Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-29
ESTABLISHED 1855
The TERMS OF PEACE
Able Senate Leader Discusses the
Situation
ALLIES MUST DICTATE CONDITIONS

World-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Gives His Views as to What Must
Be Done.
Rowland Thomas in New York World.
The forthcoming Peace Conference
will figure in history as the most mo-
mCntuus COnclavc of the Christian era.
II is called on to deal with issues and
causes of vital signiiicanc" To man
kind. The responsibility of making
over the map OF Europ. is but one OF
it's duties. The great task is 10 make
n peace that will hc permanent and
secure.
As the time approaches for the con-
ference of all nations to gather At Yer
saillcs rhcr" grows an appreciation OF
the magnitude OF the problems that
confront them and an apprehension
OF the many and divers" antaGonisms
that must bc rcConcilcd if tn" settle
mcnt is Ia remove those perennial
clashes OF interest from which wars
arise. No men probably ever faced
"A set of conditions more difficult OF
theoretically perfect solution or bcSct
with more potential chance of we'll
Inrnt error which only the develop
mcntS OF the future can fully reveal.
Though the enemy has laid down
his arms, the air still sccthcs with the
hates cnscndcrcd by the deadly con-
nict. And furthermore. new orders
and new agents are arising demanding
10 hc heard and needed in the settle
mcnt.
When men or nations are highly
rmotiOnalizcd they tend To rally ronnd
phrascs. Certain Of the great points
of the forthcoming debate ar" crystalll-
ziny into CatchwordS. ON all sides one
hears of the freedom OF IN" S"iS' the
doctrine of sclr-detcrmlnation. IN" low
cring of economic barriers. the social
ruuclization of subject people. climina-
lion of armarincntS. the abolition OF
poverty. Il universal ciGht-hour day.
and other admirable and desirable Tor
mulas for the attainment Of universal
amity. comfort and happiness.
These are appealing principles,
They may prove rcgcncrativ" instru-
,ncntalitics and effective stabilizcrs.
However. certain main issues, wholly
untheoretical and practicable. do con-
front the men who are TO gather in
Louis's NIV's old palace. To these
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. whose
position as ranking Republican mem
her of the foreign affairs committee OF
the senate renders his views OF the
highest importance siRgly and directly
addresses himself.
In an interview to the writer last
Friday Senator Lodge set forth the
essential conditions that must h' con-
ccded by Germany and her allies De-
fore the world can settle down again
to the tasks of peace. He said:
Germany has agreed TO an armisticc
which in it's terms is equivalent TO an
unconditional surrender The peace
Is still TO be made. II will be a long
md difficult task. occupying not weeks
hut months, for il must cover many
subjects and settle many dinicu''
noints. II must he a peace oi exact
Justice to ALL including those VINO nave
been wrpngcd. ruined. robbed or muir
dcrcd by the Germans.
The first object of the peace must
ne TO make il impossible for Germany
In the future to break out upon IN"
world with war Of conquest Ike tha'
which has Just closed. The dcstruc-
tion of life and property ana the nor
rors of organized harharism wh'c"
Germany let loose upon unonehdih6
,otions must he made. so far as IL Is
humanity possible to do it beyond rep'-
tition in the future.
..For the great object there must ne
phvsical guarantees. because Germany
ms announced that treaties were
scrnps of PAPER. and We must nave
peacc that is effective whether the sig
natures TO the treaty are valuabie "r
worthless. As security we must hold
indcmritics such as the right hank oi
the Rhinc-as Germany held French
provinces in 1871.
"In the first place we must restore
Rclrhm-not only To redress a great
wrong done to Il brave people with
,,,,orontprd neutrality. hut because, u
Germany held Belgium or had any con-
troll over II whatever it would give her
q Great advantage from military
noipt of view in again attacking ooth
Franco and England
"LuNemburg must lac added 10 BEL
rium thus freed and restored. hccaus'
Imxcmburg must never again become
n German stepping stone.
"Alsace and Lorraine must so nack
IN France without conditions and with
ont deductions. not only because II Is
inst and right to restore TO france
what was taken from her in 1870. hut
bccausc II Is essential TO our own SELL
protection that the iron mines OF Lor-
rainc, which are said 10 contain hre-
,cvcnths OF the German iron. must he
taken from Germany forever. With
ont those mines she would have tound
Il difficult TO prepare for this war Shc
must never have control of them
again.
The Italia lrrcdcnta-a'l those
oreas where Italians prcdominate' IN
Guiding Tricstc-must go TO Italy. be-
cause as measure OF self-detense'
we must make IL more difficult for Aus
tria the German tool to invade Italy ana
In this way we shut Austria out from
the ocean and make the Adriatlc saie
and free.
montenegro. Serbia and Roumania
must all he restored to full power ana
independence: again not only because
Il is lust and right. but because II VIII
keep Germany out OF the Balkans.
The Allies must see to II that Al
bania Is cared for and that Greece Is
made secure.
We must have n free and ndepend-
zo.,~ia1 the Polish