places pro-Germans were rOushl
handled.
In the Wisconsin senatorial election
in which Congressman I.enrOot wa
elected. the Germans Of the state dt
not show mp Sny too well, for the
gave the indicted Socialist, Berger.
sizeabIe vote, especially in Milwaukee
; and other German regions. Also MI
waukee re-ele~sed its Socialist mayo
, There may - nothing against sue
, men as Socialists. but the very nam
now smackS Of treason,
| CfiHouo fli7 hatrar than VISIONS,
: for in Its aldermanic election ever
, Socialist and anti-war candidate ms
: defeat