The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-18
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS NEEDED.
Says Roosevelt, to Support Administra-
ton in War Efforts.

Saratoga, N u, July lS-Theodore
Roosevelt emphasized the necessity of
electing a Republican Congress" in an
address here to-day before the New
York state unofficial Republican state
convention.
The events Of the past year and half
have shown that a Republican Congress
is necessary, the former president said,
"to support the administration at every
point where it acts vigorously in prose.
cutting the war, and to supply its def
ciencies in the prosecution of the war
and the carrying out Of proper world
policy"
"The country needs" the colonel de-
elared, "a Congress which win give the
administration this kind of vigorous sup.
port, and yet will fearlessly supervise
and when necessary investigate what is
being done.
Since the war began the Republicans
in Congress have acted in spirit Of the
largest patriotism, and wholly without
regard to questions OF politics. For the
administration measures designed for ef
aciently carrying on the war they have
furnished larger percentage of support
than have the Democrats; and where
the administration was wrong, the bulk
of the Republicans ventured to with.
stand it and have stood by the country,
whereas the bulk of the Democrats have
not done so; although there have been
some conspicuous and honorable excep.
tions.
1T is only by such conduct that we
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kind Of peace The need in Congress is
for loyal Americans, far sighted, strong
willed, resolute, who shall represent the
people of this country, and who shall
stand steadfastly by the nation as
whole"
The right kind of peace, the peace
which America must insist upon, Col
Roosevelt said, was "a peace conditioned
upon the complete overthrow of Ger
many and the removal of all threat of
German world dominion In fighting
against disloyalty in America, against
all foreign racial solidarity in this
country, he declared, ''we must treat agi-
tation for a premature or inconclusive
peace as treason to the republic" Ger
man spy, the "alien enemy here at
home" and "the even fouler and more
despicable native American who serves
the alien" the colonel said, should be
interned at hard labor, or, if caught in a
fragrant offense, should be shot
Abiding to "a most gallant American
army" across the seas, and to ship and
airplane production, the colonel said eve
owe much of this achievement to the
work Of the Senate committee on mill
tary affairs, and we owe even more to
the successof the German drive which
began in March.
''We have played poor part in the
early stage of the world war;" the col
onel continued Let us make the fin
ishing of the war an American task. Be
this time next year we ought to have
overseas an army as great as the com.
bned armies of France and England, an
army of between 100000 and 1000
600 fighting soldiers on the various fight
ing fronts, and this, considering replace
ments and non -combatants, means at
least 100000 men.
Congress should refuse assent to the
war departments present policy Of pro.
in deferring the necessary
extension OF the age ilmltS Iof LHe dfatt,
and in other ways. There should be no
further delay Besides enormously
strengthening our army in France we
should by this time have declared war
on Turkey and have sent 100000 sol
diers to aid our allies in western Asia.
We have had to use English ships to
ferry our troops across the Atlantic and
we could use Japanese ships to ferry
them across the Pacific.
"There must be no peace until Ger
many is beaten to her knees. To leave
her with strong. hold on Russia, and
through her vassal allies, Austria, Bull
garia and Turkey, dominant in central
Europe and Asia Minor, would mean
that she had won the war and taken
great stride toward world dominion"
Belgium must be reinstated and reim-
bursed, France receive Alsace, Turkey
driven from Europe, the colonel said,
Italian Austria must go to Italy and
Rumania.H Hungary to Rumania, and Ar
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