South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
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BY JOHN HENRY ZUVER,
Editor The News-Times.

hhE htd7uftSr TIC fNpunllcanS are
now. "a peace begins TO dawn.
grooming themselves as obstruc-
tiOnists in the establishments OF
peace.
Their attacks upon I'res't Wilson's
basic peace terms, so prevalent these
days I'm their search for excuses for
wanting a republican congress, has
pittcd them solid against the allied
world, for Americas terms az ex-
pressed by the president, are Eng
lands terms, are Italy's terms, and
the terms OF France.
For a year, beginning on Sec'y
Daniels, the obstructed, harrangIIed.
criticised and maligncd, then taking
up Sec'y Baker. and everybody else
in the presidents official family,
now and then.
They attacked the heads Of the
shipbuilding and the aircraft boards,
the ordnance and quaFtermasters'
departments, the provost marshal
and the medical corps, the food and
fuel administrations, no difference
what their politics, and the most OF
cd them because they were ap-
pOintecs Of Pres't Wilson.
But the work of these secretaries,
and departments, and boards, have
gone on just the same--and Amer
ica's war preparations have become
the marvel of all history.
Sickened by this fact, now as
peace begins 20 dawn, they turn
their attention to the presidential
agreements with our allies, under
which the allied powers have been
working together. and have hoped
to conclude their labOrs.
d REMIER Lloyd George endorsed,
i and no doubt assisted i'm the
formulating OF Pres't Wilson's war
aims. and likewise his terms of
peace. SO did Premier Orlando OF
Italy and CIemcnceau of France.
There are the heads OF the allied
world.
Only Kaiser Wilhelm HOhenzol-
Iern OF Germany, r. Roosevelt of
OYSTER Bay. VIII HAYS OF Sullivan,
and other republicans OF their Prus-
siauesque minds, appear To be
against them.
IL seems TO be case OF Kaiser
wilhelm and tie republican leaders
I'm America against the rest Of the
woFId-the Myself and Gods IL
nnIIy all i'm the same basket
Roosevelt. Hays, etc. however,
had better he careful lest they ne
left alone with God, for the kaiser
IL trying TO find D way out; his feet
arc slipping.
IL may soon be Prussian miiitar-
ism suppIantcd by American repub-
Iicanism as the menace of the
world. should these rabid induIgers
in gan and goOsc-speech get their
way.
II HAT IS exactly what every rc-
i publican move, I'm the language
of the "higher-uDs." amounts To in
these latter days. The attacks i'm
the senate and hOuse-particularl
the senaJe.-by Lodge, SmOOt, Poin-
dexter. PenrOse and from Oyster
Bay, by the big bull mOusc''-yes,
mouse" as made upon Prcs't VIII
sons every correspondence with the
German peace pIeadcrs. are aS much
attacks on the premiers OF our aSsO-
ciated allies as they are upon him.
While these artists at obstruCtion-
ism are talking about lhis war not
being "any one mans war" they
might also well bear I'm mind that
neither Is Il ANY one nations war
England, France, Italy. with the
aid OF Russia and ROumania for a
season. pounded away at it for three
years. and just about held their
own. and we stepped I'm TO help
them because realizing that should
they fail. we would probably be next
and alone.
They are as much our allies as we
arc theirs. and as somebody mp iu
Massachusetts once said-and IL
wasn't Henry Cabot Lodge either
I've better hang together or Wen
hang separately
" OF get the fun weight OF this
/ ObsuuCtlOnist idiOCy when the
tarin into IL. These 2. O. p. leader,
seem 30 everlasting obligated To thC
gods OF privilege" that they would
hinge the peacC Of the world on
their bOgy-or permit il To- hinder its
bcnetiCiarics.
Evidently the only interest these
Infinitely wisCaCrc>' have in this
wnr. il to see to it. that in the con
cIusion the graft OF their cam
Dairn contributors shall be rccOg-
uixed by international treaty. and ~
cntrcnchcd that "a war wOsIld be
necessary To dislodgc H.
We'll. Prcs't Wilson and Premicr'
TIOvd George. Clemcnccau and or
Iando are engineering this war. and
engineering returning peace i'm the
interests nf mankind, with pcrman'
encv in mind. and militari~m elm
tnatcd-and Mr.. Voter Il is up Ca
Won 10 uphold them. If YOU ever
want the war over. and don't care
for another one. perhaps inaugur'
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