The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-10
ARM|ST|CE WOULD
LOSE WAR--LODGE
Republican Leader in Senate
Wants Germans Punished.
RESTITUTION is DEMANDED
McCumber Also Calls for DemobiIlza-
ton OF the Enemy-Senator Hitch
cock Declares Even Thought
of Suspension Of Hostli-
ties Abhorrent.

Washington, oct. S.-Discussing
Germany's peace offer In the senate,
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee, declared absolutely abhorrent"
even thought of suspension OF hOstil-
tiles now and recommended the addi-
ton 10 the principles previously laid
down by the president az a basis OF
peace one providing that the allies
would deal only with real representa-
tives of the German people.
Senator Lodge, Republican leader,
ranking minority member Of the for
eign relations committee, declared that
an arnistiCe would mean the loss of
the war and all we have fought for"
Germany, be said, now merely pro-
poses u long debate on the basis of
peace. The only future course. he
said, is to secure a complete military
victory over Germany and force her
to sue for peace.
German Decentralization First
Senator McCumber Of North Dakota
introduced a resolution which was re-
ferred to the foreign relations commit
tee, that before the United States
agrees to any Hrmistlce Germany must
disband her army, surrender her navy,
| arms and munitions and agree To pay
for damages to cities and country dew
astated, restore Alsace-Lorraine 10
France, together with the penalty ex-
acted from France In 1870.
Senator PoindeXter said the senate
| foreign relations committee should seek
consultation on any negotiations en-
tered into by the government and that
the country should be warned against
the insidiousness Of published sugges-
tons that an armistice should be
agreed to upon withdrawal Of Ger
many from occupied territory.
MIR. Poindexter declared that, once
source of weakness because of diff
ticulty in securing unified direction of
the war, the association of the allies
now is IL source of strength in possible
difficulty in agreement upon accept
ance of sacrifice" peace.
1T is fortunate" ne said, that the
proposition for a too early peace, al
though concealed with its propositions
of surrender and sacrifice, may be
prevented because OF the inability for
agreement between Great Britain,
France and the United States and
other allies.
Has Faith in Allies Premers.
AN armlstlce would mean the end
forever of any additional military eff
fort. have faith that Clemenceau,
the tiger of France-the greatest man,
in many respects, Of the present time
and the seer Of Wales that great
statesman-premier Of England, will
be alert to protest against any such
unWise step.
Germany would come out victor
just as she went into It. If we accept
ed this offer AlsaCe-LOrraine would
still he in German hands, Poland still
would be ensaved Serbians and Bo-
hemans in Austrian yoke; Russia, al
though evacuated. 1t would leave
Belgium and France unidentified :;
it would leave ConstantinOple, stratog
ically the most important port in the
world In commercial lines with Asia,
still dominated by the unspeukable
Turk, and leave the German and Turk
ish alliance still intact"
Cites Wilson's Fourteen Conditions.
Senator Hitchcock of the foreign re-
lations committee here interrupted
Senator PoindeXter to ask:
rs the senator not emitting very
important condition. That r. that the
nations making the offer are appearing
to accept ii terms laid down by The
president in his address of January =,
and again laid down az modified late
in February and again I'm his New
York speech Do not the II conditions
include restoration and indemniicu-
ton of Belgium and return to France
of Alsace-L Lorraine
did the president say thatY Scnu-
tor Lodge interiected.
81 think that can nj least be infer
red replied Senator Hitchcock.
Senator Poindexter declared that
Senator Hitchcock's statement itself
Indicated "the dangerous and insidious
character Of the support given TO the
evacuation proposition. If IN arms-
tice were granted. he said, Germany's
unconqnered army would withdraw TO
it's own borders, and then Germany
would discuss which propositions Of
the president she would agree to dis
cuss ana also the effect Of the presl-
dents II conditions"
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