The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
COL. ROOSEVELT
WANTS 6 MILLION
MEN IN FRANCE
ALSO WANTS REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS TO AID AND
"REGULATE"

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dore Roosevelt emphasized the ne
cessity of electing a republican con-
gress' in an address here today be-
for the New York state unofficial
republican state convention.
The events of the past year and
half have shown that republican
congress is necessary" the former
president said, ito support the adj
ministration al every point where it
acts vigorously in prosecuting the
war and to supply its deficiencies
in the prosecution of war and in
the carrying out of proper world
policy
This country needs" the colonel
declared, "a congress which will
give the administration this kind OF
vigorous support, and yet will fear
lessly supervise and when necessary
investigate what is being done.
War and Peace.
at is only by such conduct that
we can win the war and secure the
right kind of peace. The need in
congress is for loyal Americans, far
sight, strong -willed, resolute, who
shall represent the people of this
country and who shall stand stead
fastly by nation as whole.
The right kind OF peace, the
peace which America must insist
upon" Col. Roosevelt said, was "a
peace conditioned upon the COM
plete overthrow of Germany and
the removal of all threat of German
world dominion
In fighting against disloyalty in
America, against all foreign racial
solidarity in this country, he de-
clarcd, we must treat agitation for
a premature or inconclusive peace
as treason to the republic
The German spy the allen enemy
here at home" and "the even fouler
and more despicable native Ameri-
can who serves the alien" the colo
mel said should be interned at hard
labor, or, if caught in fragrant of
fensive should be shot.
Wants Bigger Army.
We have played a poor part in
the early stage of the world war"
the colonel continued. "Let us make
the finishing of the war an Amer
ican task. By this time next year
we ought to have overseas an army
as great as the combined armies of
France and England, an army of
hptutaan tl ,,,1l,D, a,,I fa,,,
lion fighting soldiers on the various
lighting fronts and this, considering
requirements and non-combatants,
means at least six million men.
Congress should refuse assent to
the war departments present policy
of procrastination, in deferring the
necessary extension of the age lin
its for the draft and in other ways.
There should be no further delay.
Besides enormously strengthening
our army in France we should by
this time have declared war on Tur-
key and have sent 100000 soldiers
to aid our allies in western Asia.
We have had to use English ships
to ferry our troops across the At
lantic, and We could use Japanese
ships to ferry them across the Pa
cific.
Germany and Her Vassals.
There must be no peace until
Germany is beaten to her knees. To
leave her with a strangle hold on
Russia and through her vassal al
lies, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey,
dominant in central Europe and in
Asia Minor. would mean that she
had won the war and taken a great
stride toward world dominion"
Belgium must be reinstated and
reimbursed, France receive Alsace,
Turkey driven from Europe, Italian
Austria must go to Italy and Ru-
manian Hungary to Rumania, and
Armenia must be free, the Jews CIV
en- PalestS1e and Syrian Christians
be protected, with the Poles and
other Slav races released from the
menace OF the German sword.
"UnleSs we do all this, we shall
have failed in making the liberty OF
well behaved civilized peoples Sc
cure and we shall have shown that
our announcement about making
the world safe for democracy was
an empty boast