Evening journal., 1918-11-01

and nothing should be given TO her that
/ puts her at the council table instead OF
i'm the criminal dock. You cannot have
/ that kind Of treatment Of Germany un-
/ less she surrenders Internationally.
why should she surrender uncondi-
tionallyg We didn't want TO get into
| this war. We were anxious TO keep
out Of it. We didn't know how much
I il involved to the world. Germany
/ forced US, against our will. into the war
/ by the policy she pursued and which was
represented pOintedly In the case OF the
/ Lusitania She took away our. rights
on the sea, murdered two hundred OF
our innocent citizens. and when she
sent the Lusitania down by the use OF
one OF her sea-serpents, she struck a
medal, even before the vessel had been
sunk. 1920 persons We're killed by
Germany in the sinking OF the Lusitania
and Of those hi were American citi-
zens. She struck a medal rejoicing in
that. on the face OF the medal the
/ Lusliania was shown sinking and on
the diverse Of the medal was shown a
ticket Office with a line or persons
standing In front OF Il buying tickets.
/ Within that office stood Death, selling
show that those innocent persons who
took passage on the Lusitania- were
buying tickets Of Death; that those
who bought tickets on this ship that
had been marked for destruction, would
confront death. They struck that
medal off. II you don't believe it, con-
suit your eminent and esteemed fellow
townsman, General T. Coleman dupont
Recently, he handed to me a replica Of
that medal showing those two pictures.
MANY Of US cannot understand this
war. That is because II was based upon
a false and heinOus German philosophy
which Il is dflcult for Americans to
understand and impossible for them to
accept For nifty years those Germans
have had instilled into their minds the
false philosophy that might makes
right, that kultur by force Is a national
virtue and that the highest function OF
the state is to have physical force and
be able to exercise it. Some Of them
associate God with IL. They make use
Of God IN every way possible. Some
times they speak Of God as though they
are not certain who is in the lead, God
or their Emperor. They have gone into
this war with the lust for power, with the
idea that physical power is the all in all
that they have a God-given destiny to
rule the world. They also have reached
the conclusion that there Is no law
national, international or Otherwise
that can stand in The way OF German
success and the eXaltation OF the Ger
man state.
1T is not the German Emperor
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believe these things. The people
have been taught this false and cruel
philosophy from childhood. There
seems to be in them a total absence OF
national and international morality. The
atrocities which they perpetrated in
Belgium, the manner in which they
killed Belgian nOn-combatants, the
heartless manner in which they devas-
tated Northern France, even cutting
down trees with want0n ruthlessness,
although they knew that such action
would do them no good and do the
I French lasting harm, 90 TO show how
+ false and how cruel is this philosophy
which, for half a century, has been in
! dustriOusly instilled into the minds OF
/ the German people. And again, think
Of the 100000 innocent Armenians
whom the Turks destroyed at the in
stance Of the Germans. The atrocities
that they committed everywhere are in
keeping with this philosophy. The
Germans have been Obsessed with the
idea that anything is justiflable which
makes for the success of the German
state. The trouble IS In their heads,
and YOU cannot eliminate It without a
surgical operation. l may add that you
do not need a sharp instrument for that
operation. All you need is club J.
They are getting IL all right, now,
shouted a man in the audience.
Yes. and we mean they shall have
H." Mr.. Taft retOrted laughingly. They
certainly will get 1t II we get
a Republican Congress in there. Now
what is and what has been the peace
pollcv OF this administration? Before
we got into the war the policy OF the
present administration was peace WIN
victory by negotiation and open diplo-
macy. That is what was preached We
were not in the war then and not vitality
concerned in the terms Of that peace
but the idea Of peace by open negotia-
tion and diplomacy persisted and so we
had notes and notes from this admins
tration to the German people, with the
idea that. by beautifully drawn mes
sages. we could separate the German
people from their Emperor. The idea
seemed TO be TO stir the people up to a
revolution. Now that was stated at long
range. Il was stated in the flowing
terms Of a Presidential message. IL was
embodied in fourteen different points.
"What we object TO is not the gem
eral purport OF those fourteen points.
There is, or may be, II you know what
they mean, a very good general basis
for peace in those fourteen points, but
they are absolutely not adaptable TO the
making OF a definite peace that shall
settle. for all time, this war question,
and give assurance that controversy
may not thereafter arise. II l cannot
demonstrate Il / will agree to vote the
Democratic ticket; and l could not
agree to do anything that would try me
more should have TO do 1t.
Analyses the n Points.
"The first OF his points Is as follows
open covenants, openly arrived at, with
no ensuing secret treaties Now, Sena-
tor Borah thought that he understood
what that first point meant. He took 1t
literally and introduced a bill in the
Senate. They got into discussion and
then a letter was received from the
President. saying that Borah had not
understood it: that wasn't what he
meant In other words, it needed ex-
PLANTATION, and / am not sure 1t is quite
clear yet Just what the President did
mean.
"The second OF those fourteen points
demands: Freedom Of the seas in
peace and war. except as closed by in
ternational action for enforcement OF