The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
BURTON DEMANDS
TURKEY Be CRUSHED
Tells Marshall, Lodge. of Ma
sons Ottoman Power Must
BE Broken Up.
SHOULD GO WITH KAISER
Pleads for Every Effort Here
to Back the Men Who Are
Fighting Overseas.

Theodore L. Burton, president of the
Merchants National Bank and formerly
Senator from Ohio, told members of
Marshall Lodge at the Masonic Temple
last night that the Turkish Empire must
be completely crushed.
unless they are conquered they will
not submit, despite the fact that they
may be weary OF the Kaiser's DONNA
tlon," said ne 1.-THE Ottoman power
must be, broken UP and the Syrians.
Armenians, Jews and all other people
who have been oppressed by them made
safe.
Twenty years ago in an effort to
make Turkey an ally in German dreams
of an Eastern empire the Kaiser jour-
neyed to Constantinople and shook the
hand Of Sultan when 1t was dripping
with blood. l am utterly unable to
tell which was the more wicked of the
partnership"
The Revolutionary and civil wars were
but skirmishes compared to the present
world struggle. the speaker said. And
the issues at stake now are far more
important than in either OF them.
"A final conflict has come between OPP
posing ideas, one or the other of which
must rule the world. On one side is the
Kaiser and military autocracy; on the
other the will Of free peoples fighting
for democracy. The Huns of old never
would have perpetrated the cruelties
practised by the Germans in this war.
Even the Huns had some respect for
their plighted word. They knew no such
phrase as Scraps OF paper
Must Bring Kaiser to Knees.
at is necessary for the welfare OF the
world that the Kaiser be brought TO his
knees That is what the American peo-
pie are seeking to do and We are going
to do Il. (Cheers). We all have got
TO turn aside from our usual occupa-
tions and from our ambitions until the
war is won. am perhaps too old TO
fight, but l can talk. Our only reproach
Is that we didn't enter the war soon
enough. We endured much before we
entered.
IF there are any men here with large
fortunes 1 ask YOU what they will be
worth IL Germany wins? They would
like TO levy on us for all they have
spent. We would be ground under the
iron heel of prussianism and they would
collect tribute here. Suppose force
should be the most potent factor in the
world. What would then become of pub
aic and individual morality? Think of
the difference between our daily lives
here and the daily lives of our soldiers
in momentary peril from gas and ma
chine guns-over there. Think what a
sacrifice they are making for us and
realize that We must support them to
the limit. Buy Liberty bonds and do
your part in aiding the new loan. When
this war is through we are all going to
be Judged by what We did in 1t. What
sort of an answer can shameless prof
iteers give the returning soldiers when
they ask what was being done here while
they were facing shot and SHELF"
Mr.. Burton referred to the GLORIOUS
victory of the allied arms in the Bal
kans which had. he said, been the breed
ing spot for trouble in Europe for fifty
years.
Foresees Russia Redeemed.
1.-The trouble is that the Balkan coun-
tries are not adjusted in their boundaries
10 racial conditions" said he. The geo.
graphical map is not the same as the
racial and religious map and the various
countries there have constantly been
grabbing for an advantage. We cannot
have an inconclusive or partial peace be-
cause, II the Central Powers control
Turkey and the Balkans. they can build
up machine by which they can DOM
mate Europe do not believe that
Germany can retain control of Russia
with the aid OF putrid eXhalations like
Lenine and Trotzky the German heel
is now on the Russian throat, but II
will not be for long.
Jerusalem, in the hands OF the Cru
saders for a few years 800 years age
and then controlled for centuries bN
the Mohammedans, is now under British
dominion. Now. at last, the tide seem.
turning. but don't think that it /.
through. Let's go on with grim de
termination. Let's be prepared to 90
on II it's three months or three years
or whatever time 1t takes Otherwise
another struggle may later develop II
which thousands OF the flower of oul
country may lose their lives. We will
continue and introduce freedom and
federation into the lands hitherto ruled
by the Turks.
when this war Is over we are COINS
TO have new conceptions and there will
be hope and liberty for all mankind
In the future our country, which Ia,
proved to be the decisive one in thi:
war, must proudly take the lead. One
word leave with you-serve your coun
try and serve the truth in this frightfu
hour"
Mr.. Burton was frequently interrupted
by applause. and rising vote Of thank.
was given him at the close.