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OUR PEACE TERMS _
Whatever delusions the German government may
have had concerning the position of the l nited States in
the war must be shattered by now. “ 1 he beautii ul dream
of peace has flown away, laments a German-language
paper at Cleveland, Ohio. If this “beautiful dream to
which the German editor refers was the hope ot a Kaiser
made peace, it has indeed flown away, for the case of the
world against Prussian militarism is based on stern factsj
alone. There can he hut one kind ot peace, based on otu
experience with these facts and on justice, lairness and
the rights of mankind. The war will end only when the
world can be assured it will be safe in the future from any
maniac or Kaiser who would attempt to dominate it by
brute force.
President Wilson's reply to the peace note of Pope
Benedict was a clear-cut and straightforward statement
of the stand of the United States, which is also the stand
of our Allies. The President appreciates the humane and
generous motives of the Pope and pays tribute to the sin
cerity of His Holiness. Yet, as the President points out.
peace on the terms which the Pope suggested with the
humanitarian side only in mind, would give no protection
against a renewal of the “furious and brutal policy ot the
German imperial government, hut only would serve to
give Prussianism and the Hohenzollerns time for recup
eration in order to renew their craving to rule the whole
world.
In words that cannot he misunderstood, the President
has made it clear that the United States and its Allies will
he satisfied only with a lasting peace, and that will not
he possible as long as the Kaiser and his Prussian war ma
chine have power to commit further crimes. “We cannot
lake the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guar
antee of anything that is to endure,’' the President de
clares, “unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evi
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dence of the will and purpose of the German peoples them
selves as the other peoples of the world would he justinei
in accepting.”
The door to peace is thus left open to the German
people. They can get rid of their ruthless masters or the
imperial government can continue the struggle until it is
so decisively beaten that it will never again menace the
world. .,
Our purposes in the war, as the President says, are
known to everv people “to whom the truth has been per
mitted to come.” The United States entered the war with
out desire for gain and has disclaimed any intention to
make an economic war after the struggle on land and sea
is over. The door is open to the German people, hut in an\
further peace moves the United States will first demand
evidence that the German people control the government
instead of the government controlling the people. There
can he no “scrap of paper ’ peace.
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WASHINGTON FRUIT CROP
The state* department of agriculture reports a boun
tiful fruit crop for Washington this year; not as large as
the promise of the early season, but still abundant.
The estimated yield of the principal fruit-producing
districts of the state indicates a total ot 17,431 cars ot ap
ples. 1,537 cars of peaches, 1,419 cars of pears, 584 cars of
plums and prunes and 307 cars of other finits. The ^ ak
ima district leads with a production of 8,0808 cars of ap
ples. and the Wenatchee district is second, with 7,508
cars.
Fruit prices are likely to be somewhat higher than
in some previous years, but not enough higher to mate
rially lessen the public demand. Wenatchee growers are
reported to have contracted to sell 25,000 cases of apples
at prices ranging from 75 cents to $1.75 per case, accord
ing to variety and grade, delivered at the home market.
These prices promise some margin of profit for the pro
ducers, without imposing too heavy a toll on the consum
ing public.
With the generally higher level of food cost, Wash
ington people are likely to find that a generous supply of
home-grown fruit will contribute to food economy. A
much larger portion of the Washington fruit crop could
be consumed at home with profit to both producer and
consumer.—Ex.
WILL KILL THEMSELVES LAUGHING
It is said that Charlie Chaplin has enlisted or is go
ing to enlist in the army, and go to the front as a soldier,
if he does, it is all over; the enemy will kill himself laugh
ing.
Imagine Charlie climbing out of a trench some fine
morning and ambling across No Man’s Land, in full view
of the enemy. Certainly the enemy would be so convuls
ed with laughter it couid not shoot. And even if it did,
wouldn’t Charlie grab the shells and do something ridicu
lous with them? He would fall over a cannon or collide
with a battery or get kicked by an army mule.
We have seen Charlie Chaplin do more daring things
than charge a battery. We have seen him come through
safe and sound from many an adventure more hazardous
than being blasted from a trench. We have seen him
tackle prizefighters and steam engines and suspension
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bridges—and roll down a flight of stairs that no other man
could roll down and survive. We have seen him shot
and drowned and thrown over craggy precipices, and al
ways he was able to get up and wobble away with his feet
in the same relative position they always occupied.—Ex.
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This war teaches us that Wall Street bears may be
sensitive to papal bulls.—Brooklyn Eagle.
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This practice of forcing disloyal creatures to kiss the
flag is rough on the flag.—New York Sun.
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We have ben asked why we didn’t capitalize 1. w. w.
What’s the use?—Germany is doing that.—Garrison (N.
D.) Advance.
The most conscientious objector has not sufficient
conscience to object to the other fellow fighting for him.—
Kansas City Star.
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Let’s hope the nearest to pacifism the Japanese Mis
sion comes while it is here is “a Pacific port.”—Philadel
phia Ledger.
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The Army needs cooks^-which establishes another
bond of sympathy between our military and domestic es
tablishments.—Indianapolis News.
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One day the Pope issues peace-proposasl and the next
day Germany answers them by burning down the St.
Quentin Cathedral.—New York World.
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There is no justice in a peace which proposes that the
villain shall come out of the war with as much applause as
the hero.—Columbus Dispatch.
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A food bonus—double rations for six weeks—is the
German government’s latest way of encouraging just
married couples; at the end of six weeks the material, like
the sentimental, honeymoon is over, and the bride and
groom return to turnips.—New York Evening Post.