The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-09-19
No Peace Until Germany And Its Allies Are
Brought To Their Knees.

The Austrian government ordered so by Germany
has put before the Allied nations roundabout way de-
cepve proposal that there shall be nonnng discussions of
of This camouaged scheme laid before all the
with the Central Powers and the Pope
is included in the list of those whom it referred study
of the complete published in The American this morn
makes the dishonesty and ch1canery involved
parent that blind man can see them The plan will he
discussed by the Allied governments but will change the
position they have all taken They have demanded and still
demand that before serious negotiations
Germany and Austria lay their on the
table and those cards be face up The Allied govern
farther than that today and demand German
democracy complete eradication Prusanism the extDa
ton of junkerdom and all implies Less cannot be
considered and will be considered moment BY the AL
lied Governments which firmly united more deeply
inspired by common motive today than ever
The Central Powers cannot any peace conference
with clean hands Those of Germany stained with the
blood of thousands of innocent children No later
than yesterday of the pirates of the sea rpeod and
sank passenger steamer sending death manv women
and little Germany has carried from the very start
rapne of plumber of torture of murder most hell
h.form Does Germany imagine for moment that the Unit
ed States will demand reparaton for the sinking of the
Lstana for the blowing plants for seeking to induce
Mexico declare this country the spy system
through which sought to dsoyay among Americans
against their government? If Germany thinks for one
that those crimes and thousand like them can
be forgotten and forgiven Germany has thoughts
and very deep thoughts coming to it.
Ausras effort to launch these proposals at time
when the Central Powers nearly done can plainly
Germany keep war out of its
1t ravaged Belgium left northern wreck and now
wants its soil from Allied armies AS Ions, as
keep the fighting of Germany may continue to de-
ceive the people though they beginning to have il
upon them that their cause is lost and moth
happens the armies of the Allies will making their
way the German capital
No be placed in anything that comes from Ger
many though be via Austria AT the very time
these plans preached startling revelations of Ger
eachery in Russia being given to the world by the
United States government These show that GERMANY went
buying those arch traitors Lene and Tros,-
and them untold of money their crooked work
Through the Imperial Bank of Germany millions were turned
these scoundre and the ocaed treaty was the re-
suit This but sample of German diplomacy and is
such diplomacy this with which the Allies must deal No
faith be placed Rotten to the core disbon
and despcable the only with it through
that will crush its head will crush the head Of
a snake with his heel.
AMERICANS ARE WARNED AGAINST THE 1-sF
THAT WILL BE MADE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY TO
HAMPER WAR WORK WE ARE NOW ON THE EVE
OF a CAMPAIGN FOR THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
AND THE PRO GERMANS, PACIFISTS AND SOCIAL
lists OF THE LAND CANNOT AND MUST NOT RE Al
LOWED TO PREACH PEACE FROM AUSTRIA'S TEXT
IN THBHOPE OF MAKING THAT GREAT CAMPAIGN
A FAILULE. TWILL BE AS GREAT A SUCCESS AS
ANY PREVIOUS LOAN CAMPAIGN AND THE FIRST
MAN WHO SPEAKS AGAINST 1T MUST BE HAILED AS
a TRAITOR AND SEVERELY PUNISHED FOR HIS
TREACHERY. THERE MUST BE NO LET-UP IN THE
SPLENDID WAR WORK BEING DONE IN THIS
COUNTRY BY THE YOUNG AS WELL AS BY THEIR
ELDERS. 1T MUST BE INCREASED AND EVERY ONE
WHO CAN HELP MUST HELP. MARYLAND PEOPLE
MUST LOOK OUT FOR THIS GERMAN PEACE PROpA-
GANDA AND EXPOSE 1T WHENEVER 1T APPEARS
There but one road to peace That road by vic
victory that will end Prussiansm for tme-a victory
that will bring the Central Powers their knees and compel
them to to the Allies begging and suing peace such
terms as their conquerors see fit to give them