Evening journal., 1918-12-18
GERMANY I'M STRIPES
BY SENATOR HENRY CABOT LODGE
.From tho ProtectlonIstl

F., Germany for a route from Hamburg tc
the Persian Gulf. Then comes Poland
The New Poland.
The President, In the twelfth OF his
fourteen points, made q most definite
declaration about Poland. 1t must be O
large Poland II must take In all the
Polish pepole In the regions where the
Polish people are predominant IL must
take I'm Austrian Poland, Russian Po-
land and German Poland II must
have, the President says, an access to
the sea- The great river Nlstula Is pop
ulated on both sides by Poles, until
you reach the Baltic, and these you
meet the city OF Danzig, which Is a
German city. and that Is the only piece
OF German territory that ! would pro-
pose TO take. ! would take that city
from Germany and build up a great
Polish State That will be q barrier be-
tween Germany and Russia and will be
a help and protection to Russia.
The Baltic and Schleswig- -Holstein.
Now we come round to the Baltic.
The Baltic must not be a German lake
any more. Along the Baltic lie the
Llthuanians, another fine people, peo-
pie Of pure Aryan stock. and north OF
them are the Let's and the Esthonlans,
and further up the Flnns Those
States, II we can possibly arrange IL,
must be helped 10 establish their inde-
pendence, and in that way you control
the Eastern Baltic Now we come to
one Of Germany's earlier pieces Of rob
berry. Schleswig-HOlstein / do not say
give back Schleswig- -Holstein, but / do
say that we should give back the Dan
ish Schleswlg and with II an interna-
tionalzed Kiel Canal Let that he done
Do those things ! have described and
the world win rest in ease Of German
attack for many a century to come. And
vet. except Danzig. 7 have not proposed
20 take a foot OF German territory
am not Of course. speaking OF the
territories she has stolen; but !. have
left out one very important thing. and
Il does not occur In the fourteen points
Of the President. and that Is reparation.
Marshal Foch, who Is evidently a
man Of excellent memory, has not
wholly forgotten renaratiOn He has
provided in the armistice for the return
TO Belgium Of the money they took
from the BELGIUM banks; also FOR the
gold they stole from Russia and Ru-
mania. But we must go further than
that. We must have reparation. We
must have indemnities. There is some
indemnity coming to us, but nothing
like what Is due to The others. But
there must be Indemnity for the Lusi-
tania and for our ships that have been
torpedoed
But we need not be uneasy about in
demnity tothe United States. We have
got all the German ships and we have
got S70O.0O0.00O worth OF German prop
srty in our keeping at this moment. and
| have an impression that our claims
will all be paid But our sufferings are
trivial compared with those Of Belgium
and France.
10 Neutrals.
Those great wrongs must, so far as
money can do It, be repaid Il will take
/ great deal Of money, and they say
hat Germany Is bankrupt. but ! think
hat is a debt she can pay. She herself
las suggested the method Take some
stationary towns Take, il necessary. |
some cautionary territory. see Marshal !
Foch has taken forty kilometres on the
right bank Of the Rhine, the eastern |
bank, and will hold them until the IN
iemnity is paid. There is indemnity
iue not only to Belgium and -Frsr1Ce-
here is indemnity due to-England, who |
las suffered so enormously in her ship I
ping; IS per cent of it destroyed by /
.orpedoes. There is indemnity due to
'ome OF the neutrals. Are you aware
hat they have destroyed 46 per cent
# Norwegian shipping, paying no atten-
ion whatever to international law?, OF
hat country, a neutral country, small
mt with a splendid people, they -havel