The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-23
PEACE TERMS
OF GERMANY
WILL never
SATISFY U. S.
Lodge Issues Warning Against
Hun Peace Propaganda
No Yielding Until Germany
is Beaten to Her Knees.
DETAILS U. S. DEMANDS
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON Aug. 23-An earn
est warning against 'insidious and
poisonous" German peace propaganda
and a declaration that peace must be
dictated to and not negotiated with
Germany to place her In a position
where she never again can disturb the
worlds peace were made in the senate
today by Senator Lodge Of Massa-
chusetts. ranking Republican of the
/ foreign relations committee.
Peace terms, which must and will
be forced on Germany were specifical-
ly detailed by Senator Lodge. in ad-
dressing the senate in support of the
man power bill to extend the army
draft ages. They included complete
restoration of Belgium, unconditional
return of Alsace Lorraine to France.
and Of Italia irredenta to Italy. safety
for Greece, independence for Serbia
and Roumania and inter-dependent
Poland, independence of the Slav peo-
pie and freedom Of Russia from Ger
man domination including return Of
Russian territory wrested by Germany
in the Brest-Litovsk treaty.
Furthermore Senator Lodge declar-
ed Constantinople must be made
free port and Palestine must never
be restored to Turkish rule.
Only Dictated Peace.
These are the principal conditions.
he said, which will get a victory
worth having. No peace that satisfies
Germany can ever satisfy us 1t can
not be a negotiated peace. 1t must be
a dictated peace and We and our allies
must dictate it."
Germany undoubtedly will attempt
strong peace drive when she feels
victory is slipping from her grasp"
Senator Lodge asserted, in solemnly
giving warning against the last yield
ing until Germany is beaten to her
knees" and such a peace enforced by
dictation that will remove her forever
as possible disturber of the worlds
peace.
"The Germans, repulsed and losing"
said Senator Lodge" will undoubtedly
resort to their other weapon which
they have used more than once dur
ing this war with terrible effect. They
will begin an insidious and poisonous
peace propaganda. With this weapon
they have succeeded In disorganizing
Russia. 1t is the German propaganda
which we shall be obliged to face in
the ensuing months and 1t therefore
seems 10 me OF the creates importance
to know exactly what we mean by
peace. Generalities will not serve
That must be, il is commonly said
we have all said it-a great ard right
eous peace"
What Democracy Means.
But what is just and righteous
peace? We intend to make the world
safe for democracy. But what exactly
do we mean by democracy? II we
mean as we undoubtedly do. a democ-
racy of England, France, Italy and the
United States, we can all understand
1t, but the Bolsheviki masquerade un-
der the name of democracy and the
Bolsheviki by combination of treach-
cry. corruption and ignorance have re-
duced Russia to servitude under Ger
many and have engendered form of
democracy as dangerous to the world
as the government of Hohenzollerns.
Most important of ALL" Senator
Lodge continued, IF we are to make
the world safe In the way we mean II
to be safe the great Slav population
now under the government of Austria.
the Jugo-Slavs and the Czecho- -Sloyaks
who have been used to aid the Ger
mans, whom they loathe, must be es-
tablished as independent states"