The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-14
STOP NEGOTIATIONS.
URGES ROOSEVELT
Wants Wilson to Shut or
Farley and Ask for Uncon-
ditiOnal Surrender.

Col. Roosevelt dictated the following
statement last night at his homo In
Oyster Bay:
II regret greatly that Presden, VII.
son has entered into these negotiation,
and trust that they will he STONED
| We have announced that We will not
| submit to negotiated peace. and under
| such conditions. to begin negotiations Il
! bad faith with ourselves and our Allies.
Then, Il negotiations are repudiatcd We
will give our enemies In their turn a
chance TO impugn our good faith
"In short, I regret the Presidents nc
ton, because OF It's effect upon our allies
| and our enemies. no less than upon our
own people. for II can't help awaking an
uneasy suspicion that we are an untrust-
worthy friend and an irresolute Zoe.
, IT earnestly hope that the President
will instantly send back word that We
demand an unconditional surrender and
that we refuse to compound felony by
discussing terms with the felons.
| at Is deeply discreditable TO us THAT
| Bulgaria should have been forced TO sur
render TO our allies. while we remained
| neutral. and II IL even more discred'tahle
to US that we did not long ago declare
war on Turkey.
81 wish Congress would pass n reSolu-
ton of war against Turkey tomorrow
"In any future negotiations by the
President trust he will remember that
good faith demands that we act only
| In concert with our allies, and tina, this
war should be finished by the fighting
Of fighting men.
at also demands that there should
be no confusion OF the issues by even
n partial return to the bad old days
we're considered adequate action after
the sinking OF the Lusitania and kindred
atrocities.
"Moreover. most earnestly hope that
the Senate Of the United states and all
other persons competent TO speak for thu
American people will emphatical'y re-
pudiate the so-called fourteen points ana
the various similar utterances OF the
President.
These fourteen points are accouched
IN such vague language that manv OF
them may mean anything or nothing and
have a merely rhetorical value, while
others are absolutely mischievous.
1.-THE so-called freedom OF the seas
for instance, would. II accepted In 'hs
German sense, mean n surrender 20 ths
German plan OF murder the proposed
disarmament plan, IL honestly put into
effect by vs.. would leave us at thu
mercy OF any foreign power that chose
| to regard the plan as scrap OF paper
and the proposal merely to give au-
tonomy instead OF independence to the
oppressed subject races Of Austria and
Turkey Is a base betrayal OF the Czecho-
Sloyaks, the Armenians. and our other
smaller allies, and the cynical repudia-
ton OF the idea that we meant what We
said when we spoke Of making the world
safe for democracy.
ITO sum up. let us remember hers
after that we and our allies should all
act IN concert and with the fullest
knowledge in advance Of any important
step by any OF US (for to do as tho
President has done in this case Is much
worse than any Of the things Of secret
diplomacy because II becomes danger
ously near to being treacherous diplo-
Macy.
Let US also avoid confusing our own
people by negotiations or pseudo me-
gotiatlons and adopt as our motto IN.
conditional surrender