Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-07
STRIP GERMANY
IN MAKING PEACE,
ROOSEVELT PLAN
Colonel Wouldn't Leave Her
One Colony; Break Up
Austria Also

New York, Sept. I. - America $
fighting army in France next year
must surpass in numbers either the
French or British armies there, de-
clared Theodore Roosevelt yesterday.
He insisted also that the Austrian
and Turkish empires must both be
broken up, ali the subject peoples
liberated and the Turk driven from
Europe.
These assertions were made by
Colonel Roosevelt in an address he
delivered as a part of the exercises
held in city hall in celebration of
Lafayette day, the anniversary of La
fayette's birth.
Referring to Frances services to
America in the revolution, Colonel
Roosevelt declared that in the pres
ent war France, England. Italy and
the other Allies had rendered SINH
lar services. The Belgians and the
Sergians. he said. had been fighting
for America when they fought for
themselves.
"Our Army on the other side is
now repaying part of our debt" con-
tinued Colonel Roosevelt. and next
year we have every reason to hope.
and we must insist. that the fighting
army in France from the United
States shall surpasS in numbers the
fighting army in France of either
France or England. 1t is time, and
it has long been time. for America
to bear her full share of the common
burden"
Full reparation for the awful cost
of life and treasure which Germany
has inflicted on the world must be
guaranteed by the peace the Allies
win. he demanded.
"Servia end Rumania must have
restored to them what Bulgaria has
taken from them" he continued.
The Austrian and Turkish en-
pires must both be broken up, all the
subject peoples liberated and the
Turk driven from France. We do
not intend that German or Magyar
should be oppressed by others, but
neither do we intend that they shall
oppress and domineer others.
France must receive back Alsace
and Lorraine.
Belgium must be restored and in
demnified.
italian Austria must be restored
to Italy, and Rumanian Hungary to
Rumania.
The heroic -Slovaks must
be made into an independent COM
monwealth.
The southern Slavs must he
uHlIeu III IL great JuSO-SldN NOIli-
monwealth.
Poland. as a genuinely indepen-
dent commonwealth. must receive
back Austrian and Prussian Poland,
as we'll as Russian Poland. and have
her coast line on the Baltic.
"Lithuania, Livonia and Finland
must be guaranteed their freedom.
and no part OF the ancient empire
of Russia left, under the German
yoke.
Northern schleswig should so
back to the Danes.
Britain and Japan should keep
the colonies they have conquered.
Armenia must be freed, Pales-
tine made a Jewish state and the Sy
rian Christians liberated"
Insisting that the United States
must always be ready to defend
themselves. Colonel Roosevelt said:
amy league of nations would have
to depend for its success upon the
adhesion of the nine nations which
are actually or potentially the most
powerful military nations: and these
nine nations include Germany, Aus
tria, Turkey and Russia. The first
three have recently and repeatedly
violated and are now actively and
continuously violating not only every
treaty but every rule of civilized
warfare and of international good
faith. During the last year Russia,
under the dominion of the Bolshe-
vik, has betrayed her Allies. has be-
come the tool of the German auto
cracy.
What early use is it to pretend
that the safety of the world would he
occurred by a league in which these
four nations would be among the
nine leading partners? Long years
must pass before we can again trust
any promises these four nations
make. Any treaty of any kind or
sort which we make with them will
be worthless unless our own pre-
pared strength renders it unsafe 20
break it,"