Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-06
AMERICA MUST d
HAVE BIGGEST
ALLIED ARMY
So Says Roosevelt in Speak
ing to. Audience at
New York.

New York, Sept. 6.-America's
fighting army in France next year
must surpass in numbers either the
French or British armies there, de-
clared Theodore Roosevelt today. He
insisted also that the Austrian and
Turkish empires must both be broken.
up, all the subject peoples liberated.
and the Turk must be driven. from
Europe.
These assertions were made by Col
onel Roosevelt in an address he de.
livered as a part of the exercises held
in the city hall in celebration Of
Lafayette day, the anniversary OF
kLafayette's birth.
Referring to Frances services to
America in the revolution, Coloutel
Roosevelt declared that, in the present
other Allies had rendered similar
services. The Belgians and the Serbi-
fans, he said, had been fighting for
America when they fought for Them
selves. ~.
our army on the other side is now
repaying part Of our debt" continued
Colonel Roosevelt, land 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. Eng
land. 1t is time, and 1t has long been
time for America to bear her full
share of the common burden.| SO
Full reparation for the awful cogt
Of life and treasure which Germany
has inflicted on the world must be-
guaranteed by the peace the Allies
win, ne demanded.
Serbia and Rumania must have re-
stored to them what Bulgaria has
ifoGovo fro~, fhor,, - ho continued s.-r--
THE Austrian and Turkish empires
must both be broken up, all the sub
ject peoples liberated, and the Turk
driven from Europe. We do not In
tend that German or Magyar should
be oppressed by others, but neither
do we intend that they shall Cypress
and domineer others.
France must receive back Alsace
and Lorraine.
Belgium must be restored and in
IDENTIFIED. #fs'
Italian Austria must be restored to
italy, and Rumanian Hungary to Ru-
mania. ~
The heroic Czecho- slovaks must
be made into an independent COM,
monwealth. -,
The southern Slavs must be united
in a great Jugo-Slav commonwealth.
POLAND, as a genuinely independ-
ent commonwealth, must receive back
Austrian and Prussian Poland, as well
line or the Baltic.
"Lithuania,. Livonia and Finland
must be guaranteed their freedom and
no part of the ancient empire OF Rus
STA left under the German yoke.
Northern schleswig should go back
to the Danes.
Britain and Japan should keep the
colonies they have conquered.
"Armenia must be freed, Palestine
made a Jewish state and the Syrian
Christians liberated"
must always be ready to defend theme
selves. Colonel Roosevelt said: -
Amy league Of nations would have
to depend for. its success upon h adj
hesion of the nine nations which are
actually or potentially the most pow
erful military nations;- and these nine
nations include Germany, Austria,
Turkey and Russia. The first three
have recently and repeatedly violated
and are, now actively and tontinu-
ously violating not only every treaty
but every rule iof civilized warfare
and Of international good faith. Dur
ing the last year Russia under the
dominion Of the Bolshevists, has be-
trayed her allies. has become the tool
OF the German autocracy.
"What earthly use is it to pretend
that the safety pr the world would be
secured by>a league in which these
fourNnations 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 prepared strength
renders 1t unsafe to break IL