The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-04-11
THE WAR HAS ENDED
BUT PEACE IS NOT YET
Peace ENJOYS Farley War
Clouds Rise Again
On Horizon


armistice Nov. IL, 1918. But in
spite of this solemn pronouncement,
peace still refuses to materialize. No
body can read the future, but the
prospects are omnibus. Hostilities
between the allies and the Germans
ceased Nov. IL but it is now going on
five months since then and very little
progress toward actual peace has
been made. The Huns were master
full when they laid down their arms
last November. They could hardly
have survived another winter of war,
hut they knew that they were leav-
ing the allies in an awkward situa-
lion and they had lingering hopes
that something would turn up during
the winter to better their own posi-
zion and save them from the PEN
alties of their crimes. II would I'M
doubtedly have been much better If
the allies had insisted on fighting the
war 10 finish and debating peace in
Berlin and Vienna, instead OF
stopping half way. The Teutons
were able to withdraw their armies
and boast that they had not been lick
ed; he who fights and runs away
may live to fight another day and
that was what they counted on. 1t
is true that the allies have laid down
very rigorous military terms to the
defeated enemies. The old Teuton
war-machine dominated by the gen.
eral staff lis being broken up; the
TeutOn armies are to be limited in
size and the TeutOn munition plants
are also to be kept under control;
the Teuton navies and aircraft have
been surrendered. In short the al
lies have tried to think of every pos
sible way OF tying the hands of these
enemies. The Teutons have not been
beaten, in the sense that they see
their errors and repent of them;
their only regret is that their meth
DDS did not succeed, and if they had
a chance they would try the same
things over again. Just as soon as
the peace treaty is a completed thing
they will begin to look for lOOpholes
in it which they can take the advan-
tage of. They will make friends
with the Bolsheviks in Russia and
elsewhere and they will together
300 million population in eastern Eu-
rope TO draw on and to exploit for in
dustrial and military purposes. Dr..
Dernburg. who was a German agent
in this country early in the war, has
recently said that as Germany has
been blocked in the west she must
turn to the east to fulfill her destiny
OF conquest Now spring is here and
a new year is opening up, giving rise
10 new hopes and schemes in the
minds Of these cunning enemies. They
are beginning to threaten that they
viii not accept the terms laid down
and they are using bOlshevism as a
club with which to intimidate the al
lies. While the peace conference at
Paris should have been working that
night and day on the vital task Of
establishing peace at the earliest pos
pibie moment, it has been using up
precious time going into all the ram
ficatiOnss of the league of nations
plan. Peace has been sidetracked
and delayed in order to give clear
right of way to the league special.
And the result is that the time is go
ing by and we still have neither the
league nor peace. Every days de-
lay is a benefit to the Teutons, and
the longer the peace is put Off the
more Obsticales are placed in its way.
The latest and most disturbing de-
yelopement is the seizure of the gov
eminent of Hungary by the Bolshevik
clements and the virtual declaration
of war against the allies. Ordinarily
dates have small Importance in his
tory but thsrn are times when they
are significant. The equinox - d
urning-point in the year. The Ger
la.tN- lAhltutN lhtli SlNh' lih"i ~ ~
in France on March 2l, 19i>, .hey
confidently counted on pushing thu
var to a victorious finish last SUM
lu-I, and they came within a hairs
breadth of doing il. On March y
this year they launched IA new of
fensive, this time on the eastern
front. ia the shape of this revolution
i'm Hungary 1t is understood tina
- the Germans plotted to bring ahou
his coup. Their purpose is 10 en-
courage anarchy and make the al
lies believe that if they make tn
peace terms severe it will result il
establishing BOlsheyik regimes il
many countries. The aim of the al
lies, in drawing the new map of Eu
rope, is to fix things so that there viii
be a chain of strong and Independent
nations to act as buffers between tn
disturbing elements. These buffe
states are mainly Poland, Czecho
a