Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-14
DR.. ALDERMAN AROUSES
BAL T|MORE IN ADDRESS
and Decries Hun Lust for
Blood and Conquest.
SPEECH MEETS WITH CHEERS
He Declares That Peace Based on
Status Before War Is Victory for
Germany, Because Previous Order
Can Never BE Restored.
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BALTIMORE, MD, January l3.-In
point of caunciation of the sterling
principles OF democracy and the do
or-die efforts o: America TO defend
those principles. and for is scattinS
arraisnmcnt OF the German Kaiser and
his cohorts. the address this afternoon,
At the Academy OF Music. by Or. Ed
win =. Alderman, president Of the Uni
ycrsi,y OF Virginia, stands out bold
triotic ut,eranccs set heard in the city.
Tears were mingled with cheers as
the audience which packed the large
thcatcr gave assent 10 his way o.
thinking. and, following his talk. which
lasted for more tnan an hour, DR.. Al.
dcrman was the center OF an informal
reception when men and women grasp
Cd hts hand and expressed their APP
probation OF his remarkable address.
The meeting was held under the aus
picas OF the Maryland League for Ma
tioaal Defense.
DIR. ALDERMAN FLAYS kAIsEJ,
N HIS STIRRING ADDRESS
Or. Alderman was In England when
the war started. and many OF his de-
ductions werc the result Of intimate
contact with conditions not only there
but in France, Belgium and even in
Germany. He 1aycd the Kaiser and
decried the German lust after blood
ana territory. and even dched the en-
tire German nation TO withstand the
mighty wave Of righteous Indignation
which the allies arc preparing 10 send
against it in the near future
The Germans of 1917. like tn. French
or 1883. stand in tho world Spotlight
he declared. for the German individual
exists for the state. and his concept o,
the state, though medieval. is clear
The Germans have a ri:htful conccp-
tion Of communal welfare and OF GOOD
civic housekeeping, but to them dcmoc-
racy is frankly disease and suffrage
menace. Their idea Of national
greatness is government from the ton
based on military organization. Will.
their idea OF national weakness is gov
ernment from the bottom, or popular
Will. or democracy. if you please. The
terrible moral isolation OF the Prus.
sian state is due. not to envy or malice
but rather TO this sort OF terrible ma
;ional philosophy.
EFFECT OF WAR on DEMOCRACY
IS THE QUESTION. HE ASSERTS
The supreme question. in my mind
Is will war, the hardest OF human
facts. destroy. weaken, modify OF
strengthen essential democracy"
In speaking of peace DR.. Alderman
said:
"A peace based on the status quo ante
rs not peace. but a German victory
because the status quo ante could never
be restored: it is Eone forever and ever
and if it could, it would be A mere
restoration OF the conditions out OF
which hell spranS. and will spring
again. Let such peace come. and Ger
many. with her vassai states, will domi.
nate the Continent of Europe and this
country of ours.
Americans want no vindictive set
t!ement of the war. no denial Of oppor.
tunity to the capable and powerful Ger
manic people, no ruin CT their lands
no hindrancc to their just progress
but this revolution cannot be settled
by promises and compromises.