New-York tribune., 1918-09-18

WAS ad0ed that an appeal had been
has outraged and to the nations he has
attempted to destroy and cnslave:
We now renounce our hypocrisy;
VIC admit our criminal purpose in in
xugurating this war and our criminal
acts in attempting to ef'ectuate those
purposes. We will restore every foot
of foreign territory occupied by U.S. We
VIII pay the cost of restoring the
cities, villages and farms we have de-
Nastated. We will return to France
Alsace-Lorraine and repay the war in
demnity we eXacted from her in 1870
we will pay for every ship and cargo
sunk by our submarines contrary to the
law OF nations and humanity. We vii!
surrender for trial those who have will
1uliy murdered prisoners and civilians,
and will meet such indemnity charges
IS justice will warrant. We will leave
the question of the return of our col
onies, the right to which we have for
tented by our own acts, 20 the judsmc Mt
I OF the great nations OF the world. gov
crned and influenced by the desire of
he people Of the colonies themselves.
And. finally, we will agree to such
system OF disarmament as will in
sure our future good behavior, and sign
with other nations a solemn compact
'hat VIII assure every nation, great an!
small, its territorial and sovereign
rights"
Touching on the matter Of German
propaganda. Senator Lodge said:
Speaking on August 23. | said that
We must be prepared for German peace
propaganda. 1t was an easy predic-
uon to make and one certain of full
f.lment. | have been watching from
day to day and have noted some of the
movements. For instance, September
8 an article has headlines stating that
MI Iroelstra, a leading Dutch So
clallst never heard of. had come out
with strong argument in favor of
peace undoubtedly as suggested in the
article a German agent, and yet that
is given considerable space.
Then comes Czernin, the former
Prime Minister Of Austria. on Septem
Ter 9, and puts out a statement in
favor of peace
"Then comes Baron Burian. who is
the present Prime Minister of Austria
and he comes OUT with an argument,
and also one from Michael Karolyi,
president of the Hungarian Independ-
ent party. and column and & half
Is given, all leading in the same di.
rcctlOn.
Creei Is Attacked
"Thosc arc only the obvious efforts
! coming from Europe. A few days ago
Senator's must have seen it noted in
the newspapers there appeared large
work called Two Thousand Questions
and Answers About the War 1t had
commendatory introduction from
George Creel. It turned out on cx-
animation that the book was full of
direct German propaganda. Mr.. Creel
retracted his approval and made an
explanation which amounted to saying
that he had not read the book and d d
not know anything about it. l am go
ing to print some extracts from that
book without reading them at this
point, so that Senators may see what
the character Of the book is, and here
is German propaganda Of the worst
kind put into book Of that sort, and
they managed to get an Endorsement
from Mr.. Creel, who is head of our
MAY | ask the Senator if Mr. Creel
has ever yet taken the American peo-
pie into his confidence enough to tell
them who the dsloyal author of this
disloyal work actually is?" Senator
Reed asked.
"He has not, and l do not undertake
to read Mr.. Creels mind. 1t moves in
a mysterious way its wonders to per
FORM" Mr.. Lodge said
Says Crcel Admits 1t
Mr.. Reed-"I want to suggest, il
view of the fact that it is nittec
that it has been called in and sup
Mr.. Lodge-"Mr. Crcel admits it,"
Mr. Rced--"I was curious to know
whether, as he vouchcd for this work
and must know its author, he has not
as yet turned that disloyal author over
to the Department of Justice"
Mr.. Lodge-"Not to my knowledge" j"
Turning to the Austro- Hungarian
peace note, Senator Lodge said:
"Of course the signers OF the note
come from Vienna. but the voice is the
voice of Berlin. Think of that PROPOSE
ton in the face Of the action of the
President-one of the most commend
able and admirable things that have
been done yet in this war-his recog-
milton of the Czecho- Slovaks as a bel
hgerent nation.
"Those people--a .hundred thousand
prlsoners-were allowed by the Boil
sheviki free passage to France with
their arms. Then, of course, the Boil
shevlkl broke their promise and under
took to disarm them. We all know
that wonderful history; there has been
nothing like it in all the past except
the famous march of the 10000 Greeks.
When they attempted to take their
arms from them they proceeded to.
fight; they defeated the people who"
tried to stop their way and they took
town after town. Now they are backed
up by the Allied forces from the United
States. from Japan, from England and
from France. They have brought hab-
liable Siberia, that vast country, very
nearly under their CONTROL a great
feat. If any people ever deserved rec
ognition as belligerehts it is the Cze-
cho- Slovaks.
"But it cannot stop there; it will
not stop there. We must recognize
the ugo-Savs, at the head of whom
stands Serbia, which has suffered more
than any other country in this war
With the sole exception Of Belgium.
We must recognize the Poles, one of
the greatest and most brilliant peo-
pie of history and they alone can make
e great and powerful state in Central
Europe which will forever guard the