Evening journal., 1918-08-23

Elimination Of Turkish influence fr
such a victory" Lodge said. must
be won inside. not outside. the German
frontier. It must be won finally and
thoroughly in German territory and can
/ be so won nowhere else"
/ The manpower bin IS The means 20
| this end, Lodge said HIS speech was
| received with great attention. not only
| because Of its remarkable outline OF
peace terms. but because Lodge is
slated 90 become Republican leader Of
| the Senate, succeeding the late Senator
| Gallinger What he said today was at
once accepted IN the Senate as reflect
! ing his party's views on peace terms.
thus placing the Republicans on record
as bitter enders"
Lodge warned that because Germany
now sees herself beaten. with the Allies
| firmly in control Of the offensive. and
| American troops pouring in daily. a
| new peace drive may be expected. Be
cause America must face this peace
| drive in the next few months. Lodge
/ declared Of the utmost Importance 10
know the sort Of peace we are lighting
for.
1T must be. 10 is commonly said-we
have all said it-a Just and righteous
peace" said Lodge. But what is a Just
and righteous peace? What are the
conditions that would make It so? What
is the irreducible minimum? We intend
10 make the world safe for democracy.
But what exactly do we mean by de
mocracy? II we mean, az we un-
doubiedly do the democracy OF Eng
land, France, Italy and the United
STATES. we can all understand 70. but
the Bolsheviki masquerade under the
name Of democracy and the Bolsheviki /
by a combination Of treachery, corrup- /
ton and ignorance, have reduced Prus- /
sia 90 seryiture under Germany and /
have engendered a form or democracy /.
as dangerous 10 the world as the gov (
eminent of the Hohenzollern. But as /
suming, as we do, when we say we /
must make the world safe for demus-
racy that we mean our own conception
Of democracy, how 10 is 10 be safer That
again, Is a vague term which must be
answered and con only be answered by /,
definition.
we are lighting and our allies are /
lighting with us for security; for in /
dependence; for the right Of nations /
great and small 70 govern themselves /
in their own way; for organized races
and peoples 10 have the opportunity
10 govern themselves in independent
states: for the sanctity and observance
Of treaties: for the general disarmament
Of nations. How are these things TO
| be secured The details are really far
more important than the general pro-
| positions. in which we all agree. Broad
| ly speaking. there is only one way 20
! obtain this security Of the nations. this
safety Of democracy. this preservation
Of freedom and civilization, and that is
Iby reducing Germany 10 a condition
where by no possibility can she pre-
! cipitate another war for universal con-
quest with all It's attendant horrors,
upon an unoffending world
He then outlined the detailed terms.
and added:
we must not be beguiled into con
cessions 20 Turkey IN the hope OF /
separating her from Germany II would I
be'a miserable outcome TO have Turkey /
retained in Europe. a curse to her sub /
iects and neighbors. plague spot and /
breeder Of wars. Her massacre must I
not under any pretense be condoned I
nor her iniquities rewarded. Let Turkey /
and Bulgaria share the fate Of their
master and be so treated that they will ]
be unable again 20 trouble the world.
These are the principal conditions
which alone will give us a Victory |
worth having. and when we talk about
complete peace and just ana /
righteous peace, let It be known TO an /
the world that this Is what we mean. /
n Is idle TO talk about our an
Initiating the German people. Nobody, /
of course. has any such idea. IL coulo /
not be done even II we wished TO 40
we are not engaged IN this war TO
fry 10 arrange a government Tor Ger
MANY The German people must DO /
,hat for themselves and they will get
nreciselv the government that they de-
sire and deserve-iust as they now
have the government they prefer /
whose purposes and ambitions and bar
harism they share and sustain. Our /
mart and business Is 20 put Germany /
in a position where she can do no more |
harm in the future 10 the rest 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. i
Lodge scored Lord Lansdowne and
those who think with him that it viii /
be possible TO effect a peace by com
promise. They, said Lodge. are still /
living In the age Of the Congress OF
Vienna. mo peace that satisfies Ger
many can satisfy US" he said.
He paid warm tribute 10 the valor Of
the American troops in the Marne and I
Picardy offensives, declaring they have
added TO the American peoples deter
minatlon 10 go through 20 the finish |
with the defeat OF Germany, though |
they realize il viii be a bitter task.
I'VE must not misconceive the char
acter Of the victory" said Lodge, great
as 10 has been and the determination
exhibited by the passage OF this bill
shows we do not misconceive it II
was a victory Of defense. The offens-
i've has apparently passed into our
hands but the victory Of attack although
begun is still TO be won
Lodge criticised Secretary Baker for
preventing Congress passing a man
power bill last June when sentiment
was strong for immediate action. Bakers
reasons for stopping action by Congress
at that time Lodge said, Have never