Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
CRUSH GERMANY,
IS ONLY PATH TO
PEACE, SAYS 7. R.
Overthrow of Teutonic EN-
pire, Dissolution of Austria
and Turkey Necessary

New York. Oct. 6-Theodore Roose-
welt. speaking here last night at a
national service" mass meeting un-
der the auspices of the Mayors COM
mittee on national defense, declared
the only peace which will make the
world safe for democracy must be
based upon the complete overthrow
of Germany and the dissolution of
Austria and Turkey. Included in the
program he outlined were a free Ara
bia and Armenia. Poland and Lithu-
ania, with an Independent Czech COM
monwealth and a jugo-Slav State. The
Colonel said:
Continually We hear humors of
peace. l think the circulation of such
rumors is injurious to America and
to the cause of decency and democ-
racy. We should make it clearly un-
derstood that the conduct of Ger
many has been such that we regard
as enemies of mankind all people who
would strive to bring about a peace
based upon treating Germany, Aus
tria and Turkey on the one hand,
and the allies on the other, as stand
ing on footing of equality. The only
peace that will make the world safe
for democracy is a peace based upon
the complete overthrow of Germany
and the dissolution of Austria and
Turkey.
Destroy Turkish Empire
Unless we have used the phrase in
q hypocritical and insincere manner,
this is the way to make the world
safe for democracy and the only way;
and this means that the only peace
we can accept Is the peace of over
whelming victory. Turkeys conduct
toward the Armenian and Syrian
Christians has been such as to make
it evident that the Turk must not
only be driven out of Europe. but the
empire destroyed. Give Arabia free
dom; give Armenia freedom. Estab
lish free city at Constantinople and
keep the straits absolutely open for
the Russians and every one else.
Make a great independent Poland
and probably great independent
Finland, too. Give the Lithuanians
at least autonomy; make an inde-
pendent Czech commonwe wealth, to in
clude the Bohemians. Moravians and
Slovaks. Make a jugo-Slav common
wealth, to include on footing of an
entire equality Croats. Serbians and
Slovaks, whether orthodox, Catholic
of Mohammedans. Restore Italian
Austria to Italy. and Rumanian Hun
gary to Rumania.
LAS for Belgium. she is not only
entitled to restoration. but to the
heaviest kind of indemnity. Let
France have Alsace-Lorraine; let Po-
land include the whole Baltic coast,
to which she is entitled. Let the Eng
lish and the Japanese keep the colo
nies they have won.
las for the United States. we wish
nothing except to have it clearly un-
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to be upheld in the future as in the
past. South of the Equator this doc
trine can be left to Brazil, Argentina
and Chilli, who are strong enough to
maintain il, and whom we will aid
in maintaining it only when they so
desire.
But around the Caribbean and at
the points bearing upon the approach
to the canal, we must ourselves main
tain it, We do not desire to see
Germans or Magyars oppressed by
anybody: but we do not intend that
hereafter they shall oppress others.
Outlines Peace Terms
Peace should come along the lines
thus roughly indicated. Then do
whatever treaties and agreements can
do to make the peace permanent and
minimize the chances of war in the
future. But avoid folly and hypocrisy
and do not make believe that any
paper scheme will bring the millen-
mum or abolish all chances of future
war. After we have done all we can
do by Hague conferences and arbi-
tration agreements and treaties, let
us profit by the lessons of the last
three and a quarter years and re-
member that all these things, taken
together. will be an utterly insuff-
cient safeguard for peace against
allen aggression. There is but one
permanent method of securing safety
for this nation and that is by train
| ing our strength in time of peace, by
preparedness. and the only effective
preparedness must rest on a system
of universal obligatory military train
ing for all our young men; a train
ing which is against war; for il will
render it most unlikely that there
fever will be war; a training. which
will also immeasurably increase tho
self-respect and patriotism and the
moral and physical fitness of young
men for the tasks of peace.