Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-09-18
Republican Leader Says That
Germany Must Be Placed in
Physical Bonds to Preserve
Peace of the World,
ALLIES TO DICTATE
TERMS TO GERMANY
German MiIitarism Must Be
Crushed and Germans Throw
UP Their Hands Then Peace
viii Be Possible,

tsY MORNING jouRHht SPECIAL LEASED wIRRi
Washington, Sept IT. Unqualified
| endorsement of President Wilson's re-
lection Of Austrias proposal for secret
| and non-binding peace discussions as
given in the senate today by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, republican
| floor leader and ranking minority
imember of the foreign relations COM
mittee.
Senator Lodge said the presidents
prompt and curt refusal was righ-
| and wise and that he was sure IT
would receive universal approval.
| Americas position is becoming SO
plain, the senator declared, that even
| the central powers soon will begin to
understand it. Germany, having
| brought unnumbered woes upon an
| innocent world and appealed to the
| lust of conquest. he concluded. "she
shall not now resort to talk and bar
gain for a decision. We mean TO put
her in physical bonds"
He said he believed the pre- sldent's
action would put an end to loose ana
feeble talk helpful to Germany about
| IAustro- Hungarian peace offers.
Allies 20 Dictate Terms.
when Prussian militarism Ia
crushed and the Germans throw up
their hands," said Senator BodGe,
then the United States and her allies
will tell them the terms of peace
which they are to accept. In no other
way can the world be made safa
against German wars OF conquest, In
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trance into the war. Until complete
victory is reached on German soil any
discussion with our enemies would
mean that the war was lost. our sac :
rifices in vain and our high purposes
defeated.
1--WE shall press on until the only
| end worthy of attainment is fully
reached. Germany has brought un-
numbered woes upon an innocent
world. She must be put in o position
where she cannot strike again. She
has appealed to lust of conquest, the
| dread arbitrament of arms. By that
| she must abide She shall not now
resort to talk and bargain for a de-
cision.
"We mean to put her in physica!
bonds. We mean to make the world
safe for all free, law-abiding. decent
people, so that they may live their
| lives in peace, unthreatened and un-
ALARMED For this we fight We
shall not ask more. We shall never
accept less"
senator Thomas of Colorado de-
clared that the president spoke for
/ the nation.
Baker Is Praised.
Senator Lodge praised Secretary
Baker for his recent order barring
certain books. because of their pro-
German tendencies, from military
camps. He referred to an anonymous
book which was recently banned from
military camps but which was said 10
have been endorsed by George Creel,
chairman of the committee on pubic
information.
Senator Reed asked if Mr.. Creel had
transmitted the authors name to the
t, t,department of justice for investiga-
| tion The minority leader said he
| had not heard whether 1t had been
done. ~,
Praising President Wilson's Balti-
more speech which called for force
land more force against the enemy.
senator Lodge compared 1t with What
I he termed stuff written by lmnil-
grafton Commissioner Howe when nc
| declared was in fragrant violation 10
the presidents policy. ~.
"What I'm trying to show, MT,
odqe continued with emphasis u
how far this German propaganda eX-
tends. how subtle it is. We ma
even among officers of the govern
ment. we find it in the libraries OF
our soldiers: we find it everywhere
| Kaiser Is Hypocrite.
The senator declared that the ger
man emperor has been the fountaul-
head OF much propaganda. adding;
"Of his unattractive quailtles; NE
religious hypocrisy is the worst. he
said the kaiser had insulted Belgium
with separate peace offer, 49,,
zone of the most creditable tlinss
President Wilson has done during tne
entire war; Mr.. Lodge contlnue1,
swas to recognize the Czecho-SloVaK
nation.
"If any nation ever deserved recog-
nition 1t was the Czecho-Slovaks,' ne
said. 1--WE must go farther ana rec.
ognize the Jugo-Slavs. at the head Oh
which stands Serbia. We must recog-
nize the Poles. They and they alone
can make peaceful state in central
europe that will forever bar Germany
from eastern Europe.
'When the president recognized
the Czecho- Slovaks he set his hand 10
q document that meant dissolution
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