The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-02

death. The pathway Of human pro-
gress is lined with the wrecks of en-
pires which, when at the zenith of
their power, thought themselves in
vincible.
what the world needs is not
despot to fix the terms upon which
the rest shall live; its great need is
that these nations shall be brought
together in a spirit Of friendship and
fellowship that they may cooperate
in working out the destiny of Europe.
If this nation has any influence, that
influence must be exerted to bring
the warning nations together and not
to encourage them in the false hope
that a permanent peace can be built
by force or fear.
"All of the rulers of the nations at
war tell US that they did not want
the war and did not cause it, but none
of them tell us how it can be brought
to an end. Have not these neutral
nations, all of whom bear burdens
though they are not to blame, a right
to know what it is that, being done,
peace may be restored? For what
are the nations fighting-not in gen
eral terms but specifically? Is it ter
ritory that they want, then how much
and where is it located? Is it blood
that they demand, then how much
more blood must be shed to avenge
the blood already shed? If they will
not answer the neutral nations, will
they not make answer to their own
people? The day will come when this
accumulated sorrow will overflow
when this pent-up anguish will find a
voice-and then, If not before, the
rulers must answer that stern cues
ton which shakes thrones and FIXES
the farthermost limits of arbitrary
power: why do we die?'
Treaties to Prevent Wars.
1--WE now have thirty treaties with
nations representing three-fourths of
the defects of which I have spoken.
In the first place, instead of dying at
the end of five years they never die
They run on and on until twelve
months after one side or the other
has asked that they be discontinued.
believe that neither side will ever
ask that these treaties be discontin-
ued. have such faith in these trea-
ties that / believe that a thousand
years from now the name of Wood
row Wilson and my name will be
linked together in the capitals of the
world and that these treaties will
preserve the peace of our nation by
furnishing machinery by which peace
can be preserved with honor.
"But what is more important than
length of life, these treaties contain
no exceptions; they cover all disputes
of every kind and character. Each
one of these thirty treaties provides
that every dispute that defies diplo-
matte settlement, if not by some other
treaty submitted for final settlement,
must be submitted to an international
commission for investigation and re-
port. Each one of these thirty treat
les also provides that the period Of
investigation may last a year, and
each one of these treaties further
provides that during the period of in
vestigation neither side shall declare
war or begin hostilities. Here are
three provisions, new to treaty-mak-
ing, which reduce war between US
and the contracting parties to a re-
mote possibility.
Does Not Make War Impossible.
''We do not contend that war is
made impossible only wish it were
possible to make war impossible But
in order to secure the investigation
of all questions it was necessary to
reserve to each nation the right of in
dependent action at the conclusion Of
the investigation. IF any one be-
heves that war may sometimes be