Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-28

| Europe strengthen Greece and give free
dom and Independence to the Armenians
| and TO the Jewish and Christian popula-
/ tions Of Asia Minor to erect the barrier
states for the Poles. C2echo-Slovaks
and Jugo.Slavs; to take possession of
the kie' Canal; TO establish the Baltic
| states and free them from Russia and
restore Danish Schles0vig to Denmark.
Provision must be made for indem-
mites or reparation. or by whatever
name We choose to call the damage to
be exacted from Germany.
I'VE ought. In my judgment. to re-
| ceive indemnities which would enable
us to provide for the Lusitania claims
and for the destruction OF our ships by
| submarines-to go no further.
But the enormous losses of England
and Italy in shipping should be made
good. either in money or in kind.
| Belgium must be restored and fully
| compensated for her terrible INJURIES
Finally. there Is France, and the in
| IDENTITIES to France ought TO be ample
and complete.
"The machinery taken from her fac
tories should he restored. The cattle
driven from her fields should be brought
back.
THE debt of the free and civilized
word to France is inestimable. our
own debt TO her is very large. France
, has been our outpost and our bulwark
| She has barred her breast TO the storm
! and stood between us and the advancing
{ hordes of Germany in the darkest days.
at was France, aided by the small
but gallant army Of England, which
| checked the onrush of the Germans at
the first battle of the Marne. 1t is her
land which has been desolated and her
villages and cities which have been de-
stroyed
/ "She should have compensation to tho
utmost limit in every way. Eternal JUS
/ tice demands II.
/ But II Is also to our immediate and
selfish interest as a nation that france
should be made as strong as possible
! Alsace and Lorraine she must nave Will
out question and without reduction, ana
other barriers if necessary to make her
ifnpregnable TO German assault; for on
tho strength of France more than any
thing else, because she is the neighbor
of Germany, rests the future peace or
the world
We ought then to make this peace
with Germany and make 1t at once. Much
time has been wasted. The delays nave
bred restlessness and confusion every
where.
Germany Not Yet Licked
The whining after defeat Is. changing
TO threats. She is seeking to annex nine
millions Of Germans In German Austria
She Is reaching out in Russia and reViH-
ing her financial and commercial pehe-
tration everywhere. Her fields nave not
been desoIated nor her factories "e-
stroyed. Germany is again threaiehhg'
and the only source Of great war IL 10
he found for the future, as for the past
In Germany.
"Shc should be chained and fettered
now, and this menace to the worid
peace should he removed at once.
whatever else we fought for' GER
tainIy our first and paramount purpose
IVES to defeat Germany.
"The victory over Germany Is not ye'
complete. Let 1t he made so withou'
delay. ~
THAT which desire above everything
else, that which is nearest to my near
is to bring our soldiers home. The max
ing of a league of nations Will not &c
that. We can only bring our soidiers
home, entirely and completely. wheH the
peace with Germany Is made and pro
claimed. Let that peace be made AM
can assure the world that when the
treaty of peace with Germany comes t'
this chamber there will be no dela!
i'm the Senate of the United States.
, we must bring our men back from
F'rance-the men who fought the war
: the men who made the personal sacrl
, flee. Let us get them back at once
. and TO that end let US have the peac'
, made with Germany made now, and no
| delay II until the complicated question:
. of the league of nations can be settle'
. with the care and consideration whicl
I they demand.
what is It that delays the peace wit
Germany?
, Discussions over the league of ma
! tions; nothing else.
, Let US have peace now, in this yea
/ of grace, 1919. That is the first ste
/ to the future peace of the world. TIL
next step will be to make sure IL W
can, that the world shall have peac
: in the year 1850 or 1000. Let US hav
Y the peace with Germany and bring ou
a boys home.
. This is the immediate thing to d
, toward the establishment of the world
+ peace, but there is an issue involved l
: the league constitution presented to U
v which far overshadows all others. W
/ are asked TO depart now for the frs
p time from the foreign policies of wasl
ington. We are invited to move ava
II from George Washington toward III
II the sinister figure of Trotzky, III
n champion of internationalism.
We have in this country govern
II ment of the people, for the people an
e by the people, the freest and best go'
Il ernment in the world. and We are II
e great rampant today against the anarch
4, and disorder which have taken posse
v sion of Russia and are trying to invaC
every peaceful country in the world.
,e For Lincoln's government of the PEE
n Pile, for the people and by the peop
IS we are asked to substitute in the Unite
l. States on many vital points governmel
.r Of, for and by other people.
Pause and consider we'll before yc
l. take this fateful step,
:, I'VE must see to II that the demo
10 racy OF the United States which HI
,r prospered so nightly in the past. is n
81 drawn by any hasty error or by al
glittering decisions. through specious d
a. vices of supernational governmer
n within the tolls of international socis
80 ism and anarchy.
= IL wish nothing but good 10 all 4
= races OF men. hope and pray tn
peace, unbroken peace, may reil
~ everywhere on earth. But america al
~ ~ the American people are first in n
- heart now and always.
We IT can never assent to any schen
no matter how fair its outward seeI
~ ing. which is not for the welfare al
for the highest and best interest OF +
, ~ own beloved people of whom / am o
'.e the American people-the people
~, the United States"
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