Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-01

cd so much, and furthermore they were
designed to put the fear Of God into the
hearts of the Central Powers.
Aud in these things-the sending of the
first two million and the raising of the
second two million-the Republican
minority. MIR Taft insisted, had helped,
not obstructcd "And," he added, ''if
YOU make that minority maj ority at
this coming election there will be no such
thing as hindrances but the successes
already achieved will be pushed on to
unconditional surrender.
$50 much for winning the war" said
Mr.. Taft, MS he wound up this phase of
his argument. "Now rs to peace terms.
GERMANY rEIoN IN THE DOCK.
I'VE must" he declared, with the first
touch of vehcmence he had shown during
the course of his speech, 1--WE must have a
peace dictated to Germany in the same
way a court pronounces sentence upon n
criminal. Germany has been committing
the most outrageous international crimes
and no solution of the situation is salts
factory ut tho council table instead OF In
the criminals dock
This sentiment made great hut, Tor
it WAS really neither Republican nor
Democratic nut Just pllin unvarnishcd
American
Then Mir Taft went on TO clucidate
We did not want To get into the war, he
said We were forced INTO II 10y Germany
by reason of her policy of wrnngdolng 10
humanity "S represented 10y the lusltarla
horror She took away cur rights on the
seas She even murdered our cltlzcrs
there And finally to commemorate the
dastar,llv thing She had done, which had
cost over two hundred American lives.
she struck a mcdal on the onVcrsc ot
Win, 4 was n steamship ticket office, with
messengers ,llyiag tickets and an cihgN
nf Death inside thc wicket selling them.
Mr. Taft knew thus because he had seen
i rrnlrq If the medal. he sald. Coleman
du Pnlt having shown It to hm IN New
York oplv q few day EGO.
This lea lir Tat INTO discussion ot
Germany 5 attitude toward the world,
which Lr sad was the result of & taise,
wicked and immoral philosophy Ger
muuv'S doctrine was "kultur by lore"
and tho hishcst function of the state was
,.h,sical force Some Germans associated
cod with II Forward With Gcd pcmg
i fav,ritc Tcuinuic motto. out il was hard
10 tcu uAic'l was the forwardcst, the
l\aIser ~ Gctt
TIJE Gospel OF THE CIUR.
lli~ ratioual mcntai -tatc had reached
thc nlnt where the German NO longer had
:lll ~uc,I thing ;~ LHtjo9al morality and
whcr, u.tMu2 must hc left q other
natipi~ rights or the rights oi humanity
ta ~t:tr.d ii way of German cNaltatIon.
the re~ul. hal been all " pcrc the
tearing uo ii The Bclglau treaty, thc dc
Visitation II Belgium aod Northern
Ir..rCr thc murder of 2000W Ar
aa,.i.lr- :s1d ;he German :trocitics whrr-
avrr Il German soldier pokci Ills hclmctcd
head or tin rus; his booted foot. and finally
thc ul,sr~~Iau 81 the German mind hy the
madness II ioreC
llls sur, Nj trui ic Is one Of the head,
N-r Eatl yaui on utl can only bc cllnn-
n4tri ln surgical operation for winch
>harp II>,r..rteIt Is not needed hat
Is rc,,lea l~ C!a5 Nir Taft did not call
,Iu-t II tht~ juncturc ! voice from the
gallery 1cilcd le~ and they re- getting
ii thus giving NIr TAFT the psychologist
c.l moment 10 :!.id thar II Republican
majority were sent to Washington they
would continue to get il.
This brought Tim ID the matter OF
peace terms He declared that the idea OF
j negotiated peace seemed ~ persist IN
Administration circles and that VIC have
had note ana note, and notes III an
c.tort 20 separate the German
pc0rle from their emperor This idea
ii i rcc,tlattei peace was embodied in the
fourteen points ot Mr. Wilson. I'd winch
MI Taft now began paving dclicatelv
jc,riue and sarcastic attention. lie said
nj onc objected to them much and that
II one knew what hey meant they might
possibly hold thc basis Of peace. but hc
couldn't see ANYTHING in them upon which
to base permanent peace. And,
>4id he. IF | can't prove this, then Il
agree 10 vote the Democratic ticket,
N whercupau he set himself out 10 present
lis version of proof
Going over the various items OF the
fourteen. the speaker contended that they
were vague III piiraseology. susceptible q
more than one interpretation conducive
to argument and not downright and cleal
III their meaning This View was set fortt
with much sarcasm and banter 1t th,
expense of Mr. Wilson.
TAFTIAN INTERPRETATIONS
"Irrodom OF the sea. he said, meant
one thing 10 a German, another To 8
BritOn Il third to an American and JUS
what the interpreting individual or natloI
means il 10 mean The clause on natIona
armanents was also vague and unsatis
factory u Mr.. Taft For one thing hc
thought it meant ecrapping the American
Navv, while as 10 Germany share il
i he SAID that when policeman arrest
a man and takes a revover away from
him he doesn't give up the club tha
brought forth the revolver. The item
on colonial matters. Mr.. Taft thought
titled nothing whatever, and III fact va
as full Of future fighting as d barrel full o
eats
The trouble with the ourtecn points
Air Taft insisted, was tat they did 70
tcl Germany what she was TO do. o. the.
ought. considering hat she is licked bu
+ ash her what She thinks about il invite
Ierto seat at the peace table ard open.
the way 10 endless discussion and ncgo
IiutIDn
81 The specific things in the fourteen
points none WAS up IT, Air TAFT