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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAW. SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1917-

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. If Russia stacks arms and German submartnes continue to litter the ocean with corpses of the merchant marine Uncle Sam will have to bear the brant of the great battle practically alone-Ambassador Gerard. -Support Elliott - Democratic leaden seemingly are on the de

fensive. Gray's reeord in Congress has been attacked with such telling effect that the Democratic, spellbinders are going to great lengths to

prove that he 'Voted right" on all big measures. Representative Wood in his speech at Kagerstown touched! the sorest spot in Gray's record when he called attention to Gray's persistent opposition to increases in the army and navy. Representative Ferris at Cambridge City tried to offset the argument with the reply that 'Gray was always willing to give the army and navy all the money they needed, but opposed the five-year program because the ships would be antiquated when they' were put into commission. Ferris also -said that President Wilson opposed big appropriations for the army and navy during .' his first administration. f Precisely so. That's exactly where the Democrats committed the colossal blunder that makes us unprepared today and that will exact stupendous losses of men and tremendous sacrifices of money before we can bring the war to a dose. If we had been prepared, if men of the type

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mans - asked Ambassador James W. i Gerard, after our diplomatic relations had been broken," to request Mr.' Wilson, in case Congress declared war, to .' draw a distinction between the Kaiser and the people; between that system of government and democracy. They '' declared that if the President would do this, he would aid the democratic movement in Germany and give the people to understand that they could ' 'have peace whenever they ruled themselves; whenever they had the power to determine their own foreign policies and tneir peace terms. i I lived and traveled in Germany for two years, and I became acquainted with many officials and people. I went to the various battle fronts from the Somme to Verdun and from Rossis to : Rumania. At first It appeared to me ; as if there was no difference between the government and the public, but, ' during the past eighteen months, there has been a decided change in Internal conditions sad public sentiment. The . Fatherland is divided. Although It , stilt fights "as one man," It dees net think Mae one man." There is a powerful, liberal people's movement and there is a rich, Pan-German autocracy. The Socialists are the real leaders of the former and the agrarians, the anj nexatlonlsts, the nobles and the Indus- ! trial leaders are supporting the latter. The Kaiser, Field Marshal von Hindenburg, Chancellor von Bethmann- . Hollweg and the government are "one the fence."- They are dickering for . time and for military success. They , are placating the people when circum1 stances demand it, and when they can : do so without antagonising the Extremists. The leaders side with the PanGermans when they can do so without arousing the Socialists. They are playing a "waiting game." If the Kaiser wins the war, he can fulfill the extravagant expectations of the wealthy supporters of the monarchy and satisfy the people, too, because they would like to win. If the war is lost, or If it . most ba compromised, wen ue gov- - crnment can promise the people ret forms and the landed Interests and ". the nobles will not be in a position to object, because they will not have the : power. By being "neutral" now, the j will Via a hi a its ail with ! whatever -party is the stronger when , peace comes. Imperial Government Satisfied , Both. Sides. . . . Liberalism and Autocracy have been ' mobilising their forces in Germany for nearly two years. -'The first . great -elasn came last December, wnen tne Worts lists demanded peace; when the ' mllttartsts clamored for unrestricted - HHMnilV Wft. till VllHWVH1t isfied both by making a sham peace proposal, first, and then by declaring a , submarine blockade zone about Allied i eoasts. Next to peace the people want. i ed Ubeat war because they believed it , weuld HASTKN peace. ' . Recently there was another period t of social unrest, and the government had to compromise by permitting the Reichstag to appoint a committee to rviRA ins uonsiiiuuon. rierr rnina ? CrhcHtminn lenriar of h matiritv i The Socialists will be satisfied for a . time to fiddle with constitutional re1 fjtetwi wkllst rha tar(An " Yita .Via IUI 111 IttIV WUVU VUIIIO, UUl " there will be other periods of popular discontent ss the war goes on and aa our strength develops. - The Emperor has promised election, reforms after the war, knowing that; if he. loses, he will have to keep his .promises but that, if be wins, it will not be; necesa- . ary to do so. Meanwhile flirtations possibility mske th people believe the "ultimate victory," they have been promised, is nearing. - - I stated at the beginning1 that this was a war between peoples as far as 'military operations are concerned. But It is more than that It is a fight between . Informed, free citizens of , great democracies and misinformed subjects of a powerful military organisation. From time to time the Germans have, had .visions, of their, government's - deceit, -but the officials, kiMh' an Inhuman tnnrhln mnlrt political opinion ,at will. The censorship is a cure-all for political discontent.' Late . last December Consul von Hteften, one of the directors of the 'food propaganda department, called;

Continued From Page One. ; together neutral correspondents in Berlin and informed them that he had prepared statements about food conditions in Germany which he believed would interest them. Then, he added, these were written for the German press, and that they should not be followed literally, if telegraphed to foreign countries, because "naturally we have to make the beet possible statement for our own people." That is the way the government leads the public. What a tremendous contrast with the reports in our own newspapers about food shortage and the danger of an International allied famine! ' . : . When I departed from Germany a few months ago, the people were talking about peace. They were. praying for peace. They said they were fighting for peace. I recall going into a grocery one evening in February and expressing my surprise when the old woman in charge told me she bad nothing but oranges, lemons, cooking apples, spinach, a blaek room, which is now eaten as a vegetable, and crows. (Crows were for sale all through the winter-for meat) People Want Peace. "Wann kommt die Frlede?" she asked resignedly. That is what all the people ask. "When will we have peace?" But one

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forty yars does not bear this question ; among army officers, in the navy, at the foreign office or in the 'great industrial centers. Men, whose business it is to fight; merchants, whose dally life is to make money out of war, do not think about peace, except a "German peace." On Germany's part this is a war of Big Business and the Kaiser. Throughout Belgium, Germany's big industrial leaders have confiscated factories, building lots, stores, farms', mines and everything else, hoping that,' when peace comes, they can retain them. In Brussels, a friend of the Kaiser has built a large newspaper plant with the expectation of starting a - German newspaper there after the war! He knows there must be a trumpet to popularize the Conqueror if he is to stay. German shipping interests have their eyes on Antwerp. Belgium means nothing to them without this port., German overseas commerce can hardly be rebuilt, without, this harbor. German will never be able again to threaten : England's trade - and world position without a permanent hold on the-Belgian coast-.The future power of the Imperial government, as a military organization, too-, depends upon Belgium.. That is the reason no neutral country before the United States broke diplomatic relations could obtain a statement from the German Government . that it did not expect Belgian annexation, Belgian subjugation or some form of Belgian occup-

of Gray had not fought preparedness programs, the , United States today would hav the trained men and the munitions of war to crush the enemy. The people of the United States will pay with blood and money for the nearsighted and circumscribed policy of Gray and other "little navy" men. The voters of the Sixth District repudiated Gray last fall when they elected Comstock. In the interim, nothing has happened to induce them to rally again to his, support and many things have transpired to make them regret that he was sent to the House. Elliott possesses the training, , endowments and qualifications to make a good representative. With him elected, the Sixth District can have confidence' in its representative. They will know that he will take the right side of issues that are of paramount importance to the national welfare. -

" Vote Tuesday , The Liberty Loan campaign and the solicitation of the Red Cross have so engrossed pur attention that many of us are overlooking the political campaign and are not taking seriously the important fact that ALL OF US must vote Tuesday. v If voters stay from the polls it may mean the election of a man who would have been decisively defeated if a sense of personal responsibility had impelled us to exercise our right of suffrage. The surest way to defeat Gray is for every man to believe that Gray's defeat will be brought about only by his vote. The issues involved in the congressional election are so vital to our welfare, that no man can afford to shirk his duty. Go to the polls Tuesday and vote for Elliott.

Peace Snag Today tion. As long as the Kaiser holds this country, ho will not talk of peace without some form of dominion over Belgium. ' But the German people do not know this. The government gives the impression to the Socialists that it is opposed to annexation, but the PanGermans know that if they win the war, then can annex at will, despite the people, neutrals and the whole world. Might makes annexation possible. - Scheidemann and the people are opEosed. to annexation. They are fightlg to : compel the Kaiser to state, through the Chancellor, what his attitude is, because the Kaiser is supreme in war and peace under the present constitution. But every time the Liberals and Socialists marshal their - forces in the Reichstag, or whenever they demand a discussion Of peace terms in the press, the General Staff objects. -Germany is under martial law, which means that peace aims cannot be discussed if they are likely , to ; injure . military operations. And a free debate might cripple von Hindenburg's plans because the people might refuse-to fight to conquer. The Chancellor cannot discuss precise terms because he knows that, if he announces, aims to suit the public, he will antagonize the wealthy and inof fW! fluential' supporters of the monaehy. If he states that be favors Belgian annexation or Belgian occupation, he will be criticised by the people, and they must be kept satisfied at all costs. - The German people today are supporting Field Marshal von Hindenburg because they believe he is waglng a "defensive war." Our AllleB have not - been successul In convincing the ' German people otherwise. Had the , German Government really desired- peace last December, I believe the. Allies would have made peace, but only on the condition that Germany was not the conqueror. When serious-minded Germans demand-the retention of any part of Belgium, they are acting as conquerors, but, as long as. they occupy Belgium, they will feel and act as victors. They will deport women and .children. They will confiscate and destroy property. They will - enslave , the subjects. Brussels will;, be a conquered capital at the mercy of the military government until it is recaptured or until the German people are made to realize that they - are fighting not to defend the country, . but to , make the Kaiser' a conquering hero. The Emperor is hot ambitious to be plain William of Germany. He wants to be, Wilhetm the Konquerer of this generation. -- A year ago (June 21) : the Frankforter Zeitung printed: in two leading columns, on page one, an article headed, "Antwerp and German Economics,"

Houseaives Urged to Prevent Waste . by Canning Food : . : . WASHINGTON, June 21. SeereUry

Houston today appealed to American house wives to assist the national food conservation ; movement by ' can ning or preserving perishable fruits and vegetables. Pointing out that the ordinary harv est yield will be greatly increased this year by the "back yard gardening' campaigns, Mr. Houston declared that not to conserve this valuable food sur plusage would be "a sinful waste." As the. transportation pressure of the railroads will become heavier because of large shipments of food for military purposes, it is the dnty of ail to endeavor to relieve -this Condition by utilising to the greatest extent all the locally produced foodstuffs, said the secretary. "All any home should expect of others is the foods which cannot be produced effectively by its own mem' bers," he added. . by Herr Ulrich Rauseher. This new paper is the most influential one with in the Central Powers. It is independent in politics during the war. tt is not a propagandist for any governmental department or political clique. It is a serious journal which expresses the thought and aspirations of the business world. In this article, which I brought to the United State with me. Herr Rauseher states that Antwerp must be retained by Germany because "for importing and exporting it is necessary, but above all, as a basis for our merchant marine." The author adds that Antwerp must be considered the "eastern outlet" for German in dustries and that "future necessities must be secured new" during the war. He points out that next to Rotterdam (which the Germans ean't get in this war), Antwerp is the most important port on the continent. It is the natural outlet for Industries along '. the Rhine. The Rhine valley ' is Germany's commercial artery. Its future means the future of German foreign trade. Big Business in Cologne, Dusseldorf. Mannheim, Muelbeim, Hamborn and Frankfort realize that when the war is over, if they have to send their exports to Hamburg and Bremen, they will not be able to compete with the rest of the world any. more than they could before the war. and that did not satisfy. But, if they can have Antwerp, the future of therf international trade is secure. Rauseher presents figures to show that, if Germany can retain this city, her manufactured goods can be shipped cheaper to the United States and South America and other ports of the world than if they are sent from German ports. Antwerp is a business proposition. It is in the Kaiser's hands, and it must remain there' - Prepare to Control Antwerp. Last October, I toured the Rhine valley. . In addition to submarine war, the two things business leaders discussed were the invasion of Belgium and the possibilities of annexation. Regarding the invasion, they said that if they had not seised and conquered Belgium at the beginning that France might have invaded the Rhine valley and crippled Germany. Without the Rhine, the German war machine would be like an engine without steam. For the future the' same argument holds true, they said. If commercial Germany does not control Antwerp, it' is lost. Cold-blooded war business demands it. 8ince the winter, of 1916, German soldiers have 'been employed at Antwerp to rebuild destroyed docks and to raise sunken ships. A new bridge has been built over the Scheldt. The, Kaiser and the army have used their soldiers to prepare this city for their future occupation. They have tried to make it German. Hamburg and Bremen ship companies have extended their docks and selected the best ship building sites. , Harbor property has been confiscated. Antwerp has been made ready for German commercial war. . If the Kaiser can end present hostilities with Antwerp and Constantinople under bis heel Germany will be the greatest power in the Eastern hemisphere- But if the Emperor had to announce that he did not expect to keep Antwerp, the business interests which manufacture war materials, would refuse further support unless they saw that the Teutonic cause was utterly lost. If he states tnat ne win annex Antwerp and a part of Belgium, the people will become restive. So he says nothing. He makes the people believe they are fighting to defend Germany. He continues the war believing that if be Is strong enough to

win he can annex all of Belgium and France if he desires. - - "We have won the war," he can tell the people.- "We must have securities. So much German blood was sacrificed in Belgium that that country- must pay." ' ' i And, if the United States and the Allies are. -not stronger than, .the Kaiser, the German people may not complain. Meanwhile, the Imperial; . v" ' Z . ; K :': -' V

Here is Voter's Catechism

Much confusion Is being caused by the special election next Tuesday and the opening- of the registration offices in the court house Friday. ,-v County Auditor Bowman has had numerous calls asking for information regarding both the special elect ion and tlie registration. Following is a 4 "voters' catechism" compiled by Auditor Bowman in answer to these questions:'Q. Why is the special election being held next Tuesday? A. To elect a congressman'. to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Comstock. ' Q. Are voters required to be registered in order to vote? A. No. Registration is not required for special election. Q. Can'a voter who failed to register last year vote at this election? A. Yes. Registration does not apGovernment secures its hold on Constantinople and' Hungary ; knowing that, if all annexation east and - west must be abandoned, Constantinople will be a German port and Hungary will be a rich field for industrial development. We are at war to "make democracy safe," but democratic people will not be safe aa long as the ruler of a European government can hoodwink, his soldiers into a war of conquest under the guise of a "defensive war." As long as Emperor William is in the position where he can gamble German lives to pay German business, the rest of the world Is net safe. As. long as twelve million soldiers will kill their neighbors at one man's command, no nation is secure. As long as the German people support the Emperor in this kind of war, the longer the war will last. As long as those soldiers do not realize they are fighting and dying to make the Imperial Government con quer Europe and to make Big Business bigger, they are not different from the Kaiser. By fighting such soldiers our troops are attacking the leaders. , . Submarine war was renewed ruthlessly because the Kaiser's military supporters and the Rhine valley wanted it. They wanted to destroy all foreign shipping so that when the war was over German shipping might be on an equal footing with other powers. It was selfish business which demanded unrestricted U-boat warfare. But the German people were not given this explanation. They were told the submarines were defensive weapons which would end the war in Germany's favor this year. When the people support the government blindly they cannot avoid the consequences. Throughout this war, the German Government has outlawed itself. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg admitted that Imperial German violated the neutrality of Belgium. Germany bombarded unfortified towns. Germany made definite promises to the United States not to sink ships without warning and then threw these promises to the high winds. The German Government led the United States to believe that it was encouraging the Democratic movement in German and then smothered it. by declaring- an unrestricted submarine blockade of the -Allied eoasts. Germany accused the American Government of false neutrality by permitting eupplies to be shipped to the Allies and supplied Russia and Rumania herself. ' ' , Russian Had German.Made Guns.' , When' I traveled through Gorman I neard'. the arguments of the government agents that the' United States was unneutral, that President Wilson was a belligerent in spirit if not in action. But. on two Instances, I saw evidence that the German Government did not practice what it preachThree yC4S ed by t its anti-American propaganda. After the German-Invasion of Poland. I was invited, together with other correspondents, to go to the front near Wilna.. At the former big fortress of Kovno, the German officers "lectured" us about "American arms and Ammunition," but, as the correspondents made the rounds of the forts they, found one thousand three hundred, pieces of artillery and four hundred machine guns. With the exception of a few targe Russian ship guns, every piece of artillery and every machine gun uaed In the 'defense of Kevno was manufactured in GERMANY. wnen Krupp sold tnese war sup plies to ' Russia, the German Government knew, that they would be used against German soldiers because there was no. other power which could attack Russia from this direction, except Germany. But it was never explained to the German people that their fathers, brothers, and relatives were being killed, in .Russia ,by artillery "Made in Germany." ; ' Last December I spent, .three ; weeks in Rumania with the German armies. When' 1 crossed.;, the ' Transylvanian Alps from Hungary into Rumania,- I found the only defense line In the Shurduc pass was defended by armoured turrets made in Magdeburg, Germany. Again, Whan1! returned to Hungary through the famous. Red -Tower pass, 1 saw piles of heavy ammunition which the Rumanians had left behind and nearly every shell bore the Ger-j

tly in any way whatever In this elect, on. Q. Will , women be permitted to vote at this election? A. No. , Women cannot vote until the election on September II. , Q. Why are voters now registering at the court house? A. All voters, men and women, will have to register in order to vote for ddelegates to the convention for revisionof the Indiana constitution, the election for which is to be held on the third Tuesday in September. . Q. Who can vote at the special election on next Tuesday? A- Every male citizen of the United States of the age of 21 years and upward, who has resided in the state for six months, in the township sixty days and in the precinct thirty days immediately preceeding the election, is entitled to vote.

Bryan Favors Food Control Measure WASHINGTON, June 23. William J. Bryan, passing through the capital Thursday, added his endorsement to the administration - food . bill in this statement: .. "A government that can command the lives of its young men and. call for the money of its older men should have the power to protect the whole people from the greed of an unpatriotic few. I am not afraid, to trust th President with the powers which the ood administration bill proposes to confer. He acts in daylight and without a selfish Interest No president would abuse such a power." man trade mark. Some of them were made as late as 1916. ' Certainly the German and "Austrian Governments knew that all' ammunition shipped into Rumania would be used against the-Central Powers if Rumania ever declared war on the side of the Allies. Some of this ammunition was used by the Rumanians In their attempt to halt the German Invasion, but the Imperial German Government did not tell the German people or the Teutonic soldiers that ammunition made - in' Germany was being used by the enemy to kill Germans. It was always explained that the ammunition the Allies used was made by America. This was one of the ways the German Government deceived-the people.' At various times during the war, the German Government has stated through the Chancellor that any nation, which did not read the handwriting on the wall of Democracy, would be doomed. Those phrases'', have sounded well to the German people, but every time the people, through their representatives in the Reichstag, have demanded constitutional changes or- election reforms the government has replied: "Welt until the war ends!" The government knows, if it can prevent democracy in Germany -during the war. , it. will not be necessary to have democracy alter war. it tne - Kaiser wins,, because, as the ruler of Central Europe, he will be able to dominate not only that nation, . but the whole world. The PrODaoanda of Democratic Bluff. Today the German Government is manoeuverlng to give the impression to the outside world ' that it favors liberalism in Germany. The Kaiser and his ministers know that if they can give this impression to the peo ple of the Entente countries, and es pecially to the Americans, they may be tempted to make peace.. Maxif Wtt milian Harden, editor of "Die Zukunft" is permitted to write his liberal articles, the Socialists are permitted to talk election reforms, the North German Gazette, the official foreign office newspapers, prints "peace feelers" with the object of dividing the Allies.. The government wants the world to believe now that it is becom lng liberal. It is conducting a propa ganda of Democratic Bluff at the present time. The Socialists are permitted to go to Stockholm to talk peace ' terms. Austria-Hungary and Turkey are permitted to voice their agreement with the Russian proposal of "no annexation and no indemnities." But the Imperial German Government never states what it will do with Belglum. It never states whether it will evacuate and pay for damages in Northern ' France and Belgium. It does not state whether it will give up the territory it holds in Poland and Russia. The . German ; Government wants to place the blame for annexa tion on the Entente, hoping to trap the Entente and the United States in ar peace, conference where it expects to sow seeds of discontent. All through the war the world nas learned that the German Government as it is constituted, today cannot be trusted to keep-a treaty or a promise. And, it cannot, be trusted today in its sham liberalism. If the people in the Allied and American . states permit themselves to be tricked by German's

VET INTERESTS ARE H COMPARED TO KAISER DY PROIIIDITIOlliST

a The Prohibitionists held a meeting at Sixth and Main streets Friday. The speakers were 8tate Chairman J.' Raymond - Schmidt" of Indianapolis,- and Omer Hufferd. of Shirley, the Progressive prohibition candidate for congress. In discussing the issue before the people, Mr. Hufferd had this to say in part: - : A . "The present Is the most tremen-: dous moment of the Christian era!" The world is perishing for want of a people strong enough- to bear away its sin against civilization. It is America's greatest test "The Prussian lust for world conquest which leads the Kaiser through the blood of millions in search of the phantom of his deluded mind, is identical with the greed of that nn-American foe within our --country which through drink would destroy the minds, the souls and the bodies of a free and happy people. The war will purchase for humanity with - humanity's blood two great victories democracy over Prussian militarism and American efficiency ever boozeoeracy. . ; Indiana Leading Way - "To play her part in the war's settlement, America must go to the front with prohibition as a necessary step toward food conservation: as a first aid to the greater efficiency of the nation and as national Insurance against the people's moral depravity. Indiana is leading the way. Her prohibition law is a splendid patriotic contribution of the State to the Nation's ultimate preparedness, not merely for the war, but tor the greater period of peaceful achievement to follow the war's termination. - "The voice of the people should ring with power on prohibition. . full suffrage; government ownership, war appropriations of big incomes, the application of civil service in all departments of government and anti-pork barrellegislation. - The people of the Sixth District may be properly represented on these issues in the present Congress if they so choose. There is but one course, however, open for their political advocacy, and that is to cast a prohibition party vote on Special congressional election day, June 26. Violators of New Motor Law to Feel Hand of Law July 1 Vigorous prosecution of violators of the new motor law will be made after July 1, according to Prosecuting Attorney Strayer, and all persons who are caught driving without dimmers after, that date will be arrested and given the maximum fine for the violation.'. ,,,.:. ' . j. ; . .--.. : Police officials have ' been lenient with motor law violators in the past but 'July 1 has been fixed as the last day for wbicb motorists may equip their lightB with proper dimming devices. Other motor laws, including driving past street , cars while the latter are loading or unloading passengers also will come under the eye of the department propaganda of 4emocracy, they will meet a crushing defeat and Germany ' will dominate the world. ; The real peace obstacle is the German military organization. The peace! snag is the- present system of German j Government which gives the Kaiser complete authority In war and peace. ' None of the nations, leagued against j the Central Powers today, can afford to think about peace. until there is a responsible people's government In,' Germany. There must be a thorough "house cleaning." The German peo- j pie must be given to understand that! they cannot have peace until they rule. . Their government is outlawed. It can-' not be trusted in war. It certainly' must not be trusted in peace. A peace ' treaty signed with the present system . of Imperial Government which permits Prussia to dominate Germany, AustriaHungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey will be as valueless as the treaty not to violate the neutrality of Belgium. It would be kept by the Imperial German Gov-, ernment as long as Germany respected the promises in the Sussex ease. Such I a peace would be only another scrap of paper." I .The United States and. the Allies are in the war to make democracy safe, and, as soon as possible, they must give the German people to understand. that peace will not be made, that the war will not end until the peace snsg the present government is unrooted and discarded. The present system of German Gov ernment will be changed,, the Kaiser will be over thrown, in : one of two ways. Either a long war ending with a crusning defeat -on - tne battlefield of the German' forces will do it or, the German people will bring it about The German people today have the greatest opportunity of the war to take the government into their own

hands; to make reforms during the war which will be lasting and secure. They can make Germany a Republic, as George Ledebour, .. the Reichstag Socialist hinted a few days ago. If they do. they , will make Germany a Democracy, and, when Germany is free,- then the United States and the Allies can discuss, seriously, terms of peace. . . - , . If the German people do not - take the affairs of . state into . their: own bands, then the Allies will continue the war untii Wilhelm the Konqueror is overthrown and defeated, if it takes three .years more to drive the German army out of France, we. must do it If we have the bitter determine tion to stay in the war until this is accomplished, -, we will establish a democracy in Germany and make democracy, safe throughout the world. Then we shall overthrow the Hobenzollerns and the present military dictators . of Europe. . The. V- S.-Allies combination will prove to the world that it does not pay to fight, for territory. Our battle cry should.be: "Peace with the German people as soon as their government is a Democracy.",.. ...... A (Copyright 1917, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)