The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-24
GERMANY MUST

Continued from First Pare)
government on the issue Of smashing
'He enemy
Follows President Closely.
10 genera. the war aims and peace
Terms proposed by senator Lodge to-
sts followed closely the fourteen con-
..r-s .a.d down ny President Wilson
-.s address tn ttc congress on jan
4a- la~t These conditions sttl
Es.& ss the aims Of the administra-
rs" although President Wilson later
e-eaped them and put them forth as
ta@ basic conditions under which a
proposal for discussion lof peace
terms might be entertained
Senator Lodge demanded that Ger
many shall be stripped OF Lorraine be-
cause she should never again have the
opportunity TO threaten the peace OF
the world by misapplication OF the coal
and iron Of that country-that she
/ should he cut OF from her resources
and shoru Of her potential military
strength.
President Wilson said Of Algace
/ Lorraine az the eighth condition laid
down in his speech
/ AN French territory should be freed
and the invaded portions restored and /
! the wrong done to France by Prussia /
/ in 1871 IN the matter OF Alsace Lor-
raine which has unsettled the peace os !
| the world for nearly fifty years. should !
he riEhted. in order that peace may (
once more DO made secure in the inter /
est Of all
This condition was given different
Interpretations in the discussions that
! followed in congress. 1t was suggest
ed that Alsaee and Lorraine might be
made autonomous states or given the
right of self-determination The gem
eral reading Of the Presidents gen sral
condition was that Alsace and Lorraine
should be restored to France Sena-
tor Lodge demanded such restoration
5 as limiting the power for evil OF Ger
man
! The Turkish portion OF the Otto
| man empire" said the president In his
twelfth condition. should be assured
secure sovereignty, but the other
lnationalities which are now under
e Turkish rule should be assured an un-
+ doubted security OF life and an abso-
z lutely unmolested opportunity Of au-
2 tonomous development and the Oar
danelles should be permanently opened
: as free passage to the ships and COM
merce Of all nations under interna-
2 tlonal guarantee"
Senator Lodge would drive Turkey
e out Of Europe and bar Germanys way
= to the east He would also have Tur-
= key and Bulgaria share che sufTerings
:. ~ defeat as the price of their assault
with Germany. on the peace of the
world.
President Wilson proposed league
Of nations for the security and peace
tof the world. Senator Lodge proposes
q more drastic course. He said:
- Broadly speaking. there Ia only one
+ way to obtain this security OF the ma
tons. this safety of democracy, this
n preservation of freedom and civiliza-
II tion. and that is by reducing Germany
n to condition where by no possibility
n can she precipltate another war for
a universal conquest. with all Its at
- tendant horrors upon an offending
-, world.
n How ia this To he done? can see
>. only one way in which 1t can be done.
,. and I will enumerate the results. the
a.. hard facts, the essential conditions TO
which we must attain.
italia Irredenta--all those areas
where the Italian race is predominant,
including Trieste--must go back to
Italy
Serbia and Rumania must be estab-
nshed in their independence,
Greece must be made safe.
-- Most important Of all, II we are to
- make the world safe in the way we
mean it 10 be safe, the great Slav pop
ulations now under the government Of
,r Czecho- Sjovaks. who have been used TO
aid the Germans. whom they loathe--
- must be established as independent
- states.
.s The Polish people must have an in
IA dependent Poland.
"a And we must have these indepen-
dent states created so that they will
-. stand across the pathway Of Germany
~ to The east. Nothing is more vital than
- this for a just. righteous. an endur-
= ing peace
The Russian provinces taken from
g. Russia by the villainous peace OF Brest
- Titovsk treaty must he restored The
- president. as you all remember. has
~ announced WITH wisdom and foresight
II this vast importance OF sustaining Rus
! ala II Germany continues to hold a
10 large part Of Russia. the world for
J. years to come win be under the shadow
t. Of another great war which viii surel v
S. be precipitated updn us when Germany
s., has developed her Russian possessions
d to rhe point Of yielding her men, money
IT, and supplies
Pr senator Lodge also named the con e
EDITIONS concerning Alsace and Lorraine
= and turkey. quoted above. and added
1T that Palestine must never he returned
j. 70 Turkish rule. and that the perse-
,r cGted Christians Of Asia Minor, the
az SHrisns and Armenisns, must be made
ri safe
IT The victory bringing such a peace
d must he won inside. not outside, the
A. German frontier" he added 1T must
- be won finally and thoroughly in Ger
-, IMAM territory and can be so won mo-
- where else"
- Cost Of, Frozen Poultry.
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