Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-20
HUN PEACE talk
IS MENACE,SAYS
REV. TITUSL0WE
Omaha Pastor Who Saw Serv-
ice cover There Says Re-
treat is Not Defeat, as
Some Think.

Rev. Titus Lowe, pastor Of the
First Methodist church, who spent
six months in Young Mems Chris
tian Association work in France,
declares that the present peace"
talk is one of the most menacing
things with which the allies have
to contend
The Germans are far from de-
feated and their peace proposals are
nothing less than a hard stroke
against the allied nations, he says.
They are intended for nothing more
than that. They have retreated. Rev.
Lowe points out, to a considerable
extent, but this retreat has been con-
Quoted in a mastery manner 1t
has not been a rout. the Hun cas-
ualties have not been extraordinar-
ily large nor the number of prison.
ers. taken by the allies large con-
sidering the number of men en-
gagged
Now is the Time to Fight.
Now, of all times, is the time to
continue the fight until the Hun mil
itary machine. some time in the
future. shall lie in pieces and no.
longer threaten peace-loving
world.
"The retreat of the Hun army
from July IS until the present time
shows genius of a high order" said
Rev. Mr.. Lowe. "We have talked
much of Foch's giant pincers and
now the allies were closing the jaws
OF the trap. But a cold analysis of
the facts makes plain four things:
"a Notwithstanding our acknowl-
edged superiority in men, guns and
aeronautics our advance has been
comparatively slow; (2) the number
Of prisoners taken is not large in
comparison with the number of men
employed; (3) the Hun casualties
in the retreat are not as great as
the allies casualties from March q
to July IS; (4) there is absolutely
no sign of breakdown in the Hun
fighting morale, no indication of
general debacle.
Great Difference.
"There is no wide difference be-
tween calculated retreat and a CO.
lossal defeat. Only the latter will
insure lasting peace. Peaced based
on anything short of great victory
for the causes of humanity would
be spurious and criminal. The Hun
government is not yet ready for
the only peace that right-hearted
humanity can grant.
"Why tolerate and encourage so
much peace talk? Much of it is in
sidious peace propaganda. 1t has
slowed up the Fourth Liberty loan
drive all over the land. 1t will I'M
dermine the fighting spirit Of the
home base. 1t will weaken all our !
war work activities. This must not
be. We did not enter this war be-
cause of anger, however justified,
but because the soul of the nation
burst through to a mighty convic-
ton. Outraged justice forced us to
take up arms. That same inhexible
necessity still bids US to set our
faces as a flint toward complete
smashing of the Potsdam gang. The
immediate necessity is not that bat
Ting Belgium shall be restored, that
fighting France shall be repaid for
all its bloody, heartrending sacri-
fees, but that the massive Hun fight
ing machine be broken into unmend-
able pieces. Every other consider
alton is secondary to this. Time
enough to talk of internal political
upheavals when this primary object
i've has been achieved. -
Should Harden Resolve.
"When the Hun enemy begins to
weaken, as he does now, it is not,
time to talk sentimentally of peace,
but to harden our resolve to but
tress our spirits, and to call on our
reserve strength for the final over !
whelming blows. The bells of VIC
tory are being prepared to ring
out their thrilling message. Peace, !
joy-bringing, soul-healing peace will
one day come again to war-wearied
humanity. But that hour is not yet.
This is the fighting hour, the SUI
pAene fighting hour in the history
Of mankind. IS
"As we value our own souls we
dare not finch when the hot fires
on the altar Of sacrifice lick up some
of our precious Likelihood Every
American grave in France, every
khaki-clad lad who has died in
America, every American body !
which lies at the bottom of the
trackless ocean is an unbreakable
pledge that we shall not quit until
we have fought through this war