Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-10
BEAT GERMANY FIRST,
 TALK PEACE AFTERWARps ps

Connecticut opposes any peace trea- ty with Germany and her Vassals unless preceded by an unconditional surrender as being against the in terests of America and her allies and against an enduring and a just peace"
 This expression of the fighting spirit of all Connecticut is contained in a resolution passed by the Connec-
 ticut State Council of Defense, tele- Sraphed by the council to the presi- dent Of the United States. and sent to members of the cabinet, the Connec- ticut delegation in congress, and to all other state defense councils The resolution, drawn by Justice George ". Wheeler of Bridgeport. was passed unanimously by the council. Tn pass ing it, members of the council be- lieved that they were expressing the spirit of the entire state of Connec- ticut.
 The peace stand of Connecticut. as interpreted by the councifss resolu- tiOn is:-4
 No consideration of peace until , Germany and her Yassals are thor oughly beaten and her far-reaching
 plan of world dominion destroyed. No peace by negotiation, conciliation 1 or bargaining.
 No peace until Germany is strioped d
 of the territory she has wrested from ] ether nations.
 | No peace treaty that does not re l quire that Germany make reparation l for the damages and losses she has
 caused, and compels her to. give ade- 1 quate assurances for the future. ] No armistice while a soldier of Ger
 many is beyond the German borders,
 TOT while a single submarine is fight 1 iT,or cyt chi nf The complete text of the resolution | follows:
 1 Resolved. That the Connecticut
 Council of Defense heartily reioices in the unparalleled achievements of the | allies. Bulgaria has unconditionaliy surrendered. Turkey is cut off from the Central Powers. The right wing
 of the Austrian army Is fleeing from 1 Serbia. Its left wing is being stead 1 fly pressed out of Albania and Mon
 tenegro. The Italian drive is on the
 way. From the North Sea. south all along the western front the allies are
 steadily driving Germany and her vas sals out of Belgium and France. On September 9th, in resolutions then 1 passed by the council, we said, We
 wait with confidence the day when American troops, under their own | commanders shall execute their or ders and carry on a battle upon tl1eiI
 own sector. They will emulate the
 valor and military skill of our allies
 and We cannot ask for more Three
 days later General Pershing struck al
 the St. Mihiel salient and the Amer.
 ican forces won in an incredibly shor
 time one of the most brilliant victor
 ies of the war. The yalor of oul troops had been demonstrated at Sci
 cheprey and in every conflict in whicI they have been engaged since. Il ''St. Mihiel told the world that tn, , American general could conceive : : plan of battle which is the admiration of military experts, prepare it to it : last detail and carry it out ahead o
 schedule time, successful at ever. point 1 "AlI of this continued, triumphan l progress is due in no small measur to the unity of command under tha master of strategy and self contro Marshal Foch
 f Germany is resisting despersteI | As she is forced back she leaves be
 hind her a waste of desolation an . woes No single thing that their train , | ed and ruthless cruelty could conceiy' of has been omitted. Her crueit
 continues on land and sea. Every in