The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-13
LANSING DEMANDS
"FOOD AND PEACE"
TO STOP ANARCHY
SECRETARY SAYS BOLSHENISM
WILL BLAST GERMANY UN-
LESS SHE GETS SUPPLIES.
NO TIME 70 Be LOST

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\ Matter OF Pity or Sentiment, But One
of Saving the Victory We Have Won
n ON tbe Hotte6eId
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\ Paris Tuesday. March live have
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using al panquei gwen tohlEht oN
. the lnterAllied Press Cab i'm honor OF
the American peace commissioners. Mr.
Lansing was emphatic i'm his statement
that the allies must feed Germany and
give the Germans opportunity to sell
their products in the foreign markets #
the danger Of bolshevism is to be avoid
ed. He painted "a vivid picture Of con.
1itions in the war zone Of France aud
rointed out that it is not through pity
fer Germany, but to the allies own adj
vantage, that the world must see that
anarchy is prevented i'm the former Ger
man empire. Mr.. Lansing said.
"A mighty victory has been won The
imperial armies Of the central powers
have ceased to threaten. They no long
er exist Scattered ana broken. they
have returned to their home whore
hunger and privation await thcm-hm.
ger and privation which are the consc-
quences Of their own blind faith i'm evil
men who led them into th. uurightcous
war
Germany has suffered bitterly, is suf
rering bitterly, and Germany is entitled
to suffer for what she has done She
has paid a fearful penalty for the crime
OF plunging the world into four years
or blood and fire. Today, starvation
and want are the portions Of the Ger
man people. Violence and murder stalk
through the streets of their great cities.
olitica. Institutions, industrial enter.
pi1ises and the very structure Of so
e4ety are lettering IL is the price Of
their own eyildoing the just retribu
ION of their crimes
Not Disposed TO Pity.
a I'VE may be disposed to pity those
1nnocent among the Germans, but our
pity is almost dried mp when we con
slider what France ana other nations
nave had to suffer from the invading
armies of the Teutons. Ten days after
[ landed in France in December
made it my business to visit the battle
fields Of the Marne Aisne and the
Champagne saw the ruins Of Cha
teauThierry and Fsmes. ! saw the
stately and historic cathedral of Rheims.
monument to the ferocity of the Ger.
mans. ! saw the Scared and upturned
fields Of Champagne and deserted places
where once had been thriving. happy
villages; saw hamlets along the Marine
whose crnmbling walls bore witness
TOY the frighuuness Of war No man
could see what ] saw in those days
without bearing a burning Indignation
against those responsible for such ruins
hnd destruction, without am intense
,and undying hatred for them.
My friends France has endured un.
(speakable woes with a fortitudc and
determination which excite the admira.
ition and wonder of the world
z And now that the great conflict is
}ended and the mighty war engine Of
Prussia is crushed, we have new prob
Ilems to solve, new dangers to overcome
Political chaos and outlawry have sup
planted the highly organized govern
ment of imperial Germany over the
ruins Of this once great empire the
flames of terrorism are sweeping west
ward. II is no time to allow sentimen'
of vengeance and hatred to stand IN
the way of checking this contlagration
which Will soon be at the German bor
ders and threatening other lands We
must change the conditions ON which
social unrest feeds, and strive to re-
} sure 'eruI'HE ~ " U"'u'a' 'nouEh III