Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-14

clear conscisscA which sometimes y
posslhle.
He spoke briefly of his visit to
France In the last days of the war and
eloquentiy described scenes on the
battlefield after the armistice had
been signed.
Had he the choice, he said, ne would
not hang the kaiser. but would COM
pei the former emperor. with the crown
prince, TO go into France, where with
brick and mortar he would be made TO
spend the rest OF his life In aiding In
building up that which had been de-
stroyed as result OF his wicked
schemes and plots.
Have Written Good Peace.
II the delegates OF the allied and as
ISOLATED powers In conference at Paris
had written a peace that Germany
would have accepted, he said, 1t would
have been bad peace, but II Is
good peace, he declared. and Germany
must and shall sign the treaty. And
when the German plenipotentiaries do
attach their names TO the document
the treaty of peace will be observed 10
the letter by Germany for we must
have no more scraps OF paper.
The world looks TO America ~ play
a great part In the arrangement OF
peace terms and in the restoration III
the nations devastated by the war, said
DIR. Soares, because the world believes
America is honest and that this ma
ton has no Interior motive in entering
world politics.
The speaker charged that politicians
and newspapers had been responsive
for the opposition to the league or ma
lions. Which he believed to be the only
guarantee against future warfare
William Howard Taft. he declared, was
about two years ahead OF any one IN
the United States in his advocacy OF
a league of nations.
Have Not Known War.
America, he continued. has not
known war. Had this country suffered,
he added. as France and England have
suffered, every woman present at the
commencement would have been
CARRIED in black; had We sustained cas-
ualties in proportion to those of France
and England every American boy VINO
went into the war, either in army or
navy. would have died in action. In
stead of a gold star on a service rag
here and a gold star on service rag
there all the stars on all the service
flags would have been gold.
The. next war. IL there shall ever be
another war, will be fought In a fash
ion more brutal than has ever been
known in the worlds history. Germa-
ny's use of poison gas, which startled
the world when first introduced, has
paved the way for a descent to the
depths of brutality in the event OF
another great struggle. To combat
German barbarism. he said, this gov
eminent had experimental in the man
;:facturc 81 d mere deadly gas Than
that employed by the Hun. We were
successful. ne added, but the gas pro-
duced destroyed the makers and the
experiments of production were turned
to experiments along the lines of max
ing the gas without killing the makers.
In this success was attained and had
the war continued until this year, he
continued. the German hordes would
have faced an inferno when the Amer
leans loosed the flames which would
have snuffed out the lives of the ad-
versaries by battalions
Trusteeship Of Powers.
The world, said DR.. Soares, is made
up of seven great nations. two, Ger
many and Russia now being in eclipse;
many small nations which are not