The evening world., 1918-08-23
PEACE TERMS MUST
Be DICTATED, NOT
NEGOTIATED, LODGE
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victory is slipping from her grasp,
/ Senator Lodge asserted in solemnly
/ giving warning against the least
yielding until Germany is beaten TO
her knees" and such a peace inforced
by dictauon that will remove her
{ forever as a possible disturber Of the
worlds peace.
THE Germans, rcpulsed and los
/ ing" said Senator Lodge, will un-
doubtedly resort TO their other wea-
pom, which they have used more than
once during this war with terrible ef-
fcctfcct. They will begin an in
! sidious an dpoisonous peace propa-
J ganda. With this weapon they have
succeeded in disorganizing Russia. II
Is the German propaganda which we
shall be Obliged to face in the en-
suing months, and II therefore seems
to me of the last importance to know
| exartly what we mean by peace. Cen
cralitics will not serve. II must be,
1t is commonly sabine have all said
it-a Just and righteous peace.
But what is a just and righteous
! peace? We fntcnd to make The
world safe for democracy But what
J exactly do we mean by democracy ?
| IT we mean, as we undoubtedly do.
the democracy OF England France.
Italy and the United States. we can
all understand IL: but the Bolsheyiki
masquerade under the name ON dem
ocracy and the BolshevilU. by a com.
bination Of trcacherS, corruption and
| ignorance have reduced Russia ia
scrvitudc under Germany and bayo
engcn1ecd a form of democracy "A
dangerous to the world as the gov
l,rnmcnt Of Hohonzollerns."
Most important Of ALL" senate,
Lodge continued. ~ We are TO max,
the world safe in the way We mean II
TO be safe, the great SlaV population,
now under the Government OF Austria
tho Jugo- Slavs and Czecho- SO.
vaks, who have been used to aid the
Germans, whom they loathc-must b,
established as Independent states.
The Polish people must have an
Independent Poland. and We mus
have these Independent states created
SO that they will stand across IN,
pathway OF Germany to the east
Nothing Is more vital than this fol
a just. "A righteous and an enduring
peace.
The President. AZ you all renem.
Der, has announced the vast import
ance Of sustaining Russia. II Ger.
many continues to hold a large par
OF Russia. the world for wears {,
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another great war, which will surell
he procipitatcd upon us when Ger
many has developed her Russian pos
sessions to the point Of yielding hc
men, money and supplies"
The results which we must nav'
and which | have ventured to outline
can never be obtained by ncgo'
tated peace. Lord Lansdowne-an,
he is not alonc-appoars to think tina
this war can be ended by peace
formulated by eminent represent
tivos OF the nations in the old way
he does not seem 10 have gone be
yond the methods Of 1915 and tn'
Congress OF Vienna. As this war Il
utterly different from any war tina
the world has ever known. so mus
the pcace which concludes II b'
utterly different from any peac'
which the world has even known
II cannot he n peace or bargain %
give and take and Of arrangements
America Senator Lodge added, al
, l.ready Is turning the scales Of batti'
in a war. without selfish objectlVes'
our sole purpose he concludeu
, lis 10 put Germany finally ana com
plctcly in a position where she car
never again attempt to conquer an'
ruin the world We shall do H. on
we must he above all propositions 70
bargaincd peace-deaf alike TO tn
whimpcr OF the pacifist and to wheed
. ling or truculcnt appeal OF helper
"a I.nrrn, ~. ~