Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

can Congress is necessary. the for
mer President said, Ito support the
administration at every point where
1t acts vigorously in prosecuting the
war. and to supply it's deficiencies in
the prosecutor of the war in the
carrying out of a proper world poll
icy"
This country needs" the Colonel
declared, IA Congress which will
give the administration this kind of
vigorous support, and yet will tear
lessly supervise and when necessary
investigate what is being done.
Since the war began the Repub-
licans in Congress have acted as n
spirit of the largest patriotism, and
wholly without regard to questions
OF politics. For the administration
measures designed for efficiently
carrying on the war they have fur
nished larger percentage of sup
port than have the Democrats; and
where the administration was wrong
the bulk of Republicans ventured
10 Withstand it and have stood by
the country. whereas the bulk of the
Democrats have not done so: NJ
though there have been some con-
spicuous and honorable exceptions.
1t is only by such conduct that
we can win the war and secure the
right kind of peace. The need in
congress is for loyal Americans, far
sighted, strong -willed, resolute. who
snail represent the people of this
country, and who stall stand stead
lastly by the nation as a whole"
Defines Right Kind of Peace
The right kind of peace, the peace
which America must insist upon.
Colonel Roosevelt said, was "a peace
conditioned upon the complete
overthrow of Germany and the re-
moval of all threat of German world
dominion.' In fighting against dis
loyalty in America, against all for
elgn racial solidarity in this country
he declared, 1--WE must treat agita-
ton for a premature or inconclusive
peace as treason to the republic."l
The German spy, the "alien enemy
here at home" and the even fouler
and more despicable native Amer
lean who serves the alien" the Colo
mel said, should be interned at hard
labor, or. if caught in a fragrant of
fense. should be shot
Abiding to "a most gallant Amer
lean army" across the seas. and to
ship and airplane production, the
Colonel said that we owe much of
this achievement to the work OF the
Senate committee on military af- /
fairs, and we owe even more to the /
success of the German drive which |
began in March.
I'VE have played a poor part in |
the early stages of the world war"
the Colonel continued. Let us make /
the finishing of the war an American |
task. BY this time next. year we 4
ought to have overseas an army as
great as the combined armies of,
France and England. an army Of
hot n an
fighting soldiers on the various fight
ing fronts and this, considering re- {
and noncombatants, !
means at least 100000 men.
Urges War on Turks
Congress should refuse assent to !
the War Departments present poll |
cy of procrastination, in deferringl
the necessary extension of the age
limits for the draft, and in other
ways. There should be no further
delay. Besides enormously strength,
ening our army in France we should 4
by this sine have declared war on
Turkey and have sent 100,0 900 SOL
diers to aid our Allies in Western
Asia. We have had to use English !
ships to ferry our troops across rhe /
Atlantic and we could use Japanese
ships to ferry them across the Paci- /
tic.
There must be no peace until Ger
many is beaten to her knees. TO /
leave her with a Strangle-hold on
Russia, and through her vassal allies. /
Bulgaria and Turkey, DOM ,
inent in Central Europe and Asia /
Minor, would mean that she had won
the war and taken a great stride
toward world dominion" !
Belgium must be reinstated and .
France receive Alsace, /
Turkey driven from Europe, the
Colonel said, Italian-Austria must go
10 Italy and Rumanian-H Hungary to
Russia, and Armenia must be free,
the Jews given Palestine and the
Syrian christians be protected, with
the Poles and other Slav races re-
leased from the menace of the Ger
man sword Unless we do all this"
he declared, I'VE shall have failed !
in making the liberty of well-behav-
ed civilized people secure. and we /
shall have shown that our announce
ment about making the world safe |
for democracy was an empty boast"
Strong Men Necessary
These are the tasks set us as re-
CARDS winning the war and ending /
the war" he continued. Therefore |
the elected this fall shall not only |
be absolutely loyal but possessed /
of broad vision. sound common 4
sense. high character and unyieldng
resolution; for they must grapple |
with tremendous International ques- /
tions. A timid man, a half-hearted 1
pacihSt or n foolish visionary mayl
do as incllculable harm as the de-
magogue or conscienceless political /
trackster. And of course no disloy- !
al man and woman of merely luke !
warm loyalty should be chosen, no |
matter what the ticket on which he |
runs"
Looking forward to the giant !
task of peace" Colonel Roosevelt |
said there must be universal obliga- |
tory military training. Such train !
ing" he declared. would instill into
our people a fervent and intense
Americanism which would forever
free us from the menace of Bolshe- !
vism and all its American variety, !
from the frank homicidal march of !
the /. w. w. to the sinister anti
of the Germanized CO.
party"
DccrieS Government Ownership
While there will be peculiar need |
for supervision of big business after
the war. the Colonel said, business !
men should be permitted to co-oper- !
ate and combine, and business should
not be penalized merely because of !
its size. Government ownership |
should be avoided wherever possible. |
he declared. The Colonel concluded |
PARKWAY