Oxford eagle., 1918-04-11

lne trenches In France.
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alton against attacks, while Russia
agrees to deliver Ia Roumania the sur
plus of grain In Bessarabla.
Teutonic diplomats seem to he 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
trian premier and usual catspaw for
Germany In such matters. II appar-
emily was designed 10 separate the
United States from the allies. for the
count undertook to show that Frances
claim 10 Alsace-Lorraine was the only
real obstacle In the way Of peace. He
said Premier Clemenceau had inquired
through an intermediary whether Aus
tria-Hungary was ready 10 negotiate
and on what terms To this Glenn
enceau replies merely: "Gzernin lies"
The Austrian leader said nice things
about President Wilson's peace aims.
but declared his country would not heg
for peace hut would enforce II by NOR
al right and physical strength
The Teutonic leaders are blind II
they cannot see that neither America
nor the entente allies viii for a mo
ment consider a peace settlement that
leaves their military power unhroken
or that does not carry. rs n prerequis-
lite. the evacuation by Germany OF the
invaded territory she now holds Only
q few days ago President Wilson. In a
letter TO American Methodists reiter-
sted his determination to carry on the
war until the German power is crushed.
With a rush that promised 10 carry
all before II. 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-
ssm was such that the success of the
s4.500Oo0O0O loan cannot be question
ed. Helping 10 make II success. with
money and with work has been es-
tablished as test OF patriotism. and
few will care to evade the test. Most
appropriately. the opening OF the cam
paign coinclded with the first anniver.
sary of Americas entrance into the
war and Saturday was made day Of
remembrance and action that will not
soon he forgotten
Warned by their constituents that
intolerance OF pro-Germanism is so In
creasing that II will soon take the form
Of lynch law. the members OF the SEN
ate have awakened, and on Tuesday
three separate measures were intro
duced providing for dealing more dras-
tically with disloyalty One would
greatly enlarge the scope of the es-
pionage act and Increase the severity
Of the punIshments provided: the sec
ond would bar from the mails any pub
ncation printed In an enemy allen
language; the third calls for the dis
mlssal Of any government employee
who unwarrantahly criticlzes the gov
ernment or makes dlsloyal utterances.
The governors Of the states. AT the
FIRST session Of their conference on
Americanization Of aliens. also were
reused TO speech and action concern
ing the prevalence OF disloyalty Res
olutions calling on congress 10 provide
for the enforced naturalization OF all
aliens OF draft age and 10 suppress all
German language newspapers for the
period OF the war were introduced and
Ahah har
Secretary Of the Interior Lane had
not intervened with a plea against bit
terness and for a campaign Of educa-
ton. Many OF the governors did not
like this. and next day they resumed
their demands that the government
isrs. spies and the German language
press.
In Collinsville. H.. man Of Ger
man birth. who was accused Of max
Ing sedltious remarks. was hanged by
an exasperated mob. and In many 9TH
er places pro-Germans were roughly
handled.
In the Wisconsin senatorial election.
In which Congressman Lenroot was
elected. the Germans OF the state did
not show up any too well. for they
gave the indicted Socialist Berger. a
sizeable vote. especially in Milwaukes
and other German regions Also NIL
waukee reelected IT'S Socialist mayor.
There may be nothing against such
men as Socialists, but the very name
now smacks of treason.
Chicago did better than Wisconsin.
for In its aldermanlc election every
Socialist and anti-war candidate met
defeat