Evening journal., 1918-12-18

III II were TO exact an eye for an eye
and tooth for q tooth. any vengeance
In that way would appall the world
But the people OF the United States, OF
England, Italy. France, Belgium, Serbia
and our other allies have no intention.
and no desire, to desolate the German
towns. Nothing could induce them
any OF our soldiers or the soldiers OF
our allics-to drag women away as
they were dragged from France and
I from Belgium. But we must have the
security that It shall not happen again.
Now, that can be done by taking ply
slcal guarantees. so that II makes no
difference whether the signature TO the
treaty Is valuable or not, or whether
the government that signs II Is perma-
nent or not. We can take such physi
cal guarantees that Germany won't be
able to break out again on the world
In the first place. Belgium must be
restored absolutely. That is done under
the armlstlce. Next, Alsace-L Lorralne
must go back TO France, without de-
bate, without condition, without re-
strlction. Nor Is that only eternal JUS
tice and right sentiment, but II will do
more toward Keeping Germany within
bounds than anything else we can do.
Germany took Lorraine. part OF
Lorraine, she had had-the other part
OF Lorraine, known as French Lorraine
for four years. From German Lor-
raine. the part she took In 1871, she has
taken 2i.000,000 tons OF iron, and from
French Lorraine, 100000 tons OF iron
80 100000 tons In all She got more
from Belgium, and some she got from
Sweden. She produced herself 100000
tons. When France takes back Alsace-
Lorraine, she will be left with her T.
100000 tons. and that will reduce the
output OF Krupp guns.
Restoration TO Italy.
Then there Is the Italia Irredenta.
That includes the territories within the
borders set forth In the armistice with
Austria. They took In the territory
known as the Trentino. along the Car
mic Alps, and from that the territory
curves back. coming down and taking
In Trieste and going down to Fiume,
then passing on along the mountains
near the sea and taking practically the
whole of Dalmata. That restores TO
Italy the unredeemed part Of italian
territory and also gives Italy control Of
the Adriatic and that Adriatic can never
again be used by Germany, through her
yassel state OF Austria, to destroy ship
ping in the Mediterranean.
Montenegro must be restored. Serbia
must be restored, Greece must be made
secure. That brings us to Turkey.
When we went TO war with Austria /
and some others in the Senate felt very
strongly that we ought to declare war
against Bulgaria and Turkey. But IL |
was deemed best not 10 do II. so that /
we approach Turkish and Bulgarian /
question only In the attitude of a friend
and adviser But think our friendly /
advice. II rightly directed, win go q
long way.
An End TO Turkey.
Now, wholly apart from the fact that
Turkey was a useful and serviceable
ally OF Germany-wholly apart from
that-the time has come-it really came
long ago-but the time now Is here
when we should put an end TO Turkey
in Europe II has been plague spot
in Europe for centuries, breeder OF
war. indulging In. unheard-of cruelties,
not for brief time, but for scores OF /
centuries. We should so arrange 1t
that ConstantInople should be an inter I
national city. free port, and the Oar
dannelles made free TO the commerce OF
the world for all time to come.
Czecho -Slovaks and Jug0-Slavs.
Now we come TO the Czecho-Slovaks.
There has been nothing more brilliant
than the fighting Of these people
Their march through Siberia can ma
It's parallel only in Nenophon's re
treat OF the ten thousand" A compare
lively small body of men, they made
their way across Siberia, overcoming
all resistance and breaking up the Boil
shevik government wherever they
passed. They have fought on the
the Western front: they have fought in
italy. France and England reco@ized
The Czecho-Slovaks who occupied Bo-
hemia, Moravia and what is called $40
vakia. a region extending from Moravia
down TO Galicia. They were recog-
nlzed by France and England as a bel
Iieerent nation, and we wisely followed
suit. They have declared their inde-
pendence
Then there are the Jugo-Slavs, whose
stretches from the Black
Sea 10 the AdriatIc They must be
made independent. We are practically
to that. Do you realize that
had 100000 Germans,
100000 Hungarians and 6OOO'OOO
slavs in its empire. and that those
great Slavic populations have been
forced to fight on the side Of Germany
for a cause they hated and under a peo-
Die and government they loathedP
They must be sci free and must help
IN form great barrier 10 the plan OF