Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-21

, more from its grasp, and the worst oil
it was. it abandoned them. not to the
! people as a whole, but TO certain
groups which, throughout their his
tory, had always displayed critical and
never constructive faculties
"liclots' Peace" Was on Its Way.
These assemblies and ali the talk OF
i peace by understanding suited the en-
/ tente very we'll They disclosed our
state of mind. But, with a clear idea
| of national feeling, they allowed no
socialist leaders TO go t. the meetings
and declined to be bound in any way
They pursued quite different aims.
In the sumner of 1917 the French
premier, Ribot, expressed his coun-
try's intention of destroying Germany
so clearly that no misunderstanding
was possible without deliberate self
deception. No one with the slightest
sense of reality could doubt that for
the entente all the beautiful catch
words were mere window dressing, in
tended to deceive the multitude, and
to give might the appearance of right.
The government, the reichstag and
most of the people took it all for gos-
pei. In the rcichstag. for the first
time in the war. socialist representa-
tiVGs openly threatened revolution.
The ''heIots' peace" COZ which the im-
perial chancellor spoke to CLIO.
about this time), which would come il
we gave in before the enemy felt any
inclination to peace, was on its way
The high command observed the
great spiritual decline with increas-
ing anxiety. and in view of the I'M
compromising attitude of the enemy
governments felt bound to draw atten-
ton to the harm that was being done
to the people and the army, especially
in Berlin. More than once the field
marshal reported to his majesty how
greatly CHIC missed the support of
the imperial chancellor. We had
urged the latter far more frequently
to strengthen the war-spirit of the
nation.
Marshal Warns Chancellor.
On June 49, 1917 Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg wrote to him as follows
to warn him against the view that the
war would be over that autumn at the
latest.
These dangers COZ submarine war,
farce are undoubtedly recognized by
clear-thlnking people among our ene-
mics. If in spite OF this they advocate
NNANihualitll W the Wal, IL Is DeCduSe
they expect the collapse of Germany
and her allies to take place before
their own.
1T may be that they hope to bring
about this collapse by a victory on
land, but they rely far more on eco-
nomic and political causes, such as
food difficulties. shortage Of raw ma
terials, disunion, discomfort and the
supremacy of the German radical so-i
cial democracy. They base this ex-
pectation on the waning of our power
or resistance at home. the growth OF
International sentiments. the state of
our food supply and the longing for
peace to which we unfortunately give
expression so often.
"A revival of our internal strength
would be the most potent means Of
persuading our enemies of the futriity
of proionging the war until their own
means of existence are In danger of
destruction. On the other hand, every
complaint of disappointed hopes. every
sign of exhaustion and longing for
peace on our part or that of our allies.
any talk of the alleged impossibility of
standing another winter campaign.
can only have the effect of prolong-
ing the war;
The wording of the chancellor's re-
My, dated June rs. revealed extraor
binary depression His way OF think
ing different from ours He could find
no way out of the situation, and still
less could he summon up the energy
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