Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-06


never dream of giving him, that demo-
cratic government never would and never
should allow but for an extreme emesSsn--
Cy. Fop the purpose o. coping with the
powerful autocratic German machine We
are building up powerful ahtosratio
American machine. Do ] like It. 20
you like 1t? A thousand times. no. And
vet this is the sort of government We
shall need, not alone during the war but
after the war If Germany is allowed TO
come out of this war unbeaten. For un-
less ,she is brought to the most condigl
punishment for the wrongs she has COM
mitted, you may be sure that she will
not give up the great military establish
ment that has enabled her practically
alone, to cope with and almost to
triumph over the whole world in arms.
Her need for territorial expansion. for
colonies. will be as great as when the
war began. Her military prestige will be
such that no country will care or dare
to enter into conflict with her unless with
the backing of the rest of the world.
which would mean another dreary world
war. and rather than have this the rest
OF the world will give In to her more and
more.
Will Try to overrun America
She must inevitably clash with us
in South America and Mexico ana II
such A. clash comes. she will not be
content until she has oVerrun us as
she has overrun Belgium and Poland
and Servia and as she tried to over .
run France. She will be constant
menace to us as she will be to our
neighbors in Europe and VIC and they
will have to adopt her methods to
withstand her. We can do it. Our
natural resources are greater than
hers. our people can he made just as
effective in war. but what then will be-
come of our peaceful democracy? We
shall he ono grs at armed camp, just
AS she is. and the harsh measures that
We have adopted for the period of the
war will have to he adopted for good
and all if we are to survive. So while
We are fitting ourselves fer the role Of
saviour of democracy, through methods
the very reverse of democracies. Rus
STA is taking Just the opposite course.
She. in this time of peril. swings away
from the extreme autocracy under
which she has so long suffered, and at
tenptS an experiment in democracy.
And the immediate effect is that her
usefulness as an ally great nation az
she is has become practically nil Our
sympathy is all with her Nav she
win out and enjoy in the end the bless
insS of free government as do We
ourselves, hut to do so she will have
I" lay aside. as We have had tn Law
ASIDE Tor the period of the war nouch
OF nor democracy and so I say that this
IS no time for the much needed in
ternal reforms which lead TO the nov.
lection of the democratic form Of gov
eminent which we all desire 70 I,..
under These matters can and sbou,d
PC lalo aside until the soil in which
'h'A nave nourished shall have hear
prepared Tor the harvest and that viii
pc when we and our allies have Won
the war and shall'hare established Nh.
fiEht to govern ourselves as W. 90.
fit. sc
AFTER the war. with citizenship
"fasfHned and purified by the suffar,r,
ana sacrifice which we must inevitah1,
undergo and inspired by the ~
SpiiIt OF patriotism which the war Ia.
h"akehed, these reforms will coma ~
their own accord.
Little Sign of Party POLITE.
! was elected to the United States
ma e as republican with Progress
.Ne tendencies. There arc many things
ior winch in ordinary times I womb
s.alio winch | do not stand for now ard
stal not stand for during the contip.
uahce OF the war | am proud To say
mat curing my short service in ths
senate nave seen little sign OF n.r-
~ ponies. NO man should continue IN
oe member Of this Senate who is NOT
IN spirit by the wish to do what "a
pest Tor our country. There can he mr.
question IN the minds of anv one h,t
'hat the pest thing we can now do for
our country is to make her nj, sm
tlent IN the carrying on Of this 7,,-
any man who in any way Threatens
inc all necessary efficiency in order
10 help his party or any VIM ~ hi.
party or himself or anything else 9TH.
81 than his country. is not acting for
the best interests Of his country And
50 ! say. let the people of this country
ind fault if they will because we haya
not lcgislated wisely for the war hrt
let no one in the country find fsu,t
with any Of US because we have NOT
'cteo win this or that particular
group or faction of legislators,
Senator Lewis, following Senator
Hale. said II wish to conrrat,,I,+.
the junior senator from Maine Nv
Hale for having made a very clear ex.
position ard very just one, az to the
elements that really contributed to ~.
construction Of the revenue bill. and 7
congratulate the Junior senator Young
IN service but experienced in his 1uds-
ment' that he has in a very fair man
ner ana IN a very just and discrtmin-
ate manner set forth before the conn
try the necessities which enforc.d ~.
Passage Of that measure. for which
the Senate. am sure will extend him
its appreciation"
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