The Mena weekly star., 1918-09-12
ROOSEVELT GIVES
 VIEWS ON PEACE
Declares the Unspeakable Turk Must Be Driven From Europe-Austria 10 Be Broken Up-American
 Army Will Exceed Others.

New York, Sept. 6.-America's fighting army in France next year must surpass in numbers either the French or British armies there, de- clared Theodore Roosevelt today. He insisted also that the Austrian and Turkish empires must both be broken up, all the subject peoples liberated, and the Turk must be driven from Europe.
 These assertions were made by Colonel Roosevelt in an address he delivered as a part of the exercises held in city hall in celebration of La fayette day, the anniversary of La fayette's birth.
 Referring to Frances services to America in the revolution, Colonel Roosevelt declared that, in the pres ent war France, England, Italy and the other allies had rendered similar services. The Belgians and the Ser bians, he said, had been fighting for America when they fought for them selves.
 3Our army on the other side is now rspaying part of our debt" continued Colonel Rooseevlt, land next year we have Fery reason to hope, and we must insist, that the fighting army in France from the United States shall surpass in numbers the fighting army in France of either France or En- gland. It is time, and it has long been time, for America to bear her full share of the common burden"
 Full reparation for the awful cost of life and treasure which Germany has inflicted on the world must be guaranteed by the peace the allies win, he demanded
 Serbia and Rumania must have re- stored to them what Bulgaria has taken from them" he continued.
 "The Austrian and Turkish em- pires must both be broken up. all the subject people liberated, and the Turk driven from Europe. We do not in tend that German or Magyar should be oppressed by others, but neither do we intend that they shall oppress and domineer others.
 France must receive back Alsace and Lorraine.
 Belgium must be restored and in- demnified.
 Italian Austria must be restored to Ttaly and Rumanian Hungary to Rumania.
 "The heroic Czecho- -Slovaks must be made into an independent com monwealth
 The southern Slavs must be united in great Jugo-Slav commonwealth.
 Poland, as genuinely independ- ent commonwealth, must receive back Austrian and Prussian Poland, as we'll as Russian Poland, and have her coastline on the Baltic.
 "Lithuania, Livonia and Finland must be guaranteed their freedom and no part of the ancient empire of Russia left under the German yoke.
 Northern Schleswig should go back to the Danes.
 Britain and Japan should keep the colonies they have conquered.
 Armenia must be freed, Palestine made Jewish state and the Syrian Christians liberated"
 Insisting that the United States must always be ready to defend them selves, Colonel Roosevelt said:
 "Any League of Nations would have to depend for it's success upon the adhesion of the nine nations which are actually, or potentially, the most powerful military nations; and these nine nations include Germany, Austria, Turkey and Russia. The first three have recently and repeat edly violated, and are now actively and continuously violating, not only every treaty but every rule of civil ized warfar. and of international good faith. During the last year Russia, under the dominion of the Bolshe- vists, has betrayed her allies, has be- come the tool of German autocracy.
 "What earthly use is it to pretend that the safety of the world would be secured by league in which these four nations would be among the nine leading partners? Long years must pass before we can again trust any promises these four nations make. Any treaty of any kind or sort which we make with them will be worthless unless our own prepared strength renders il unsafe to break it"