Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-07-19

orous support, and yet will feariessiy
supervise and when necessary inNes
tigate what is being done.
"Since the war began the Repuc-
licans in Congress have acted IN
spirit Of the largest patriotism, anc
wholly without regard to questions OF
politics. For the Aoministra lioh
meas ures designed for efficiency car
rying on the war they have furnlsheo
a larger percentage OF support imam
have the Democrats; and where the
administration was wrong. the bulk
OF the Republicans ventured 10 WITH
stand II and have stood by the coun-
try. whereas the bulk OF the Demo
Gratis have not done so: atenoush
there have been some conspicuous
and honorable exceptions.
at is only by such conduct that we
/ can win the war and secure lhe fist'
kind of peace. The need In congress
is for loyal Americans, r-sishteo,
strong wiIled, resolute, VINO shaiA
represent the people Of this country
| and who shall stand steadfastiy py
the nation as a whole"
The right kind Of peace, the peace
which America must insist UPON
Col. Roosevelt said, was "a peace
conditioned upon the complete oVers
throw OF Germany and the remoVai
of III threat of German world domln-
ion" In fighting against disioyal'E
in America, against all foreign rac'al
solidarity in this country, e oeclarsu'
1--WE must treat agitation Tor pre-
mature or inconclusive peace as
treason to the Republic The Ger
man SOY, the alien enemy mere al
home". and the even fouler and more
despicable native American VINO
serves the alien" the Colonel sara
should be interned at hard labor, or
= if caught in a fragrant offence, should
be shot.
4 Alluding to "a most gallant Amir
I lean army" across the seas, and te
ship and airplane producuoh' 'he
Colonel said that I'VE owe much OF
this achievement to the work OF the
| Senate Committee on Military Al
fairs. and e owe even more TO the
success of the German drive whlct
began in March.
we have played poor p~rt II
the early stages Of the world war
the Colonel continued. Let US max
M, finishing of tn war an American
task BY this time next year We
ought to have overseas an army "a
great as the combined armies o.
France and England. an army OF be
tween 3 ooo. 900 and 400o,6 600 flghtln=
soldiers on the various fighting 'front.'
and this. considering replacement
and non combatants, means at leas
5000. 900 men.
congress should refuse assent L
the War Departments present poiles
of nrocrastination. in deferring tn
necessary extension of the age limit
for the draft and in other ways
There should be no further deldF
Resides enormously Strengthening
our army in France we shon4d -!
this time have declared war on 1urh
ev and have sent 100000 soldiers U
! aid our Allies in Western ASIA. '"
have had to use English ships U
ferry our troops across the Atlan'i
r and we could use japanese sh}ps U
t ferry them across the Pacihc.
I There must be no peace UNI
t Germany is beaten to her knees. L
I leave her with a strangle- hold OF
: Pussia. and, through her vaSsal Al
: lies. Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey
I dominant in Central Europe an
! Asia Minor. would mean tNat sh
e had won the war and taken a grea
,stride toward world dominion.
Relgium must be reinstated an
reimbursed. France receive Alsacf
Turkey driven from Europe the Noi
Ionel said, Italian Austria must go
q Ita,v and Rumanian- Hungary TO Rt
mania and Armenia must be free, IN
; 1aus given Palestine and the syria
9 christians he protected. with IN
e Poles and other Slav races feiease
: from, the menace Of the Germa
le sword. UNLESS we do all TINS. r
% declared. I'VE shall have failed
ic making the liberty of well-hehaVe
civilized peoples secure ana we slia
1t have shown that our announcemef
e about making the world sane II
democracy was an empty boast.
l. "These are the tasks set us as re
p CARDS winning the war ana ehu'i
p the war, he continued. Ihereioi
Or tho man elected this fall should NJ
so onlv be absolutely loyal but possesse
r Of broad vision, sound common sens
high character and unyielding resi-
Oh Iution; for they must grappie WI
: tremendous international qdestoIi
- A .imid man. half-hearted pacih
- or foolish visionary may do as II
. calculable harm as the demagogue
constituencies political trickste
= And of course no disloyal man ar
n, man of merely luke warm loyai
= should be chosen. no matter what u
ticket on which he runs
e Looking forward to "tne gla1
l. tasks of peace" Colonel Rooseve
n. said there must be universal oblit
a atory military training. "Such tran
IN ing, he declared, would instill in
er our people fcrvent and lnten
d. 1Americanism which would forev
it free us from the menace of Bolshe
he ism and all it's American variet
N from the frank homicidal march
in the /. w. w to the sinister ant
d. Americanism of the Germa nized s.
calistic party"
lei While there will be peculiar me-
We for supervision of big business aft
g. the war, the Colonel said, busine
- me-, should be permitted to co-ope
otto opd combine and business ShOu