The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-02

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 I know some men when they go out of a government seem to think that they ought immediately to take a personal attitude towards those whom they have left, and I have the greatest contempt for a man who has | left the government and then proceeds to try and weaken everything that he has been supporting in the past, and to which he himself has been a con- tributor.
 Critical Times The times are not only serious, but they are critical, and so they are with our enemies. 1 wish sometimes the people would not be always contem- plating our own difficulties, but would try to realize what is the position of our enemies. My firm belief is that the one question now as between our- selves and our enemies is who will hold out longest.
 | Will autocracy in a War Lord and nation disciplined for war show the greater endurance and courage than a league of democracies trained for peace?
 l LuG real Issue lS1 Ctl ct when attacked, successfully defend it. self?
 What the Germans are relying up- on now is not so much the superior ity of their armies in the field as the fact that they control disciplined nation. It will be a fatal day for the liberty and civilization of the world if it is proved that democracy, when on it's trial, is not equal to the occa- sion. We hear a great deal at the present moment of peace. You and are all burning for peace; we never wanted to wage war.
 We all want peace.
 But the difference between us is that we must reflect upon the great difference between a real peace and a patched-up peace. It is very easy to go about on congenial soil, where there is sorrow in the household and suffering and sacrifice of every kind, and declare that we ought to make peace tomorrow. was party to the declaration made by the Prime Minis ter short time ago when he set out in detail our war aims. I am one of those who think that no opportunity should be lost from day to day to take advantage of every prospect that may bring this war to a successful and honorable termination.
 German Peace Terms
 But in the speeches that we have heard from Germany lately-aye, and from Austria, however cloaked may be the Verbiage that was used-J see no approach on the part of our ene- mics to an honorable and lasting peace. Look at what they said about the freedom of the seas! We must give up Alden, give up Gibraltar, give up the Falkland islands, give up Nal ta-as long as our enemies put for ward what, on their basic principles, mean the utter disintegration of the British Empire, so long as that is their dream, I tell them that this country, down to the greatest Paci> fist in it, will have nothing to do with it.
 Our greatest object should be to try and get our people not to be led away by phrases and by words. Peace they all longed for, with it's blessing and it's calm and quiet enjoyment But, lsupposing they made a peace tomor- row, what were they to proceed to do dL d llIne when GeE1nan was DOaSJlnS that her armies were triumphant and that. she had been enabled to carry out a war of conquest? All they could do would be to put their heads togeth- CT as to what, was the best way to prepare for the next war. And that would be at a time when they would require all their energies, all their . abilities, all their capital, all their credit, for a reconstruction of al! tha: had been destroyed through the az gression and ambition of Germany. Until they knew they were to have a lasting peace it was impossible for them to diagnose or lay down plans for the future.
 League of Nations Theory I read this morning a little book translated from the German, and en- titled, Deductions from the World War; and I commended it to the at | tention of every man, especially to tthose who were so taken by phrases ksuch as "A League of Nations-' as fl