Show r 1 J h I Closed to Debate HAYING A ING stated our terms of or j to the Teutonic powers and having s 's signified that we have nothing I Ito to compromise with is it not time limo for us to turn a deaf car to German Gelman whimpers for peace We u arc told that t the e terms term of President Wilson in effect demand an unconditional surrender notwithstanding the fact that Germany has interpreted them as a basis of negotiation If our terms are all nIl that is claimed for them Germany nany is deliberately deli evading c the is issue ue or we have deceived her If H we etc have deceived her nothing is to come from postponing postponing- the day of disillusionment Nothing Nothing- is to tobe he be rained gained by permitting Germany to interpret our peace terms in the light of her own reason reasoning in We e know that there is only one ba basis is for peace pence with this outlaw out out- law nation and that is unconditional surrender not as us we understand it but hut as Germany understands it We Y c claim for our tc terms s of peace the thc effect of an unconditional unconditional unconditional surrender If it i s why waste furt further er words and anti time by failing fail ing to reduce the terms to tho the irreducible immediately im im- mediately The terms term U Unconditional surrender are arc pretty well understood throughout hout the thc world Trans 1 Translations Trans I lations of the terms ring true in all languages lan and arc generally understood by y all all peoples No Xo essay diplomatic dip lip or otherwise is needed to promote the understanding understanding understanding under under- standing of the thc phrase France l England land and the United States Stales as well as ns Germany Austria Hungary a and Turkey can arrive alI at al atthe atthe I the same interpretation It means that that the enemy confesses defeat deleat and is prepared for the verdict e of the victor ictor be that verdict just dust ju t or unjust It means that the vanquished trusts his future to the mercy of the tho victorious army These are the words that shut off diplomatic deb debate te and promote t the e effort of the forces in the field and of these th sO at home Shall the allies experience any hesitancy in offering Germany an understandable understandable understandable un un- un- un peace the peace of unconditional surf sur surrender surrender render |