The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-07-05
THE ONLY PEACE TERMS
WE SHOULD CONSIDER.

should be no consideration even OF un-
conditional surrender until Germany's
armies have by the power OF might
been driven from every country whicn
they have overrun and until millions OF
soldiers OF the Allies-whicn means
our soldiers and the soldiers OF the
European Allies-have marched thru
Germany and Austria and Turkey and
taken possession OF Berlin, Vienna ana
Constantinople. Not until this has
been done will the people of these
countries fully comprehend that all
their boosted power is gone and that
they have been overwhelmingly de-
feated.
Then when the rulers OF the military
leaders jointly responsible for the 10 81
four years have been hanged or shot
land not until then-shouli there be
any gathering around a peace table.
Until our armies are in the capitals
i of the countries OF unspeakable crimes
and have made their rulers pay the
| last penalty in their own death. should
we for ore moment consider meeting
| the representatives Of these countries
| for peace Unconditional surrender,
not with the thought that this may
carry and sentimental effort OF sentI-
| mentalists or neurotics to save these
criminals from the just penalty OF
| their crimes, should be the deterimna-
ton OF the Allies.
We are not fighting in any war such
as the world has ever known. We are
not fighting human beings such as ciy-
ilization has known. We are fighting
| fiends, super fiends, who have brought
upon the world such suffering, such
an outpouring of blood. as has not
been known through all the history OF
mankind. These criminals, these
murderers, these rapists, these hooters,
these managers of women and children.
these fiends of hell itself, who put to
shame all that hell had ever known.
must be treated as we would treat the
blacklist criminal who ever d.sgraced
humanity To think of treating these
criminals in any other way would in
dictate that we are without moral
backbone, without any moral stand
ard, and ready to sacrifice honor and
the civilization OF the future. The men
who have died on the battlefields OF
France and Belgium and Italy and
Russia and Serbia in defense OF civil
ization will have died in vain II those
who have caused their deaths do not
themselves have to pay the death PEN
atty.
Let this thought be driven home,
deep down into the soul OF every AM
erican man and woman, as well as of
all In the countries who for nearly
four years have stood between civili-
zaion and hell itself. Let there be- an
ever growing determination tc punish
these numbering nations to the last ex-
tremity in the death of the criminal
leaders and in pecuniary punishment
which for a century to come viii tax
to the utmost power the strength or
Germany, and Austria and Turkey In
order that they may help TO atone for
their unspealable crimes and TO repay
10 England, to France. to Belgium, TO
Italy. and to other Allied countries
as well as to the United States, as far
as money can do, the fearful money
loss by the work of these hooters and
freeboters, these devils incarnate.
We absolutely dissent from the
teachin- that no indemnity from Ger
many and its allies shall be demanded
by the United States. Why should We
give millions Of lives and billions OF
money TO stay the rush OF the muir
derers and looters and not demand re- |
payment of the cost and the return OF
the loot? Idealism that we-are fights |
ing merely on Altruistic principles |
must give way to stern. unflagging. |
never ceasing determination to pun
ish these robber nations and make |
them pay the full penalty Of their |
crimes.
AS well might one think OF counting |
the devil himself as a friend; as wei
might one think of welcoming the |
devil into his home from some false, |
sentimental neurotic idea as to think |
Of ever associating with the men who
have been responsible for this war,
whether they be the leaders or those |
who have joyous1y been led. hoping |
that by looting the world they might |
enrich themselves and Germany and |
Austria and Turkey.
These are the things which we must |
bear in mind when the time comes, as
IL surely will come, when Germany will
plead for peace on Germany's terms
and will work every pro-German In
f1uence in the world to create synpa-
thy for the cringing towards, as in |
that day we shall find them to be.
Throughout this land there should be
created a determined sentiment, re-
gardless of what any man or set OF
men may say, regardless. of any sug-
gestion that we might love our enemies
though God never told US to love Sa-
tan or the Devil, or to love evil, that
Germany and its allies shall be so
COMPLETELY crushed that never again |
shall civilization have to pay the pen
atty which It would justly have to pay
IL il dealt with Germany or Austria