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Show i i President's Curt Reply tcf I: Austria Given Unquali- ; fieri Endorsement. j WISE MOVE MADE f Wilson's Action Will End !; Loose and Feeble Talk. I WASHINGTON. Sept. 17 Unquali- li; fled endorsement of President Wilson's F1 rejection of Austria's proposal for sc- 1 crct and non-binding peace discus- fl sions was given In the senate today by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, ; Republican floor leader and ranking-minority ranking-minority member of the foreign rcla- jUj lions committee. 9 Senatpr Lodge said the president's 9 prompt and curt refusal was right and j ' 1 wise, and that he was sure it would 1 I receive universal approval. '. America's position is becoming so i,S plain, the senator declared, that even 1 the Central powers .soon will begin lo -9 understand it. Germany, having 9 brought unnumbered woes upon an in- 9 '. uocent world and appealed to the lust of conquest, ho concluded "she shall jjhM not now resort to talk and bargain j , for a decision. We mean lo put her in im physical bonds." f He said ho believed the president's II action would put an end to loose and j Jl feeble talk, helpful to Germany, about j J Auslro-Hungarian peace offers jm ','When Prussian militarism is ;H crushed and the Germans throw up i;H their hands." said Senator Lodge, jfl "then the United States and her Al- lM lies will tell them the terms of peace jjH which they arc to accept. In no oth- jta er way can the world be safe against j ,9 German wars of conquesL In no 6th- -.,"M er way can wc justify our entrance J9 into the war and our sacrifice of our ! best and bravest. Until complete vie- I; I tory is reached on German soil, any Bl 1 negotiations or discussion, with our ,, enemies would mean that our causo &l lost, our sacrifices in vain and our : high purposes in vain. Hard Fighting to Come I ! jj "Thero is much hard fighting to be i done, many sacrifices still to be made j;j2 but the light of victory is shining upon J; I our armies and upon those of our Al- jit I lies. j I "Wo shall press on until the only I I end worthy of attainment is fully I ; 1 reaphed. Germany has brought un- IT f numbered woes upon an innocent JL i world. She must be put in a posi- j tion where she cannot strike again. Jj l She has appealed to the lust of con- (HI quest, the dread abilrament of arms. l By that she must abide. She shall not j, If now resort to talk and bargain' for a j . ji decision. J "Wo 'mean to put her in physical j; bonds. We mean to make the world ! ' safe for all free, law-abiding, decent !; people so that they may live their lives ; in peace, unthreatened and unalarmcd. lm For this we fight. We shall not ask jfl more. Wo shall nover accept less." jj 9 Senator Thomas of Colorado, Demo- 9 crnt. followed Senator Lodge with a : 9 brief speech declaring that the presi- dent spoke for tho nation. , |