The sun., 1918-08-24
LODGE OUTLINES
G. 0. P. WAR STAND
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not under any pretence be condoned mol
her iniquities rewarded. Let Turke,
and Bulgaria share the fate of theil
master and be so treated that they will
be unable again to trouble the world.
! Palestine must never return e
Turkish rule and the prosecuted Chris
tians of Asia Minor-the Syrians ant
the Armenians-must be made safe"
Must Make Germany Harmless.
Senator Lodge continued:
These are the principal conditions
which alone will give us a victory worth
having. and when we talk about a com
plete peace and a just and righteous
peace let II be known to all the worlt
that rhis is what we mean.
1T Is idle to talk about our ami
hilatins the German people. Nobody. o.
course, has any such idea. 1t could no
be done even II we wished to do 1t. W.
are not engaged in this war to arrang,
a Government for Germany. The Ger
man people must do that themselves, ant
they will get precisely the Government
that they desire and deserve-just a,
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prefer whose purposes and ambition.
and barbarism they share and sustain.
Our part and our business is to put
Germany in a position where she car
do no more harm in the future to the resi-
of the world. Unless we achieve this We
shall have fought in vain. Congress.
and the President had no right to de-
clare war unless they meant to do pre-
cisely this thing"
Senator Lodge characterized his serie,
Of definitions as 1.-THE irreducible mini.
num-"
What is the irreducible minimum
demanded Senator Lodge. I'VE intend
to make the world safe for democracy
But what exactly do we mean by democ-
racy. II We mean, as we undoubtedly
do. the democracy of England. France
Italy and the United States we can all
understand It; but the Bolsheviki mas.
querade under the name of democracy
and the Bolsheviki. by a combination OF
treachery. corruption and ignorance
have reduced Russia to servitude under
Germany and have engendered a form
Of democracy as dangerous to the world
as the Government Of the Hohenzollerns
But, assuming as we do when we say
we must make the world safe for democ.
racy that we mean our own conception
Of democracy. how Is 1t to be made safe
How to Make the World Safe.
That, again. Is a vague term which
must be answered and can oply be an
swered by definition. We are fighting
and our allies are fighting with us fol
security. for independence, for the right
OF nations, great and small. to govern
themselves In their way: for organized
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to govern themselves in independent,
States; for the sanctity and observance
OF treaties; for the general disarmament,
| OF nations.
| broadly speaking. there Is only one
way to obtain this security. this safety
| OF democracy this preservation OF free
dom and civilization. and that Is by re.
! ducing Germany to a condition where
by no possibility can she precpitate an.
other war for universal conquest with
all its attendant horrors upon an unof-
Tending world"
| In contemplation of the necessary final
accounting with the Germans Senator
Lodge further clarified the American war
purposes and answered the persistent
murmurings of the pacfists by saving:
The results which we must have, and
which I have ventured to outline, can
never be obtained by a negotiated peace
| Lord Lansdowne-and he Is not alone
appears to think that this war can be
ended by peace formulated by eminent
representatives of the nations in the old
way. He does not seem to have Rone
beyond the methods OF 1915 and the Con-
gress Of Vienna.
AS this war is utterly different from
any war that the world has ever known.
| SO must the peace which concludes IL be
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the world has ever known. 1t cannot be
| a peace Of bargain, OF give and take and
| of arrangement.
Must BE Dictated Peace.
mo peace that satisfies Germany in
| any degree can ever satisfy us. It can
not be a negotiated peace. II must he
! dictated peace. and we and our allies
| must dictate 1t. The victory bringing
such peace must be won inside, not
| outside the German frontier. 1t must be
won finally and thoroughly in German
| territory. and can be so won nowhere
else,
I'm no other way can we secure the
safety for which we are fighting. In no
other way can we Justify the sacrifices
we are making. To this supreme end
our efforts must be addressed. I do not
uIueIThte tHe ulIIlcultleS. do not I'M
derestimate the obstacles. But the diff
| culties and the obstacles must alike be-
crushed and overridden.
THE United States occupies. fortu
nately, a position in which she will be
able to speak with a commanding voice,
We seek no territory, no material gain
for our own country. We seek only the
safety Of civilization and freedom and
the assurance of our own absolute inde-
pendence and our right to live our own
lives.
"our sole purpose Is to put Germany
finally and completely in a position
where she never again can attempt to
conquer and ruin the world as she has
done in the last four years
This purpose can be accomplished
We shall do 1t. but We must be above all
propositions of a bargained peace, all
suggestions OF negotiations deaf to
every voice which would divert US from
the path deaf alike to the whimper of
the pacifist and to the wheeling or
truculent appeal of the helpers of Ger
many
when Germany is beaten to her knees
and the world Is made safe by the ar
rangements which l have suggested
then we shall have the Just and right
eous peace for which we fight In this
way and in no other shall we obtain II.
We shall obtain II because we are going
to win"