Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-28
KILL GERMAN LEADERS
IS EDITORS DEMAND
Make War Lords Individually
Suffer for Plunging World Into
War He Writes Senator.

Atlantic llty, y. j., .Aug 90 ~ '
open letter TO Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Richard II. tdmonds' o' this
city, editor of the Manufacturers Record,
SAYS
MY dear Senator Lodge l believe
Won have done all civilization great
service IN presenting what you regard
as the minimum terms of peace To b"
imposed upon Germany and ITS allies,
and in insisting that peace shall be die
tqtcd after the victorious armies oi AWefi-
ga and our allies have invaded Germany
Certainly it would be disaster to
civilization for all time to come II the.
DeopIe of Germany and Austria should
not. bv the invasion OF our armies ana
an overwhelming defeat OF their mlll-
tarv power. learn something of the agonleS
which France and Belgium and Italy nave
had To endure. But will YOU permit me
to suggest that your peace terms do not
go far enough.
"Aftcr many years ot preparation Ter
many and Austria entered upon tins war
for the express purpose oi cohquGring
and l0otinc the world The pc0pir oi
Germany from the highest to thc lowest
hy the testimony of men like Muchion,
.hySscn and others had no other thought
than that of enormous personal and ma
tional profit and to gam his they we're
willing 10 murder millions oi men. he
peopIc n Germany gloritcd war. They
rlorjfied frChtluncs~ and gave holidays
to celebrate the most da~tardlN crime
which up tn that time had ever been
committed on the high seas the crime OF
tho IuStiania mixed any other war
in human history viewed from the stand
pain1 nf supposed civilization tins was he
most ,ia~tarlk var known N the world
history.
Np-l piNbatIc 81 AYR II HISTORY
FIN. hiehvaNman who carefully plans
to rommit msrdcr q order - roh ms
victims Is uat a~ guilty II thc Whole
German race tor thc mGhwaNman gen
crllN acts without long Years ct pre-
,}a,orrlu.i effort Germanv on the
other haui taught il is schools and ~
IL tamil. Iiic. IT. Well a> IN u military
tr,inine that u4l vas III definite policy
and tha, through Var which meant the
ulr,lrrine r uliIiou> ui soldiers Ger
mann ,ir.}id extend ,tt- power over the
ii rIG IN order tn loot other nations ana
tuuS tu dominate tie whole earth II was
Tie M $ duthalic4L bcIl-derlSce ~chciac
ever lat,nched ri human history Millions
ii men have been murdered tn Germany.
and Ne ~houll ever bear in mind That tins
i definite war oi murder Tens ~ m-
II n~ have lived IL yultcie>~ agony because
ttelr loved ones were larng the horrors
al the hattlvhcd Women have suffered
,hc fearful agonl ot he hrutlSh lust q
German soldiers and the innocent. help
les children have died BY ihc hundreds
4. thousands and even bN millions because
oi Germany crimes
Shall there he no punishment Tor such
criminals
Shall Germany ,inpl, have to re-
tire from Pelgium and France give up
It's stolen treasure oi Al>acc and i"r-
r;4ine. and withdraw from the other con-
ouercd regions, and AUSTRIA SIMPLY have
TO abandon to Itaiy that section which
hy right belongs to ltalv and Turkey
which has been guilty Of numbering m
cold blood a million or moro Armenian
Christians. 20 unpunishcd except for the
loss of COnstanlopics
PUNISHMENT OF CRIMINALS DEMANDED.
Your suggested peace terms DO not
indicate any direct punishment OF the
criminals who have been guilty Of muir
dcring these millions Of soldiers OF our
Allies and who viii before they have
surrendered murder hundreds of thou
sands and perhap, a million or more o.
our soldiers Nor do Your peace terms
suggest any punishment Of the people
OF Germany and Austria and Turkey
and bulgaria who have upheld these
criminals in their effort 70 murder and
loot the world
w ould noi civilization fail 10 IuStitN
itself if il should permit these crimes
Ia 90 unpunished? For your peace terms
involve no punishment oi the death pen
.lix on leading criminals or punish
Iien, bv financial indemnity 20 be pad
the countries guilty of bringing tins
f.: rfuI war upon he world
Shall there be no other punishment
Tor hose criminals OF whom Secretary
Lansing recently ~uid that 10 recount
their crime- would ~lci1cn tlger. than
that they shall merclx nave TO give up
the loot in he shape 81 the countries
ovrrrun which thus far they nave been
able 10 conquer
IT seems to me that even TO accept
such terms from Germany and It's allies
would be for all civilization 70 show q
lack OF moral strength, for his would
Indicate indeed "a premium upon crime
| nles~ Germany and IT. allies are pun
lsned and made for generations 10 come
10 realize that crime Is not profitable.
and that civilization viii not permit the
highwavman TO 20 scot free. provided
he returns he loot Ne shall place preml-
um lpon crime and enda ger the moral
fiber Of all the world for centuries 0 come