The Columbus journal., 1909-06-23
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lream Of indemnities was gone. It's
for more territory was never
% be realized, and its hope of COM
)eting with other great powers as q
world factor had come to naught.
1t is doubtful II the government
shared in the joy of those who had
given up for dead the ones they loved
and were now enabled to cast ASIDE
scarfs of mourning. The japanese
we're to learn that one successful war
1Oes not constitute q series. and that
all nations were not inefdcient. The
lesson of civilization had been ham,
mered home with sickening emphasis.
Scarcely had peace been concluded
when the administration by a declara-
ton to it's own people cut as with one
blow of a knife a knot which threat
ened financial panic. 1t was prefaced
with a statement that the reason why
no indemnities had been demanded
from Japan was because under altered
conditions following the war 1t would
be imposing a hardship on a nation
already stricken, without the need
therefor. In substance it stated that
inasmuch as there would be no future
and consequently no
taxation for navies or Notifications.
vast reductions would automatically
be made in the expense of operating
the government. It was also an
nounced that as the United States
had been presented with a new form
of Transportation by Its inventor. It
had set aside for him and his heirs
sufficient royalties to render them
financially Independent. and that fur-
thermore In the interest of perpetual
peace the secret of the radtopiane
would be maintained inviolable.
The railways of the country would
be permitted to reorganize and con-
tinue as freight carriers until such
time as their rates were deemed exor-
bitant or their charters expired. the
government abrogating to itself all
passenger trafnc within the connnes
of its own continent. and declaring
itself a competitor for all ocean trans
portation under tariffs to be formu-
lated. It ended by asserting that gov
eminent ownership of aerial transpor-
tation was not adopted at the behest
of any political party. but solely that
the people might derive the beneht
and the nation maintain its fnvulner'
able power. Thus it was that the rail-
WAYS were still permitted to exist and
no hardship worked save in the read
iustments of capitalization. which
losses fell mainly upon those who had
accumulated vast fortunes by the
very imitation which was now pune
tured.
As IL to knit the world together In
international harmony. the culmina-
ton cam + a message addressed to
all nations which was penned by the
hand of the president himself. 1t was
his proposal for the maintenance OF
peace, and read as follows:
THAT war and its barbarisms may
for all time be done away with. the
United States of America subaits
that:
"By the grace of God it has been
placed In possession of such power
that it could not only conquer the
world, but destroy the inhabitants oil
other nations. This has been fully
demonstrated. 1t has no desire to util'
ize its strength unjustly. but purposes
tn exert It for the benefit Of all men
1T considers territorial greed to be
the real impelling motive In nearly
all international wars. Therefore II
requests all nations become signatory
to an agreement in perpetufty that un
der no circumstances shall there be
any invasion of the territory of one
country by another. and that al
boundary lines shall remain as nov
established, except they be changed
nv the mutual and amicable agree
ment of the adjoining powers to which
they belong.
4 Questions involving national dig
nity can be adjusted by better means
than war, as can nearly all Othe
questions which from time to tim'
arise between governments; hence tn
United States urges that full power
of adjudication and arbitration b
vested in a standing commission repre-
senting each nation. which shall .hav'
for its seat Of ONCE some place 'upol
which the greater number may agree
THE United States. having faith II
the Anglo-Saxon race as Representing
one of the most peaceful and conservs
tive, has formed an offensive and dc
: fensive alliance with Great Britain
through the personal efforts Of tn
king and his prime minister. Thes
two governments have no desire {
!. act as peace officers for the worlt
: but pledge themselves to place q
. their power at the command OF tn
: international commission for the 81
: forcement of its findings"
E ITO BE CONTINUED.)
1 Uncomfortable.
Z II Is stated that the heart of