Evening star., 1917-11-12

| the industry Of the world. They were not
content with success by superior achieve
| ment: they wanted success by authority.
suppose very few of you have thought
| way
Get Armies to Countries.
THE Berln-to- Bagdad railway was
! constructed in order to run the threat
Of force down the flank Of the indus
trial undertakings of half dozen other
countries, so that when German COM
petition came in it would not be re-
sisted too far-because there was al
ways the possibility of getting German
armies into the heart of that country
| quicker than any other armies could
| be got there. Look at the map of Eu-
rope now. Germany, in thrusting upon
us again and again the discussion OF
peace, talks about what? Talks about
Belgium. talks about northern France
| talks about Alsace-Lorratne. Well
those are deeply Interesting subjects to
US and to them. but they are not talk
| ing about the heart Of the matter
Take the map and look at It. Ger
| many has absolute control Of Austro-
Hungary. practical control of the
Balkan states. control Of Turkey. con-
troll of Asia Minor. / saw a map in
which the whole thing was printed in
appropriate black the other day. and
/ the black stretches all the way from
Hamburg to Bagdad-the bulk Of Ger
| man power inserted into the heart of
! the world. II she can keep that. she has
kept all that her dreams contemplated
when the war began. If she can keep
| that. her power can disturb the world
as long as she keeps -it-always pro-
! vided. for feel bound to put this pro-
! vfso in-always provided the present
! influences that control the German gov
ernment continue to control 1t.
| Would Welcome Freedom.
| Il believe that the spirit of freedom
can get into the hearts of Germans and
| find as fine a welcome there as it can
+; find in any other hearts. But the spirit
| of freedom does not suit the plans of
the pan-Germans. Power cannot be
used with concentrated force against
| free peoples If it is used by free people,
You know how many intimations
come to US from one of the central pow
ers that 1t is more anxious for peace
| than the chief central power. and you
know that it means that the people in
that central power know that II the
war ends as 1t stands they will in effect
themselves be vassals Of Germany, not
iwithstanding that their populations are
compounded with all the people Of that
| part of the world. and notwithstanding
| the fact that they do not wish in their
pride and proper spirit of nationality to
| be so absorbed and dominated.
Germany is determined that the po-
litical power of the. world shall belong
| to her. There have been such ambi-
| tions before. They have been In part
| realized. But never before have those
! ambitions been based upon so exact
! domination.
Amazed by Thought.
| May / not say that 1t is amazing to
so Ill informed as to suppose. as some
/; groups in Russia apparently suppose,
| that any reforms planned in the inter-
! est of the people can live In the pres
undermine or overthrow them by in
! trigue or force.
! Amy body of free men that COM
| pounds with the present German gov
ernment is compounding for Its own de-
! struction. But that Is not the whole of
ANY man in America, or anywhere
| else, who supposes that the free in
dustry and enterprise of the world can
| continue If the pan-German plan is
! achieved and German power fasten-
| ed upon the world is as fatuous as
the dreamers of Russia.
What I am opposed to is not the
feeling of the pacifsts. but their
stupidity. My heart is with them. but
my mind has a contempt for them.
want peace. but l know how to get 1t.
and they do not.
You will notice that I sent a friend
| of mine. Col House. to Europe. who is
as great a lover of peace as any man
! in the world. but 1 did not send him
on a peace mission: / sent him to take
| part In a conference as to how the war
| is to be won. and he knows, as know,
that that Is the way to get peace, IL
you want 1t for more than a few min
utes.
Preface to Conference.
"All Of this is a preface to the con-
ference that referred. to with regard
to what we are going to do. II we
are true friends of freedom-our own
or anybody else's-we will see that tho
power of this country and the produc-
ttvity of this country is raised to it's
/ absolute maximum. and that absolutely
!, nobody is allowed to stand in the way
"When I say that nobody is allowed
| to stand in the way. l don't mean that
/; they shall be prevented by the power
| of the government. but by the power
of the American spirit. Our duty. II
we are to do this great thing and show
America to be what we believe her to
be, the greatest hope and energy Of the
world, then must be to stand together
night and day until the job IL finished.
"While we are lighting for freedom
we must see. among other things. that
labor is free, and that means . number
| Of interesting things. It means not only
| that We must do what We have declared
| our purpose to do. see that the condt.
| tions Of labor are not rsndared more
(Continued on Second Pa4e.)