Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-14
UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER, IS CRY
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of war, have been Systematically
murdered, and civil populations in
discriminatory massacred, solely to
spread terror. \ regular system OF
ingenious terrorism has been direct
| ed against civilians, as horrible as
anything in the history of civil or
| religious wars. Large and populous
cities have been, not once, put
| twenty, thirty, forty times. bonn
| barded and burned, and the women
and children in them wantonly
slaughtered. with the sole object or
inflicting suffering. All this has
! been done, not in license or passion,
| but by the calculating ferocity OF
! scientific soldiers. And lastly, when
the last chance of saving Paris was
gone, and it became a matter or a
| few weeks of famine, they must
needs fire and shatter a city OF TWO
million souls.
/ Let us remember that all this
was done and carried on for five
months after France had sued for
peace in the dust. and had offered
what was practically everything eN-
cept her national independence and
the honor and self-respcCt of every
Frenchman.'
Lest We Forget
"Yes. let us remember il all, and
particularly the last sentence. 1t is
instructive at this time.
There were those at that time
who clearly defined the future ana
warned other countries what might
be expected if this dynasty were per-
mitted to trample upon France ana
Z n n +
fairs"
Let us understand that the thing
with which we have to deal is liv-
ing. scheming, powerful human
agency arbitrary. military, fanati-
CAL" bent upon the destruction of
free government. an armed sys-
tenn" sustained. by a SOCIAL and mill
tary hierarchy not to be bound by
any treaty and respecting no right,
human or divine.
I'VE do not think the same
thoughts or speak the same Ian
suage of agreement and we can
not negotiate or come to terms with
such a power. neither can we nave
any companionship with II. st.
Helena still holds her solitary place
in the midst of the sea. safe asylum
for all those mad with the delusion
of world dominion. This is not ven-
geance. il is not hate. it is not even
impartial retribution-it is simply
the first step for permanent peace.
il is simple justice for the millions
of men and women who have sacrl-
feed and suffered in the cause of
freedom and for the millions who
are vet to guard and preserve it.
President Taft's Views
EX-President Taft says to-day: "All
the plans which our people have
been formulating in their minds for
the settlement of this war need for
their fulflllment an unconditional
surrender. They are calling Ger
many to the bar of world justice.
Were the present proposal accepted
the criminal convict would be inVit-
ed not 10 the dock, but to the coun-
Gil table.
THE President is under no obli-
cation to yield to the proposal be-
cause of his message of January
or because of his last note. The mes
sage of January was written TO
state general objects, and not to de-
fine stipulations to accomplish these
objects. 1t was written nine months
ago, and Germany's conduct since
then has placed her outside the pale
of negotiation"
Senator Lodge speaks
United States Senator Lodge COM
menting on Germany's answer, says:
"Mr. McAdoo and some of the
press speak of the German note. I
authentic. as a complete surrender.
II is nothing of the kind. 1t is just
the reverse. 1t is not surrender
and it is highly conditional. If we
accent that note it means that Ger
many has failed to conquer the world
at this moment and that We have
lost the war.
"Our only assurance for what may
be agreed to after weeks of discus
sion would be the German word and
tbe German signature-both worth
less. The President has said: We
cannot accept the word of those who
forced this war upon u.s. The gov
ernment of Germany has not
changed. The Chancellor mas
changed. Changing the Chancellor
no more changes the German gov
ernment than the President chang
ing his Secretary of State would
change our government. 1t is the
same government with which the
President said. We cannot come to
terms In that statement he was
absolutely right"
Trying to Halt Defeat
The military critic or the New
York Times concluding review OF
the situation, says
Germany, seeing the processes of
destruction at work, begs for time,
her petition coming to us in the ma
ture of a peace proposal. She wants
an armistice. Without going further
into the matter, it may be stated that
two results will doubtless flow from
cessation of lighting: The first is.
that, no matter what may happen,
even should we discover at the last
moment that the German proposal
was but another hoax, another lie.
another example of a plighted faith
broken, once the lighting is stopped
for any appreciable time the war
will be over. 1t is hardly possible to
conceive that. once arms are laid
down, they can be taken, up again.
The heart of the soldier. his morale.
will be gone. There will no longer
be the spirit for fighting of which
victorious armies are made.
The second point is that. If Ger
Isfnany is granted the time she wants
and for which she will do anything.
give anything, say anything, prom
Use aything, she will utilize it in
Withdrawing her arms. her noun
tains of supplies, her artillery. her
shell, and her men, to a much shorter