America

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 84, 2 November 1918, Page 5

America

THE SENATE ELECTION. New York, October 31. Ex-Presidents Roosevelt and Taft have issued a joint appeal for the election of a Republican majority rn Congress. They would have welcomed the elimination of all politic* by the President, but instead, partisan lines had been most strictly drawn. During the period of the next the war must he fought to unconditional surrender and terms of peace must be settled. Democratic administration must give an account of its stewardship. Changes from Avar conditions to peace must be effected with the least disturbance, and the Republicans were better suited for this task than the Democrats. Peace terms will not be settled by one man only, but by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. 'Americans are fighting against onoman control. Why allow it at homer President Wilson had indicated ids rejidiness to make peace by negotiation, lint he did not demand what Americans wanted, namely, unconditional surrender. The exchange of notes with Germany had caused deep concern lest they should concede to Germany peace around the council table instead of as a sentence from a court. The eleven points were so vague in general that a peace based on them would he no peace at all. The present Democrat majority was subservient in every way to the presidential will. President Wilson did not hesitate publicly to discipline those disagreeing with him. If the new Congress were merely a replica of the old in this respect, it would not be safe to trust such unlimited power in presidential hands.