New Britain herald., 1918-12-17

them. The Germans were not very
considerate in their treatment OF the
Araros, an African tribe whom they
killed off to create peace, and, they
did it in truo German fashion. They
made them tho basis Of exploitation.
What are we to do with them? IT
England is given charge of them la
ter on someone will say that she is
using them i'll her own interest Shall
we give them to France or Italy? No,
because the same would result. The
only way in which we can dispose of
them is to have an administration
conducted by an agency appointed by
tho league Of nations. England,
France. Italy, United States and ia
pan are the five great nations and
they should be in the league.
'Consider Russia. Poor Russia!
Her condition is dreadful and could
not possibly be worse. If they are to
have a tyrant at their head it is bet
ter to have one than a mob. They are
In the hands of the Bolsheviki, the
lowest type of men in the world who
are led by wild doctrinaires. They
are angry at society and do not want
any of tho natural thrift and ad-
Vancem ent of natural people, They
mako war against all decencies They
proceeded to select those of the peo-
pie whom they did not want around,
and just shot them down to get rid
Of them. They have murdered more
than ten times the number murdered
in the French revolution.
Tho only cure for them is guns
and bullets enough to get into the
country, and then food and the neces-
sary means Of recovery under some
real leadership. Bolshevism is in
reality pessisimism in the highest de-
gree and we owe it to Russia to send
forces enough in there to stand them
on their feet.
THE nations must maintain a force
Of men to carry out the terms of the
armistice. They expect to establish
the Ukraine as a separate republic
and the same is to be done with Po-
land. Finland will likewise be cared
for. The Baltic provinces must be
made independent. We must not
forget the Czecho-Slavs. They--Bo
hernia, MaLravda, and Slova kia--have
asked for and wish to have their
government recognized. We have
recognized them and now we must
help them to establish a good repub-
lie The boundaries Of the Balkans
Servia, Bulgaria, Rumania, and
Greece-have been changing for rs
years and We must now endeavor to
aid in fixing that boundary. Con-
stantinople must be nternationalized.
How is it to be done? Naturally by
an agency of a league of nations.
Under the fourteen points of the
armistice we have agreed to set up
ten or twelve republics and we must
remain by them. We must maintain
g. restraining hand and steady them
by supervising their power. Force and
control is needed to start them.
"Republics they wish to become.
I favor it strongly. They have not,
however, been trained in the govern
ment which they wish. Self govern
ment like self restraint must be
learned. They must know what lib
erty regulated by law means they
must learn what 1t means when a
man gives up part of his own enjoy
ments that other mon may have what
thew desire. They must learn the
meaning of the rule of the majority.
I'm our own country it is different
We have really inherited the spirit
Of freedom We breath the very
breath of freedom and cannot under
stand the other countries which have
not the same feeling"
Mr. Taft then went on to tell in a
humorous vein the reason he thought
the period between the presidential
convention and two days after the
election was the greatest period of
time in this country. He referred to
the "crabbing' of the political OPP
popents and made mention of the
fact thai their lives were very close
Nv scrutinized.
Mr. Taft then resumed his serious
attitude and said:
UNLESS we stay by our jobs and see
to it that the job is done right the
results will be unfruitful. We must
be ready to spank our new children.
What do we need? The treaty will
be long and complicated, and changes
will come. The human mind cannot
take in all the events supposed to be
covered by this treaty. Think of 1t!
The grea test and best document In
the world is the constitution of the
United States (applause) yet that has
been under construction since the
countrys beginning and there is the
supreme court still sitting to pass
Judgment on the clauses Of it and to
interpret it's meaning. Mustn't we eX-
pect myriads of questions to arise
from the conference? Nations all
have their ambitions and their frail-
ties.