Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-23 | Page 12 | Peace Talk is Treachery, Cry of Sutherland

PEACE TALK IS V TREACHERY CRY Of SUTHERLAND Beat Kaiser Jaiser First Statesman Statesman States States- man Says at Banquet of Sons of Revolution Decrying peace talk as treasonable George GcorGe Sutherland former United States s senator from froni Utah brou brought ht 1 it guests at the annual banquet of ot the Utah Society of at the lie Sons of oC the Revolution Revo TICo lution to their thell tc feet t with wild acclaim last night at the Hotel Utah This Is no time for or peace talk tall sal said for ne Mr 1 Sutherland nor peace To talk peace or oren oven even think of oC It Is treason It Is treason to everything C we hold moro more sacred to ourselves ourselves our our- selves It I is treason to the millions of or ortrue true men who have o died on land arid add 5 sea sea l it Is treason treaon to th the millions of oC others hopelessly hopeless maimed who will never have hac the jO Joy of oC life lite again aln It Is treason to tho the suffering souls of oC thousands thousands thou thou- san sands of ot women who have been Unspeakably unspeakably unspeakably un un- wronged It is treason to tho murdered children of ot Europe and our own children 0 o HI lIh Knees No o peace Is sarel safely made except with a kaiser beaten to his knees lenee or orvit with vit German nation redeemed b by a a n. n h people 11 Hum Lii n. n H a i IU Wo We 0 are not fighting the kaiser alone but the whole German people and every German is our en enemy em There Thee I Is no subject of oC Germany here herc or elsewhere else who can bo ho trusted At tho the close doso of It Mr r. r Sutherlands Sutherland's speech the enthusiasm of oC his audience was unleashed and for or several minutes tho air all was surcharged with patriotism and endorsement so potent that it Permeated permeated permeated per per- the hearts of all those present This Is Js the twenty fourth annual banquet of ot the tho society For perhaps tho first time since the Spanish Ameri can war war tho the affair was given gl a military mili mill- tar tary aspect b by the sprinkling of at army uniforms among the guests The affair affair af aC- af- af fair lasted from early earh in the tho evening e until after 11 p. p m. m The banquet hallwas hall hallwas was sas decorated with large American flags and on each table miniature standards of oC the tho allies were placed Chaplain Offers Offer Invocation The Invocation was delivered b by Rev ne' V Edwin Tuttle Lewis United States arm army chaplain It was followed b by the Introduction of oC the toastmaster Justin D. D Call by tho the president George Al Albert Albert Albert Al- Al bert Smith George Emor Emory Fellows professor of oC history and political science at al the University of at Utah spoke on The Sons of oC tho the American Revolution ne Prof Levi Edgar Young spoke e on The Unfinished Unfinished Un Un- finished Task One Ono of at the features of oC the evening was the presentation of ot the ceremonial badge to former President Samuel C C. Park Parl Following Mr Ir Parks Park's response Mr r Sutherland delivered his address Tho The banquet closed with the tho au audience singing America The guests of or honor were Mr Ir and andrs Mrs rs Sutherland Arthur L L. Thomas Mr r and Mrs Heber M. M Wells Mr r. r and Mrs 1 John C. C Cutler Mr tr and Mrs Irs William Spry Gov GO and Mrs Simon Bamberger and Col Alfred Hasbrouck commandant command command- ant at nt Fort Douglas 0